How Can We Increase Our Trust in God?

Children's Rosary at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church
 in Brentwood, CA

The Rosary is an incredible source of blessings and assistance for us.  Each of the mysteries of the Rosary has a beautiful fruit attached to it.  The fruit of praying the third Luminous Mystery (the Proclamation of the Kingdom of God) is Repentence and Trust in God.  In St. John Paul's Apostolic Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae, one of the Scripture passages he references in relation to the third Luminous Mystery is Mark 2:3-13.  This passage was read in the Gospel today at daily Mass. 

In this passage there is a paralytic man seeking to approach Jesus.  The crowd gathered in the house where Jesus was present filled the space.  The faith of those carrying the paralytic man was so great that they climbed onto the roof and made a hole lowering the man on a mat before Jesus.  Because of this great act of faith, Jesus is moved to proclaim that the man's sins are forgiven and subsequently heals the man of all infirmity and the man rises and walks out carrying his mat.  Indeed a great trust and confidence in God unlocks a great many graces.  In the Diary of St. Faustina it is written: "The more a soul trusts, the more it will receive. Souls that trust boundlessly are a great comfort to Me, because I pour all the treatsures of My graces into them" (Diary of St. Faustina 1578)

Therefore it is indeed a wonderful gift to know that while we are praying the Rosary and contemplating the third Luminous Mystery of the Rosary our own trust in Our Lord is being strengthened.  To look at little children still so young and tender and think of their own innocent trust being strengthened and directed to their Heavenly Father is great indeed.

Friday January 16th
Children's Rosary at St. Mary's School in Orange TX 7:05 AM CT
Children's Rosary at St. Mary's School in Pontiac, IL at 9AM CT 
Children's Rosary at St. Augustine Church in Iba Estate Lagos, Nigeria 1PM ET
Children's Rosary at St. Marguerite's Parish in Brookfield, CT 4PM ET
Saturday January 17th
Children's Rosary of St. Michael the Archangel Parish and held in the Kibera slum in Langatta Nairobi Kenya 10 local time
Children's Rosary at St. Mary's Church in Corvallis, Oregon 12 PM PT
Children's Rosary at St. Augustine Church in Iba Estate Lagos, Nigeria 1PM ET
Children's Rosary at the Daughters of Charity Convent in Bridgeport, CT 2:30 PM ET
Sunday January 18th  
Children's Rosary at Our Lady and St. Patrick's Parish in Nottingham, England 9AM local time (4AM ET)

Children's Rosary at Assumption Church in Umoja, Kenya 7AM ET
Children's Rosary at St. Thomas Church in Thomaston CT 11AM ET

Children's Rosary at St. Patrick's Church in Tacoma, WA 11:30 AM PST

Children's Rosary at St. Augustine Church in Iba Estate Lagos, Nigeria 1PM ET
Children's Rosary at the Daughters of Charity Convent in Bridgeport, CT 2:30 PM ET
Children's Rosary at St. Anthony Church in Lorain, Ohio 3PM ET in front of the Blessed Sacrament

Monday January 19th

Children's Rosary at Our Lady of Grace Home for Children in Meru, Kenya 10AM ET
Children's Rosary at Holy Trinity Academy in Shenandoah, PA 12:20 PM ET
Children's Rosary at St. Augustine Church in Iba Estate Lago Nigeria 1PM ET
Children's Rosary at Holy Family Church in Gladstone Michigan 4:30PM  ET
Children's Rosary at St. John the Evangelist Church in Mahopac, New York 4:30 PM 

Children's Rosary at St. Patrick's Church in Kennett Square, PA 5:45PM ET. This group meets in front of the Blessed Sacrament

Tuesday January 20th

Children's Rosary at St. Augustine Church in Iba Estate, Lagos Nigeria 1PM ET
Children's Rosary at Holy Redeemer Parish in Menominee, Michigan 6PM ET

Wednesday January 21st
Children's Rosary at St. Augustine Church in Iba Estate, Lagos Nigeria 1PM ET
Thursday January 22nd
Children's Rosary at St. Augustine Church in Iba Estate Lagos Nigeria 1PM ET
The Children's Rosary at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Brentwood, California will meet at 6:30 PM ET in front of the Blessed Sacrament.

The Children's Rosary at St. Martin Church in Kingsville, Texas will meet at 6:30 PM

Trust

Several months ago I asked one of my children why the Children's Rosary is important.  He responded, "because it shows God we trust in Him".  This was an answer I had not expected but upon reflection indeed it was true.  To spend time in prayer is a way of showing Our Lord we trust in Him and believe He is listening to our prayers.  As we approach Divine Mercy Sunday, it seemed a perfect time to refect on a little portion of the Diary of St. Faustina in which Our Lord explains to St. Faustina how pleasing is a soul who trusts in Him.

"I seek and desire souls like yours, but they are few. Your great trust in Me forces Me to continuously grant you graces. You have great and incomprehensible rights over My Heart, for you are a daughter of complete trust. You would not have been able to bear the magnitude of the love which I have for you if I had revealed it to you fully here on earth. I often give you a glimpse of it, but know that this is only an exceptional grace from Me. My love and mercy knows no bounds." (Diary of St. Faustina #718)

The Children's Rosary at Holy Redeemer Parish in Menominee, Michigan will be meeting today at 5PM Central Time. Please consider joining the children in prayer.  The children always pray for those unifying prayers with them.