We've come to the fourth Sunday of Advent; less than a week until Christmas. The joy should be threatening to burst out of you by now. We've read the admonitions to repent; we have heard the warnings to be prepared.
Our message this weekend at Catholic masses comes from the early part of Luke's gospel. In it, he is expounding on the story of the Annunciation and the Visitation which lead to the Nativity. This leads me to our great prayer; the rosary. These events are the first three of the five Joyful events we call mysteries.
Here is my thought about that prayer. The Lord's Prayer, the Glory be to the Trinity and the Hail Mary are wonderful prayers in their own right. But I would suggest that the mysteries overshadow these prayers. Just a mention of the mysteries and then speed praying the next set of prayers is misguided. Contemplating on the mysteries should be the real intention of the rosary. Meditate on them.
You can find Catholic literature to enhance your meditation of these events in the life of Christ and His mother. Read your Bible about what you are saying. The rosary is not a race to do what some saints have told us the Virgin has asked. Nine Hail Marys or eleven is not that big a problem. Shortchanging the contemplation of the mysteries is missing the real point. We need to study and meditate on the core issues. Read about those stories in your Bible.
Then, pray for me.
God bless you. I love you.
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