“Joyful” Mondays inspire us to remember Mary and Joseph as parents. As parents, we pray that, as Mary and Joseph presented the infant Jesus in the Temple in compliance with the law, we also affirmatively lovingly raise our children to live and appreciate their Christian faith.
On this “Glorious” Sunday, we visit the central mysteries of our Faith-filled hope as Christians. Jesus’ defeated death and Ascended to sit at His Father’s right hand. May we be blessed with the Grace to join that communion by following the example of the first perfect Human, Our Blessed Mother, Mary.
Saturdays are filled with the “Joy” of Jesus and Mary’s love. If we pray and remember the infant child Jesus, we are called to submit ourselves to the maternal care of our Blessed Mother. In doing so, we pray that she feed, nurture, and care for us as she did for her son, our Lord Jesus. Totus tuus.
On this “Sorrowful” Friday, we are transported to the Passion of Jesus . Let us recall that Jesus’ Mother suffered alongside her Son. With every cruel lash of the whip, every wicked rip of His skin, every drop of spilled blood, every ounce of pain that He endured, she, as only a Mother can feel, suffered also. May we be lovingly senstive to the suffering of others, especially our loved ones.
On “Sorrowful” Fridays, we meditate upon the Passion and Crucifixion of our Lord. In doing so, may the Lord grant us the strength to avoid all temptations to sin but especially, as we remember our Lord’s physical suffering, to avoid sins of the flesh.
Thursdays are “Luminous” when we recall the reality that Jesus, our Lord, dwelt among us. As we meditate upon that reality, let us sit at the school of Mary and emulate her perfection and learn to understand our Lord well enough that we can also anticipate his decisions and discern his way so that we can “Do whatever he tells you.” Ad Jesum per Mariam.
Wednesdays are “Glorious” but especially as we begin our Lenten journeys today. As we pray upon these mysteries today, may we be granted our own individual Pentecost through the Holy Spirit so that we can glorify God and live as “born again” Catholic Christians. They will know us by our love for one another…d
Sorrowful” Tuesdays mystically transport us into our Lord’s Passion alongside His mother. As we contemplate Jesus praying with His Father and ultimately saying “yes” to our salvation, we are reminded that our lives can honor or dishonor that “yes.”. May our Father know that we say “yes” to Him by how we live today.
“Joyful” Mondays take us beside our Blessed Mother to experience the infant/child Jesus. In imagining the joy that Mary must have felt at giving birth to her baby boy, as she gazed into His eyes, could she have known that He was to be our/her Savior? Could she have imagined His suffering and painful death? May the Holy Spirit grant us the love of and Honor for our Blessed Mother that she truly deserves. Totus Tuus.
Can this Sunday be anything but “Glorious”? As we celebrate the day set aside for Praise and Worship of God, let us recall that the essence of our faith: That Jesus, the Son of God, rose from the dead and Ascended into communion with His Father so that we also can join Him and Our Blessed Mother in eternal communion with the Holy Trinity! “Lord, I am not worthy to receive you but ……” 
See More