St Padre Pio was the one who called the Rosary ‘The Weapon.’ St Padre Pio was an Italian priest who died in 1968. St Padre Pio of Pietrelcina succeeded in reciting the Rosary almost continually. He was asked why he prayed the Rosary so many times to which he replied, Our Lady has never refused me anything.” After the apparitions St Bernadette’s sister Antoinette would say, “Bernadette did nothing but pray and did not know what else to do than to finger the beads of her Rosary…” St...

GOSPEL REFLECTION Each labourer is given one denarii each. Some began at daybreak, around 6am. Others at 9am, others 12 midday and others at “the 11th hour” (the very last hour of the working day). Those who began at 6am are those who have been faithful to God all their life. Those who began at the 11th hour – or the last hour – are those who were faithful to God only after the last hour – or less – before their death. In other words, God grants salvation to those who repent even at...