Rosary #33 Faith

#34 ROSARY FOR THE YEAR OF SAINT PAUL - Faith
I will unite myself to you crucified Lord, to your redemptive will, to the ineffable suffering of your loving Mother, so that all humanity will hear the voice of your suffering love and respond to your invitation toward the perfection of the Father…. G. Giaquinta

 

First Mystery - Faith of Abraham (Romans 4:20-22)
20 [Abraham] did not doubt God's promise in unbelief; rather he was empowered by faith and gave glory to God 21 and was fully convinced that what he had promised he was also able to do.  22 That is why "it was credited to him as righteousness."


Second Mystery - Faith leads to salvation (Romans 10:10-13)
9 for, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.  10 For one believes with the heart and so is justified, and one confesses with the mouth and so is saved.  11 For the scripture says, "No one who believes in him will be put to shame."  12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all, enriching all who call upon him.  13 For "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."


Third Mystery - Faith in Providence (1 Corinthians 1:27-29)
27 Rather, God  chose the foolish of the world to shame the wise, and God chose the weak of the world to shame the strong 28 and God chose the lowly and despised of the world, those who count for nothing, to reduce to nothing those who are something, 29 so that no human being might boast before God.


Fourth Mystery - Faith is subservient to Love (1 Corinthians 13: 2)
And if I have the gift of prophecy and comprehend all mysteries and all knowledge; if I have all faith so as to move mountains but do not have love, I am nothing.


Fifth Mystery - Faith in the Risen Lord (1 Corinthians 15:12-17)
12 But if Christ is preached as raised from the dead, how can some among you say there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then neither has Christ bee raised.  14 And if Christ has not been raised, then empty too is our preaching; empty too, your faith. 15 Then we are also false witnesses to God, because we testified against God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if in fact the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, neither has Christ been raised, 17 and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is in vain; you are still in your sins.