As a Catholic school, St. Francis of Assisi School of Silay City once again promoted prayerfulness among the students and the devotion to the Holy Rosary through participating in the Grand Rosary-Mass Rally held at the University of St. La Salle Coliseum last October 2 since this October we commemorate the Rosary month and October 7 is the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary with this year's theme, "Mary, Mother of the Poor: Enrich our hearts with Jesus." The said event was participated by Grade 9 students and Youth Marian Crusaders of SFAS.
The event's aim is to commemorate the role of our Blessed Mother, to remember the poor and to invite Jesus to be the object of our hearts.
A talk was given by Fr. Simon of the Marian Missionaries of the Holy Cross (MMHC) and Pastoral Director of Youth Ministry of the Archdiocese of Dagupan. He taught us that the youth today suffers from lack of self-belongingness, extreme emotional depression, loss of dignity and being a slave of sin. He also taught us that we can overcome these types of poverty through trusting God. He said “If we have Jesus in our hearts then we can have everything.”
The main events of the program were the two highest forms of prayer: the Holy Rosary and the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. There was dramatization of the mysteries of the rosary. The mass was celebrated by Fr. Siloy Villarosa, Youth Director of the Diocese of Bacolod, along with other priests from MMHC. His homily was about the perfect discipleship of Mary because of her "Fiat" (Greek word for "yes.") to God's call for being the first evangelizer and being the Mother of God. “She is a perfect disciple because of her filial trust and love for God as she expressed it in the Magnificat and because of her total commitment to Christ for better and for worse as it was shown in the sculpture of Pieta.”
As an act of reverence to her, MMHC Brothers had her image crowned and adorned with a rosary and Sampaguita lei as a sign that God exalted her as the highest of all creatures, full of grace and most pure. Lastly, we praised and worshiped God through singing and dancing.
For those who consider it monotonous to repeat so many times the same prayer should be reminded that Jesus said “Pray without ceasing and never lose hope” (Luke 18:1) and lovers are never tired of repeating “I love you” to each other over and over again. Praying the rosary is a matter of love.
The Holy Rosary sustains us in the battle against the evil one and his accomplices. ―Pope Francis
Mother Mary, in Her apparition to Fatima, repeatedly asks us to pray the Rosary everyday with great deal of penance for the conversion of sinners, to be consecrated to Her Immaculate Heart and live a life of sacraments especially the Eucharist and Penance. ―Anonymous
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