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Gospel Rosary #45

Fourth Week of Lent – Monday

Now this was the second sign Jesus did when he came to Galilee from Judea. John 4:43-54

Authentic prayer both transcends and unfolds all human realities. It becomes confidence, humility, deep faith and poverty acting on behalf of our brothers and sisters.

G. Giaquinta

First Mystery: Jesus suffers humiliation by those who did not believe in him.

At that time Jesus left [Samaria] for Galilee. For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his native place.

Second Mystery: Jesus gave seven signs to help our faith expand

When he came into Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, since they had seen all he had done in Jerusalem at the feast; for they themselves had gone to the feast. Then he returned to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine.

Third Mystery: Jesus heals us from death and faith is the door.

Now there was a royal official whose son was ill in Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and asked him to come down and heal his son, who was near death.

Fourth Mystery: Jesus comes to brings eternal life and faith is the key

Jesus said to him, "Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will not believe." The royal official said to him,"Sir, come down before my child dies." Jesus said to him, "You may go; your son will live." The man believed what Jesus said to him and left. While the man was on his way back, his slaves met him and told him that his boy would live.

Fifth Mystery: Jesus, heals in order to lift us to new life and faith

He asked them when he began to recover. They told him, "The fever left him yesterday, about one in the afternoon." The father realized that just at that time Jesus had said to him, "Your son will live," and he and his whole household came to believe.

Lord, grant us firm faith, ardent love, and sure hope.

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Rosary # 44 - Agony in the Garden (Mark 14:32-42)

The Rosary selects certain moments from the Passion, inviting the faithful to contemplate them in their hearts and to relive them. The sequence of meditations begins with Gethsemane, where Christ experiences a moment of great anguish before the will of the Father, against which the weakness of the flesh would be tempted to rebel. There Jesus encounters all the temptations and confronts all the sins of humanity, in order to say to the Father: "Not my will but yours be done" (Lk 22:42 and parallels). This "Yes" of Christ reverses the "No" of our first parents in the Garden of Eden. And the cost of this faithfulness to the Father's will is made clear in the following mysteries; by his scourging, his crowning with thorns, his carrying the Cross and his death on the Cross, the Lord is cast into the most abject suffering: Ecce homo! (Pope John Paul II, Rosarium Virginis Mariae, #22)

First Mystery
Then they came to a place named Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, "Sit here while I pray." He took with him Peter James and John and began to be troubled and distressed. Then he said to them, "My soul is sorrowful even to death. Remain here and keep watch."

Second Mystery
He advanced a little and fell to the ground and prayed that if it were possible the hour might pass by him.; he said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Take this cup away from me, but now what I will but what you will."

Third Mystery
When he returned, he found them asleep. He said to Peter, "Simon, are you asleep? Could you not keep watch for one hour? Watch and pray that you may not undergo the test. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak."

Fourth Mystery
Withdrawing again, he prayed, saying the same thing. Then he returned once more and found them asleep, for they could not keep their eyes open and did not know what to answer him.

Fifth Mystery
He returned a third time and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? It is enough. The hour has come. Behold, the Son of man is to be handed over to sinners. Get up, let us go. See, my betrayer is at hand."