Multilingual
Rosary - The Glorious Mysteries
meditated
by Don Antonio D'Osasco
Translated
by
Barbara
Meloni
English
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“ Oh,
Holy Spirit, Soul of my soul, I adore You.
Light
me up, guide me, fortify me, comfort me.
Tell
me what I have to do, let me know what You want from me.
I
promise to submit myself to what You want from me
and
to accept all that You allow to happen to me.
To
know Your will is enough for me”
1st
GLORIOUS MYSTERY
Although
Jesus had repeatedly told to both His Apostles and disciples that
after His Passion and Death He would have risen, His
appearances overtook all of them by surprise and
filled their souls with great wonder and joy.
In
the episode of the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, for
instance, there are some moments experienced by the two pilgrims
which mirror the story of each of us (not only as single
individuals, but also as a couple).
They
depart from Jerusalem, symbol of the Church, and are hopeless.
“ Jesus
Himself came up and walked along with them. but they were kept from
recognizing Him”. …..all things that happen daily to us !
And
Jesus says to them (and to us too): "How foolish you are,
and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! “
And
then it only took an act of love “Stay with us ,for it is
nearly evening; the day is almost over." …..and he went in to
stay with them. and repays
such
an
act
of love breaking the Bread with them and for them( the Eucharist).
“Then, their eyes were opened and recognized Him” and were
bursting with joy: "Were not our hearts burning within us while
he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to
us?........we recognized Him when he broke the Bread"
How
nice!
Thank
you Jesus for Your rising and walking with us!
2nd
GLORIOUS MISTERY
Luke,
in the Acts of the Apostles, begins by saying: “After his
suffering, he showed himself to these men and gave many convincing
proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty
days and spoke about the kingdom of God”.
We
can only but guess what He may have told His friends, the number of
details on His reign already described in the parables told in the
Gospels, the lots of advice that the Apostles have not realized
yet so that shortly after, in line 6, you can read that they asked
Him: ““Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom
to Israel?”
John,
in the speeches after the Last Supper, relates words such as: “ it
is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the
Comforter will not come unto you […] “But, when the Spirit
of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth”.
(John 16: 7 and 13).
Luke,
in 1:8-9 adds: “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit
comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem [.....]and to
the ends of the earth” .After he said this, he was taken up before
their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.”
Thank
you Jesus because all that You revealed us came true
3rd GLORIOUS
MISTERY
What
Jesus had promised comes true 50 days after Easter.
The
Apostles are gathered in the Supper Room where Jesus had held the
Last Supper. They are persevering in prayer with Mary the Mother of
Jesus.
In
no more than 4 lines it is described an event which, after the
Incarnation, Passion and Resurrection, will completely change the
world. At first they were afraid, but they soon start, by means of a
courage and a faith completely unknown to them up to that moment,
that testimony requested by Jesus, which will led them -through the
course of their lives- to suffer martyrdom.
As
He rose, on the night of that very day, Jesus, appearing to them in
the room where Jesus had held the Last Supper, had predicted
the event of this mystery by what has been called the little
Pentecost, when He exclaimed: “ Peace be with you!”
and
then, shortly after, repeats: “Peace be unto you! As my father hath
sent me, even so I send you. And when He said this, He breathed on
them and said to them: Receive the Holy Ghost: if you forgive anyone
his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not
forgiven. ” . (John, 20:19-23).
Thank
you Jesus for such an unlimited gift of the Holy Spirit which always
gives life and encourages Your Church, community of believers and
personally each of us.
4th GLORIOUS
MISTERY
The
scene must have been significant: Mary, mother of God, in soul and
glorious body, like Jesus’ risen body, ascends to Heaven, that is,
in Her new way of being.
“A
woman clothed with the sun”: it is the Church, and it is also
Mary, mother of the Church….She is clothed in the
light “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me………will
have the light of life…” (John,8-12), Jesus had said and
Mary, His Mother, who is also His first disciple shrouded by the
light of Life. In the Old Testament the Sun is considered as a
God’s privileged creature, and within the New Testament it is said
as regards the Heavenly Father, of “His
sun”
(Matthew, 5:45). Of this Sun that is His, God enshrouds and covers
the Woman. Loved by Him, loaded with His best gifts.
“With
the moon under Her feet” : the
Moon, which has the function of- according to the mentality of
the Old Testament- regulating the progress of time, is under the
Woman’s feet, who completely dominates it, beyond the vicissitudes
of the time. It already has its eternity.
“And
a crown of twelve stars on Her head”: the
crown symbolizes royalty. The Virgin Mary is Queen because She is
the Mother of the King, Christ the King, Queen of the Apostles, the
Martyrs, the Virgins, and with all the titles that we can find
in all the litanies dedicated to Her.
The
twelve stars refer to the number of the twelve tribes of Israel
which we find in the story of the Old Testament, as well as the
twelve Apostles in the story of the New Testament.
All
the History gathers around Her.
Thank you Mary
Note:
When we see the European flag flying, we can rightly think
about the Virgin Mary, and this is an occasion for joy for the
Christian roots of the Old Continent.
The
choice of this flag had a very long and complex way, but
in the end we usually attribute the winning pattern to the French
Catholic draughtsman Arsène Heitz , who afterwards gave a Biblical
explanation of it, making reference to an image of the devotion to
the Virgin Mary emblematic of the 12th
chapter of the Apocalypse (first verse): “A great sign appeared in
Heaven: a Woman clothed with the Sun,
and
the moon under Her feet, and on Her head a crown of twelve stars”.
Such
a choice was approved by the representatives of the governments
on December 8, 1955 in Paris and this date too is significant as it
celebrates the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception.
5th
GLORIOUS MISTERY
As
for this final mystery of the Rosary, we don’t have any Biblical
reference, but our faith can help us imagine what
happened.
An
antiphon of the Blessed Virgin Mary, at the end of the liturgy
of the Compline (Night Prayer), continuing the first Joyful
Mystery, says:“ You, who receiving the angel’s
greeting, while the entire creation is bewildered, gave birth
to Your Creator”.
It
is this “bewilderment” that, at the moment of The
Incarnation, catches the entire creation, and now fills the “Bride”
with an indescribable joy.
For
the first time She comes face to face with Her Bridegroom, the Holy
Spirit; She has a face-to-face meeting with her Son’s Father, Our
Father, both Our and Her Creator; She meets Jesus again the
Heavenly glory at last!
All
the angels share both Her bewilderment and joy …….She meets
Gabriel again who brought Her the announcement that changed the
world, She meets the Apostles who shared with Her the pilgrimage of
faith on Earth, She becomes one with all the Saints who lived
in the Ancient Covenant, the patriarchs, the prophets known in
the listening of their Word, rejoices with the martyrs, the virgins….
All had been waiting for Her arrival, at the same time as all wait
for our arrival too, if God wants to receive us in His mercy.
This
is the mystery which always makes us homesick for Heaven!
Thank
you Jesus because with Your Passion, Death and Resurrection you have
prepared a place for us in the house of The Father next to both
all of you and the Virgin Mary.
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