Rosary #66 - Bring all to prayer

 

Meditated Rosaries

Special Intention: Conversion of mind and heart in preparation for the AO General Assembly 2009

 

 

“I must not worry. Even though I need to be concerned about things and occupations,

I must bring all to prayer.”

 

FIRST MYSTERY:

Every morning, every day, and every hour of our life is a call from God. This call can be heard only by those who are alert and vigilant, whose eyes and ears are open, in order to see and to hear, not necessarily with bodily eyes and ears but with the eyes and ears of the heart.

 

SECOND MYSTERY:

St. Benedict once said: “Bend the ear of your heart and listen.” This phrase is beautiful, for it expresses an active and participating listening. Many times we listen to God, but our listening does not transform us. We listen to each other, but not with the heart. Let us bend the ear of our heart that we may listen in truth and in love.

 

THIRD MYSTERY:

“Those things which eyes cannot see, and ear cannot hear, which God has prepared for those who love Him”: what makes our life unhappy is the fact that our hearts and minds remain closed, that we want to see and hear only through human eyes and ears, only with the eyes and ears of the flesh, our bodily eyes and ears. God uses a mysterious language: it is therefore urgent that we wake up, rise, listen, and be like sentinels. But in order to really listen, the heart must be touched and converted.

 

FOURTH MYSTERY:

In this spirituality of the present moment, listening is not enough, we must consent to receive all that the Lord provides for us each day – day by day, according to His will.  Listening and welcoming are two essential elements. The Lord freely provides nourishment for his hungry people with the daily manna sent down from the heaven. They were hungry and He satisfied their hunger. Today, and every day, we say: “Give us this day our daily bread.” 

 

FIFTH MYSTERY:

The Lord provides or today, therefore, “Do not worry about what you are to eat or to drink. Your father in heaven knows all your needs. Seek first the kingdom of God.” I must not worry. Even though I need to be concerned about things and occupations, I must bring all to prayer.

 

 

Meditations by Giuliana Spigone

 

 

Rosary #65 Duc in Altum

Meditated Rosaries

Special Intention: Conversion of mind and heart in preparation for the AO General Assembly 2009

 

 “DUC IN ALTUM”

 

After he had finished speaking,

he said to Simon, "Put out into deep water

and lower your nets for a catch."

Simon said in reply,

"Master, we have worked hard all night

and have caught nothing,

but at your command

I will lower the nets."

Luke 5,4-5

First Mystery:

To believe is an attitude required of man. Christ’s invitation to believe is extended to us in every situation of life.

Second Mystery:

To believe that Jesus is the true vine, and therefore to remain firmly rooted in Him; to believe that we are God’s vineyard and therefore people precious and chosen by Him to bring much fruit.

Third Mystery:

To believe that the seed, that is the Word, will bring abundant fruit if kept it in the good soil.

 Fourth Mystery:

To believe that the risk of proclamation holds the promise of a great harvest.

Fifth Mystery:

To believe that to “put out into deep” without really fishing will leave us with empty nets; to believe that to go in depth will open our lives to divine perspectives.

 

Our desire for the General Assembly:

Duc in Altum!   We want to ‘put out into deep‘; we want to sail without fear, without being afraid of a fruitless night, we want to resume the catch with trust. More then anything we want to give glory to God and be grateful “ because in the face of chaotic situations, of suffering, and of despair that we find in the world, there is only one possibility: that a voice and a light may come from heaven to speak of hope and of security.  This light is Mary and this voice God’s Revelation to humankind. (G. Giaquinta, La Speranza, pag 29).

Meditations by Giuliana Spigone

 

 

Rosary #64 A seed of hope

Meditated Rosaries

Special Intention: Conversion of mind and heart in preparation for the AO General Assembly 2009

 

The Apostolic Oblate

 

FIRST MYSTERY:

She is a seed of hope; a small sacrament, a sower of God in the family, work, life, in the entire world!

 

SECOND MYSTERY:

She goes as missionary full of love's experience, for a life-changing experience with Man-God.

 

THIRD MYSTERY:

She goes poor, but she can do all things in Him who gives her strength.

She goes silently into the world and allows herself to be led: her nature is transformed in freedom.

 

FOURTH MYSTERY:

The Oblate does not fear sacrifice: she lives the experience of a mother that opens her heart to the needs of her children.

The fruitfulness of the Spirit moves her to be open to dialogue with everyone.

 

FIFTH MYSTERY:

Her life is born from the heart beats of Christ who prays in her, waiting for faith, joy…

In this way her presence tirelessly repeats God's love to the entire world!

 

Text by Giuliana Spigone, 9 November 1974