J.M.J.
“Mary The Disciple”:
Meditations on
The Sorrowful Mysteries of
The Most Holy Rosary of
The Blessed Virgin Mary
Miss
Emily Hoffmann, the Coordinatress of Parish Discipleship and Events in the
Diocese of Sioux Falls, asked me to prepare these very brief Meditations for
the inaugural diocesan “Discipleship Day” that was held on Saturday, March 28,
2015 in the Holiday Inn Sioux Falls—City Centre in Sioux Falls.
The First
Sorrowful Mystery: Jesus is in Agony in the Garden
We
honor Our Lady with many titles: Mother, Queen, Virgin, Daughter, Spouse, Patroness,
Model, Pattern. We also venerate her as “Disciple”—the Disciple of the Crucified and Risen Lord.
Saint
Augustine of Hippo wrote that Mary first conceived Jesus in her Heart before
she conceived Him in her Virginal Womb.
As
the Disciple, Our Lady, in her Immaculate Heart, was
united to her Son, Jesus, the Suffering Servant, in His Passion. His Agony in
the Garden was hers, too.
The Second
Sorrowful Mystery: Jesus is Scourged at the Pillar
Jesus
Christ, the Suffering Servant, offered His Precious Body for us as He was
scourged. Our Lady knew that despite the unspeakable pain, He would never abandon His
Beloved Father even unto His Death.
Mary,
as the Disciple of Christ, was grateful for all that her Son did for her—and
for us!
The Third Sorrowful
Mystery: Jesus is Crowned with Thorns
O
Sacred Head, surrounded!
The
Sacred Head of Jesus was ravaged by the piercing, brutal nails that punctured
without mercy. Our Lady mystically and mysteriously knew that her Divine Son
was suffering intensely and secretly during those hours from after the
Suffering Servant was arrested in the Garden until He was led away to Calvary.
Mary
the Disciple was not scandalized by the Cross but saw it as the proof of
Christ’s love for her and for her sons and daughters.
The Fourth Sorrowful
Mystery: Jesus Carries the Cross
The
Fourth Sorrowful Mystery is closely connected with the Fourth Station of the
Cross: The Suffering Servant encounters Mary the Disciple on the Via Dolorosa—the Way of Sorrows.
Many
spiritual writers have concluded that while few—if any—words were exchanged by
the Son and the Mother as They met, the glance of love and compassion between
Them required no words.
Our
Lady was with Our Lord all the way. She refused Him nothing before, and she
would refuse Him nothing now!
The Fifth
Sorrowful Mystery: Jesus is Crucified and
Dies on the
Cross
Mary
the Disciple stood at the foot of the Cross of Jesus the Suffering Servant!
Although she was in the abyss of sorrows—she who is Our Lady of Sorrows—she
still had her wits about her.
As
Christ was hanging in torment, Our Lady cooperated in our reconciliation to our
Father by lovingly consenting to the Death of Jesus.
The
Offering of Jesus and Mary was more than sufficient to open the Gates of Heaven.
Now, you and I can enter Paradise!
There
are no better "Spiritual Multipliers" than Jesus and Mary!
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