Thursday is the Luminous Mystery. The First Luminous Mystery: The Baptism of Christ in the Jordan. Jesus is baptized by John the Baptist. The second Luminous Mystery: The Wedding Feast at Cana. Jesus turn the water into wine. The Third Luminous Mystery: Jesus proclamation of the coming of the Kingdom of God. Jesus began to preach saying, “repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

The Fourth Luminous Mystery: The Transfiguration. Jesus took Peter, John and James and went up on the mountain to pray. Today as I concentrated on this Mystery of the Rosary as Jesus prayed his countenance was altered, and his raiment became dazzling white. It was said two men spoke to Jesus that looked like Moses and Elijah. I believed Jesus entered into a secret place where he took his most trusted and faithful disciples, Peter, John and James. Many times in the scriptures Jesus always steel away into isolation from his disciples especially after dealing with many crowds of people. It seems like Jesus was going for restoration of the virtue that left his body in the ministering and healing of the people. The two figures believed to be Moses and Elijah could have been the same angels that came and ministered to him in the wilderness after fasting for forty days and being tempted by the devil, Matthew 4:11. And the two angels at the tomb of Jesus, John 20:12.

The Fifth Luminous Mystery: The Institution of the Eucharist. Jesus took the bread, and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, ” take, eat; this is my body.” And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks he give it to them, saying, “drink of it, for this is my blood of the covenants which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

My conclusion: The Luminous Mystery is strictly focused on Jesus’s mission in bring the Kingdom of God to all with his teaching and miracles.

Wednesday’s the day for the The Glorious Mystery. First Glorious Mystery: The Resurrection. Three days after the crucifixion of Jesus rose up from death. As I mediated on this Mystery, I thought of the women who were the first to discover Jesus had risen. It is written that the women went to the tomb with spices to anoint his body then discovered his body was no longer there, Mark 16:1-8. Jesus appeared to one of the women desperately cry for him. Here again Jesus shows us that he hears the cries from our heart and show up. “Woman why are you crying? Then he call her name, Mary! and when she recognize his voice Jesus said to her, ” touch me not, for I am not yet ascended to my Father… your God” John 20:17. ” Touch me not” I couldn’t help but questioned in my spirit, “why woud Jesus say such a thing to this one particular woman and being the one to see him first?” Women back in those days couldn’t actual touch a man especially if he’s not their husband. Was she going to greet him with a kiss? After all scriptures delcares, ” greet one another with a holy kiss,” Romans 16:16. Maybe in those days a kiss was like shaking of the hand when greeting someone, who knows? Judas had kissed Jesus in the garden of Gethsamane to signal he to the soldiers he was the one. So a kiss is a sort of greeting back then. Mary Magdalene maybe was a person who instead of a kiss, use to hug and touch on men but, not in soliciting way, knowing women back in those days couldn’t touch men under no circumstances, and maybe that’s the reason why she was thought to be a prostitute. For Jesus to say touch me not, he knew her character better than anyone else.

Jesus had allowed Thomas to touch him. “Why that’s not fear” I thought to myself, after all he told Mary don’t. Mary was the first to see him, when xhe had told her he has not yet ascended to the Father and he gave her orders to go tell his disciples. It could only meant that Jesus stopped on his way to the Father to comfort Mary in her distress over him and then continued on afterwards. What Mary had seen may have been the spirit of Jesus not his flesh. Like what the three disciples saw of him on the Mount of Transfiguration.

Second Glorious Mystery: The Ascension. Jesus ascends to heaven to sit at the right hand of the Father. At the right hand of the Father, he sits there as our advocate. The Third Glorious Mystery: The Descent of the Holy Spirit. The days of Pentecost had come as they were in one place and one accord. Tongues of fire rested on each of them, and they all spoke in other languages filled with the Holy Spirit. The Fourth Glorious Mystery: The Assumption. Mary is assumed into heaven, taken up like Elijah to be with her son Jesus. The Fifth Glorious Mystery: The Coronation of Mary. Mary is crowded Queen of heaven and earth by her son Jesus.

When meditating on the Glorious Mystery of the Holy Rosary it empowers me within my spirit as a woman and a mother the gift we are given by God to bear his children to whom like Jesus one day will change the world in such a profound and unprecedented way.

First Sorrowful Mystery: The Agony in the Garden Jesus prays in the garden till his swear became like drops of blood. Jesus conversation with his father was ever so intense. Second Sorrowful Myster: The Scourging at the Pillar. Jesus was tied to a pillar and cruelly beaten. Third Sorrowful Mystery: The Crowning with Thorns. A crown of thorns was place on Jesus’s head by the soldiers as they mocked him and lead him to be crucified.

Fourth Sorrowful Mystery: The carrying of the cross. Jesus is made to carry the cross. While I was meditating on the carrying of the cross, I couldn’t help but thing about Simon who was compelled to carry Jesus’s cross, Matthew 27:32. I do understand that God always has a plan, so this man Simon carry Jesus cross must ment something of importance. There was no mention of him being a follower of Christ or even if he knew anything about Jesus mission. I thought to myself what conversations did he have with Jesus, if any at all? Did Jesus need his help physically to carry the cross because he was unable or was Simon just another part of the mockery by the soldiers, like the crown of thorns, after all they were calling him a king making fun of him.

I’ve always seen the cross as the sin of man that Jesus had to carry, because after all he’s divinity. But Simon, compelled to carry it by the soldiers, makes it seems like it was more than what Jesus could bear, if that was the case. What was Simon purpose with Jesus? Maybe as a man he was chosen to be the completion of Jesus mission in taking up the cross and following him.

Fifth Sorrowful Mystery: The Crucifixion and Death. Jesus is nailed to the cross and dies for our sin. Without the crucifixion of Jesus our salvation would not have been. “Thank you Jesus.”

First Joyful Mystery: The Annunciation. The angel Gabriel tells Mary she is highly favored by God, and is going to be the mother of Jesus, the Son of God.

Second Joyful Mystery: The Visitation. After Mary recieved the good new of being highly favored by God to have his son. The spirit lead her right away to her cousin Elizabeth who also was pregnant. I always thought that the Holy spirit only came on the earth as of the day of Pentecost. Meditating on the Visition Mystery taught me other wise. There was never a mention to when Mary was going to be impregnated, but I have to believe it took place the very moment she accepted to be when spoken to Gabriel. And when Mary had gone to visit her cousin Elizabeth who was pregnant also with John the Baptist as she greeted her cousin the baby leaped in her womb. And the leap of the baby was the Holy spirit that fell on Elizabeth and she began to prophesy all that she knew about Mary excepting by faith the plans God had for her being the mother of His son.

The Third Joyful Mystery: The Nativity. Jesus is born in the manger in Bethlehem. The Forth Joyful Mystery: The Presentation in the Temple. Jesus was presented to the Lord, like being Christened or dedicated in the Temple. There was a righteous and devout man named Simeon who took the baby Jesus in his arms blessed and prophesy over his life as the Holy Spirit moved upon him. There was also a prophetess named Anna.

Fifth Joyful Mystery: The Finding in the Temple. As I mediated on this Mystery Jesus I realized that Jesus was showing a bit of normal preteen rebellion taking ofc on his parents without permission. He had the never to say, why were they looking for him, he must be about his Father’s business, Luke 2:49.

We have to thank God for the Joyful Mystery and the fact that Mary said, Yes, to the request of being the Mother of the Son of God.

Jesus was given by God the twelve disciples to represent every hour of the day. Every different kind of personalities, and social status we all possess as human beings. I do feel like I have to throw in race because the disciples had to come from the four corners of the earth (East, West, North and South) to be place there in doing what was commanded by Jesus before he went up into heaven. He ask for them to go out into all the world and preach the gospel and baptize all nations, Matthew 28:16-20, win souls for the kingdom.

Women also has to be disciples to walk hand and hand with the men to carry out God’s plan and purpose in mother the children in the way of the Lord. Jesus also said, “suffer not the children to come unto me” Matthew 19:14. The women and children are the numbers of the clock.

When I think of the clock, to me it represents the earth in it’s shape, because of its circle. It has the Minute hand: The longer hand that indicates minutes, Hour hand: shorter hand that points to the hour and the Second hand: count of sixty second to make a minute. All these three component is what it takes to make the clock function correctly. Like the trinity,  Father, Son and Holy Spirit, there’s the second, minute and hour hand. But behind the scene there’s two other things at work 1. Main wheel: The gear train of the clock and the Escape wheel: The pendulum or the toothed wheel that rotates in the escapement of the clock. All these components together is what it takes to make the clock operate, like the Father and the Son. If you can understand what I mean.

Just my thoughts spoken out load.

First Joyful Mystery: The Annunciation. The angel Gabriel told Mary God found favor with her and she’s going to be the mother of Jesus. As I mediated on the Annuciation to Mary by the angel Gabriel, I realized that Mary was chosen because she was a virtuous women. When the angel Gabriel told Mary God found favor with her, it was her being rewarded for being faithful and true to the Lord. She asked questions showing her wisdom when she said to the angel “how shall this be, since I have no husband.” And when the angel had answered her question, Mary didn’t hesitate she said, ” yes.” Showing her faithfulness to the Lord.

Second Joyful Mystery: The Visition. Mary goes to visit her cousin Elizabeth who was also pregnant. The baby leaped in Elizabeth womb at the greeting of Mary. Third Joyful Mystery: The Nativity. Jesus is born in a manger in Bethlehem. Fourth Joyful Mystery: The Presentation in the Temple. Mary takes the baby Jesus to the Temple according to the custom of the law of Moses. Fifth Joyful Mystery: The finding in the Temple. For three days Mary and Joseph look for Jesus after believing they lost him in Jerusalem after they had visited it for the feast of the Passover. Jesus was found in the Temple sitting among the teachers,listening to them and asking questions. He was twelve years old and everyone was amaze at his intelligence. He told his parents when found, “he was about his Father’s business.”

The Joyful Mystery reminds us once again of Mary importance in God’s plan of salvation for all of humanity.

Why so much elderly has passed away from covid-19? Is it really the long term care facilities fault? Should money really contribute to the kind of care recieve from these centers? If so why has all the cases of covid-19 regardless of the facilities wealthy or not has killed and is killing our elderly?

Can’t help but ask the Lord this question, after losing my dad just six days ago. My heart is sorrowful and my mind overwhelmed. I pray my dad is at peace under the circumstances, of not being able to see me because of covid-19 band on visitors and his birthday just past also. The thought of him being alone, I have to keep remembering as scriptures declares, “he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.” Deuteronomy 31:8. Psalm 27:10 “When my father and mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.” In other words, if you find yourself alone, the Lord is always going to be with you so you’re not ever alone.

What is the reason for the elderly dying? They are dying for the lack of unconditional love, nurturing love from loved ones. Like a baby, the kind of love it gets from its parents. The more fragile and vulnerable you are, it is love that give strength and could heal. I say this because their are some older people that I know is alive and well because they are not in a facility, but living with loved ones, like my ninety-two years old God mother, I pray God will continue to keep her.

We know a lot of the elderly has medical problems that only a facility can help with. In today world where making that mighty dollar takes precedence, many people can’t afford to be at home looking after their loved ones.

For the month of May 2020, I would be in prayer and meditation of the Holy Rosary. I was summoned in my spirit after fasting and praying for forty days.

The first Glorious Mystery: Is the resurrection. Three days after Jesus’s death he rose from death. As I mediated on the Glorious Mystery, I can’t help but think about the importance of the resurrection to our lives. It is the victory won for man, because wages of sin is death and Jesus took on our sin that we may have life and have it abundantly, for all eternity.

Second Glorious Mystery: The Ascension. Forty days after Jesus’s resurrection he was ascended into heaven to sit at the right hand of God. Third Glorious Mystery: Descent of the Holy spirit. The day of Pentecost, the mighty rushing wind sound came from heaven and tongues of fire fell on them and they all filled with the Holy Spirit spoke in other tongues in the upper room.

Fourth Glorious Mystery: The Assumption. Mary is assumed to be taken up into heaven like Elijah to be with her son. The Fifth Glorious Mystery: The Coronation of Mary. Mary was crown by her son in heaven.

The Glorious Mystery is my favorite prayer and meditation of the Rosary because it’s give clarity of the importance of Mary in God’s plan concerning the salvation of man. After giving birth to Jesus she was just pushed aside. Being Highly favored wasn’t just her give birth, but also participating in every aspect of Jesus life on earth as well as in heaven. The Glorious Mystery allows us to recognize the strong bond between Mary and Jesus that not only did Jesus lifted his disciples and the world, but also his mother.

What really was the promised land? According to the bible the promise land, is the land of milk and honey promised and subsequently given by God to Abraham and his descendants. It was made first to Abraham: Genesis 15:18-21, Isaac: Genesis 26:3 and Jacob: Genesis 28:13.

Today I can’t help but believe after the life, death and resurrection of Jesus the promised land is no longer a place, but a state of mind. The promised land is dominated by the kingdom of God, can this be ever understood? Wherever Jesus has been preached and accepted, there is peace and happiness.

If the promised land is the place filled with milk and honey, then we are in it people. What is milk and honey? It’s the peace and love of God with all provision for our needs. We have been chosen like the disciples of Jesus, to know the Lord and follow His son. We were given the word (gospel) and have the faith to spread it throughout the world. Think of the blessing upon us in our lives. Look at the luxurious life we are able to live, even if we are living paycheck to paycheck. We have homes with bathrooms and kitchen,car, cellphones clothing, food, we have our pets we treat better than some human beings in certain countries, we have laws to protect our rights as human being, we enjoy all kind of freedoms, etc. Think for a moment of the countries in the world who still doesn’t know what it’s like to have clean running water to drink, food, clothing, doctors or nurses, dentists, and the lists goes on, all the things we take for granted in our lives.

Our ancestors would have loved to be in our place with all that we have and can do. Our lives is their dream fulfilled by faith. But yet we can’t recognize it, because we are to busy wanting more, the greed. I believe all the sacrifices and lessons they endured we take for granted in our ignorance.

I mediated today on the sorrowful myster, “The crucifixion” The first sorrowful mystery: Agony in the garden. I’ve pictured Jesus pleading with his three disciples to keep watch with him one hour and they kept falling asleep, leaving him all alone with no support. It’s not their fault, as Jesus said, “The spirit is willing but the flesh is week.” Matthew 26:40-43 This was the first time Jesus had asked of man anything. All the time it was him that was doing all the giving, not once did he desire anything from them, but to watch and pray not to fall into temptation like Adam and Eve. Our vulunerability is when we are not able to stand, but instead we fall into our weaknesses. To me it was a test for being with him so long that they couldn’t pass. It was from then on grace was in the works for humanity until the completion of the cross.

The second sorrowful mystery: scourging at the pillar. Jesus was cruelly beaten. The third sorrowful mystery: crown with thorns. Fourth sorrowful mystery: the carrying of the cross and the fifth sorrowful mystery: the crucifixion and death.

The sorrowful mystery is like the tree of life that destroy the power of the tree of good and evil. And it’s a seed that will continue to bring forth fruits and it’s fruit will continue forever. And it is done with the help and intercession of the Blessed Mother Mary favored(called) by God. It is Jesus!