“It is in this dark place of our heart that Christ wants the light of the world to begin to burn and from its burning to radiate, until it shines back from the face of humanity. Here it is that he wants the light to begin to shine in darkness and the life of the world to begin again…. It is easy to see that the world is wounded, hard to see that its healing begins in our own heart”. –Caryll Houselander (+ 1954)
Intention: Lord, please bless us with a society that seeks Your face and prays to You earnestly. I thank You God ahead of time for this.
Wednesday: All Things
Work for Good
1st Glorious Mystery: The Resurrection of Our Lord
Scripture:
We know that all things work for good for those who love God,
who are called according to his purpose.
—Romans 8:28
Reflection:
Jesus died on the Cross. Then afterward, on the third day, He
rose again in bodily form. Just as He came back to life, we will
also rise again in physical form, on the last day.
Prayer:
Lord Jesus, I understand that everything I experience can work
for good if I love You and try my best to do Your will. Speak to
me Your heavenly words of love and wisdom, that I may hear
them above the din of the busy world. Amen.
Wednesday: Suffering Will End
2nd Glorious Mystery: The Ascension of Our Lord
Scripture:
The first man was from the earth, earthly; the second man,
from heaven. Just as we have borne the image of the earthly
one, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly one.
—1 Corinthians 15:47,49
Reflection:
Jesus appeared to the disciples for forty days after the resurrection,
and then He ascended to heaven to prepare a place for them. “If
I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back again and take
you to myself, so that where I am you also may be” (John 14:3).
Prayer:
Dear Heavenly Father, when Jesus died, He stopped suffering.
My suffering will end with my death also, because if I obey
Jesus’s commands, I will go to heaven, to a place prepared by
Him. I pray to live a virtuous life as best as I can, and to come
to You in heaven when I die. Amen.
Wednesday: Direction and Guidance
3rd Glorious Mystery: The Descent of the
Holy Spirit on Our Lady and the Apostles
Scripture:
I will put my spirit in you that you may live, and I will settle
you upon your land; thus you shall know that I am the Lord. I
have promised, and I will do it, says the Lord.
—Ezekiel 37:14
Reflection:
“…Confirmation is the special outpouring of the Holy Spirit as
once granted to the apostles on the day of Pentecost.” (Catechism
of the Catholic Church #1302.)
Prayer:
Dear Holy Spirit, reveal to me Your direction and guidance all
the days of my life. Show me the way in which I should go –
to the right or to the left, straight ahead or backwards. Amen.
Wednesday: Following
Mary’s Example
4th Glorious Mystery: The Assumption
of Our Blessed Mother
Scripture:
While he was speaking, a woman from the crowd called out
and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that carried you and the
breasts at which you nursed.”
—Luke 11:27
Reflection:
Our Blessed Mother was blessed with the gift of being received
into heaven body and soul, where all souls are eternally happy.
Thus, she is an excellent example to follow, if we want to be
blessed like she was.
Prayer:
Heart of Jesus, Burning Furnace of Charity, inspire us to do
small works of pure love in the world—following Mary’s
example—creating a covering of true sanctity around the whole
church. Amen.
Wednesday: Asking for Prayers
5th Glorious Mystery: The Coronation of Our
Blessed Mother as Queen of Heaven and Earth
Scripture:
We do not cease praying for you and asking that you may
be filled with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual
wisdom and understanding.
—Colossians 1:9
Reflection:
Jesus is called a King in the book of Revelation in the Bible.
Mary was crowned as a Queen in heaven because she is Jesus’s
mother, who reflects the brilliant light of her Son. We are
taught by the church to honor and venerate her, but never to
worship her (because she is a creature like ourselves).
Prayer:
Guardian Angel, as I ask my relatives and friends to pray for me,
I also ask you, Our Lady and the other saints, to pray for me
as well – for my good health, financial stability and uplifting
relationships with all my friends and family members. Amen.
