Copyright 2021 Catholic Online. Rosary Meditation on the Dignity of Women Page 24 . But even so, the hand of the betrayer is near. We call these the Luminous Mysteries. In summary, far from being a benefit, this new set of Luminous Mysteries caused a serious damage. God's love is a Love of Gift. Through the Eucharist He also draws us into His Kingdom, giving us a foretaste of Heaven itself—a foretaste of our destiny of intimate union with God. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. (Luke 1:38) When Mary spoke those few words, human history was forever changed. We enter into His Mystical Body, the Church. For he received honor and glory from God the Father when that unique declaration came to him from the majestic glory, "This is my Son, my beloved, with whom I am well pleased." 3. the parishoner who explained in assertive terms that the Luminous Mysteries did not come from "Mary". The Baptism of Jesus reveals the Holy Trinity to the world. Beloved, we are God's children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. Whoever prays this chaplet of the Rosary should understand that the Luminous Mysteries are closely related to the Seven Sacraments. Rather, the Council fathers incorporated the meaning and mission of Mary, as well as her... Read More, Devotion to - and love for . It was His design to manifest through them His saving plan for the whole world. The Luminous Mysteries. It is no accident that the first miracle the Lord performed during his earthly ministry occurred in the context of a Wedding. Spiritual Grace: To Jesus through Mary. Our Lord warns us when He says: `he that is not with Me is against Me, and he that gathereth not with Me scattereth.' ) | Jun 06, 2008. They were invited to exercise their freedom and embrace the path that He had prepared. To all our readers, Please don't scroll past this. These three together totaled 150 Hail Marys: originally meant to correspond to the 150 Psalms. "All of you must drink from it," he said, "for this is my blood, the blood of the covenant, to be poured out in behalf of many for the forgiveness of sins. The God who had fed His chosen people Israel manna, satisfying their physical hunger, now offered Jesus Christ, the Living Bread from heaven, to satisfy the deepest spiritual hunger of every man, woman and child. Read More, To understand Mary in the Tradition of the Church we have to understand what is meant by the word "Tradition" - and why it matters. The Luminous Mysteries. This language of spousal love, of nuptiality, is also present in this overshadowing... Read More, Since the Virgin Mary's role in the mystery of Christ and the Spirit has been treated, it is fitting now to consider her place in the mystery of the Church. Heal … Read More, Marian prayer and piety developed very early in the history of the undivided Christian Church of the first millennium. As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. Whosoever breaks the peace and harmony of Christ acts against Christ; whoever gathers elsewhere than in the Church scatters the Church of Christ" (On The Unity of the Catholic Church). Repent and believe the good news!" He birthed the New Israel of the Church from the blood and water which flowed from His wounded side. The message of Mary is conversion to Her Son by saying "yes" to God's invitation. In fact, he called on all of us: Meditation on the Luminous Mysteries helps us to rediscover not only the Rosary but the person of Jesus Christ. Indeed, through the Eucharist we gain a new mode of life: “This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood” (Lk 22:20). The Nuptial mystery at the heart of marriage reveals the meaning of human existence. We who are now baptized into Him are called to share in this work. Reveal Light Of Jesus, Bringing Peace In Your Life. We are invited into a participation in that life of the Trinity beginning now, through our Baptism into Jesus Christ! Let us be a people living in communion, through Him, with Him in the Unity and power of the Holy Spirit. Jesus replied, "Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness." While he was speaking, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and the disciples grew fearful as they entered it. John is baptizing in the Jordan proclaiming a baptism of repentance. These two aspects of the one call are intricately connected. The Second Adam was pierced and His bride the Church was drawn from His wounded heart. We shall be like Him for we shall 'see' Him as He is? Also available in our store: the booklet Scripturally Based Rosary, ideal for individual study and prayer. As they lived their lives no longer for themselves but for Him they began to undergo their own trials and walked the way to their own transfiguration. She has a special role in the plan of salvation and is a model for all Christians... Read More, To consecrate means to dedicate. However in Christian Marriage, through its participation in and with Jesus Christ, it is all elevated and transformed. The beloved disciple John wrote in His first letter: 'See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. The Luminous Mysteries or mysteries of light (added by Pope St. John Paul II) focus on the life and ministry of Jesus Christ. The good of the human relationship of marriage becomes a real, substantial participation in Trinitarian Love! For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, virtue with knowledge, knowledge with self-control, self-control with endurance, endurance with devotion, devotion with mutual affection, mutual affection with love.... 'We did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been eyewitnesses of his majesty. Yet the role she assumed at Cana in some way accompanies Christ throughout his ministry. Mary understands this Way and walked on it with extraordinary humility. The waters of the Jordan are sanctified by the Son. We are being transfigured in Christ. In Eastern Churches, when this feast is celebrated, waters are blessed. We each receive the Holy Spirit in a special way in Baptism and again at Confirmation. By Dr. Jeff Mirus ( All of these teachings and signs possess infinite significance, and it is perhaps no less significant that Jesus was immediately recognized as special, as unlike any other teacher: “They were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes” (Mk 1:22, Mt 7:29). It also calls each of us to proclaim the Gospel in word and deed. This transfiguration will only be complete when the entire person, including the body, is fully redeemed and transformed. Yet, sadly, these same people who had received this provision soon began to murmur and complain to Moses about God's provision. The Church, in the words of the Fathers of the Second Vatican Council, is a "seed of the kingdom" to come. It is used in reference to worship and means to be set aside or set apart for God. The prayers of a Mother are powerful. He erected a Pontifical Council... Read More, Before they were called Christians (Acts 11:26), at Antioch, they were referred to as "the Way". After Jesus was baptized, he came up from the water and behold, the Heaven was opened for him and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to Him. The Luminous Mysteries Of the Rosary. Mk 9:9). Mk 2:3-13; Lk 7:47- 48): the inauguration of that ministry of mercy which he continues to exercise until the end of the world, particularly through the Sacrament of Reconciliation which he has entrusted to his Church (cf. When we live in Him, we grow in holiness and manifest His glory for others. The public mission and ministry of Jesus began at the waters of Jordan. Then, as loyal sons and daughters of that Church, He is calling us into the fields of contemporary culture which are ripe and ready for harvest. Jesus explained that Elijah had already come in the person of John the Baptist, but had been rejected. Pope Benedict XVI has made this a central pillar of his pontificate. Our participation in the Eucharistic Liturgy and reception of this Living bread and saving Cup is an invitation into the very inner life of God, the communion of love which is the Holy Trinity. On October 16, 2002, Pope St. John Paul II added a new group of Mysteries—the “Luminous Mysteries”—to the Rosary. It is also a continuing call to conversion and transformation as St. Paul reminds us in the second reading of our liturgy this morning. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb; but when they entered... Read More, While he was praying his face changed in appearance and his clothing became dazzling white. It is a kingdom of repentance, service and love. It is also a word which speaks to the very core of the Christian... Read More, When they came to the place called the Skull, there they crucified him, along with the criminals - one on his right, the other on his left. Listen to him." The New Evangelization means taking this truth to heart and living differently. We have received the fullness of the gift of God, the Bread of Life, the Holy Eucharist. In this sense, Our Lord’s public ministry is truly luminous. Grow, and you shall feed upon me. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. The Transfiguration. The Lord Jesus has shown us the way up the mountain. However, for those who have not yet delved into the new Luminous Mysteries, I’d like to introduce them to you here. Symbolically, all water is sanctified when God the Son is immersed into it. The First Luminous Mystery. His text presents an extended meditation not only on the new mysteries, but on the Rosary as a whole, and on each of the traditional mysteries as well. He is the founder of Trinity Communications and CatholicCulture.org. In the Eucharist, Christ’s Godhead is hidden again, much as His divinity was hidden in flesh, yet we see glimpses of His grace and power in their effects in our lives. We live in Him for the sake of the world. If Catholic Online has given you $5.00 worth of knowledge this year, take a minute to donate. He is a light figure. 2. This episode has been mined for centuries as a precious source for understanding the importance of both Mary and marriage, and for seeing the profound Christian links between water, wine and the blood of Christ. It is within this understanding that consecrated celibacy is a prophetic and eschatological participation in that eternal union. She fully understands the naturally supernatural realities of family life because she lived them. The Sorrowful Mysteries focus on His passion and death—the consequences of his public ministry (though this was certainly what He came to accomplish). Through Baptism into Him we are joined with one another now in His Body, the Church. His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you.". But, as He does with all of us, Jesus “came and touched them, saying, ‘Rise, and have no fear’” (Mt 17:7). The Bread Jesus gives is His flesh for the Life of the world. Marriage is the eschatological destiny of all Christians, because we will be married to Christ. When Pope John Paul II proposed a new set of mysteries of the Rosary in 2002, he wished to make the Rosary even more into a compendium of the Gospel. He brings light into the world. From antiquity, the Christian church has pointed to the Baptism of the Lord in the river of Jordan, as the event wherein the full plan of God for His Church and the entirety of creation itself is made manifest. SCRIPTURE: The Wedding at Cana. Born again, we are all invited to join with Peter, James and John and cry out in our day: "It is good for us to be here.". It must be given away in love. Free eBook: Liturgical Year 2020-2021, Vol. Christian Marriage is a model, a mystery and a mission. articles Our Lord’s public life began with his baptism, through which He immediately revealed several things. Through the profundity of His teaching and the staggering power of His miracles, Our Lord changes the focus of all He meets, turning them back to the Father. The proclamation of the Kingdom of God forms a mystery at once both very broad and very deep, for it invites us to explore any number of episodes and parables from Our Lord’s public ministry, giving us many different ways to penetrate the same truths about Christ and His Kingdom. In his second letter to the Thessalonians the Apostle Paul... Read More, A Bishop named Nestorius objected to the title of Theotokos, Mother of God or God Bearer for Mary. Mk 1:15) and forgives the sins of all who draw near to him in humble trust (cf. It is, again, in Our Lord’s public ministry that He reveals Himself, conveys His message, and invites us to eternal life. Peter hardly knew what to say. The Beloved Disciple John used this event of the Transfiguration as a "hermeneutic", a lens through which he gave the early Christians a deeper insight into their difficulties, struggles and mission. It is replaced by the word 'Theophany', which in Greek literally means the "manifestation of God." If anyone eats this bread he shall live forever; and the bread which I shall give is my flesh for the life of the world' (John 6: 31-35, 51). However, this One who came from eternity and took upon Himself the limitations of time, was about to open the portal of eternity to all of us who are being re-created in Him. Read More, "I am the handmaiden (servant) of the Lord; let it be to me according to your Word." The Creator who spoke those waters into being through the Son, in Him condescended to take on our humanity and be immersed in the waters of the Jordan! The married couple lives their vocation now "in Christ" and participates in His very life and action with His bride, the Church. "Take this and eat it," he said. Jesus proceeded immediately into the wilderness to fast and pray, and when He heard that John had been arrested, He began to preach: “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe in the gospel” (Mk 1:115). Through our own baptism we are incorporated into Christ. The Incarnation of God in Jesus Christ is profoundly public. In His outstretched arms, the Savior gathered the world to Himself on the Second Tree of the Cross where creation began anew. The revelation made directly by the Father at the Baptism in the Jordan and echoed by John the Baptist is placed upon Mary's  lips  at  Cana, and it becomes the great  maternal  counsel which Mary  addresses to the Church of every age: "Do whatever he tells you" (Jn. We also become immersed in God. "At the announcement that she would give birth to "the Son of the Most High" without... Read More, Mary's Prayer teaches us to stay afloat in the ocean of life, with all of its undertows. Many of us came to Faith primarily through our parents’ confidence that the Resurrection really happened, that Jesus founded a Church, that Catholicism is true. However, God continued to love the people of Israel. It is simply a reflection, and it led John Paul II to offer a new set of mysteries which emphasize Our Lord’s public ministry and how He revealed Himself and His Kingdom through it. John the Baptist was the first to recognize him as the One who was to come after him, the Lamb of God, whose sandals he was not worthy to carry. Mary's choice, her response to the invitation of a God, is a singularly extraordinary event in all of human history. bio - In one of his reflections on this woman whom he loved with such devotion, Blessed john Paul II proclaimed "This woman of faith... Read More, We were made to give ourselves away to the Lord and, in Him, for others. It is also no accident that the first miracle of turning water into wine occurred at the request of the Mother of the Lord. He is the 'light of the world' (Jn 8:12). God fashioned us out of love and for love. The three apostles fell on their faces in awe. This same Jesus offered on the Cross, Raised from the dead, Ascended to the Father... that very same Jesus comes to us, Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity and takes up residence within us. It has been kept alive in a myriad of piety practices in the both the Catholic... Read More, The message of Mary is the message of the Gospel, to repent and believe the Good news. Read More, Mary is "full of grace," because it is precisely in her that the Incarnation of the Word, the hypostatic union of the Son of God with human nature, is accomplished and fulfilled. It is a kingdom of the heart, not of this world, into which we are adopted by God the Father. Jesus said, "Father, forgive them... Read More, My soul magnifies the Lord, And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior; Because he has regarded the lowliness of his handmaid; For behold, henceforth all generations shall call me blessed... Read More, But at daybreak on the first day of the week they took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. Follow her in journey through the Scriptures. We who bear the name Christian are "in process", works "in progress", being re-created and transfigured in Him. The heavens open, the voice of the Father speaks to the Son and the Spirit descends! He reached out to embrace a world lost in the desert of sin and separation by sending us One like us who could do for us what we could never do for ourselves. (The Gospel of Luke 2:34-37) Read More, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be [done] to me according to your word." They did so, and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. Here, as Christ descends into the waters, the innocent one who became 'sin' for our sake (cf. (Mk 1, 15) The preaching by which Jesus proclaims the coming of the Kingdom of God, calls to conversion (cf. Then, after singing songs of praise, they walked out to the Mount of Olives. Accordingly, John was reluctant to baptize Jesus; he consented to do so only when Jesus assured him it was necessary to “fulfill all righteousness” (Mt 3:15), that is, to do completely the will of the Father. Jesus arrived from Galilee and came to John at the river of … This is the task of the "New Evangelization.". Its purpose is malevolent, and apparently Pope John Paul II the author of the Luminous Mysteries is NOT IN HEAVEN. Their hearts had turned away from God and they fell out of communion. The Lord of the harvest is calling workers to the New Evangelization of His Church. Those mysteries were the Luminous Mysteries. "Dear woman, why do you involve me?" Peter and those with him had fallen into a deep sleep; but awakening, they saw his glory and likewise saw the two men who were standing with him. The problem with the Luminous mysteries is simply that they aren’t a requirement, but a recommendation. You cannot have God for your Father if you have not the Church for your mother. It showed Moses and Elijah, the Law and the Prophets, fulfilled in Christ. A co-founder of Christendom College, he also pioneered Catholic Internet services. It subverted an august 800-year-old devotional practice. It reveals the unfolding of Gods plan for the entire human race. Its singular intent is to communicate the profound "mystery" of Christian marriage - God thought first of the spousal union of Christ and His bride, the Church, and He then made husband and wife look like it! THE LUMINOUS MYSTERIES . Also available in our store: the booklet Praying the Rosary Without Distractions. This is the Living Bread which satisfies every hunger. At a place called Taberah, they cried out 'But now we are famished; we see nothing before us but this manna" (Numbers, 11:6). Yet He still wished to preserve His Messianic secret: “Tell no one the vision until the Son of Man is raised from the dead” (Mt 17:9, cf. The Council of Ephesus met in 431AD and affirmed Mary was the "Mother of God"... Read More, The Second Vatican Council did not offer one particular document on Mary, the Mother of God. In Christ, all water has been sanctified. The First Luminous Mystery: The Baptism in the Jordan. On that Mountain, Jesus revealed before mortal eyes the Transcendent Truth of who He is - and who Peter, James and John ...and each one of us - will become in Him. Mary, the Mother of God, is a foundational part of the Christian Church both East and West. To help you in your meditation, a point to meditate is provided for each bead of the decade on which the “Hail Mary” is prayed. Saint of the Day for Friday, Jan 8th, 2021. They were about to witness the events that would lead their Lord and Master along what would appear to be an ignominious path, up Golgotha's lonely hill, to be crucified, a fate reserved for common criminals. In this Baptism, Jesus begins the re-creation of the universe. In the great liturgical prayer of the East the Church proclaims: 'When Thou, O Lord was baptized in the Jordan, the worship of the Trinity was made manifest... O Christ our God who has appeared and enlightened the world, Glory to Thee.". The term "appearance" has been used with Marian apparitions and visions of Jesus Christ. Certainly the whole mystery of Christ is a mystery of light. He thus revealed his glory, and his disciples put their faith in him' (Jn 2,1-12). Once, the Spirit hovered over the waters. It was in the document Rosarium Virginis Mariae (in English entitled On the Most Holy Rosary) that John Paul offered these new Mysteries of Light, or Luminous Mysteries. We were reborn in the fount of Baptism as through a second womb. While he was praying, his face changed in appearance and his clothes became dazzling white. The short answer for not using the Luminous Mysteries is that it throws the Rosary out of whack. Mk 3:31-5; John 2:12), and they give no indication that she was present at the Last Supper and the institution of the Eucharist. This is why St Paul's letter to the Ephesians is such a fertile ground for instruction on Christian marriage. 98% of our readers don't give; they simply look the other way. The Baptism of Christ. Illustrations and suggested points of reflection from our booklet Praying the Rosary Without Distractions available from our on-line store. Now the Word Incarnate descends into Jordan's water making it holy. God's eternal plan is to "marry" the Church. 'During the meal Jesus took bread, blessed it, broke it, and gave it to his disciples. Luminous means light. Our destiny is prefigured prophetically in Christian marriage. And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased' (Mt 3,13-17). Yet it was through His public ministry that Christ primarily revealed both His own identity and His invitation to enter the Kingdom of God. We have been created, - spiritually as well as physically - for the gift of ourselves to the other. The Baptism of Jesus: Jesus is baptized by John the Baptist in the Jordan River. "This is my body." The mystery of light par excellence is the Transfiguration, traditionally believed to have taken place on Mount Tabor. Let us become what we consume. And a voice came from Heaven saying "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased." 'The Baptism in the Jordan is first of all a mystery of light. A final mystery of light is the institution of the Eucharist, in which Christ offers his body and blood as food under the signs of bread and wine, and testifies 'to the end' his love for humanity (Jn 13:1), for whose salvation he will offer himself in sacrifice' (Blessed John Paul II, RVM, 21). In the Holy Eucharist we sacramentally receive the Lord Himself as eternal food for our journey through this life and into the life of the world to come. I myself am the living bread which has come down from heaven. It stands for modernity, and modernity supports liberation and freedom. And as a consequence it has the double effect of restoring the spiritual losses caused by sins and defects and of increasing the power of the virtues'. As we reflect on the Transfiguration of Jesus, let us enter more deeply into the mystery it reveals by living in the Transfiguration now. Mary's way is to become an ark within, where the same God who became incarnate within her... Read More, "When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said, "Most blessed are you... Read More, From the earliest theological reflections in Christian history we find the defense of the most important of the titles of Mary, "Theotokos" in Greek. Read More, From antiquity the early Christians reflected on a "mystery" of the faith- how the Incarnation of Jesus Christ came about through the free cooperation of this little Virgin of Nazareth... Read More, She was the first evangelizer and the first disciple of her Son Jesus. Jesus and his disciples were also invited to … This is not intended as a criticism. Stay up to date with the latest news, information, and special offers. "The kingdom of God is near. Throughout the pontificate of Blessed John Paul II he called for a "New Evangelization." News, analysis & spirituality by email, twice-weekly from CatholicCulture.org. 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