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The Joyful Mysteries *To learn more about these
Joyful Mysteries visit the Timeline of the Mysteries of the Rosary.
Not much is offered in scripture regarding the hidden life of Jesus from His childhood until He begins His public ministry. However, during those next several years of His life until He enters into His Passion, much light and truth is shed upon mankind as Jesus begins to proclaim the
good news of the Gospel. These events that occur during this time are known as Mysteries of Light because they bear witness to the Divinity of Christ while He dwelt among us in His
humanity. Truly He is the Light of the World, and His miracles and Wisdom offered in His teaching about the Kingdom of Heaven, testify to this truth. Jesus continues to shine His
Light in our souls as we come to understand the Sacred Scriptures which He fulfills, and as we receive His very real presence in the Eucharistic Mystery. Who better to accompany us in prayer as we meditate upon these Mysteries than Our Blessed Mother who was behind the scenes of His public ministry, and alone was able to witness and contemplate the abundant
Light radiating from the innermost being of Christ for the first thirty years of His hidden life. *To learn more about these
Luminous Mysteries visit the Timeline of the Mysteries of the Rosary. The Sorrowful Mysteries
The greatest sign of the immeasurable love Our Father has for His human children is the sacrifice He permitted in the death of His Divine Son. We meditate upon the Sorrowful Mysteries to attempt to receive this infinite love, by reflecting upon the agony and suffering
Our Lord endured to atone for our sins and restore our relationship as sons and daughters of God. Our journey as Christians means we must follow in the footsteps of Jesus along the Way of the Cross. We must die to our selfish desires and live in harmony with the Will of the Father to establish the peace and love of the Kingdom of Heaven. Meditating upon the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary we follow Christ with our daily sufferings and crosses to become crucified with Him on Calvary. It is upon the Cross that we die to all that is not Christ, that His love for us may abound within us. In these Mysteries we journey to the foot of the Cross, where Jesus gives us His Mother as our very own. Here we unite our hearts and prayers with Our Blessed Mother’s, to adore her most precious Son and plead for the salvation of souls. Through her powerful intercession we obtain true contrition and forgiveness for all of our sins, as she places our broken hearts within His
Sacred Wounds to be healed. *To learn more about these
Sorrowful Mysteries visit the Timeline of the Mysteries of the Rosary. The Glorious Mysteries
In these Mysteries we are called to move beyond the heaviness of the sufferings and death of Jesus, and reflect upon His triumphant glory. The Glorious Mysteries celebrate Christ’s victory over sin and death as He rises from the dead, ascends to the Father and sends us the promise of the Holy Spirit. It is through this precious gift of the Holy Spirit that grace is restored, so that we may reign with Christ in Heaven. However, these Mysteries reveal that this glory is not just for eternity, but that we are called today to die to our sinfulness and rise to new life through faith in Jesus Christ. The beauty of the Holy Rosary reflects this truth in a very real way as we grow in grace and virtue by uniting our prayers with the Queen of Heaven, through whom all Divine graces come to souls on earth. We trust in the glorious intercession of the one who is the chosen daughter of God the Father, the Virginal Mother of God the Son, and the Spouse of the Holy Spirit. *To learn more about these
Glorious Mysteries visit the Timeline of the Mysteries of the Rosary. |
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