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Friends of the Rosary,
We pray today's Rosary — the Sorrowful Mysteries — on the road.
In today's main reading of the Gospel (Mark 2:23–28), Christ Jesus says:
"The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath.
That is why the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath."
Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus acknowledges that he is “lord even of the sabbath.”
Bishop Barron explains this mystery, "Christians should enter the public arena boldly and confidently, for we are not announcing a private or personal spirituality but rather declaring a new King under whose lordship everything must fall. If Jesus is truly Lord, then government, business, family life, the arts, sexuality, and entertainment all come properly under his headship."
Ave Maria!
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
To Jesus through Mary!
Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
Please give us the grace to respond with joy!
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• ⁠January 20, 2026, Today’s Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,
Today, as on every third Monday of January each year, is the federal holiday of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, officially, the Birthday of Martin Luther King Jr.
King was an American civil rights activist, a Baptist minister, and a Black church leader who led the movement against racial discrimination in federal and state law and civil society. from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.
His activism led to several groundbreaking legislative reforms in the United States.
Through his nonviolent fight for racial and economic justice, he embodied principles like human dignity, solidarity, and love for the marginalized, leading many Catholic leaders to praise him, as these ideas deeply resonated with Catholic Social Teaching (CST)
Cardinal Wilton Gregory noted that King,  while not Catholic, lived Catholic social justice morality in an extraordinary fashion," following the Gospel's call to love one another.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) expressed gratitude for his solidarity and nonviolence.
Ave Maria!
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
To Jesus through Mary!
Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
Please give us the grace to respond with joy!
+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New York
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• ⁠January 19, 2026, Today’s Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,
In today's Sunday main reading (John 1:29-34), our Gospel, John the Baptist sees Jesus approaching and says, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world."

John the Baptist immediately recognizes that Christ is the one the world has been waiting for. This leads John to testify that he is the Son of God.
The same grace is given to us. And therefore, we become a light to the nations, our communities, friends, and families.
Through us, God’s salvation reaches to the ends of the earth. As we glorify the Lamb of God, God shows his glory through us.
Ave Maria!
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
To Jesus through Mary!
Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
Please give us the grace to respond with joy!
+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New York
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• ⁠January 18, 2026, Today’s Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,
Today, we celebrate the Memorial of St. Anthony, Abbot (251-356), the Father of the Monks, who retired to the desert at about the age of eighteen in order to live in perfect solitude and prayer.
This 3rd-century saint exercised a profound influence upon succeeding generations.
Born in Middle Egypt (about 250) to wealthy parents, he sold his possessions and gave his inheritance to the poor after hearing this passage in mass that we read today in Matthew 19:16-26.
Jesus said,
"If you wish to be perfect, go,
sell what you have and give to the poor,
and you will have treasure in heaven.
Then come, follow me."
The saint suffered repeatedly from diabolical attacks, but these made him more steadfast in virtue. He said to his disciples, "Believe me; the devil fears the vigils of pious souls, and their fastings, their voluntary poverty, their loving compassion, their humility, but most of all their ardent love of Christ our Lord.
Ave Maria!
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
To Jesus through Mary!
Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
Please give us the grace to respond with joy!
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• ⁠January 17, 2026, Today’s Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

Friends of the Rosary,
In the Old Testament, the Jewish people were asking, "Why has the Lord permitted us to be defeated?"
In the New Testament, in yesterday's reading (Mark 1:40-45), the leper asked himself the same question. But he recognized the authority of the Lord when he begged:
“If you wish, you can make me clean."

Moved with pity, Jesus said to him,
“I do will it. Be made clean.”

The leprosy left him immediately, and he was made clean.
But if he had not been “defeated” by this disease, he never would have attracted the attention and the pity of Jesus.
Our struggle disposes us to receive God’s mercy!
Ave Maria!
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
To Jesus through Mary!
Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
Please give us the grace to respond with joy!
+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New York
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• January 16, 2026, Today’s Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET