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October 7: OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY: The Weapon Mary Gave Us
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Today we celebrate an incredible naval victory that saved Christianity across Europe. Although greatly outnumbered, the members of the Holy League knelt on their ship decks and fervently prayed the Rosary, while people across Europe gathered to do the same. And Mary heard them! The wind shifted, and against all odds, the Holy League won a tremendous victory. This is just one example of the Rosary as been a powerful weapon that, again and again, has changed the course of history. Today, Mary, Our Lady of the Rosary, Our free Family Pack has a saint calendar, feast-day a...
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Welcome back to the Catholic Sproust Podcast, where we know that every day is a feast day. It's October 7th, the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. So join us for Our Lady of the Rosary, the weapon Mary gave us. October 7, 1571. Across Europe, every church bell is ringing.
Pope Pius V has called every Catholic in Christendom to pray the rosary for the fleet, the fleet of Christian ships sailing toward a battle that they will most likely lose. In Spain, Italy, Portugal, Rome, people stop what they are doing and fall on their knees in prayer. The Pope himself leads a rosary procession through the streets of the city
with his rosary in his hands. Out up the coast of Greece, the sailors of the Holy League can see the Ottoman fleet, more than 300 ships stretching across the horizon. They only have 212. They also know that the Turks have vowed to invade Europe and exterminate Christianity. After decades
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