PRESENTATION OUTLINE
APOSTOLIC LETTER "ROSARIUM VIRGINIS MARIAE"
THE LUMINOUS MYSTERIES
- Baptism of Christ
- Wedding Feast at Cana
- Proclamation of the Kingdom
- Transfiguration of Jesus
- Institution of the Eucharist
Image of Light and Joy
"The people who walk in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of darkness--on them light has shined."
Isaiah 9:2
Image of light
"...the light has come into the world...those who do what is true come to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in God."
John 3:19-21
JESUS SHINES IN OUR LIVES
Image of light
"He himself was not the light, but he came to testify to the light. The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world."
John 1:8-9
BAPTISM OF CHRIST, WEDDING FEAST OF CANA, HOLY EUCHARIST
JOHN THE BAPTIZER APPEARED IN THE WILDERNESS,
Repentance
Metanoia (Gk):
"change of mind" - person repents and turns away from sin and toward God.
"You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased." Mark 1:11
"LET THERE BE LIGHT; AND THERE WAS LIGHT" (GEN 1:1-3)
FOCAL MOMENT OF GOD'S MANIFESTATION TO THE WORLD
THE WEDDING FEAST OF CANA
FRUIT OF THE MYSTERY: TO JESUS THROUGH MARY
"... Christ will come down into our everyday life; He will bless the marriage; He will bless the meal; He will even bless the party; and he will be there with us and for us."
Fr. Benedict Groeschel, C.F.R
THE PROCLAMATION OF THE KINGDOM
FRUIT OF THE MYSTERY: REPENTANCE AND TRUST IN GOD
The transforming power of God in the world through the words and deeds of Jesus.
Healings/Miracles
When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven."
Mark 2:5
THE WOMAN OF SAMARIA AT THE WELL
PARABLE OF THE WISE AND FOOLISH MAIDENS
"...do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear...But strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well."
Matthew 6:33
THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE WITH CHRIST AT THE CENTER
Moses
When The Lord had finished talking to Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of the covenant, the stone tablets inscribed by God's own finger" Exodus 31:18.
"...Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by. Now there was a great wind, so strong that it was splitting mountains and breaking rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake, and after the earthquake a fire but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of sheer silence." 1 Kings 19:11-12
Then a cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud there came a voice, "This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him!"
Mark 9:7
THE INSTITUTION OF THE EUCHARIST
Then Satan entered Judas...he went away and conferred with the chief priests and officers of the temple police about how he might betray him to them. Luke 22:3-4
THE PASSOVER MEAL
- Passover Lamb
- Unleavened Bread
- Wine
- Symbolic Foods of Exodus
THE OLD COVENANT PASSOVER TRANSFORMED
"I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer; for I tell you, I will not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God."
Luke 22:14-16
DVD: A BIBLICAL WALK WITH MARY
ELIJAH ASCENDS TO HEAVEN ON CHARIOT