Keep
your eyes open!...Keep
your eyes open!...THE
LUMINOUS MYSTERIES (To
be said on Thursdays)
THE FIRST LUMINOUS MYSTERY: The Baptism in the Jordan
We ask for the Grace of Hope in the Lord, that we will desire, and with steadfast trust, await from God, eternal life.
1) "I am baptizing you with
water, for repentance,
but the one who is coming after me is mightier than I." (Matthew 3:11)
2) "I am not worthy to loosen the
thongs of his
sandals." (Luke 3:16)
3) "He will baptize you with the Holy
Spirit and
fire." (Matthew 3:11)
4) "His winnowing fan is in his hand
to clear
his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but the
chaff
he will burn with unquenchable fire." (Luke 3:17)
5) "Then Jesus came from Galilee to
John at the
Jordan to be baptized by him." (Matthew 3:13)
6) "John tried to prevent him,
saying, 'I need
to be baptized by you, and yet you are coming to me?' " (Matthew 3:14)
7) "Jesus said to him in reply,
'Allow it now,
for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.' " (Matthew
3:15)
8) "After Jesus was baptized, he came
up from
the water and behold, the heavens opened [for him], and he saw the
Spirit
of God descending like a dove [and] coming upon him." (Matthew 3:16)
9) "And a voice came from the
heavens, saying,
'This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased." (Matthew 3:17)
10) "Now I have seen and testified
that he is
the Son of God." (John 1:34)
THE SECOND LUMINOUS MYSTERY: The Self-Manifestation of at the Wedding of Cana
We ask for the Grace of Wisdom, that we may judge properly as to what is true or right.
1) "On the third day there
was a wedding in Cana
in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples
were also invited to the wedding." (John 2:1-2)
2) "When the wine ran short, the
mother of Jesus
said to him, 'They have no wine.' " (John 2:3)
3) "[And] Jesus said to her, 'Woman,
how does
your concern affect me? My hour has not yet come." (John 2:4)
4) "His mother said to the servers,
'Do whatever
he tells you.' " (John 2:5)
5) "Now there were six stone jars
there for Jewish
ceremonial washings, each holding twenty to thirty gallons." (John 2:6)
6) "Jesus told them, 'Fill the jars
with water.'
So they filled them to the brim." (John 2:7)
7) "Then he told them, 'Draw some out
now and
take it to the headwaiter.' So they took it." (John 2:8)
8) "And when the headwaiter tasted
the water that
had become wine, without knowing where it came from (although the
servers
who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter called the bridegroom"
(John
2:9)
9) "and said to him, 'Everyone serves
good wine
first, and then when people have drunk freely, an inferior one; but you
have kept the good wine until now.' " (John 2:10)
10) "Jesus did this as the beginning
of his signs
in Cana in Galilee and so revealed his glory, and his disciples began
to
believe in him." (John 2:11)
THE THIRD LUMINOUS MYSTERY: The Proclamation of the Kingdom
We ask for the Grace of Understanding and to walk in the Light of Christ
1) "He stood up to read and
was handed a scroll
of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the passage
where
it is written: 'The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has
anointed
me to bring glad tidings to the poor.' " (Luke 4:16-18)
2) "He has sent me to proclaim
liberty to captives
and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, and
to
proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord." (Luke 4:18-19)
3) "This is the time of fulfillment.
The kingdom
of God is at hand.
Repent, and believe in the gospel."
(Mark 1:15)
4) "Amen, amen, I say to you, no one
can enter
the kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit. What is
born of flesh is flesh and what is born of spirit is spirit." (John 3:5)
5) "For God so loved the world that
he gave his
only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but
might
have eternal life." (John 3:16)
6) "Whoever believes in the Son has
eternal life,
but whoever disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God
remains
upon him." (John 4:36)
7) "Now someone approached him and
said, 'Teacher,
what good must I do to gain eternal life?' He answered him, 'Why do you
ask me about the good? There is only One who is good. If you wish to
enter
into life, keep the commandments." (Matthew 19:16-17)
8) "And everyone who has given up
houses or brothers
or sisters or father or mother or children or lands for the sake of my
name will receive a hundred times more, and will inherit eternal life."
(Matthew 19:29)
9) "Jesus said to him, 'What is
written in the
law? How do you read it?' He said in reply, 'You shall love the Lord,
your
God, with all your heart, with all your being, with all your strength,
and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.' He replied to
him,
'You have answered correctly; do this and you will live.' " (Luke 10:25)
10) "When the Son of Man comes in his
glory, and
all his angels with him, he will sit upon his glorious throne. He will
place the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. Then the king
will
say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father.
Inherit
the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.' "
(Matthew
26:31, 33-34)
THE FOURTH LUMINOUS MYSTERY: The Transfiguration
We ask for the Grace of Fear of the Lord, that we will always be reverent.
1) "After six days Jesus
took Peter, James, and
John and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves." (Mark 9:2)
2) "And he was transfigured before
them, and his
clothes became dazzling white, such as no fuller on earth could bleach
them." (Mark 9:2-3)
3) "Then Elijah appeared to them
along with Moses,
and they were conversing with Jesus." (Mark 9:4)
4) "Then Peter said to Jesus in
reply, "Rabbi,
it is good that we are here! Let us make three tents: one for you, one
for Moses, and one for Elijah." (Mark 9:5)
5) "While he was still speaking, a
cloud came
and cast a shadow over them, and they became frightened when they
entered
the cloud." (Luke 9:34)
6) "then from the cloud came a voice
that said,
'This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.' "
(Matthew 17:5)
7) "When the disciples heard this,
they fell prostrate
and were very much afraid." (Matthew 17:6)
8) "But Jesus came and touched them,
saying, 'Rise,
and do not be afraid.' " (Matthew 17:7)
9) "And when the disciples raised
their eyes,
they saw no one else but Jesus alone." (Matthew 17:8)
10) "As they were coming down from
the mountain,
Jesus charged them, 'Do not tell the vision to anyone until the Son of
Man has been raised from the dead.' " (Matthew 17:9)
THE FIFTH LUMINOUS MYSTERY: The Institution of the Eucharist
We ask for the Grace of Fortitude, which ensures firmness in difficulties and constancy in the pursuit of good.
1) "Jesus said to them,
'Amen, amen, I say to you,
it was not Moses who gave the bread from heaven; my Father gives you
the
true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is that which comes down
from
heaven and gives life to the world.' " (John 6:32-33)
2) "So they said to him, 'Sir, give
us this bread
always.' Jesus said to them "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to
me
will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst." (John
6:34-35)
3) "Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever
believes
has eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna
in the desert, but they died; this is the bread that comes down from
heaven
so that one may eat it and not die." (John 6:47-50)
4) "I am the living bread that came
down from
heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever and the bread that I
will give is my flesh for the life of the world." (John 6:51)
5) "The Jews quarreled among
themselves, saying,
'How can this man give us [his] flesh to eat?' " (John 6:52)
6) "Jesus said to them, 'Amen, amen I
say to you,
unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do
not have life within you.' " (John 6:53)
7) "Whoever eats my flesh and drinks
my blood
has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is
true food, and my blood is true drink." (John 6:54-55)
8) "Whoever eats my flesh and drinks
my blood
remains in me and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me and I
have
life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have
life
because of me." (John 6:56-57)
9) "This is the bread that came down
from heaven.
Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread
will
live forever." (John 6:58)
10) "Then many of his disciples who
were listening
said, 'This saying is hard; who can accept it?' As a result of this,
many
[of] his disciples returned to their former way of life and no longer
accompanied
him. Jesus then said to the Twelve, 'Do you also want to leave?' Simon
Peter answered him, 'Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words to
eternal life.' " (John 6:60, 66-68)
Courtesy of Grace Mary Mizzi, www.mmponline.org
