Pope Francis requested a day of prayer and fasting for peace on this day. October 7.  Our Lady of the Rosary.  As October is the month of the Rosary Anna asked her mom, “Do those people selling rosaries on street corners really know what it is and what to do with it?” “Do you?” was mom’s reply. “Yes well…… “ “Some families do pray the rosary at home, some in church and many pray as individuals.  ‘The family that prays together stays together’ was the slogan of the Rosary campaign of the 1950s.  We still need to pray and stay, but also to play together, don’t you think?  The Rosary is not only a recitation of prayers but a reflection on events in the life of Jesus and Mary, dedicated to God and at Mary’s request offered for peace in the world.  Why not teach that to the street sellers and, of course let’s pray it at home too, even a decade a day during this month. We all certainly need to work for peace and what is needed for peace.”      

Reflect, share, act. Scripture. The disciples asked, “Lord teach us to pray.” Jesus replied and taught them, “Our Father..”. From Luke 11: 1-4 .  The most diverse messages and the most unpredictable experiences rapidly make their way into the lives of children and adolescents, and parents can become quite anxious about the dangers their children face. Parents suffer acute disappointment at the failure of their children to resist the seductions of the drug culture, the lure of an unbridled hedonism, the temptation to violence, and the manifold expressions of meaninglessness and despair.  To pray the Rosary for children, and with children, training them from their earliest years to experience this daily “pause for prayer” with the family, is not the solution to every problem, but it is a spiritual aid which should not be underestimated. John Paul II.    Pray: Holy Mary, Mother of God, be our mother too. Pray for us and with us in all that we do.   Mother of Peace pray for us.