The month of October is dedicated to the Holy Rosary. The Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary is celebrated on October 7.
BENEDICT XVI'S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR OCTOBER VATICAN CITY, 30 SEP 2011 (VIS) - Pope Benedict's general prayer intention for October is: "That the terminally ill may be supported by their faith in God and the love of their brothers and sisters".
His mission intention is: "That the celebration of World Mission Day may foster in the People of God a passion for evangelization with the willingness to support the missions with prayer and economic aid for the poorest Churches". For more information go to (“Vatican Information Service Blog” (VIS))
- Saturday, October 01, 2011St. Therese of the Child Jesus, Virgin, Doctor of the Church (Memorial) St Therese of the Child Jesus, said she came to the Carmel Convent "to save souls and pray for priests." And shortly before she died, she wrote "I want to spend my heaven doing good on earth."
- Sunday, October 02, 2011 ብዓለ መስቀል ዓ.ም. መስከረም 21 2004 ዓ.ም.
- Tuesday, October 04, 2011 St. Francis of Assisi, Deacon, Religious, Founder of the Three Orders (Solemnity) the Founder of the Three Orders and the patron saint of animals and the ecology. G K Chesterton describes St. Francis as "a poet whose whole life was a poem."
- Friday, October 07, 2011 Our Lady of the Rosary (Memorial) “The rosary, though clearly Marian in character, is at a heart a Christ-centered prayer. It has all the depth of the gospel messge in its entirety. It is an echo of the prayer of Mary, her perennial Magnificat for the work of the redemptive Incarnation which began in her virginal womb...It can be said that the rosary is, in some sense, a prayer-commentary on the final chapter of the Vatican II Constitution Lumen Gentium, a chapter that discusses the wondrous presence of the Mother of God in the mystery of Christ and the Church" (Pope John Paul II, apostolic letter The Rosary of the Virgin Mary).
- Saturday, October 15, 2011 St. Teresa of Jesus, Virgin, Doctor of the Church (Memorial) St. Teresa (1515-1582) was born in Avila and died in Alba, Spain. When only a child of seven, she ran away from home in the hope of being martyred by the Moors; in this way, she said she could come to see God. At the age of eighteen she joined the Carmelite Order and chose Christ as her heavenly Spouse. With the help of St. John of the Cross she reformed most of the Carmelite convents and founded new ones. She reached the highest degree of prayer and through prayer obtained such knowledge of divine things that in 1970 Pope Paul VI named her the first woman Doctor of the Church. “Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.”
- Monday, October 17, 2011 St. Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop, Martyr (Memorial) St. Ignatius is one of the great bishops of the early Church. He was the successor of St. Peter as Bishop of Antioch. He was condemned to death by wild beasts during the Emperor Trajan's persecution. On his way to Rome, he wrote seven magnificent letters, which we still have today, concerning the Person of Christ, his love for Christ, his desire for martyrdom and on the constitution of the Church and Christian life. His sentiments before his approaching martyrdom are summed in his word in the Communion antiphon, "I am the wheat of Christ, ground by the teeth of beasts to become pure bread."
- Tuesday, October 18, 2011 St. Luke, Evangelist (Feast) St. Luke, the inspired author of the third Gospel and of the Acts of the Apostles, was a native of Antioch in Syria and a physician, and one of the early converts from paganism. He accompanied St. Paul on a considerable part of his missionary journey. He was also his companion while in prison at Rome on two different occasions. His account of these events, contained in the Acts, is firsthand history.
- Wednesday, October 19, 2011 Saints Isaac Jogues and John de Brébeuf, Priests, Martyrs and Their Companions (Memorial)
- Friday, October 28, 2011 Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles (Feast) Sts. Simon and Jude whose names occur together in the Canon of the Mass and are also celebrated on the same day. Possibly this is because they both preached the Gospel in Mesopotamia and Persia where it is said they had both been sent, but in actual fact we know nothing for certain about them beyond what is told us of their being called as Apostles in the New Testament. St. Jude is the author of a short Epistle which forms part of the New Testament.
Answers Trivia Questions of the Month of September
- In 12th Century who are the prime promoters for "Our Lady of Sorrows"?
Devotion to the sorrows of the Virgin Mary dates from the twelfth century, when it made its appearance in monastic circles under the influence of St. Anselm and St. Bernard. The Cistercians and then the Servites undertook to propagate it.
- Who is the Patron saint of teachers?
St. Gregory the Great Pope and Doctor of the church, St. John Baptist De La Salle, St John Cantius, and St Gabriel The Archangel.
- Who is the Patron Saint of Unborn?
The patron saints of unborn children are St.Gerard Majella and St. Joseph.
Trivia Questions of the Month of October
- Name the Pope who instituted the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary and why?
- Who is the patron saint of animals and ecology?
- Who is the patron saint of Church in eastern Mediterranean, Church in North Africa, and throat diseases?
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