THE HOLY FAMILY ROSARY BROCHURE
[The Scriptural texts of the Holy Family Rosary Mysteries in a printable color PDF file.]
INTRODUCTION
The purpose for this work is to provide a sure and steady means (a sturdy path, if you will) to learn of our obligation and purpose in creation which is to know, love and serve the Lord Our God with our whole heart, soul, mind and strength. We are suggesting that by meditating on these seven sets of five mysteries the truth of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit can be easily realized in catechesis of our faith. With the use of these meditations we are now offered a completely unique perspective to assist the discovery of the beginning of life and reason for our belief in God from the dawn of creation – thereby also allowing inclusion and contemplation of Mary’s conception and birth (as well as our own) in the mind and will of God before the beginning of time. The very last meditation draws us to conclusion, looking ahead towards heaven on the New Sabbath, contemplating in hope of bearing witness in adoring attestation of the Coronation of Mary as Queen of Heaven
What we hope you will find within these extended Rosary meditations is a logical reflection of the main historical accounts of God’s Good News that will allow you an ordinary vehicle to easily approach Our Lord in expectation, experience and knowledge of the goodness of God by prayerfully pondering the love of God’s Son, born and especially nurtured, within His Beloved Mother’s Immaculate Heart – with God’s Holy Word foretelling of “In the beginning” [Gen 1:1] of the imminent Immaculate Conception of Mary [Gen 3:15] at creation’s dawn. They faithfully affirm that the perfection of life firmly begins in our belief that Jesus Christ is the authentically perfect image of God and, as begun in the New Testament Gospel of Jesus Christ according to St. John, that: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” [Jn 1:1].
These reflections are offered in direct response to the Apostolic Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae of St. Pope John Paul II (b.1920, Papacy:1978-d.2005) that was published on October 16, 2002, when His Holiness introduced the Luminous Mysteries and asked the clergy, religious and faithful lay Catholics to promote greater use of the Rosary as Mary’s school of prayer into a fuller compendium of the gospel. By offering these recurring seven days of contemplative prayer with Mary, we are introduced to a very firm foundation for recollection of certain historical events in catechesis of the knowledge and reason for our faith in Jesus Christ, the foretold Son of David, Son of God.
The following list details the seven sets of mysteries in order with further explanation and are named the…
These meditations help us to recognize God’s ordaining of seven days as the natural reflection of His perfect spiritual order. Six days of labor followed by a day of rest. In this format, the person of Jesus as the Son of Mary and Son of God, compels us to study how the mysteries of faith, hope, and charity are dispensed to man from God the Father, through God the Son, in the unity of God the Holy Ghost; confirming the Essence of God’s Presence in the Holy Trinity – Three in One.
It is given in direct response to the same Apostolic Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae in which St. John Paul II said: “What is needed is a Christian life distinguished above all in the ‘art of prayer.’ Inasmuch as contemporary culture, even amid so many indications to the contrary, has witnessed the flowering of a new call for spirituality, due also to the influence of other religions, it is more urgent than ever that our Christian communities should become `genuine schools of prayer.’”
About the Mysteries of Faith, Hope, and Charity
What will be seen as “new” within the practice of these meditations is their expansion of the use of the holy rosary as a catechesis tool and within this same well-intentioned expression for both prayer and belief, they draw closer contemplation of God’s forgiveness and mercy by the charitable reconciliation offered through the faithful image of Christ in His Church – all viewed through and with Mary – and all neatly accomplished and summarized within a holy week in factual exposition and participatory explanation of the Sacramental Church. Without doubt, the weekly practice of contemplating these seven sets of mysteries establishes a wonderful “Lex vivendi” (law of living) that our world cries out to see.
[1] Ps. 144:2. (Douay-Rheims English Translation of the Latin Vulgate Bible.)
[2] Excerpt from The Holy Family Rosary; Copyright © 2002 by john of the fallen cross.
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