PRAY LUMINOUS MYSTERIES SERIES

We should recall that John had been preaching the coming of another – and this other was his kinsman, Jesus Christ. At the very beginning of His public ministry, we hear the story of Jesus’ baptism by St. The Luminous Mysteries of the Holy Rosary can be understood as events in the life of Jesus Christ in which He reveals Himself to us, and in which we come to understand Him just a little better. The First Luminous Mystery: Jesus’ Baptism in the Jordan

He wrote, “It is during the years of his public ministry that the mystery of Christ is most evidently a mystery of light: ‘While I am in the world, I am the light of the world’ (Jn 9:5)” (ibid.). “I believe, however, that to bring out fully the Christological depth of the Rosary it would be suitable to make an addition to the traditional pattern which, while left to the freedom of individuals and communities, could broaden it to include the mysteries of Christ’s public ministry between his Baptism and his Passion.” ( Rosarium Virginis Mariae, 19) The Holy Father goes on to explain the naming of these Mysteries. It was not until the late Holy Father suggested these five additional mysteries that many people realized the shortcoming in the Mysteries of the Rosary, in that the public ministry of Jesus had virtually no representation in this reflective prayer.

John Paul II in his Apostolic Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae, these are reflections on five events during the public ministry of Jesus, five events which illuminated the person of Jesus Christ as the “Light of the World” (John 8:12). This month, we are looking at the so-called Luminous Mysteries, or the Mysteries of Light.

PRAY LUMINOUS MYSTERIES SERIES

Today we are continuing the series we began last month on the mysteries of the Holy Rosary.

Pray luminous mysteries