Monday, 10/7/13
Today we honor Mary through her Rosary, and I would like to
speak about my approach to the rosary. To begin with, I had two major problems
with saying the rosary. The first problem stemmed from its putting on us the
need to do two things at once: we were supposed to be reverently reciting Hail
Marys at the same tome we were meditating on the mysteries.
The way I got around that difficulty was by recalling
Christmas shopping with my mother when I was four. While holding tight to her
hand as we pushed through a crowd of shoppers at the department store, I was
also gaping around at all the eye-catching decorations and at other shoppers.
There was no need for me to be thinking about my mother – it was enough for me
to hold tight to her hand. Transferring that experience to saying the rosary, I
give my attention to the mysteries while using the Hail Marys to stay tied tight
to Mary.
My second problem with saying the rosary was that after
years of meditating on such mysteries as the Presentation and Assumption I was
all meditated out on them. The way I got around that difficulty was to use for
my mysteries other elements of our faith that provided richer food for thought.
Now, while taking my morning walks I make fifteen mysteries
out of the eight Beatitudes and the seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit. For my
afternoon walk I make fifteen mysteries out of Chapter One of John’s Gospel.
Let me enumerate them.
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