- What in this portion of the Pope’s letter on the Rosary did you find most helpful? Why?
- How do the LUMINOUSÂ mysteries of Christ’s life, which you prayed in this lesson, relate to your own life experiences? What changed when you connected these parts of Christ’s life to yours?
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June 10th, 2007 at 7:51 pm
The portion that I found most helpful was the portion regarding contemplative prayer. I learned from reading these words that “Without contemplation the Rosary is a body without a soul and its recitation runs the risk of becoming a mechanical repetition of formulas.” This is where I am lacking in the recitation of the Rosary. I was simply saying prayers. Now, since doing this assignment, I have learned to let my mind focus on the Mysteries and it has changed many things in my life.
June 10th, 2007 at 8:11 pm
The Luminous Mysteries and how they relate to my life experiences.
Blessed Mother Mary has always been a part of my life. I always pray to her to intercede for me when I am praying for something and she has always helped me. I am grateful for Mary’s gentle guidance in my life. It seems she is always there leading me to her Son.
The Luminous Mystery that relates to my life experiences is the Wedding at Cana. Here she was, in her gentle manner,speaking to the wine stewards and saying simply :”Do whater He tells You.” She was not demanding to Jesus, but knew in her heart that He would solve the problem.
These are the words that I live by. “Do whatever He tells you” I have learned to be silent and listen for Jesus’ guidance in my life. I have learned to let go and trust Him. Being on the Faith Formation Team at my Parish is very demanding and sometimes frustrating. I have in my mind and my soul many ideas to evangelize people, but have learned to step back and wait to hear Jesus’ message to me in hope that I may be like Mary and gently guide people back to the Church.
November 8th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
I love the lines from Blessed Bartolo Longo stating that friends who spend time together pick up each other’s habits, “by holding familiar converse with Jesus and the Blessed Virgin,….we can become, to the extent of our lowliness, similar to them and can learn from these supreme models a life of humility poverty, hiddenness, patience and perfection.” I so want to be a saint, and I see how very far I am from living the life of a saint. But I can become more saint-like by spending more time with Mary and Jesus. Look our Saints…here I come!
November 8th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
The luminious mysteries relate to my life in that much like lettyab’s. I love the words, “Do whatever He tells you.” I think of them often, and try to imitate the wedding servers by obeying Christ. The wedding of Cana also makes me know that Jesus truly cares about the small details of my life…like being a middle aged woman with thinning hair….and I can offer it up to God and He cares. I have asked that he place it in my husband’s heart that he is ok with a balding wife. I want to be attractive to him!