"They nourish in believers hope in the eschatological goal toward which they are journeying as members of the pilgrim People of God in history. This will necessarily impel them to give courageous witness to that 'joyful proclamation' which gives meaning to their whole life." St. John Paul II in the encyclical Rosarium Virginis Mariae.
On Wednesdays and Sunday we pray the Glorious Mysteries. For the Joyful Mysteries que contemplan la Anunciación y la infancia de Jesús se reservan los lunes y sábados. Se reserva el martes y viernes para los misterios Dolorosos y los misterios Luminosos se rezan los jueves. Los misterios Gloriosos del Santo Rosario unen la tierra y el cielo, desde la Resurrección de Cristo hasta la Coronación de María en el Cielo.
Jesus Christ cannot be reduced to his crucified image. He is the Risen One! The Rosary has always expressed this conviction of faith.The Passion of Christ, inviting us to contemplate the Passion and then to fix our attention on the glory of Christ, on his Resurrection and Ascension. Contemplating the Risen Jesus, we discover anew the reasons for our faith, we relive the joy of the Virgin Mary, who experienced in an intense way the new life of the glorified Son.
Oil painting on board The resurrection of Christ attributed to the Italian Renaissance master Raphael Sanzio.
Jesus is Emmanuel, God with us, Jesus is risen! He is not in the tomb. This is the great truth that fills our faith with content. He appeared to the Virgin Mary, to Peter and to the other apostles. He also comes to meet us who are his disciples.
Because Jesus is alive, he has the power to change our lives, and he calls us to a personal relationship with him. The Easter season is a time of joy, a joy that is not limited to this time of the liturgical year, but is always present in the heart of the Christian. Because Christ lives. He remains in his Church: in her sacraments, in her liturgy, in her preaching, in all her activity. In a special way Christ continues to be present among us, in the daily self-giving of the Holy Eucharist. That is why the Catholic Mass is the center and root of Christian life.
También a la luz de su resurrección contemplamos, unidos a Cristo, a todas las almas que nos fueron más queridas. Cuyo duelo compartimos. Las recordados en el sacrificio del Señor crucificado y resucitado y forman parte de nuestra oración.
Giotto, The Ascension of the Lord (1305). Chapel of the Scrovegni, Padua, Italy. Tempera on fresco.
The Second Glorious Mystery of the Rosary teaches us to trust in the Lord's will.
Jesus goes to the Father. It is right that the Holy Humanity of Christ should receive the homage, acclamation and adoration of all the hierarchies of angels. The Father is pleased with the surrender of the Son, he has accepted his sacrifice, and now Jesus, the Messiah, forever occupies his position as Lord over all creation..
As long as we are on Earth, we will no longer see him. Our first reaction is to feel like orphans. We miss him. But this is a false impression. In reality, he is not gone. He stays with us in another way. "He is closer to you than you are to yourself." said St. Augustine.
The great mission we received, in the Baptismis co-redemption. The charity of Christ urges us to take upon our shoulders a part of this divine task of rescuing souls.
"The human family is constantly being renewed; in each generation we must continue our efforts to help people discover the greatness of their vocation as children of God.In this way, it is necessary to inculcate the commandment of love for the Creator and for our neighbor". St. Josemaría
Let us know how to bear witness, by example and word, to the faith we profess.
PentecostThe painting was painted by El Greco. It is part of the collection of the Prado Museum in Madrid.
La virtud divina que infunde recibir los dones del Espíritu Santo en el alma cristiana es gran apoyo de la esperanza, fuerza poderosa, única ayuda verdadera para la vida humana. Nos referimos a la gracia que nos santifica, y que en realidad es precedida y seguida de gracias efectivas. Lo verdaderamente importante es que el espíritu de los hombres se renueve desde su interior, naciendo a la nueva vida.
La venida del Espíritu Santo, es una realidad profunda, que nos da a conocer la Biblia. No es un recuerdo del pasado. Es, por encima de las miserias y de los pecados de cada uno de nosotros, la realidad también de la Iglesia de hoy y de la Iglesia de todos los tiempos. Recurramos a su gracias, acudamos por medio de la oración al Espíritu Santo para darle las gracias o pedir favores.
"Jesus has kept his promises: he is risen, he has ascended to heaven and, in union with the Eternal Father, he sends us the Holy Spirit to sanctify us and give us life. To live according to the Holy Spirit is to live in faith, hope and charity; to let God take possession of us and change our hearts from their roots, to make them conform to his measure," St. Josemaría said.
This work by the Spanish artist Juan Martín Cabezalero, The Assumption of the Virgin (1665). It is painted in oil on canvas and is preserved in the Prado Museum.
Assumpta est Maria in coelum: gaudent angeli: Mary has been taken by God, body and soul, to heaven, and the angels rejoice! Thus sings the Church. The place of the Virgin Mary was in Heaven, where her Son awaited her. For she is full of grace. The intensity and nature of her graces are different throughout her life; one is the grace at her Conception, another at the Incarnation. And different is the grace she receives at the Assumption of Mary to heaven. For, in the latter the Virgin Mary receives the fullness of holiness.
And we as Christians can contemplate in this Glorious Mystery of the Holy Rosary this marvel.
Coronation of the Virginoil on canvas painted by Velázquez in 1645 and can be seen in the Prado Museum.
Mary, Queen of the Universe, repaired the fall of Eve, and has trampled, with her immaculate sole, the head of the infernal dragon. Daughter of God, Mother of God, Spouse of God. The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit crown her as Empress of the Universe. And angels and patriarchs, prophets and apostles, martyrs, confessors and virgins honor her. All saints and all sinners. You and me. The reflection must be on ourselves; on our vocation by which one day we will be associated with the angels and the saints and whose sanctifying graces anticipate already from this life the mysterious and consoling reality.
La Iglesia invita a recurrir a Ella, a la Virgen María, nuestra Madre y nuestra Reina, en todas nuestras necesidades. Ser Madre de Dios y Madre de los hombres es el fundamento sólido de la filial confianza en su intercesión poderosa, que nos conforta y nos impulsa a levantarnos de nuestras caídas.
It is the synthesis of the whole Rosary, which thus closes in joy, in glory.
Bibliography
Opusdei.org.
Meditations on the mysteries of the Holy Rosary, Pope Francis.