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Friends of the Rosary,
Today, August 8, we celebrate the feast day of St. Dominic of Guzman, founder of the Order of Preachers, the Dominicans.
This order, the most powerful in Medieval times, contributed immensely to maintaining the purity of the faith. Among the Dominicans were the most illustrious preachers and contemplatives, saints like Vincent Ferrer, Thomas Aquinas, and Pius V.
St. Dominic was also the founder of the devotion of the Holy Rosary of Mary.
Across history, saints, popes, and faithful scholars have attributed the origin and spread of the Holy Rosary to St. Dominic.
At the end of the twelfth century, the Church in France was ravaged by the Albigensian heresy, a social evil doctrine.
St. Dominic’s Rosary preaching, apostolic poverty, and burning zeal for souls would end with the heresy of the Albigensian.
St. Dominic was born in Castile, Spain. His Mother, Juana de Aza, had dreamed during her pregnancy that she was carrying in her womb a little dog that held a burning torch between its teeth, and when she gave birth, it set the whole world on fire.
St. Dominic would inflame the nations to practice Christian virtue through the Rosary, his example’s brightness, and his preaching’s fiery ardor.
Ave Maria!
Jesus, I Trust In You!
St. Dominic, Pray for Us!
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
To Jesus through Mary!
