A rosary for America

At the cathedral where I live, often I stop to pray at the outdoor chapel to Our Lady of Guadalupe, which overlooks the US 101 freeway.

As I pray to Our Lady and look out on the cars moving by below, my mind goes to St. Junípero Serra and the missionaries. Three centuries ago they walked this same path, devoted to Our Lady, and bringing the faith to people up and down the California coast.

These days, I’ve been praying and thinking a lot about Our Lady of Guadalupe.

She was sent by God to the people of Mexico at a time of great uncertainty and political unrest. Plague and earthquakes were devastating the population, and there was violence and racial conflict, and widespread suffering and injustice.

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