The Rosary: The Luminous Mysteries
Introduction:
The Rosary is a devotional that derives from the early monastic practice of reciting the 150 psalms daily. When this devotional was adopted by the uneducated lay people of the time simple, easily remembered prayers---such as the Our Father---were substituted for the psalms, the repetition of the words intended to produce a quietude of mind that permitted the faithful to meditate upon the mysteries of the Gospel, focusing on the events of Christ’s life alongside the one who knew Him best: His mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The Luminous Mysteries were introduced to the rosary by St. John Paul the Great. These incidents in the life of Jesus bear enormous significance in that they were each enacted for our salvation and edification, …show more content…
In it Christ and His disciples are at a wedding, and the wine runs out. Christ’s mother, the Virgin Mary, comes to him and tells Him, “they have no wine.” (Jn 2:3) Christ asks her, “Woman, what have you to do with me? My hour has not yet come,” (Jn 2:4) whereupon the Blessed Virgin speaks her last words preserved for us: “Do whatever he tells you.” (Jn 2:5) Christ then turns the water that the servants bring him into wine, specifically, into the best wine. The wedding of Cana echoes the seventh day of creation and the meeting of Adam and Eve. In it Christ elevates the institution of Marriage to a sacrament, and demonstrates the core of His coming: that God has saved the best until last. It can also be referred back to the doxology psalm 104, in which King David praises the Lord for all of creation, speaking in verse of “Wine, which gladdens the heart of Man.” (Ps 104:15) A new creation is being instituted, and Christ, the perfect bridegroom, has saved the best wine---the wine of the new covenant---for last, not destroying the old covenants, but transforming and perfecting …show more content…
Christ goes up on the mountain, and sits down--the traditional position of teaching during these times. The disciples then came to Him. Christ doesn’t force His words on anyone, but He insists, “He who has ears, let him hear.”
Christ is instituting the law of the New Covenant. As Moses ascended to Mount Sinai, so Christ ascends the mount
When we pray as Christ taught us we find ourselves saying, “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” When the will of God is obeyed, the kingdom, the reign of God is made present. It is easier to say this than it is to enact it. Every time I sin I put the kingdom of God away from me: but God’s will cannot be thwarted. It is up to me to remain within God’s kingdom, for if the gates close while I am without I will find myself in the eternal darkness where there is wailing and gnashing of teeth. And as Christ warns us, “But of that day and hour no one knows.” (Mt
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The Rosary is a devotional that derives from the early monastic practice of reciting the 150 psalms daily. When this devotional was adopted by the uneducated lay people of the time simple, easily remembered prayers---such as the Our Father---were substituted for the psalms, the repetition of the words intended to produce a quietude of mind that permitted the faithful to meditate upon the mysteries of the Gospel, focusing on the events of Christ’s life alongside the one who knew Him best: His mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The Luminous Mysteries were introduced to the rosary by St. John Paul the Great. These incidents in the life of Jesus bear enormous significance in that they were each enacted for our salvation and edification, …show more content…
In it Christ and His disciples are at a wedding, and the wine runs out. Christ’s mother, the Virgin Mary, comes to him and tells Him, “they have no wine.” (Jn 2:3) Christ asks her, “Woman, what have you to do with me? My hour has not yet come,” (Jn 2:4) whereupon the Blessed Virgin speaks her last words preserved for us: “Do whatever he tells you.” (Jn 2:5) Christ then turns the water that the servants bring him into wine, specifically, into the best wine. The wedding of Cana echoes the seventh day of creation and the meeting of Adam and Eve. In it Christ elevates the institution of Marriage to a sacrament, and demonstrates the core of His coming: that God has saved the best until last. It can also be referred back to the doxology psalm 104, in which King David praises the Lord for all of creation, speaking in verse of “Wine, which gladdens the heart of Man.” (Ps 104:15) A new creation is being instituted, and Christ, the perfect bridegroom, has saved the best wine---the wine of the new covenant---for last, not destroying the old covenants, but transforming and perfecting …show more content…
Christ goes up on the mountain, and sits down--the traditional position of teaching during these times. The disciples then came to Him. Christ doesn’t force His words on anyone, but He insists, “He who has ears, let him hear.”
Christ is instituting the law of the New Covenant. As Moses ascended to Mount Sinai, so Christ ascends the mount
When we pray as Christ taught us we find ourselves saying, “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” When the will of God is obeyed, the kingdom, the reign of God is made present. It is easier to say this than it is to enact it. Every time I sin I put the kingdom of God away from me: but God’s will cannot be thwarted. It is up to me to remain within God’s kingdom, for if the gates close while I am without I will find myself in the eternal darkness where there is wailing and gnashing of teeth. And as Christ warns us, “But of that day and hour no one knows.” (Mt
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