October 27, 2026
Our Lady of the Rosary has followers everywhere, sometimes in the least likely places. They’re followers who turn to her for solace and strength, followers who turn to her in devotion during mundane moments in life, and followers like St. Pio of Pietrelcina, who are in the vanguard of her army and go forth in spiritual battle, holding rosaries in their hands.
Deacon John McKaig of St. John Fisher Church in Marlborough often prays the Rosary during unexpected times of the day.
“When I’m in the parking lot, waiting for my wife, I’ll see someone I don’t know. But I see a need, and I’ll ask the Lord, ‘You know these people and I don’t. You know their needs, so please take care of them someway.’ And then I pray the Our Father and ten Hail Marys on my fingers. I do that over and over again until I’m finished, and I trust that God always answers my prayers.”
On those occasions, he also finds the strength to do things he never thought possible. “Sometimes while I’m praying the Rosary, a thought will come to me, and my immediate response is ‘I don’t think I could do that.’ Then, in reflection after hearing that thought, I hear something else: ‘All things are possible through Christ, Our Lord.’”
©J Pisani
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