{"id":422224,"date":"2017-06-19T11:09:28","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T16:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atxcatholic.com\/?p=422224"},"modified":"2017-06-21T13:44:04","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T18:44:04","slug":"pray-with-me-the-luminous-mysteries-of-the-rosary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atxcatholic.com\/index.php\/2017\/06\/pray-with-me-the-luminous-mysteries-of-the-rosary\/","title":{"rendered":"Pray with me: the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-423876\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atxcatholic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Luminous-Mysteries-550x138.jpg?resize=550%2C138\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"138\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-424129\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atxcatholic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/images-4.jpg?resize=187%2C270\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"270\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Opening Prayers for the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, amen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Come, Holy Spirit,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">come by means<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">of the powerful intercession<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">of the Immaculate Heart of Mary,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Thy well beloved spouse,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">and Queen of the Holy Rosary.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-424003 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atxcatholic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Fatima_QoP2-e1497913863424.jpg?resize=72%2C87\" alt=\"\" width=\"72\" height=\"87\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Help us to &#8220;contemplate the face of Christ&#8221; with Mary,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">treasuring and pondering these mysteries in our hearts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Allow us to accompany you, O Sacred Virgin.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Let us &#8220;learn Christ&#8221; from you in your &#8220;school of prayer,&#8221; the rosary. *<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Receive from us these &#8220;bright yellow roses&#8221;** of prayer,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">this garland of the Luminous Mysteries<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">as we ponder this &#8220;compendium of the Gospel.&#8221; *<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Help us to pray it from the heart.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Through our prayers, and our meditation,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">on the life of Christ,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">may we scatter the petals of the Gospel<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">along the path of every person on earth,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">to lead each one<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">in the way of Jesus.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-423970\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atxcatholic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/500780974.jpg?resize=170%2C170\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"170\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Here begin the rosary in the usual way, using these brief reflections at the start of each of the Luminous mysteries, praying the dedication to Mary at the end of each decade.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-423976 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atxcatholic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1606-1-264x190.jpg?resize=264%2C190\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" height=\"190\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>First Luminous Mystery: The Baptism of the Lord<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Jesus, as St. Elizabeth affirmed your mother&#8217;s purpose and ministry at the time of the Visitation, now John witnesses to Your truth in the presence<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">of the Holy Spirit,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">coming down from Heaven,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">and the Father speaks<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">to show us<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Jesus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">We marvel at this profoundly humble encounter,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0this kindly revelation<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">of who You are.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">With your baptism, Lord, you dedicated yourself to your mission and to the Father.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">We dedicate and consecrate our lives to the Father in union with You. In deep humility, as we pray&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-422862 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atxcatholic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/468236_3614195357980_1586594904_o-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"photo Shawn Chapman, rose: Graham Thomas\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">We place these bright yellow roses of the Baptism of the Lord, into your hands,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Mother of Jesus,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Mother of the Church.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">May all of your children<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">live every day<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">in the love of Jesus,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">and give Him<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">to everyone<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">in all that we do.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">May we be filled with the Holy Spirit<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">in\u00a0every word we speak.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Second Luminous Mysteries: The Wedding at Cana<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Jesus, at Cana,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">responding to your mother&#8217;s confident nudge,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">you performed your first miracle at a wedding reception that was running out of wine,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">turning water reserved for ritual washing<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">into<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">the best of wines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">In your compassion, give our souls the deepest joy of believing in you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Give us this wine forever,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">and grant us the grace of beautiful Christian lives<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">full of the happiness of true love,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">given and received every day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">We pray&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-423937 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atxcatholic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/imgres-1-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Mother of Good Counsel,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">we offer you these bright yellow roses<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">of the Miracle at the Wedding at Cana,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">humbly fastening them to your veil.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">May all your children bring you constant joy by hearing the voice of Jesus,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0doing whatever He tells us,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">with the simple trust<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">that draws Him to work miracles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Third Luminous Mystery: The Proclamation of the Kingdom of God<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Jesus, you are the pearl in the field.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">You yourself are our prize,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">our treasure,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">our peace,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">our way to the Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">We ponder your love,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">your teachings,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">your parables,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">your miracles,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">your healing of the sick and broken.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">We savor the Beatitudes,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">and the shining truth of You as we pray&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-422861 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atxcatholic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/12357219_10208604118644871_6688008587792974780_o-1-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"photo Shawn Chapman (rose: Nacogdoches)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Mary, our humble queen mother,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">we place these bright yellow roses of the Proclamation of the Kingdom of God<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">at your rough and calloused feet<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">that followed your Son<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">so faithfully.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">May we follow, too, with ready feet,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">and with<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">the little ones,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">enter the Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Fourth Luminous Mystery: The Transfiguration of the Lord<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Jesus, even though they fell asleep in prayer,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Peter, James and John were sill given the grace of awakening to the vision of You in glory,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">then given the highest gift of inner prayer:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">to, &#8220;look up and see only [you,]&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Just you,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">on a quiet day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">We ponder, we immerse ourselves, we gaze on your beauty<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">in simplicity of heart<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">as we pray&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-422860 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atxcatholic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/12476113_10208688140581603_423735851_n-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Mary, Mother of Prayer,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">we offer you these bright, yellow roses of the Mystery of the Transfiguration of your Son,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">surrounding you with their light.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Like you, may we be so pure of heart,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">that all we see<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">is God wherever we look.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Guide all of your children<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">to be children of prayer<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">and of light.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Fifth Luminous Mystery: The Institution of the Eucharist<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Jesus, with your dearest friends, you desired to announce a New Covenant,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">a New Commandment,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">a new Passover.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">We long to receive You in Holy Communion with one another at mass.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Since we can not now physically receive You in the Holy Eucharist,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">we ask humbly that You come spiritually into our hearts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Bind us together and to You in Your Body.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Make us holy, and fill us completely<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">with the simple knowledge<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">of Your presence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Allow us to live in You,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">and come now,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">live in us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">We praise You,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">we bless You,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">we adore you,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">we glorify You.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">We pray&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-422863 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atxcatholic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/imgres-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Mother of he Eucharist,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">we offer you these bright yellow roses of the Institution of the Eucharist<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">to adorn the alter in Heaven.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">May your children always receive Jesus in the Eucharist<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">with faith, love, and reverence, with thanksgiving.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">May His true presence with us be praised,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">adored and loved<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">always and at every moment<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">in every mass,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">and in every tabernacle in the world,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">as He is in Heaven.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Closing Prayers for the Luminous Mysteries<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Holy Mother, allow us to embrace you tenderly,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">and to rest with you<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">in the goodness of the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">in the beauty of he Gospel,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">in the wonderful truth of Jesus,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">of all that He is.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">And we thank you<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">for this beautiful time with you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Together with Your loving Son,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">give us<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">blessing<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">and help us<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">to bless the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Amen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-423938\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/atxcatholic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/imgres-2.jpg?resize=183%2C275\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"275\" \/><\/p>\n<p>*Pope St.John Paul II in <a href=\"https:\/\/w2.vatican.va\/content\/john-paul-ii\/en\/apost_letters\/2002\/documents\/hf_jp-ii_apl_20021016_rosarium-virginis-mariae.html\">Rosarium Virginis Mariae<\/a><\/p>\n<p>** In the book, <em>Rosary Novenas to Our Lady,<\/em> the authors,\u00a0<span class=\"a-size-small a-color-secondary\">Charles V Lacey and <\/span><span class=\"a-size-small a-color-secondary\">John R Brokhoff<\/span>\u00a0 refer to the Hail Marys of the Luminous Mysteries as &#8220;bright yellow roses.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>If you don&#8217;t know how to pray the rosary, here is a quick guide. \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"630\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3-w62N4nc8E?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Opening Prayers for the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary &#8220;In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, amen. Come, Holy Spirit, come by means of the powerful intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Thy well beloved spouse, and Queen of the Holy Rosary. 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