![]() It happened in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized in the Jordan by John. 5Īs Mary has always been about “proclaiming the greatness of the Lord,” (Luke 1:46) it is apropos that through her Rosary, we go deeper into the great mysteries of the life of the Son of God who humbled himself by becoming one of us so as to bless us with eternal life and save us from an ignominious death. Thus, by the working of this sign at Cana through the intercession of Mary, Jesus manifests himself as the messianic Savior, who is both Son of God and son of Mary. Years later, she hears of the marvelous event of his baptism, how he is anointed by the Father while the Holy Spirit descends upon him, and then witnesses his first sign-through her own intercession-as he commences with his mission to redeem the world. At his birth, Mary sees the manifestation of the eternal God in her son. Naturally, this would mean he was born of a human mother. So, what does all this have to do with the Blessed Virgin Mary? The answer is, Everything! God became perfectly human in all things-which means he took on our humanity as it was before the Fall. Thus, the first two Luminous Mysteries are necessary to complete the triptych. This Epiphany is illuminated in three separate mysteries of the Rosary, the third Joyful Mystery, the Birth of Jesus, and the first two Luminous Mysteries, Jesus’ Baptism in the Jordan and his Miracle at Cana. ![]() 4 God chose to manifest himself to man so that we could understand his true nature and what he set out to do through his Son to redeem the world. Peter Chrysologus sees a clear three-fold Epiphany of his divinity. John Paul says, “Each of these mysteries is a revelation of the Kingdom now present in the very person of Jesus.” 3 Thus, for our Marian Pope, the mystery of the person of Jesus Christ emerges in a special way in the Luminous Mysteries, which capture the years of his public life and teachings, beginning with his baptism in the Jordan, and culminating with his institution of the Holy Eucharist on the eve of his passion, death and resurrection. Louis de Montfort, I came to understand that true devotion to the Mother of God is actually Christocentric, indeed, it is very profoundly rooted in the Mystery of the Blessed Trinity, and the mysteries of the Incarnation and Redemption.” 1 As a result, he believed that Marian devotion “not only addresses a need of the heart, a sentimental inclination, but it also corresponds to objective truth about the Mother of God.” 2 However, Pope John Paul was not just any pope his motto, Totus tuus, expressed his relationship and deep devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, and his understanding of her unique role in salvation history. John Paul II did just that with his Apostolic Letter, Rosarium Virginis Mariae, on October 16, 2002. It seems unimaginable that anyone would dare add mysteries to the Rosary. Knowing Jesus through the Luminous Mysteries, Part Oneĭirector of the Rosary Center, and Promoter of the Rosary Confraternityįor some of those who have prayed the Rosary throughout their lives, the acceptance of the Luminous Mysteries has been difficult.
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