![]() ![]() ![]() "Grant.that while meditating on these mysteries of Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary we may imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise", In accordance with the concluding prayer of the Rosary, The institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper as the sacramental expression of the Paschal Mystery - Honesty, with its thin, round, white seed pods resembling hosts. Christ's Transfiguration, when he revealed his glory to his Apostles - Goldenrod, "Heavenly Radiance" on earth.ĥ. Christ's announcement of the kingdom of God invitation to conversion - Mustard, Gospel symbol of with the the growth of the kingdom like that of the tall mustard plant from a tiny seed.Ĥ. Christ's self-revelation at the marriage of Cana - Grape, symbol of the wine of Christ's first miracle Mary's first intercession.ģ. Christ's baptism in the Jordan River - Columbine, symbol of the descending baptismal Holy Spirit, as a dove.Ģ. Suggested flower symbols of the individual Luminous Mysteries areġ. Ten fleur de lys, for example, surround the figure of Mary and Jesus in the rose window of Chartres Cathedral as an Annunciation symbol of Mary's "Root of David" earthly royal descent. ![]() One flower, the purple iris, has come to represent the fleur de lys, heraldic symbol of royalty - originally represented by the lily, and then the yellow flag iris. The symbolism of flowers for each of the luminous mysteries, as for those of the other mysteries, is through their various individual forms or colors but the overall color symbolism for each group serves to quicken corresponding reflections on flowers viewed from a distance, as in approaching a garden. However, as mystically they can be viewed as following upon the fifth Glorious Mystery of Mary's crowning as Queen of Heaven and Earth, as mysteries of the mediations of graces of her queenship for the building and coming of God's kingdom on earth as it is in heaven - (which, interestingly, corresponds to their proposed weekly scheduling by the Pope for praying on Thursday, following the Glorious Mysteries on Wednesday) - they are presented here as mysteries of her Queenship, and thus appropriately represented as a group by the heraldic color of purple, for Royalty in addition to white for the joyful, red for the sorrowful, and gold for the glorious mysteries. Pope John Paul II has proposed that as the Luminous Mysteries can be seen discursively as following the Joyful Mysteries, meditatively, they should be prayed between them and the sorrowful Mysteries - as the best introductory position. ![]() Say it each day'.Flower Meditations on the Five Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary Saint Pious X acknowledged Our Lady's request when he said 'The Rosary is the most beautiful and richest of all prayers to the Mediatrix of all Grace it is the prayer that touches most the heart of the Mother of God. Marilla's meditation for each mystery allows us to enter more deeply into the mystery itself, and to interpret its spiritual meaning.ĭuring the Blessed Mother's many apparitions she repeated essentially the same message 'Say the Rosary every day'. The Rosary is an ancient form of prayer which mirrors the one hundred and fifty Psalms of the Bible with its fifteen decades and one hundred and fifty beads. ![]()
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