Feast of OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY FIRST SATURDAY SATURDAY volume 11, no. 193 October 7, 2000 For best alignment of this page, set font size to smallest in your browser. MS Explorer works best. While waiting for page to load, we invite you to say as many Hail Mary's as necessary. For articles in various sections, click the section of your choice below FEATURES IN THIS ISSUE OF THE DailyCATHOLIC DAILY LITURGY This DAY in CHURCH HISTORY October 6, 2000 issue October 7, 2000 issue October 8, 2000 issue October 9, 2000 issue October 10, 2000 issue October 11, 2000 issue October 12, 2000 issue Monthly Medjugorje Message TOP 100 CATHOLICS: 1-50 TOP 100 CATHOLICS: 51-100 ARCHIVES FOR 1997 to 2000 issues HOMEPORT Entry Page

SATURDAY'S LITURGY: First Reading: Job 42: 1-3, 4-5, 12-17 Psalms: Psalm 119: 66, 71, 75, 91, 125, 130 Gospel Reading: Luke 10: 17-24 FEAST OF OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY on the FIRST SATURDAY of RESPECT LIFE MONTH    Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve; to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, O most gracious Advocate, your eyes of mercy towards us, and after this our exile show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Let us pray: O God, Whose only begotten Son, by His life, death and resurrection, has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life, grant we beseech Thee, that meditating upon these mysteries of the most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen. Salve Regina This year the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary appropriately falls on Saturday, Mary's special day and it also falls on the FIRST SATURDAY of the month dedicated to her as a Loving Mother calling us all to RESPECT LIFE. For the vignette on this feast and tomorrow's Sunday Mass, see DAILY LITURGY.

The DAILY WORD Taken from the Gospel for Saturday's Mass "I was watching satan fall as lightning from Heaven. Behold, I have given you power to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the might of the enemy; and nothing shall hurt you. But do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you; rejoice rather in this, that your names are written in Heaven." Luke 10: 18-20

Events that happened Today in Church History    Today is the 429th glorious historical anniversary of the great Battle of Lepanto in which Don Juan of Austria led a determined band of Christian sea warriors under the banner of the Holy League of Nations to victory over the superior forces of the Saracens and the Turkish Fleet Commander Ali Pasha in 1571. The victory was hailed by Pope Saint Pius V as a great victory due mostly to the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Though she had first given the Rosary to Saint Dominic in the early thirteenth century, it was never used so industriously and faithfully as it was by the people in reciting the Rosary universally in the Church against overwhelming odds. Pius, grateful to Our Lady for her intercession, honored her by establishing the day as the Feast of Our Lady of Victory. It was changed to the current title by Blessed Pope John XXIII in 1960. For other time capsule events that happened Today in Church history, see MILLENNIUM MILESTONES AND MEMORIES WORLDWIDE NEWS & VIEWS from a Catholic Viewpoint News Ticker from Catholic World News For the Latest DAILY CATHOLIC News and Headlines, see the following available news sources: CATHOLIC WORLD NEWS (CWN) ZENIT INTERNATIONAL NEWS Noticias Eclesiales CHURCH NEWS (NE) CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE (CNS) FIDES INTERNATIONAL NEWS MISSIONARY SERVICE NEWS (MISNA) L'OSSERVATORE ROMANO VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE (VIS) For the latest news from a Christian perspective, we recommend: CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING NETWORK NEWS The above News Agencies are not affiliated with the DAILY CATHOLIC, but the DAILY CATHOLIC provides this service to keep our readers up-to-date with what's truly happening in our world, especially considering all the misinformation the secular media circulates. We are only free when we know the truth!    They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but the words of Bishop Fulton J. Sheen have been known to launch a thousand images in one's mind, one of the ways this late luminary did so much to evangelize the faith. Because of the urgency of the times and because few there are today who possess the wisdom, simplicity and insight than the late Archbishop who touched millions, we are bringing you daily gems from his writings. The good bishop makes it so simple that we have dubbed this daily series: "SIMPLY SHEEN". " The only ones who are truly free from the bondage and the burden of self are those who hold to a truth. 'The truth will make you free,' said Our Divine Lord (John 8: 32). Only the boxer who knows the truth about fighting is free to stay on his feet. Only the one who knows the truths of engineering is free to build to build a bridge that will stand. The lover of truth is under an eternal law of rectitude; as he submits to it, he enjoys peace. Truth is not something that we invent; if we do, it is a lie; rather truth is something we discover, like love. " 31 DAYS to Defend Life and pray that there will be No more Blood and Gore!!    We encourage you to go to the Pro-Life links below to keep up to date on the great battle between life and death - the Sanctity of Life vs. the culture of death led by pro-abort candidates and those who would advance immorality, sodomy, perjury, etc. We refer you to our HOMEPORT ENTRY PAGE where you will find a typograph of a chalice, a chalice overflowing with the innocent blood of the aborted babies nearing 40 to 50 million. Enough is enough! The story and our purpose is outlined in this typograph and for more information and why we will not give up, see DEFEND LIFE Pray and urge others to VOTE FOR LIFE! Pro-Life Infonet and Priests For Life Monthly Medjugorje Message for September NOTE: We respectfully recognize and accept the final authority regarding apparitions, locutions and prophecies presently being reported around the world rests with the Holy See of Rome and the Magisterium of Holy Mother Church to whose judjment we humbly and obediently submit. For the September 25th Message and more on Medjugorje, click on MEDJUGORJE AND MORE 1 FRIDAY     no. 192 October 6 Weekday/ FIRST FRIDAY St. Bruno 2 SATURDAY     no. 193 October 7 OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY 3 SUNDAY     no. 194 October 8 27th SUNDAY/ LAITY SUNDAY 4 MONDAY     no. 195 October 9 Wkday/St. Jn. Leonardi St. Denis & companions 5 TUESDAY     no. 196 October 10 Weekday in Ordinary Time 6 WEDNESDAY   no. 197 October 11 Weekday in Ordinary Time 7 THURSDAY     no. 198 October 12 Weekday in Ordinary Time

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