I give my heart
to Jesus and
Mary with you in love.
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How to Pray the Rosary
About the Rosary
Rosary Prayers
Rosary Meditations
July 28, 1995 - Sorrowful MysteryDaily Prayers
- Jesus Carries His Cross Up Calvary
October 13, 1996 - Glorious Mystery
(from the Apostles Manual)
- The Coronation of Our Lady
March 17, 1995 - Sorrowful Mysteries
- The Agony in the Garden
- Jesus is Scourged at the Pillar
- Jesus is Crowned with a Crown of Thorns
- Jesus Carries His Cross
- Jesus is Crucified and Dies on the Cross
April 16, 1995 - Glorious Mysteries
- The Resurrection
- The Ascension
- The Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles
- The Assumption of Mary into Heaven
- Mary is Crowned Queen of Heaven and Earth
February 1, 1995 - Joyful Mysteries
- The Annunciation
- The Visitation
- The Birth of Jesus
- The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple
- The Finding of Jesus in the Temple
March 21, 1995 - Sorrowful Mysteries
- The Agony in the Garden
- Jesus is Scourged at the Pillar
- Jesus is Crowned with a Crown of Thorns
- Jesus Carries His Cross to Calvary
- Jesus is Crucified and Dies on the Cross
October 13, 1996 - Glorious Mysteries
(from the Apostles Manual)
- The Resurrection
- Our Lord Ascends into Heaven
- The Descent of the Holy Spirit Upon the Apostles
- The Assumption of Our Lady into Heaven
- The Coronation of Our Lady
July 13, 1995 - Joyful Mysteries
- The Annunciation
- The Visitation
- The Birth of the Lord Jesus
- The Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple
- The Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple
March 21, 1995 - Sorrowful Mysteries
- The Agony in the Garden
- Jesus is Scourged at the Pillar
- Jesus is Crowned with a Crown of Thorns
- Jesus Carries His Cross to Calvary
- Jesus is Crucified and Dies on the Cross
February 22, 1995 - Glorious Mysteries
- The Resurrection
- The Ascension
- The Descent of the Holy Spirit
- The Assumption of Mary into Heaven
- The Coronation of Mary as Queen of Heaven and Earth
July 28, 1995 - Sorrowful Mysteries
- The Agony in the Garden
- Jesus is Crowned with Thorns
- Jesus Carries His Cross Up Calvary
- Jesus is Crucified and Dies on the Cross
July 13, 1995 - Joyful Mysteries
- The Annunciation
- The Visitation
- The Birth of Our Lord
- The Presentation of our Lord in the Temple
- The Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple
April 26, 1995 - Glorious Mysteries
- The Resurrection
- The Ascension of Jesus into Heaven
- The Descent of the Holy Spirit
- Mary is Taken up Into Heaven
- Mary is Crowned Queen of Heaven
January 13, 1997 - Joyful Mysteries
(from the Apostles Manual)
- The Annunciation
- The Visitation
- The Nativity
- The Presentation in the Temple
- The Finding in the Temple
January 26, 1995 - Sorrowful Mysteries
- The Agony in the Garden
- The Scourging at the Pillar
- The Crowning with Thorns
- The Carrying of the Cross
- The Crucifixion
From Rosary Meditations for Little People and Elderly
March 18, 1999 - Joyful Mysteries
March 20, 1999 - Glorious Mysteries
March 20, 1999 - Joyful Mysteries
(with coloring book sketches)
April 19, 1999 - Glorious Mysteries
(with coloring book sketches)
March 22, 1999 - Joyful Mysteries
(with coloring book sketches)
Songs
To the Reader
Messenger:
When visiting a nursing home this is a plan you can follow to pray a little part of the rosary with the elderly or sick residents.
What is usually done and tolerated by the elderly folks is one Our Father, five Hail Marys and another Our Father. The song, A Song from Jesus, can be sung before and after these prayers.
It is desirable to have a big picture of the rosary Mystery you are using when doing these meditations. Also it is recommended that you have pictures of the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
How to Pray the Rosary
Make the Sign of the Cross.
About the Rosary
The Joyful Mysteries
Said on Mondays and Thursdays and on Sundays from the First Sunday of Advent until Lent
- The Annunciation to Mary
- The Visitation of Mary
- The Nativity of Our Lord
The Presentation of the Child, Jesus in the Temple
- The Finding of Jesus in the Temple
The Sorrowful Mysteries
Said on Tuesdays and Fridays and on the Sundays of Lent
- The Agony in the Garden
- The Scourging at the Pillar
- The Crowning with Thorns
- The Carrying of the Cross
- The Crucifixion and Death of Our Lord on the Cross
The Glorious Mysteries
Said on Wednesdays and Saturdays and on Sundays from Easter to Advent
- The Resurrection of our Lord
- The Ascension of our Lord
- The Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles and Mary
- The Assumption of Mary into Heaven
The Crowning of Mary Queen of Heaven and Earth
The Rosary Prayers
The Sign of the Cross
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen
The Apostles Creed
I believe in God the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell; the third day he arose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven; sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the living and the dead. * I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.
Our Father
O
ur Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. * Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. Amen.Hail Mary
H
ail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, Jesus. * Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.Glory Be
G
lory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. * As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.O My Jesus
O
My Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell and lead all souls to heaven, especially those who are in most need of Thy mercy.Hail Holy Queen
H
ail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us. And after this, our exile, show unto us the blessed Fruit of thy womb, Jesus, O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray. O God, whose only begotten Son, by His life, death, and resurrection has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life; grant, we beseech Thee, that meditating upon these mysteries of the most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise, through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen.
*Note: When the rosary is said aloud by two or more persons, one person is the leader. He says the first part of the prayer (up to the asterisk *). Everyone else answers by saying the remainder of the prayer. The O My Jesus and the Hail, Holy Queen are said by all together.
Short Rosary Meditations
taken from:
Rosaries from the Hearts of Jesus and Mary*
The Apostles Manual
Rosary Meditations for Little People and Elderly
by
Shepherds of Christ Publications
* Unless otherwise noted in the rosary headings, the following meditations are taken from Rosaries from the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
Excerpt from July 28, 1995 Rosary
Jesus Carries His Cross up Calvary
Jesus: I ask you to carry the cross that you are given this day and to carry this cross with joy in your heart.
Messenger: It is in Mary that we will reach this deep intimacy with the Heart of Jesus. It is in going to Marys Heart, in being rocked in her arms and held close to her breast, that she gives to us the milk of salvation. She gives to us life from her Son Jesus.
It is in knowing the tender love of our beloved Mother that we will join more deeply to the love of Father, Son and Holy Spirit. It is through Marys Heart that we are carried to this love of God.
Jesus: Release yourself and let go for I am truly present in this room with you at this very moment. Put off all distractions. Focus more and more on My presence with you. All through your day, all through your encounters with others, I want you to be aware of My presence with you, not just when you pray, but all through the day-when you are talking to others, when you are walking, whatever you are doing.
Excerpt from October 13, 1996 Rosary
(From the Apostles Manual)
The Coronation of Our Lady
Mary speaks: I am Our Lady of the Holy Rosary... It is through the rosary that you will have peace in your hearts. My little children, you must learn to discipline your thoughts. You must come to Our Hearts and meditate on Our lives. Our lives will live in your life as you meditate on the mysteries of the rosary.
Messenger: This is the good news: if we do what Mary tells us at Fatima, we will have peace. There will be the reign of the Sacred Heart and the triumph of her Immaculate Heart in which souls will fervently love Jesus with the greatest love. Her plan is so simple but Satan has blocked this plan. Satan has blocked these rosary messages and meditations. We must pray that we can circulate the messages of Jesus and Mary to the world that is hungry and in need of help.
One day soon we will be with God in heaven, forever and ever.
Wrapped in the embrace of the Almighty God for
all eternity. Heaven is a place of love for the Almighty God is love. We will be
satisfied. We will know love. We will be at peace.
But, hell is a place where there is no love, there is no community, there is isolation,
there is longing for God for all eternity.
He is alive, He is alive and He is with us this day...
Excerpt from March 17, 1995 Rosary
The Agony in the Garden
Jesus speaks: I am an endless furnace of love. My Heart is beating for each one of you here. See My Heart as it beats. Think of this beating. Think of the beating Heart!
I pour out to you My endless love constantly. I never leave you. I am forever with you, second by second, minute by minute. Be alone with Me. Empty your mind of any distractions, of any concerns. Be totally wrapped in the love that I am giving to you. Open your hearts wide and let Me unite ever so closely within your heart. I am Jesus, your most ardent Lover, on fire for love of you, My beloved ones. As I knelt in the Garden, I pondered the ways of your heart. My Heart ached for all the souls that would treat Me with such indifference and neglect. Comfort My aching Heart with your love for Me.
I call out to you to take My plea seriously. My plea involves the salvation of souls. Open your hearts and let Me unite closely to you so that I can live in you. Through you I will touch My beloved ones that I love so dearly. How I love you this day, My precious ones. Be alone with Me, totally wrapped in My embrace. I am Jesus, your Savior, and I love you with the deepest, tenderest love. I pour My love out to you. Harken to Me. Let go!
Open wide the portals of your heart. Let Me penetrate every cell of your being. I want such oneness with you. You do not comprehend My immense love. You must surrender!
Excerpt from March 17, 1995 Rosary
Jesus Is Scourged at the Pillar
Messenger: He stood in such total submission to these men who treated Him so harshly. He did not answer back, always in compliance with the Fathers will. It is in compliance with His will that our peace and joy lie. He has a plan for each one of us, His specially loved children.
Jesus speaks: I pour My life out to you. My grace is My life. It is divine life that I give. Nothing on this earth compares to this divine life!
Pray to be sensitive to My touch. Every time that I give you My grace I am touching you in a special way so that you may respond to all the graces that I am pouring out to you this day.
I give to you My Heart as a sign of My immense love for you. See My Heart beating! See it, each pulse of My Heart! This is how I love you. Second by second, minute by minute, I am always there.
Excerpt from March 17, 1995 Rosary
Jesus is Crowned with Thorns
Messenger: They pounded into His head a crown of sharp, piercing thorns.
This is Jesus Christ. He is truly God! God took the form of a human being because He loved us so much. He took on our human nature. A divine Person took on our human form!
Who are we that God loves us this much?
Jesus speaks: I want to tell each one of you this day of My immense love that I have for you. You do not realize how I am truly speaking here to you. You close your hearts. You cut yourself off from the grace I am giving to you. I truly love with the deepest love. Open up your hearts and surrender. My ways are so simple. My ways are truth! You must release yourselves and come to Me for all your needs. Realize that, minute by minute, second by second, I am dealing with you directly.
Excerpt from March 17, 1995 Rosary
The Carrying of the Cross
Jesus speaks: They gave Me a heavy cross that they placed on My shoulder and I carried My cross. I could hardly move but My thoughts were always of you and the immense love that I have for you.
...Powered by the fire of My love, you can conquer the earth with your hearts filled with the immense love that I pour out to this world through you. You will be the light that will shine in the darkest night. You will be a city set on a hill that will shine to the rest of this world. Come to My Heart and take refuge in My Heart for I am truly God and I call out to you, My beloved ones, with such tender love this day.
As I walked on and on with the heavy cross on My back, a cross which became heavier as I walked, your crosses seem to get heavier each day. Time is so short! The work you do here will help to lead souls to eternal happiness in heaven. Please listen to Me! Have courage! Pray to the Spirit for the fearlessness to do the job that is at hand..."
In battle there is bloodshed. On My way to Calvary I shed much blood for love of My beloved souls. I ask you to surrender and to do this work for Me this day for I truly gave My life for love of each precious soul. Will you not spread this love to a world that is in pain and hurting?
Excerpt from March 17, 1995 Rosary
The Crucifixion
Jesus speaks: My Mother stood under My cross. My beloved Mother! How she loves each one of you. Go to the Heart of Mary and reside in her arms. Rest in her Heart. This is Her House. She is with each one of you on your journey. We love you with the tenderest love.
As she stood by Me all through My life, she stands by your side. Think of that! Where you are sitting now, Mary is right by you. Do you feel her presence? Put yourself on the other side. Be alone with Us now. Let go of this world. Be touched by the grace of God, special grace that I am giving to you alone. The angels and saints are so present here at this Center. They are in the halls. You do not realize because you do not see. You must be alone with Me and let go of your world to be united ever closer and to see these things that I want to show you.
See Me hanging on the cross. Do you see that? Do you need to see with your eyes? Do you know what you feel when you receive the Eucharist? You must reach more and more beyond your vision. Reach into your heart. I communicate in your heart. Such oneness I have with you in your heart! See beyond your eyes, beyond your ears, and go inside into your heart. Minute by minute, second by second, I am there! Mary is with you. My Father and the Holy Spirit are inside of you. You just do not see. Pray more for grace to partake in the life I want to give you.
Let Me pour My life out to you. Feel its vibrancy within you. I am truly with you this day and longing for closer union with you. Let go! Let go! Let go!
Excerpt from April 16, 1995 Rosary
The Resurrection
Jesus speaks: It is in your suffering that you will have immense union with Me.
You have come to Me and I am here waiting for you to share this time alone with you. Put your minds at rest and unite ever so closely to My Most Sacred Heart.
My power is endless for I am truly here and present in this room with you. Feel the vibrancy of My presence with you. I am Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God, the resurrected Lord. I live and am present with you this very day.
I am totally with you in this room. You do not realize the immense gifts that I give to you.
Excerpt from April 16, 1995 Rosary
The Ascension
Messenger: See Jesus as He raises His arms and ascends into heaven and a cloud takes Him from our sight. We live on faith. We see the consecrated Host but we do not comprehend the great gift we have that He truly remains with us this day in the consecrated Host. God gives Himself to us! We become one in Him when we receive Him in the Eucharist. He gives us His Body.
Jesus speaks: I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God, come to this earth in such great love to save souls, to lead souls to heaven to be with Me forever and ever. How many souls will be lost because of their willfulness and their ways? Pray, My children, for the souls that are in darkness. They hold on to their foolish ways. They turn their backs and go their own way.
Messenger: He went to heaven to prepare a place for us. Heaven is our true home!
He ascended into heaven and the gates of heaven were opened!
See the souls as they ascend into Heaven behind Jesus. See the souls as they are released from purgatory because of our prayers. See the great mercy of God that He loves souls. God the Father loves us so much that He sent His Son into this world so that we might be in heaven some day.
Excerpt from April 16, 1995 Rosary
The Descent of the Holy Spirit
Messenger: Jesus promised before He left the earth that He would send the Holy Spirit to baptize the apostles. Please, dear Holy Spirit, descend upon us so that we have the courage to do all that You are asking us to do. We are fearful and weak and we need Your grace. We need You to live in us, to operate in us, to help us be more and more like Jesus.
Mary was joined in the Upper Room with the apostles and a gigantic wind came and there appeared over their heads parted tongues of fire.
Mary, our Mother, help us to unite ever closer to the Holy Spirit that He can work and be active in our being, that we might feel this saturation and penetration of the presence of the Almighty God within our souls.
Holy Spirit, impart to us Your life so that we may be enlightened to do all that God is asking us to do. Fill us with such a brilliant light that we know the light of the Almighty God.
Excerpt from April 16, 1995 Rosary
The Assumption of Mary into Heaven
Jesus speaks: Model yourselves after Mary, My Mother. She was taken body and soul into heaven. You, too, some day will be taken into My kingdom.
You must come to Our Hearts. Pray from the heart, My beloved ones. As Mary was so united to My Heart, pray to Mary to unite yourselves closer and closer to My Heart.
Our Hearts are a great symbol of Our love for you.
How I want to unite with each one of you in deepest love, to unite more deeply with you. The love that I have is immeasurable and the longings of your hearts are the longings to unite ever closer to My Heart. You will be satisfied in heaven, My beloved ones, for your hearts will be filled with My love.
Excerpt from April 16, 1995 Rosary
Mary is Crowned Queen
of Heaven and Earth
Messenger: How the Heart of Mary knows the Heart of Jesus. How she stands by our side and mothers with the most maternal love. How do we turn to Mary? Do we realize that she is here at every second waiting to take us to the Heart of her Son? She reigns in heaven with her Son Jesus. He loves His Mother so much. Ought we not put our faith and trust and love in His Mother so that she might lead us closer to His Sacred Heart?
We are the children of God. God is our Father. Let us realize how we must live in connection with the Father, that our every action is to please Him and to do His Will, that Mary is our Mother and by our side with love to lead us to greatest union with God.
Mary is there to lead us to the Heart of her Son.
The Heart of Jesus is waiting to be united with us in such deep love. Help us, Jesus, as little children being held by our loving mother, to realize the immense love that the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit outpour to us. Help us to realize how Mary is our Mother who guards us and protects us under her mantle, how she watches over us and leads us ever closer to the Heart of her Son.
Excerpt from February 1, 1995 Rosary
The Annunciation
Messenger: The Angel Gabriel appeared to Mary and asked her to be the mother of Jesus.
Mary always complied with the Will of the Father. She said, " let it happen to me as you have said." (Lk 1:38)
There was always great intimacy between Jesus and His mother. From the first moment of conception she felt the life of Jesus, Son of God, grow within her womb.
The child Jesus is with us this day. He is in our brothers. He is in our children. If the Child Jesus were here and we were to hold Him, to talk to and be with Him, we would treat Him with such joy and such kindness! Jesus is in our brothers. Jesus is in our children. Jesus is here this day. Do we treat our brothers, our children, one another, with the same kindness that we would the child Jesus?
Excerpt from February 1, 1995 Rosary
The Visitation
Messenger: The angel had told Mary that her cousin Elizabeth had conceived a child. Mary made haste to the hill country to visit her.
Upon Marys arrival at Elizabeths house, Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and cried out with a loud voice, "Of all women you are the most blessed, and blessed is the fruit of your womb." (Lk 1:42)
We receive so much love from God! The Father loved us so much that He sent His only begotten Son into this world so that we might be saved. Jesus waits this very day for us to come and be with Him. It is out of great love that the Master waits for us.
When Mary and Jesus arrived at Elizabeths house, the child in Elizabeths womb leapt for joy. John, who was to announce the good news that Jesus had come to this earth, even before his birth leapt with joy in the womb of his mother at the presence of Jesus in Marys womb.
Excerpt from February 1, 1995 Rosary
The Birth of Jesus
Messenger: The Father bridges the gap between divinity and humanity in the person of Jesus Christ.
Do we realize the immense love that the Father has for us that He sent His only begotten Son into this world as a human in the person of Jesus Christ?
Who are we that God loves us so much that He would take on a human nature!
We see the consecrated Host. But within the consecrated Host is truly God, in His divinity and His humanity.
Excerpt from February 1, 1995 Rosary
The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple
Messenger: The Holy Spirit told Simeon that he would not die until He saw the child of God. The Holy Spirit led Him into the Temple. Jesus, Mary and Joseph came to the Temple and the old man was overjoyed at the sight of the child Jesus. He held Him with such joy in his arms and said that now he was ready to die for he had seen God.
Holy Spirit, enkindle in us the fire of Your love so we may see more clearly Jesus Christ, Who is with us this very day. So that we may see that He is God and, out of great love for each one of us, remains with us, waits for us, longs for us, and wants us to open our hearts wide so that He may enter in. Remove the blinders from our eyes, dear Holy Spirit, and lead us ever closer to intimacy with Jesus Christ, our beloved Savior.
Simeon told Joseph and Mary of the great sufferings that Mary and Jesus would have to undergo and he said to Mary, " and a sword will pierce your soul too." (Lk 2:35)
Mary, just as you presented the Child Jesus in your arms in the temple, tuck us into the Heart of Jesus and present us to our loving Father so that we may be ever closer and closer to the Heart of Jesus and the Father. And lead us closer to your beloved Spouse, the Holy Spirit.
Excerpt from February 1, 1995 Rosary
The Finding of Jesus in the Temple
Messenger: When Jesus was twelve years old, He was taken up to the Temple for the feast of Passover.
When it was over, Mary and Joseph left Jerusalem but the Child Jesus remained there.
They had gone a days journey before they realized that the Child Jesus had been left behind.
With great sorrow in their hearts they returned and searched for the Child Jesus.
Dear Mary, if we ever lose our way from the
Most Sacred Heart of your Son, lead us back quickly.
Song: O burning Heart, O Love divine. How sweet You are to me. I see the Host, I know You
are here to love and care for me.
Excerpt from March 21, 1995 Rosary
The Agony in the Garden
Messenger: Be there with Jesus in the Garden in the darkened night as He kneels. Before Him He sees all the sufferings He is about to undergo.
We tap ever so lightly at the door of His Heart. He is an endless, burning furnace of fire, on love for each one of us. He says, "You do not know even the smallest amount of the immensity of the love that I have for you. You must come into My Heart. It is in My Heart that I lavishly give you My great love."
He suffered in the Garden for all of our sins, for our haughtiness and our pride, for our lack of compassion and mercy for our brothers. Yet He gives to us unconditional love and asks us to love one another. In the Our Father we say, "Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those " He suffered for all the times that we say no to forgiving our brothers. We forgive some but not all and think it is okay. Jesus loves each and every soul.
Jesus speaks: Come to My open Heart through My pierced side. Look at the wound in My side. Suffering helps you reach My immense love. Enter My Heart through My pierced side and fall deeply into the abyss of My great love.
Excerpt from March 21, 1995 Rosary
Jesus is Scourged at the Pillar
Messenger: Think of Jesus! Visualize Him, totally present, His body here! See Him as they lead Him away. They poke at Him! They pull His hair! See this so clearly in your mind. A person named Jesus being led away!
Jesus speaks: It is in your heart that you will know Me, My dear children. You must visualize more and more the lives of Myself and My Mother. As you go through these mysteries of the rosary, put yourself there. See as if you were present. Experience what I went through. It is in knowing Our lives that you will know the great love that We have for you.
Messenger: This is my beaten friend, Jesus! He shed His blood for love of me so that I may be with Him forever in heaven.
And what do You ask of me, Jesus? To love God and love my brother! To become more closely united to You as You outpour divine love and divine life!
Excerpt from March 21, 1995 Rosary
Jesus Is Crowned
with aMessenger: Jesus, You bled for love of each one of us. Help us to realize during this Lenten season the immensity of Your love as we meditate on Your wounds, the wounds to Your most precious Head, the wounds that You suffered to Your hands and feet. How would it be to rub our hands across Jesus head, to touch the puncture wounds from the thorns! He truly suffered this for love of us!
Let me kiss Your wounds, dear Jesus, the wounds that You suffered for love of me! Let me enter into the wound in Your side. The more deeply I enter into this wound, the more I enter the abyss of the endless love of Your Most Sacred Heart.
We look for love in so many places when, minute by minute, second by second, Jesus is inside of our hearts telling us how He is truly there and loving us.
If you put your fingers into the nail marks in His hands and into His side, would you believe that, minute by minute, second by second, He loves you so much, and that He is God and will provide you with all your needs?
Excerpt from March 21, 1995 Rosary
Jesus Carries His Cross to Calvary
Messenger: He came to serve. He came into the world in such poverty in a stable in the town of Bethlehem. He left this world hanging on a cross. Both were bare wood! He came to show us the way! Meditate on this mystery as He carries His cross. The Son of God! He took on human form for love of us. He came to show us how to love.
Jesus came and He loved and He preached the Gospel. His way was love. He always acted in love and they condemned Him to death. When we preach the Gospel, when we act from love, why do we expect people to treat us differently when they treated Jesus this way? But He came and carried His cross to show us His way and His way is the way of love. He promises to us an everlasting reward far beyond our comprehension.
These are rosaries from the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. See Their eyes as They gaze at one another on the way to Calvary. She asks us to see through her eyes the suffering that her Son endured for love of us. The more we realize the love He has, the more we will go into the world and take this love to others. We are soldiers of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.
He wants to become one with us so that it is no longer we who operate, but it is He Who operates in us, so that our every action is an action that we perform with Jesus, and the might is the might of the Almighty God within us! In order to unite this way with Him, we must be ever pure. Love unites only with love! If our hearts are filled with hatred and anger for any person, we cannot be one with Him. He longs for this love. He longs to be one in us! He wants to penetrate our souls with the fire of His love. Pray to the Spirit so that the Spirit moves inside of you.
Excerpt from March 21, 1995 Rosary
Jesus is Crucified and Dies
on the Cross
Jesus speaks:...You do not know how I am longing for you to be so close. How I want you to surrender and let Me operate in your hearts! You tap ever so lightly when there is an ocean of My love that I want to give to you. Surrender your hearts and read My letters of love for it is in these letters that you will know My love more and more.
As Mary walked by My side on the way to Calvary, as she stood under the cross, she is by your side in all your sufferings. You are never alone.
I give you My very own Mother!
Messenger: As she held His little baby body, she now holds His lifeless body in her arms under the cross.
Excerpt from October 13, 1996 Rosary
(from the Apostles Manual)
The Resurrection
Messenger: Jesus has told us how He is the vine and we are the branches. We must stay rooted in Him so that His life flows through us. We cannot become disconnected from the vine. We are one, joined with Him.
Jesus speaks: ...Open wide your heart during this rosary that I may speak to you and tell you of My burning love for you. I am giving to you an abundant sharing in My life...
Messenger: Oh, my beloved Jesus, I see You glistening and covered in white. I know that You rose on the third day and that there is such glory in the resurrection. My life is a constant death and resurrection as I live in You.
The Almighty God, our beloved and loving Jesus - He is alive, He is with us this day. He lives in us in a special way. When we are baptized and in the state of grace, God is alive within us and He shares with us His divine life. We are Christ to one another for He is alive in us.
Excerpt from October 13, 1996 Rosary
(from the Apostles Manual)
Our Lord Ascends into Heaven
Messenger: He took His apostles out to the place of His Ascension and He raised His arms and He ascended into heaven....
I am alive, I am alive, I am alive, and I live
in your hearts.
Messenger: Jesus no longer walks this earth, but He is alive and He lives
in us.
Jesus speaks: I am alive, I am alive, I am alive, and I am the Almighty God, all powerful. You see with such limited vision. You must surrender and let go and let Me run your life. You are holding on, My beloved ones. You must realize that I am all powerful, all mighty, and that I am guarding you and I am with you in a special way this day.
10. Carry My light into the darkness.
Messenger: And the light came across the dark sky and many were touched with the fire of
His love....
Excerpt from October 13, 1996 Rosary
(from the Apostles Manual)
The Descent of the Holy Spirit
Upon the Apostles
Messenger: "When Pentecost day came round, they had all met together, when suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of a violent wind which filled the entire house in which they were sitting; and there appeared to them tongues as of fire; these separated and came to rest on the head of each of them. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak different languages as the Spirit gave them power to express themselves." (Acts 2: 1-4)
...The deepest union with Him is to give ourselves to Mary, for we are sinners. She is the pure and sinless one. We give ourselves to Mary and we go to Him in her pure and sinless heart, to the very depth of His Heart...
...It is as Mary said: we must consecrate our hearts to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. This is the key-Marys heart is the gateway to going to the deepest chamber of the Heart of Christ.
We see how Peter denied Christ. We see how the apostles were afraid. We see Thomas did not believe. We see them stumble and fall and run away, and then we see them, after the Holy Spirit descended upon them. They went out into the world and thousands were converted. They were filled with the fire of Gods love. Let us, God, be filled with the fire of Your love...
Excerpt from October 13, 1996 Rosary
(from the Apostles Manual)
The Assumption of Our Lady
into Heaven
Messenger: We see Mary taken body and soul into heaven. We live here, we struggle everyday with so many struggles. We are so focused on the daily events. We do not realize that soon we too will go to heaven, if we love and serve the world, if we love and serve God...
...Mary is our heavenly Mother. She was taken into heaven but she is very much with us. She has told us what we must do. We must pray the rosary. She is our heavenly Mother...
Jesus gave me a message that we are His hands and we are His Heart beating in this world. We must truly be real lovers, lovers living in this world loving one another, one with each other. It is in going to the pure Heart of Mary, that we will unite in this deep love affair with Jesus.
Jesus speaks: You are My hands. You are My Heart beating in this world. My beloved apostles, will you say "yes"? Will you go into the world? Will you carry My light in the darkness? Will you tell the children who are suffering how I love them? Will you go to the nursing homes and tell the elderly how I am longing to be with them, to talk to them, to hear the words from their lips that they love Me? You are My apostles of love.
Excerpt from October 13, 1996 Rosary
(from the Apostles Manual)
The Coronation of Our Lady
Mary speaks: I am Our Lady of the Holy Rosary... It is through the rosary that you will have peace in your hearts. My little children, you must learn to discipline your thoughts. You must come to Our Hearts and meditate on Our lives. Our lives will live in your life as you meditate on the mysteries of the rosary.
Messenger: This is the good news: if we do what Mary tells us at Fatima, we will have peace. There will be the reign of the Sacred Heart and the triumph of her Immaculate Heart in which souls will fervently love Jesus with the greatest love. Her plan is so simple but Satan has blocked this plan. Satan has blocked these rosary messages and meditations. We must pray that we can circulate the messages of Jesus and Mary to the world that is hungry and in need of help.
One day soon we will be with God in heaven, forever and ever.
Wrapped in the embrace of the Almighty God for
all eternity. Heaven is a place of love for the Almighty God is love. We will be
satisfied. We will know love. We will be at peace.
But, hell is a place where there is no love, there is no community, there is isolation,
there is longing for God for all eternity.
He is alive, He is alive and He is with us this day...
Excerpt from July 13, 1995 Rosary
The Annunciation
Messenger: We see the angel appearing to the Virgin Mary. Mary says yes to the angel, always complying with the Will of the Father. She loved the Father so much as a little child, always wanting to please the Father.
Mary is filled with the Holy Spirit, and the Word became flesh and dwelt among us. Jesus, the Son of God, enters this earth in the womb of the Virgin Mary. Who are we that God the Father so loved this world that He sent His only-begotten Son, Jesus, into this world? Jesus took on a human baby body.
We are His chosen ones. The Father created us with such love, each one of us individually, so precious to Him. He gave to us His Son that we would be saved and live with Him forever and ever in heaven.
Jesus speaks: Let your hearts be soft and supple, My dear ones. Open wide your hearts and rid yourselves of all distractions of this world. Be alone with Me. I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and I am giving to you great gifts here, abundant graces to understand more the mysteries of My life and that of My Mother. Open wide your heart and forget all that is holding you apart from Me and meditate on these mysteries of Our lives.
Excerpt from July 13, 1995 Rosary
The Visitation
Mary visited her cousin Elizabeth with the Child Jesus within her womb. We are visited by Jesus in this room in such a special way! For the Almighty God is outpouring His abundant grace to each one of us at this time. Mary, help us to be more sensitive to the touch of His Grace, to realize His life, the vibrancy of this life, within us.
Jesus speaks: ...You do not see the great gifts that I am outpouring to you. Open wide your heart. Let go of any bitterness, anger and resentment, and live according to the Fathers Will. Operate in love. Do all your deeds in love, and know that your Father is guarding you. Your Mother is forever by your side protecting you. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit dwell within your heart in such intimacy. My dear ones, children of God, open your hearts and receive the graces that I am giving to you now.
Let not your hearts be troubled. Satan is pressing down and dividing many of My beloved ones. You must focus on My Heart and know that Satan is at work here. When you are harboring ill thoughts toward any person, Satan is attempting to divide you. Let your hearts be free and your minds be open. Pray for grace to deal with all of the sufferings that you are undergoing. It is in My grace that you will be strengthened. Pray every day for abundant grace to know and love God more...
Excerpt from July 13, 1995 Rosary
The Birth of the Lord Jesus
Messenger: Jesus gave to us His Mother who stood beneath the cross. He gives to us a share in His divine life, merited by His life and, in a special way, by His death on the cross. It is through Mary that we receive this life. She is the Mediatrix of all grace. She gave Jesus the life of His physical body. Grace flows through her to us. It is through Mary that we will be drawn closer and closer to the Heart of Jesus.
The sheep and the shepherds are around the child Jesus. Jesus Christ, born in a stable, in a manger, in the town of Bethlehem. The Chief Shepherd of the Flock, a little Baby, comes to this earth. He is not born high and mighty, with gold and silver. Rather, He is wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger, surrounded by sheep and beasts of the earth.
...Jesus gives us His life in the Sacrament of Baptism. He nourishes this life by His Body and Blood in the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist.
Jesus speaks: I have not come to this earth to divide, but to save men from their sins. I came to this earth to love all of My beloved ones, more and more. My dear one, release all of the anxiety and fear in your heart. Let Me bathe you in a bath of My love. I am Jesus and I am truly present and attentive to all your needs.
Excerpt from July 13, 1995 Rosary
The Presentation of Our Lord
in the Temple
Messenger: The Child Jesus was taken to the Temple and presented to the Father.
Mary was told by Simeon of the sufferings to come. He said to Mary, " and a sword will pierce your soul too..." (Lk 2:35)
Jesus speaks: Satan aims to trip you up and stop you in your path. The Almighty God is speaking to you. What have you to fear? Father, Son and Holy Spirit live within your heart. If the world shakes and the sun ceases to shine, within your heart you can feel the presence of your Father, Son and Holy Spirit so close to you and loving you. Release all your anxieties and let Me bathe you in a bath of My love. I am Jesus, and I am outpouring to you My life.
Messenger: The Presentation in the Temple is such an important mystery! Mary was told that a sword, too, would pierce her soul...
Excerpt from July 13, 1995 Rosary
The Finding of the Child Jesus
in the Temple
Messenger: The Child Jesus was taken up to the Temple for the feast of Passover. Marys Heart ached constantly from the prophecy of Simeon. Feel in your heart as Mary felt. She knew ever since the prophecy of Simeon of the suffering to come. There was such a connection between Jesus and Mary, such intimacy between Them! We see the Two Hearts beating within her body in the first two mysteries of the rosary. She provides life for Jesus through her milk in the third mystery. She comes to the Temple with the Child Jesus in her arms and Simeon tells her of the sufferings to come. Now they take the Child Jesus to the Temple. Jesus is separated from Mary and Joseph. Mary and Joseph go on their way and Jesus is left behind. When Mary realizes that the Child Jesus was left behind, her Heart is in such sorrow! She returns to find the Child Jesus.
Mary carried many things in her Heart. Few times we hear her speak. There was a secret between her and her Son all through Their lives.
We are being formed more and more in the spiritual womb of Mary, through the Holy Spirit, to be more and more like Jesus.
Mary speaks: My dear little children, I am Mary, your Mother. I ask you to pray as you have never prayed before from your heart for all the little lost children in this world today. I stood under the cross and I watched my Son as He suffered and died. This day, my dear ones, many of my children will be lost forever, for their hearts are willful and they go about their lives in sin. Jesus loves each and every child. I am the Mother of each child. I love each one of my children, your brothers. Will you pray from your hearts, my dear children? Pray for all the little lost children of this world. I am Mary, your Mother, and I am asking you this day to hear my words. I speak to you with this urgent request to pray as you have never prayed before.
Excerpt from March 21, 1995 Rosary
The Agony in the Garden
Messenger: We tap ever so lightly at the door of His Heart. He is an endless, burning furnace of fire, on love for each one of us. He says, "You do not know even the smallest amount of the immensity of the love that I have for you. You must come into My Heart. It is in My Heart that I lavishly give you My great love."
Think of the Heart of the Virgin Mary from the first moment of conception and how she carried the Child within her womb, how she watched Him at play. All through His life Mary was there, to His death on the cross. How her Heart knows the Heart of Jesus! She stood under the cross. She held His lifeless body in her arms under the cross. It is through the Heart of Mary that we will more tenderly embrace the love that Jesus has for us...
He tenderly calls to us day after day. Do we hear His gentle call, deep within our hearts, to be joined ever closer to Him?...
Jesus speaks: Come to My open Heart through My pierced side. Look at the wound in My side. Suffering helps you reach My immense love. Enter My Heart through My pierced side and fall deeply into the abyss of My great love.
Excerpt from March 21, 1995 Rosary
Jesus Is Scourged at the Pillar
Messenger: Think of Jesus! Visualize Him, totally present, His body here! See Him as they lead Him away. They poke at Him! They pull His hair! See this so clearly in your mind. A person named Jesus being led away!
Jesus speaks: It is in your heart that you will know Me, My dear children. You must visualize more and more the lives of Myself and My Mother. As you go through these mysteries of the rosary, put yourself there. See as if you were present. Experience what I went through. It is in knowing Our lives that you will know the great love that We have for you.
Messenger:This is my beaten friend Jesus! He shed His Blood for love of me so that I may be with Him forever in heaven.
And what do You ask of me, Jesus? To love God and love my brother! To become more closely united to You as You outpour divine love and divine life!
Excerpt from March 21, 1995 Rosary
Jesus is Crowned
with aMessenger: Jesus, You bled for love of each one of us. Help us to realize ...the immensity of Your love as we meditate on Your wounds, the wounds to Your most precious Head, the wounds that You suffered to Your hands and feet. How would it be to rub our hands across Jesus head, to touch the puncture wounds from the thorns! He truly suffered this for love of us!
Let me kiss Your wounds, dear Jesus, the wounds that You suffered for love of me! Let me enter into the wound in Your side. The more deeply I enter into this wound, the more I enter the abyss of the endless love of Your Most Sacred Heart.
We look for love in so many places when, minute by minute, second by second, Jesus is inside of our hearts telling us how He is truly there and loving us.
If you put your fingers into the nail marks in His hands and into His side, would you believe that, minute by minute, second by second, He loves you so much, and that He is God and will provide you with all your needs?
Excerpt from March 21, 1995 Rosary
Jesus Carries His Cross to Calvary
Messenger: He came to serve. He came into the world in such poverty in a stable in the town of Bethlehem. He left this world hanging on a cross. Both were bare wood! He came to show us the way! Meditate on this mystery as He carries His cross. The Son of God! He took on human form for love of us. He came to show us how to love.
Jesus came and He loved and He preached the Gospel. His way was love. He always acted in love ...
These are rosaries from the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. See their eyes as they gaze at one another on the way to Calvary... She asks us to see through her eyes the suffering that her Son endured for love of us...
He wants to become one with us so that it is no longer we who operate, but it is He Who operates in us, so that our every action is an action that we perform with Jesus, and the might is the might of the Almighty God within us! In order to unite this way with Him, we must be ever pure. Love unites only with love! If our hearts are filled with hatred and anger for any person, we cannot be one with Him. He longs for this love. He longs to be one in us! He wants to penetrate our souls with the fire of His love. Pray to the Spirit so that the Spirit moves inside of you.
Excerpt from March 21 1995 Rosary
Jesus Is Crucified and Dies
on the Cross
Jesus speaks: ...You do not know how I am longing for you to be so close. How I want you to surrender and let Me operate in your hearts! You tap ever so lightly when there is an ocean of My love that I want to give to you. Surrender your hearts and read My letters of love for it is in these letters that you will know My love more and more.
As Mary walked by My side on the way to Calvary, as she stood under the cross, she is by your side in all your sufferings. You are never alone.
I give you My very own Mother!
As she held His little baby body, she now holds His lifeless body in her arms under the cross.
Excerpt from February 22, 1995 Rosary
The Resurrection
Messenger: On the third day, Jesus rose from the dead as He had foretold. Death has no power over Him!
They had rolled the heavy stone in front of the tomb and His enemies believed that they had won. Jesus was locked in the tomb! These are truly the Glorious Mysteries for He rose triumphant on the third day!
Mary Magdalene and some of the others went to the tomb. When they arrived, they saw the stone had been rolled back.
Jesus walked with two disciples on the way to Emmaus and recounted for them all the scriptures in the Old Testament from the time of Moses that referred to Him.
Excerpt from February 22, 1995 Rosary
The Ascension
Messenger: Jesus took the apostles out to the town of Bethany and gave them His final blessing and left them in His peace. The ways of God are the ways of peace. The more we realize the immense love that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit have for us, that the three Persons are truly inside of us when we are in the state of grace, the more we then realize that no one can take away this indwelling of the Trinity within us. The more we pray and stay connected to Them, the more They lead us to peace. Peace, joy and happiness come from the realization of the presence of God within us!
We walk this barren land not alone. We walk with the presence of the Trinity inside of us. We are temples of the Holy Spirit. It is in the realization of this divine gift that we are given that we will have peace within. As we look at Jesus all though the passion, the look of peace is always on His face, even though He suffers, because He knows the Fathers love.
These are the Glorious Mysteries! Jesus truly rose from the dead! Can we even comprehend that a person who died could rise from the dead? This alone shows the magnificence of Gods might!
They who walked and talked with Jesus, who were by His side, were filled with fear. As they were filled with fear, we should be gentle with ourselves when we are full of fear inside. We should realize that it was only through the power of the Spirit that they were transformed from fear to fearlessness. Almighty God can take us from the depths of doom and raise us to such immense heights, but it takes our will of surrendering to Him, of focusing on Him, of doing always the Fathers will, of living in the Fathers will as children who are being obedient to their Father.
He came to give us life. He nourishes this life with the Eucharist. This is Jesus truly present in His divinity and humanity. He feeds our life through His own Flesh and Blood! He feeds our life in Him through the divine love that He has left with us. He feeds this life through the Church, through the sacraments. He gives us the sacrament of penance whereby all our sins can be taken away through the power of the priest. God is so good to us that He truly feeds our life in Him!
Excerpt from February 22, 1995 Rosary
The Descent of the Holy Spirit
Messenger: The apostles were full of fear and they locked themselves in the Upper Room. Jesus had told them that they would be baptized by the Holy Spirit.
They were locked in the Upper room with the Virgin Mary and there appeared over their heads parted tongues of fire and the Holy Spirit descended upon them. Mary is the Mother of the Church. She is our spiritual Mother. She is the Mother of Christ!
Mary is our model. She is the spouse of the Holy Spirit. It is in modeling ourselves after Mary that we become more and more like Jesus. Mary, help us to love you, to be drawn ever closer to you. Dear Spirit, please transform us in the Heart of Mary more into the image of Jesus so that we may be ever closer to our beloved Father.
It is through Marys pure and tender Heart that the Spirit transforms us more and more into the image of Jesus!
Excerpt from February 22, 1995 Rosary
The Assumption of Mary into Heaven
Messenger: Mary was taken up into heaven, body and soul!
But she remains with us this day. She is our spiritual Mother. She is the Mother of the Church. Jesus is alive in the Church today.
It is through the pierced Heart of your Son that the sacramental life of the Church was born - through the water, which represents baptism, and the Blood, which represents the Eucharist. We are given life and we are fed. Hold the Church, and all those who minister there, in your Heart. Hold them ever close to you for you are their Mother. Mother the Church! Hold them so close to you! Guide them! Protect them! Lead them through your Spouse, the Holy Spirit, filled with the fire of Gods love, into this world in which the Sacred Heart of Jesus will reign and the Immaculate Heart of Mary will be triumphant!
Dear Mary, help the priests, your beloved priest-sons, to realize the great mission to which the Father has called them. Help them to lead the flock to the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus Christ.
Excerpt from February 22, 1995 Rosary
The Coronation of
Mary asMessenger: There appeared in the sky a woman, clothed with the sun. The moon was under her feet and there were twelve stars about her head.
Mary is Queen of Heaven and Earth! The Sacred Heart of Jesus will reign and the Immaculate Heart of Mary will triumph on this earth!
There will be an era of peace. Peace is only found in God and in doing His Will. We must turn our hearts back to God, follow the Ten Commandments, do all that He is asking us to do, say we are sorry for our sins and draw our hearts into union with the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Mary, our Queen, lead us ever closer to Jesus Heart. Be with us as we walk with Jesus on Calvary. Be with us and lead us to everlasting life so that we may one day be united with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit forever and ever.
Excerpt from July 28, 1995 Rosary
The Agony in the Garden
Jesus speaks: ... Let Me fill you with My love so you feel within you My burning love. Although the earth be shaken and not give its light, you will know that the Almighty God dwells within your heart and that you have nothing to fear, for a graced soul is constantly filled with the presence of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. I am Jesus, your beloved Savior...
In the garden I knelt with such agony in My Heart, for in My divine knowing I saw before Me all of the events about to happen... As I suffered in the garden for the souls that beat Me and treated Me with indifference, I was comforted by the acts of love that you are giving to Me this day.
Love is giving, My dear ones, giving of yourself for the sake of others. Many this day do not know the meaning of love. To love means to give of yourself, to give for the other. Many times it is hard to love and keep giving love for, as you are self-giving, the other continues to be selfish, but I am calling you to love. As you meditate on this passion, focus on My love, given for all, how I was persecuted and suffered and still loved. My way is love. Focus on the meaning of the word love and what it means to you.
I give to you great graces to help you to love in this world that is hurting and in pain... You must go to My Heart and take refuge there and focus on My love for you...
Excerpt from July 28, 1995 Rosary
Jesus is Crowned
With ThornsJesus speaks: The words that wound! Words from your beloved brother! Do you see My Body, covered with wounds, wounds all over My Body? When your brother treats you with ugliness, My dear ones, focus on the wounds covering My Body and pray for the grace to act as I would want you to act.
My dear ones, let your hearts be in joy as you realize My presence continually within you. During all of your sufferings, I am with you.
Messenger: They pounded into His head a sharp crown of piercing thorns. Look at the head of Jesus, punctured by the thorns, the deep holes around His forehead. Focus on these wounds and then think of the little wounds that we receive, the words spoken, the problems that we let press on our minds. Look at Jesus and think of the crown of thorns pressing on His head. He allows us to suffer and in this suffering we are brought to greater and greater life in Him. Do we feel this divine life within us?
Jesus speaks: Why do you go it
alone when I am here, I am present, and I am outpouring My life, My grace, to you this
day. Let go, surrender. When you are backed up against a wall, let go. I am here. Trust.
Messenger: Jesus, I trust in You.
Jesus speaks: Forever on your lips say, "Dear Sacred Heart of Jesus, I trust in
You!"
Excerpt from July 28, 1995 Rosary
Jesus Carries His Cross up Calvary
Jesus speaks: I ask you to carry the cross that you are given this day and to carry this cross with joy in your heart.
Messenger: It is in Mary that we will reach this deep intimacy with the Heart of Jesus. It is in going to Marys Heart, in being rocked in her arms and held close to her breast, that she gives to us the milk of salvation. She gives to us life from her Son Jesus.
It is in knowing the tender love of our beloved Mother that we will join more deeply to the love of Father, Son and Holy Spirit. It is through Marys Heart that we are carried to this love of God.
Jesus speaks: Release yourself and let go for I am truly present in this room with you at this very moment. Put off all distractions. Focus more and more on My presence with you. All through your day, all through your encounters with others, I want you to be aware of My presence with you, not just when you pray, but all through the day-when you are talking to others, when you are walking, whatever you are doing.
Excerpt from July 28, 1995 Rosary
Jesus is Crucified and Dies on the Cross
Messenger: Jesus was raised high on the cross on Calvary. See Him on the hill and see Mary under the cross and hear the wind blow. See the cross against the darkened sky. This is the greatest sacrifice: the Son of God gave His all to the Father for love of us. His hands were pierced, His feet were pierced, His head was crowned with thorns. He surrendered and gave His life that we might have life forever with Him in heaven.
It is in uniting ourselves to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass being offered all through the world at every moment, offering ourselves with this sacrifice to the Father, that this is our most powerful prayer and that our prayers are magnified to such an extent. All through the day offer, with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, to the Father, in the Holy Spirit, through the intercession of the Virgin Mary. Offer up, my dear ones, your prayers-for the souls suffering in this world this day, for the souls in Purgatory that need your prayers-all of your petitions. Unite them to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass going on constantly, the greatest prayer that you can give to the Father.
Let us all pray in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world and offer ourselves up continually in this Sacrifice with Jesus to the Father. As we all do this there will be unity in this offering, for we are all one in Him. As we unite in Him, we unite in each other.
Ave Maria! It is through the pierced Heart of Jesus that the sacramental life of the Church was born. Blood and water flowed forth from His Heart-water, the symbol of baptism, our rebirth in Him, and Blood, the symbol of the Eucharist, whereby we are fed by his Body. As the life flows through His pierced Heart, so it flows through His beloved Mother, for her Heart was invisibly pierced with a sword and she is the Mediatrix of all grace. As she nourished the Christ Child within her womb, so she provides the life to us from her Son Jesus through her spiritual womb.
Excerpt from July 13, 1995 Rosary
The Annunciation
Messenger: Put yourself in the presence of the Almighty God. Before us is the same Jesus Christ Who walked on the face of this earth and was carried in the womb of the Virgin Mary. He is present, the same Jesus Who hung on the cross. Who are we that the Almighty God is present and that we are before Him? Let us bow our head and bend low for this truly is Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and He is giving to us a great gift by allowing us to be so close.
We see the angel appearing to the Virgin Mary. Mary says yes to the angel, always complying with the will of the Father. She loved the Father so much as a little child, always wanting to please the Father.
We are His chosen ones. The Father created us with such love, each one of us individually, so precious to Him. He gave to us His Son that we would be saved and live with Him forever and ever in heaven.
Jesus speaks: Let your hearts be soft and supple, My dear ones. Open wide your hearts and rid yourselves of all distractions of this world. Be alone with Me. I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and I am giving to you great gifts here, abundant graces to understand more the mysteries of My life and that of My Mother. Open wide your heart and forget all that is holding you apart from Me and meditate on these mysteries of Our lives.
Excerpt from July 13, 1995 Rosary
The Visitation
Messenger: The Virgin Mary goes to visit Her cousin Elizabeth. The child in the womb of Elizabeth leaps for joy at the presence of the Almighty God. Here we are in this room and the Almighty God is present, no less present than He was in the womb of the Virgin Mary. The child in Elizabeths womb leaps for such joy! Let our hearts be filled with joy that God is here and has chosen us to be with Him. Nothing is an accident. Every hair of our head is numbered.
It is in baptism that we are made children of God and heirs of heaven. We are children of God! God loved the world so much that He sent His only Son, so that we would be with Him forever in heaven. This is only a stopover on our way to eternity. The glory that awaits us is so immense that we can never comprehend it.
Mary visited Her cousin Elizabeth with the Child Jesus within her womb. We are visited by Jesus in this room in such a special way! For the Almighty God is outpouring His abundant grace to each one of us at this time. Mary, help us to be more sensitive to the touch of His grace, to realize His life, the vibrancy of this life, within us.
Jesus speaks: Many are called, but few are chosen. I have chosen you, and My Mother has called each one of you to her house. This moment, moment by moment, second by second, you are being guarded and watched in this world that is suffering and in pain. You do not see the great gifts that I am outpouring to you. Open wide your heart. Let go any bitterness, anger and resentment, and live according to the Fathers will. Operate in love. Do all your deeds in love, and know that your Father is guarding you. Your Mother is forever by your side protecting you. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit dwell within your heart in such intimacy. My dear ones, children of God, open your hearts and receive the graces that I am giving to you now.
Excerpt from July 13, 1995 Rosary
The Birth of Our Lord
Messenger: The Hearts of Jesus and Mary beat within the same body. Is there more intimacy than that? For two mysteries of the rosary we see these two Hearts joined in one body. In the third mystery, the Child Jesus is born. Mary was the life support of the physical life of Christ. Although Their bodies are now separated, the life of the Child Jesus continues through the milk of His Mother.
The sheep and the shepherds are around the Child Jesus. Jesus Christ, born in a stable, in a manger, in the town of Bethlehem. The Chief Shepherd of the flock, a little Baby, comes to this earth. He is not born high and mighty, with gold and silver. Rather, He is wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger, surrounded by sheep and beasts of the earth.
He no longer walks this earth, but He remains,
in His divinity and humanity, no less present today than the day He did walk the earth. He
remains in the consecrated Host. He is as present in this room as the day He was born in
the town of Bethlehem. Who are we that we have the Presence of the Almighty God? Where
Jesus is, so are the Father and the Holy Spirit, for They are three in one. He is so
closely united to Mary, His Mother. Mary is also present with us.
Jesus speaks: Many are called, but few are chosen. I have chosen you this
day, and I am showering you with My abundant grace, the grace of My life.
I have not come to this earth to divide, but to save men from their sins. I came to this earth to love all of My beloved ones, more and more. My dear one, release all of the anxiety and fear in your heart. Let Me bathe you in a bath of My love. I am Jesus and I am truly present and attentive to all your needs.
Excerpt from July 13, 1995 Rosary
The Presentation of our Lord
in the Temple
Messenger: The child Jesus was taken to the Temple and presented to the Father.
Mary was told by Simeon of the sufferings to come. He said to Mary, " and a sword will pierce your soul too." (Lk 2:35)
Let our hearts be filled with the life of the Almighty God. May our hearts sing, for we are given great gifts. In this room today, the Almighty God is present. His Mother is with us, mothering us and loving us.
Jesus speaks: Satan aims to trip you up and stop you in your path. The Almighty God is speaking to you. What have you to fear? Father, Son and Holy Spirit live within your heart. If the world shakes and the sun ceases to shine, within your heart you can feel the presence of your Father, Son and Holy Spirit so close to you and loving you. Release all your anxieties and let Me bathe you in a bath of My love. I am Jesus, and I am outpouring to you My life.
Excerpt from July 13, 1995 Rosary
The Finding of the Child Jesus
in the Temple
Messenger: The Child Jesus was taken up to the Temple for the feast of Passover. Marys Heart ached constantly from the prophecy of Simeon. Feel in your heart as Mary felt. She knew ever since the prophecy of Simeon of the suffering to come. There was such a connection between Jesus and Mary, such intimacy between Them! We see the two Hearts beating within her body in the first two mysteries of the rosary. She provides life for Jesus through her milk in the third mystery. She comes to the Temple with the child Jesus in her arms and Simeon tells her of the sufferings to come. Now they take the child Jesus to the Temple. Jesus is separated from Mary and Joseph. Mary and Joseph go on their way and Jesus is left behind. When Mary realizes that the Child Jesus was left behind, her Heart is in such sorrow! She returns to find the Child Jesus.
Mary carried many things in her Heart. Few times we hear her speak. There was a secret between her and her Son all through Their lives.
A sword, too, shall pierce your Heart, O Mary. Our eternal life was merited by Christs life and death on the cross. Water and blood poured forth from His pierced Heart. Life flows through Marys pierced Heart to us for she is the Mediatrix of all graces. Our Mother, giving to us, dispensing to us this life. As she gave life to the physical body of Jesus, so she dispenses supernatural life to us.
We are being formed more and more in the spiritual womb of Mary, through the Holy Spirit, to be more and more like Jesus.
Excerpt from April 26, 1995 Rosary
The Resurrection
Messenger: Jesus died and, as had been foretold, He rose on the third day. Death has no power over Jesus!
They had rolled a gigantic stone up to the tomb where Jesus had been buried. The stone was rolled away. Mary Magdalene and some of the other women came to put spices on Jesus.
Jesus appeared to His beloved apostles and they did not recognize Him at first.
We must pray to God to open up our minds and hearts so that we may understand Him more, for He is a mystery!
Excerpt from April 26, 1995 Rosary
The Ascension of Jesus into Heaven
Messenger: See Jesus as He extends His arms and goes up to heaven. See the apostles below. They are filled with fear and confusion to see their beloved Jesus leave.
God is a mystery! We can meditate on this mystery of Jesus rising from the dead, of His going up to heaven. He wants us to meditate on the mysteries of His life and His Mother's life.
God the Father loved us so much that He created us in His own image and likeness. It is in meditating on the mysteries of Jesus' and Mary's lives that we can model the way we live after Jesus and Mary.
Jesus speaks: My dear little ones, how I love you. When you are baptized, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit dwell inside of your Heart in a very, very special way. I am Jesus. I never leave you. I love you and remain with you in your heart.
I wait for you, My little children, to come and tell Me that you love Me, too. I wait for you to come and to talk to Me, to share all those things that are in your heart with Me.
Excerpt from April 26, 1995 Rosary
The Descent of the Holy Spirit
on the Apostles and Mary
As you love your mother, your father and your friends, I love you and Mary loves you so much more than any earthly person could ever love you.
The Father created each one of you so specially! He loves you so much!
He gives you the special talents that you have this day. He loves you so much and wants you to use your talents to do the work of God.
Excerpt from April 26, 1995 Rosary
Mary is Taken up Into Heaven,
Body and Soul
Messenger: Mary is our beloved Mother. She loves us so much! Jesus gave to us His very own Mother!
The more we realize how close our Mother really is to us, the more we will feel secure as she wraps her mantle about us and leads us ever closer to her be-loved son, Jesus.
Mary speaks: I wrap you, my beloved, dear, sweet children, in my arms. I hold you close to my Heart. I protect you from this world as any mother would protect her little child. You are my little child, my dear one. I am forever with you.
Messenger: Jesus, when He ascended into Heaven, went to prepare a place for us. The gates of heaven were opened!
Excerpt from April 26, 1995 Rosary
Mary is Crowned Queen of Heaven
Messenger: The Immaculate Heart of Mary will triumph! The Sacred Heart of Jesus will reign! There will be an era of peace!
Mary speaks: In your wildest imagination, you cannot image the deep and most tender love that my Son has for you. Pray to the Spirit to open your heart so you may feel more and more the great love that Jesus, my Son, has for you.
I call to you! I call to you! I call to you! I am Mary, the Mother of God, and I am your Mother. My dear little ones, harken to my call, for you are my chosen ones.
I am Mary, your Mother! My beloved children, how I love you with the most maternal love. I love you! I love you! I am waiting for you to come closer to my Heart.
Excerpt from January 13, 1997 Rosary
(from the Apostles Manual)
The Annunciation
Messenger ...Let us give our hearts at this moment to our beloved Mother, Mary. Let us ask the Holy Spirit to work within our hearts that we will see, that we will know God more than we have before, that He will fill us with this light of knowing God. And let us go to the Heart of Jesus and be so one with Him. Let us be one with one another in this room that we are one joined with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit through the powerful intercession of Our Lady as we pray this rosary.
The angel Gabriel appeared to the Virgin Mary and announced that she was to be the Mother of God. Mary was filled with the Holy Spirit and the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.
The Almighty God came into this world in the womb of the Virgin Mary and He was in her womb for nine months. He was born a child. Why are we so high and mighty that we do not realize that we must be children, that we must recognize our Father as our Father and our Mother as our Mother, that we live as a little child lives, always aware of his father and what would please him, always loving his mother. Look at how far this world is from giving the Father the honor that is His due and from loving and obeying their Mother.
Jesus came within the womb of the Virgin Mary. We too must go to the spiritual womb, the Heart of Mary. It is there that the Holy Spirit works and, oh, how He works. He works to sanctify us, to make us holy, to make us more and more into the image of Jesus. It is there that He gives to us great lights, that He gives to us grace that we know God more and more.
Excerpt from January 13, 1997 Rosary
(from the Apostles Manual)
The Visitation
Messenger: And Mary went to visit her cousin Elizabeth. Mary went forth to proclaim the good news; she told her cousin Elizabeth. We are called to go into this world, to go into the darkness that exists in the world today, and to proclaim the good news.
Mary brings forth her children of light. As we give our hearts to Mary, we are brought forth children of the light. As we walk into the darkness, His light shines from us. To be a child of light we must consecrate our heart to Mary. We must give ourselves as a child to Mary.
Many are so filled with pride this day, for they do not feel that they need their Mother. But Christ showed us, Christ showed us the way. He came to this earth in the womb of the Virgin Mary. We must be as children as the Father intends us to be. We must love our heavenly Mother, Mary. We must do what the Father intends us to do. Our every effort and thought must be the thought of pleasing our heavenly Father.
And how are we shining in this world today? Are we the lights that are shining in the darkness? Does the light of Christ shine from us as we go to others, as we visit others? Is He alive in our hearts? Is His life and His light shining from our eyes? Are we acting as He intends us to act?
Excerpt from January 13, 1997 Rosary
(from the Apostles Manual)
The Nativity
Messenger: Look at how haughty we are. Look at how we act and then look, look to the Child Jesus, born in a stable in Bethlehem in such poverty. The Almighty God surrounded by beasts of the earth. He came into this world a little child. We are called to be children. We are called to be humble. We are called to be loving, to put aside our haughtiness and our pride and to work as one. For what plan? To love God, to love one another, to help to save souls...
She told us exactly what we must do at Fatima: we must consecrate our hearts, we must pray the rosary, we must observe the First Saturday devotion, and make reparation to Their Hearts...For it is through the consecration, it is in the giving of our hearts to Jesus and Mary, that we will be brought forth as children of light.
....Why do we pray this rosary meditating on the mysteries of the lives of Jesus and Mary? It is here in the rosary, as we give our heart to Mary and to Jesus, as we give our heart to Mary, that the Holy Spirit works within her heart and we receive lights, lights, insights into understanding these mysteries of Christ. We pray the rosary and we understand more the life of Christ from the Heart of Mary.
The Almighty God came, a little child conceived in the womb of the Virgin Mary. He was a baby. The Almighty God was a baby. Why are we so haughty? We are children of God. We must obey our heavenly Mother. We must obey our Father...
Excerpt from January 13, 1997 Rosary
(from the Apostles Manual)
The Presentation in the Temple
Jesus speaks: ...I Am Who Am. I am the Alpha and the Omega. I am the Almighty God. You must be obedient children. It is through your obedience that the consecration will spread to many souls on the earth. It is through your obedience to help spread the priestly newsletter and start prayer chapters in churches that many priests will love God with the greatest love in the Mass.
Messenger: He came our Savior, our King, our Almighty God. He took flesh in her womb through the power of the Spirit. He was carried in her arms as a helpless baby. He went to the temple and there Simeon said, "Now, Master, you are letting your servant go in peace as you promised; for my eyes have seen the salvation which you have made ready in the sight of the nations; a light of revelation for the gentiles and glory for your people Israel. As the child's father and mother were wondering at the things the were being said about him, Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, Look, he is destined for the fall and for the rise of many in Israel, destined to be a sign that is opposed - and a sword will pierce your soul too-so that the secret thoughts of many may be laid bare. " (Lk. 2: 24-35)
...When our hearts are one, when the hearts of the faithful are consecrated to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary and the hearts of the priests are consecrated to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, we will be one in Their Hearts. There will be one flock and one Shepherd. We must obey our Mother and do what she has told us to do. We must spread the consecration to the youngest child to the oldest person. We must tell them to give their hearts to Mary and to Jesus.
And the children of darkness walked next to the children of light. And those that will be saved will be those that are children of light. We must do as Mother Mary has told us.
Excerpt from January 13, 1997 Rosary
(from the Apostles Manual)
The Finding in the Temple
Messenger: And the Father looks to the earth this day and He sees that it is covered with much darkness. He wants us to be brothers and sisters to truly love each other as brothers and sisters with God as our Father and Mary as our Mother...
Jesus speaks: I am Jesus and I am asking you this day to read the messages that I have delivered to you in God's Blue Book. Satan is pressing on you. If you read these messages, your hearts will be turned to hearts of love.
Messenger: And as the priests' hearts are led more and more into the Heart of Jesus, as the priests become so one with Jesus and celebrate the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, immense amount of grace will be released and the faithful will love God with a more burning love...
And the children were not lost children and the Mother did not weep any longer for the children were children of God, loving one another, loving their Mother, and doing as she has told us to do.
Excerpt from January 26, 1995 Rosary
The Agony in the Garden
Messenger: Be with Jesus as He kneels in the Garden of Gethsemane.
With greatest love for each one of us, the Father sent into this world His only-begotten Son.
Jesus took on a human nature with greatest love for each one of us. He now kneels in the Garden, His Heart in such anguish. He Who is Love sees before Him all the souls from all time who would neglect Him and treat Him so indifferently despite all His suffering and love that His most tender Heart has for each and every soul.
Jesus remains with us this very day, the same as the day that He knelt in the Garden. He remains with us in His divinity and humanity. With greatest love for each one of us He longs, He thirsts, He waits for us to come and be with Him...
Excerpt from January 26, 1995 Rosary
The Scourging at the Pillar
Jesus speaks: My Heart is on fire for each one of My precious souls. I long for you to come and be with Me. As I suffered all through My Passion, the greatest agonies were not the agonies that I suffered to My body - the scourging at the pillar, the tearing of My flesh - but the agonies that I endured to My most tender Heart, which is a Heart of love waiting to share with each and every one of My precious souls...
I loved Judas so dearly and Judas betrayed Me with a kiss. How many of My dear souls come to Me with hearts that are hot and cold. I want you to come to Me with hearts full of love, that will unite with Mine, that will become one with Mine, that will give to this world My love for your hurting brothers. I ask you this day, "Do not say no!" I am truly Jesus Christ, the Son of God, Who was scourged at the pillar for love of your brothers...
...I came to show you the way, the way to love. They persecuted Me. I loved those who persecuted Me. I ask you this day to be kind in your heart, to give to this world the love that I want to give to you. I am a burning furnace of endless love. My power never goes out. My love is never spent. Come to My Most Sacred Heart and I will fill your hearts with endless love.
When they persecute you and hate you because you are not of this world, you must endure all out of greatest love. My way is always love. I came to show you the way, the way to eternal happiness. It is only in loving one another that you will merit eternal life. I ask you for two things. I ask you to love God and to love one another.
Excerpt from January 26, 1995 Rosary
The Crowning with Thorns
Jesus speaks: I truly came into this world, the Son of God, to show you the way. As I sat in silence, think of how you respond to those who come to you with hatred in their hearts. My way is the way of love. You must love all your brothers as I have loved.
My Father created each and every child-so precious, so unique-with such love that He sent Me into this world.
I love you so this day that I would suffer again all that I suffered for you before.
With all the love that I pour out to each and every one of you, think of how it is to love so much and to be neglected by so many.
Excerpt from January 26, 1995 Rosary
The Carrying of the Cross
Messenger: They gave to Him a heavy cross that they put on His most precious shoulder. He carried the weight of the sins of the world on His back. This is the love that He has for each and every man, that He carries the cross with our sins on His back.
Jesus speaks: My Mother comes to stay, to lead you ever closer to My most tender Heart. I ask you to answer this call, the call of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to be joined ever closer to the Hearts brimming over with love for each and every soul.
I fell under My cross. The weight was so heavy! I did not give My cross up. I willingly carried this cross for love of you!
It is in living in the Father's will that you will be the happiest. To My very death I followed the will of the Father.
Excerpt from January 26, 1995 Rosary
The Crucifixion and Death
of Jesus on the Cross
Messenger: See the little hands of Jesus. See the little feet of Jesus as Mary holds Him as a baby. And now she stands and watches as they pound nails through His most precious hands into the cross. The anguish in her Heart so deep! And a sword, too, shall pierce your Heart, Oh Mary!
As He gave His life on the cross, so He gives us His life this day in the Eucharist!
Mary stood under the cross and she saw her beloved Son as He took His last breath.
She calls out to you this day. She is calling! She is calling each and every soul that He gave His life for to know His love. For it is only in this love that you will find what your soul craves.
And they gave to Mary the lifeless body of her precious Son. As she held His baby body tenderly in her arms, she - so weak! - now holds His lifeless body in her arms, covered with blood.
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The Annunciation
Messenger: The angel Gabriel comes to Mary.
The angel tells Mary about her being the Mother of Jesus.
Mary says, "yes" to the angel.
Mary conceives the Child, Jesus, by the power of the Holy Spirit.
This is a mystery.
God is a mystery.
God tells us about Himself through Jesus.
Jesus is the Son of God.
Jesus is the Son of Man.
Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life.
The Visitation
Messenger: Mary visits her cousin, Elizabeth.
Elizabeth is pregnant.
She is beyond the child-bearing age.
God gave Elizabeth and her husband, Zachariah a great gift, a baby.
She conceived the baby in her old age.
Mary is above all women.
Elizabeth gave birth to John the Baptist.
John the Baptist went before Jesus and told them about Him.
John the Baptist told the people to repent.
Repent means they must say they were sorry for offending God and tell Him they want to make up for it.
The Birth of Jesus
Messenger: Mary and Joseph had to go to another town for a census.
While they were there, she was ready to give birth to Jesus.
Mary and Joseph could not find room in the inn.
Jesus had to be born in a cave.
Jesus was born in Bethlehem.
Jesus was surrounded by sheep and cows at His birth.
Shepherds were there, too.
Angels sang over His crib.
Jesus came to save us from our sins.
We should hate sin.
The Presentation in the Temple
Messenger: Mary and Joseph took Jesus to the temple when He was an Infant.
Mary and Joseph took Him to present Him to the Lord.
Mary and Joseph offered two turtle doves as a sacrifice in the temple.
Simeon was there.
Simeon told Mary, ... Look, he is destined for the fall and for the rise of many in Israel... (Lk. 2:34)
Simeon also told her a sword would pierce her heart.
Mary knew from this that many Jewish people would reject Jesus.
Mary knew from this Jesus would suffer.
Mary knew from this she would suffer.
Mary did suffer, for she saw Jesus suffer in His life.
The Finding of Jesus in the Temple
Messenger: When Jesus was twelve years old, Mary and Joseph took Him to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover.
When they were ready to leave, Jesus was not with them.
Mary and Joseph did not know this.
Mary and Joseph had traveled a distance before they realized Jesus was not with them.
Mary and Joseph returned with their hearts in pain.
Mary and Joseph searched for Jesus.
Mary and Joseph found Him with the teachers in the temple.
The teachers were astounded at Jesus answers.
Jesus told Mary He had to be about His Fathers business.
Mary kept this in her Heart.
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Sing the song Glory, Glory, Glory Lord in between decades. (verse 1 only)
The Resurrection
Messenger: On the third day, Jesus came forth from the tomb.
Jesus came to give us a sharing in His Life.
Jesus is a Divine Person; we are human persons.
Jesus gives us a special sharing in His Life in Baptism.
It is important to be baptized.
Jesus wants us to be with Him forever in heaven.
Jesus died and rose from the dead.
Jesus did this so we would be saved from our sins.
We have seven Sacraments in the Church.
The Sacraments allow us to share in God's life.
The Ascension
Messenger: Jesus lived 33 years on the earth.
Jesus suffered and died.
Jesus rose from the dead.
These are the Glorious Mysteries.
In these mysteries we meditate on these glorious events.
Jesus ascended into heaven.
Jesus' wounds from the cross were glorified.
Jesus may have looked like He had lost when He was crucified.
We see the glory in the Resurrection and the Ascension.
Picture Jesus going up in the sky.
The Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles
Messenger: Jesus promised to send the Holy Spirit.
After Jesus ascended into heaven, the Apostles went to the upper room.
The Apostles were afraid when Jesus left them.
The Apostles knew Jesus would send the Holy Spirit.
The Apostles prayed with Mary in the room.
The Apostles prayed in one mind and one heart.
The Holy Spirit came. "and there appeared to them tongues as of fire; these separated and came to rest on the head of each of them." (Acts 2:3)
After the Holy Spirit came, their hearts were consumed with love for God.
The Apostles went out and told everyone about the love of God.
Many people listened to the Apostles.
The Assumption
Messenger: Mary was taken body and soul into heaven.
Our bodies will die.
3. When we die, our souls will go to heaven, hell or purgatory.
4. We must obey God's laws: the Commandments.
5. We must listen to the Bible and live by it.
6. The Bible is the Word of God.
"Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman, robed with the sun, standing on the moon, and on her head a crown of twelve stars." (Rev 12:1)
Sing The Rosary song (refrain)
Sing A Song From Jesus (refrain)
Sing Jesus, I Want to be with You (verse 1)
The Crowning of Mary as Queen of Heaven and Earth
Messenger: See Mary's beautiful face.
See the sword in her Heart.
Mary wants her children to be holy.
Many people do not honor or love their Mother.
Mary is our Mother, we must make her Queen of our hearts.
Jesus is the King of our hearts.
Let us say: "I give my heart to Jesus and Mary with you in love."
We should ask that the Blood of Jesus be spread on us. Mary asks that we pray the rosary.
"Mary Immaculate most pure, we make you the Queen of our hearts.
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, we make you the King of our hearts.
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Sing The Rosary Song in between decades. (refrain only)
The Annunciation
Messenger: Mary's children were created by God to go to heaven.
Eve sinned.
Adam and Eve were our first parents.
The angel comes to Mary, she is sinless.
Mary conceived Jesus through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Jesus is the Son of God, Son of Man.
Jesus comes to save man from his sins.
Mary obeyed God always.
Eve disobeyed God.
The Visitation
Messenger: Mary visits her cousin, Elizabeth.
Elizabeth is with child.
John the Baptist prepared a way for Jesus.
When Mary met Elizabeth the child in Elizabeth's womb leapt for joy.
We must do what God wants us to do.
God gives us the Commandments to live by.
God gives us His word to live by.
Mary spoke to Elizabeth.
"And Mary said: My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord" (Lk 1:46)
Nothing is impossible with God.
The Birth of Jesus
Messenger: Shepherds saw Jesus in the stable.
We have nice cozy beds.
Where do you think Mary and Joseph laid their head in the stable?
Mary suffered at the birth of Jesus, but she was filled with joy to see the Christ Child.
Christmas is all about Christ's birth.
Many people today do not speak of Jesus' birth during Christmas.
We must learn to live our lives for Jesus.
No one feels good after sinning.
Jesus is with us today.
The Presentation
Messenger: Mary and Joseph went to the temple with Jesus.
Simeon told Mary she would suffer.
We meditate on the Joyful, Sorrowful and Glorious Mysteries. There are 15 mysteries in the rosary, 5 Joyful, 5 Sorrowful and 5 Glorious Mysteries.
There are five sets of ten Hail Marys in each mystery, this is a decade.
The mysteries of the rosary are mysteries in the lives of Jesus and Mary.
Sing The Rosary song.
Mary told us at Fatima we must pray the rosary.
Mary appeared to three little children at Fatima.
The main visionary, Lucia is still alive.
The Finding in the Temple
Messenger: Mary suffered so much when Jesus was lost.
Mary and Joseph began to look for Jesus.
After three days they found Jesus in the temple.
"they found him in the Temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them, and asking questions;" (Lk 2:46)
"and all those who heard him were astounded at his intelligence and his replies." (Lk 2:47)
We must search for Jesus our whole lives.
We want to know Him more.
Our Church has seven Sacraments.
Jesus gives us Himself in the Eucharist.
Jesus loves us so much.
(Messenger: Sketches by Harold, our artist.)
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The Resurrection
Messenger: Jesus rose from the dead.
Jesus is victorious.
We must tell others about Our Resurrected Lord.
Jesus came out of the tomb.
When we do the Fathers will, we are happy.
We are little children of the Father.
Mary is our Mother.
We are part of the Fathers family.
We must help each other to love.
The Ascension
Messenger: Jesus ascended into heaven.
We are Jesus apostles today.
We must tell others about Jesus love for them.
When we are baptized, we are given this mission.
We teach others how to act by our actions.
Big children are responsible for being a good example.
Christ lives in us in a special way when we are in the state of grace.
We must live to please God.
Some people are so afraid of what people think of us.
The Descent of the Holy Spirit
on the Apostles
Messenger: When the Holy Spirit came upon the Apostles, they were changed from fear to fearlessness.
We must pray to the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit is the Third Person of the Trinity.
We must seek to love and know the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit is the Spouse of Mary.
The Holy Spirit works with the Virgin Mary.
The Holy Spirit fills us with fire for love of God.
The Holy Spirit makes us holy.
It is good to pray to the Holy Spirit especially before Pentecost.
The Assumption
Messenger: Mary was taken into heaven, body and soul.
Jesus ascended into heaven.
Mary and Jesus bodies are in heaven.
When we die, our souls will go somewhere.
Our souls never die.
If we go to hell, we suffer.
In the end our souls will be united with our body.
If we go to heaven we will delight in great fullness in body and soul.
We must go through the Immaculate Virgin.
The Coronation
Messenger: Mary is crowned Queen of Heaven and Earth.
Jesus has won the victory.
Jesus has conquered death.
Jesus is the Son of God.
We are Jesus' brothers.
Marys Heart will triumph.
Jesus Heart will reign.
The rosary is a prayer we pray to help us meditate on these mysteries.
God is the ultimate mystery.
God reveals Himself to us through His Son, Jesus Christ.
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The Annunciation
Messenger: God chose Mary from all women to be the Mother of Jesus.
The angel appeared to Mary.
The angel told Mary about her being the Mother of Jesus.
Mary said, "yes".
Mary is the only sinless human person.
Joseph is her spouse on earth.
Joseph is the foster-father of Jesus.
We must honor Mary as Mother of God.
We must honor Mary as our heavenly Mother.
The Visitation
Messenger: Mary is with us her children in a special way.
Mary wants us to love her.
Mary went to her cousin Elizabeth's.
Elizabeth recognized Mary's great role.
Mary recognized her great calling to be God's Mother.
Mary was humble.
Mary said she was the servant of the Lord.
We are servants of God.
We live to please our heavenly Father.
The Birth of Jesus
Messenger: The Son came to the earth. We must be like Jesus.
Jesus is love.
The Son did not come as a high and mighty King. He came as a little Baby.
The people of the earth were sinning.
The Son came to show them the way to holiness.
Jesus and Mary have pure and sinless Hearts.
We must act like Jesus and Mary.
Jesus and Mary are humble.
Humble means we live in truth.
The Presentation
Messenger: Jesus was taken to the temple.
Jesus was presented to the Father.
We must see ourselves as little children of the Father.
We go to God to be taught how to be good.
We don't do everything we want.
We do what God wants us to do.
Simeon told Mary some people would fall.
Mary helps us to do what God wants us to do.
When we give our hearts to Jesus and Mary we act more as God wishes us to act.
The Finding of the Child
Jesus in the Temple
Messenger: When Jesus was 12 years old, He went to the temple.
Mary and Joseph couldn't find Jesus.
Mary and Joseph found Jesus in the temple doing His Father's business.
We must be about Our Father's business.
We must live in love.
We must live to love God and each other.
We must always try to do what is pleasing to our heavenly Father.
The Father wants us to love God.
The Father wants us to obey God and His Commandments.
We are children in the Father's family. God the Father is our heavenly Father. Mary is our heavenly Mother. We must honor our Father and Mother.
Daily Prayers
Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Oh dear Sacred Heart of Jesus, I give You my whole heart. I see Your Heart on fire for love of me. I want to be in this fiery furnace and know the love of God. Take me, Jesus. Use me as Your little servant to spread Your love to this world. I give myself entirely to You and I ask the Holy Spirit to make me more like You. I want to be a little child of the Father. I give You my heart, keep me in Your Heart and teach me Your way of love. Amen. 1
Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Oh Immaculate Heart of Mary, I give you my heart. I want to love you. I want to love Jesus, the Father, the Holy Spirit, and this world through your holy heart. My dear mother, I place myself in your heart, I know you will care for me in all my needs. I give myself to you, Mary, my Mother. I love you so much! Amen. 2
Consecration to the Holy Spirit
Dear Holy Spirit, You are my friend. I give You myself. I ask You to dwell deeply inside of me and make me holy. I want to know the fire of Gods love. I want to love God with all my heart. Amen. 3
Morning Offering
My dear Father, I offer you this day all my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings in union with Jesus in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, in the Holy Spirit.
I unite with our Mother, Mary, all the angels and saints, and all the souls in purgatory to pray to the Father for myself, for each member of my family, for my friends, for all people throughout the world, for all the souls in purgatory, and for all other intentions of the Sacred Heart.
I love You, Jesus, and I give You my heart. I love you, Mary, and I give you my heart. Amen. 4
1 Most Reverend Carl K. Moeddel, Vicar General and Auxiliary Bishop Archdiocese of Cincinnati, April 23, 1996Songs
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