Lenten Rosary #2
“The LORD, your God, shall you fear; Him shall you serve, and by His name shall you swear.” (Dt 6:1-13)
FIRST MYSTERY: JESUS ACCEPTS HIS CALL: “NOT MY WILL FATHER, BUT YOUR WILL BE DONE.”
The words of Deuteronomy reach us clearly and strongly, calling us to faith. Nothing is the work of our hands, everything comes from God, we are custodians of a charism that we haven't built, but we have received so that it develops and gives fruit. For this to happen, we must believe: believe in God, in His plan of love, and in our vocation.
SECOND MYSTERY: JESUS EMBRACES THE CROSS
We must have faith that is not merely the agreement of reason to what is not explained or understood, but that is love. A total, burning, absolute love. We are called to believe beyond possibility, through each divestment, in any situation, in the hour of trial, and when we walk in darkness.
THIRD MYSTERY: JESUS CARRIES THE CROSS ON THE WAY TO
We are called to believe when it seems that every solution is taken from us, that everything we do is destined to perish. We are called to believe firmly that our steps are guided by God and that everything reveals His love, but above all, we are called to believe with love. We may, in fact, believe and not love, be obedient and not love.
FOURTH MYSTERY: JESUS STRETCHES OUT HIS ARMS ON THE CROSS
Faith that is based on love stretches naturally toward the will of the Beloved, adheres without delay to the desires of His heart, surrenders to His mysterious ways of redemption, acknowledges suffering as a call of election, rejoices in what is essential: belonging to the One Who is Love and Who makes the one who abandons herself to Him capable of Holiness.
FIFTH MYSTERY: JESUS PROCLAIMS FROM THE CROSS, “YOU WILL BE WITH ME IN
This dimension of faith, as an exclusive relationship with God, is the prerogative of every human creature that acknowledges herself as a daughter of the Father and a sister of Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit. It does not belong only to those who are consecrated, but also makes the conjugal dimension fruitful. In the gift of Baptism we become “lovers” of the one God.
Taken from the Lenten Letter of Loredana Reitano, General Moderator
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