A Word from Your Pastor - October 30

Dear Parishioners:

The Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary take us to the heights.  Through them, we are invited to contemplate the glory that God intends to share with the human race through Jesus Christ.

The Glorious Mysteries Mysteries are:

·        The Resurrection of Jesus:  The Suffering Messiah enters into His Glory in our human nature.  He is proven True.  His divinity is made evident through the power of God to overcome death.  The Risen Body of the Lord shows that our own humanity has a transcendent goal.

·        The Ascension of the Lord is that Mystery that creates the “return bridge” to God.  The Son Who became one with us through the Incarnation now takes His own Risen Humanity into God, into the divine life that is shared by the Holy Trinity.  We have a “place” in God because He Is God in God in His Risen, Glorified Human Nature.

·        The Descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost brings the power of God into the world anew and we are given the capacity to grow in holiness on the way to Glory.  Our human nature, now sharing divine life, is capable even in Time of receiving that life through the action of the Holy Spirit.  Mary shares in this Mystery with Jesus’ first disciples as the Church is brought to birth.

·        The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is Mary’s personal sharing in the victory won by her Divine Son.  She is assumed body and soul into Heaven and receives the full fruits of the Redemption won for us.  Her unique ministry as Mother and Mediatrix is able to continue now from Eternity.

·        The Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary completes the gift promised to humanity from its beginning.  The Son gives Mary the honor He is able to give her as her Son, sharing His own glory.  She is our Advocate and Intercessor before the Throne of God because she shares in the Kingdom as Queen of Heaven and Earth.

As we complete our journey through the Mysteries of the Rosary, may we learn ever more from our Blessed Mother how to respond to the offer of grace.  May we continue to grow in our understanding of the promises the Lord has made to us and may we trust that what has been promised to us will be fulfilled.

Mary, Queen of the Rosary, pray for us!