Kenrick-Glennon Seminary invites you to grow closer to Jesus through Mary and pray the Rosary with us. This fall, the seminary released four videos featuring Fr. Paul Hoesing, President-Rector, and seminarians praying the rosary in the Chapel of St. Joseph. Each video features one of the four Mysteries of the Rosary: Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious, and Luminous.
Beauty & Power of the Rosary
By Will Young, Pre-Theology II – Lafayette-in-Indiana
When we pray the Rosary we reflect on the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus through the eyes of Mary who experienced the love and presence of God more vividly and personally than any human in history. Her faith in Jesus’ merciful love was unshakable. Mary understood better than anyone what Jesus was doing when he allowed his own passion and death to take place. When everyone at the foot of the cross saw the ugliness, evil, and absurdity of the crucifixion, Mary saw the deepest act of true love imaginable.
The Lord drew me to consider the power and beauty of the Rosary through the lens of the Joyful Mysteries. The miraculous faith of Mary and her “yes” at the Annunciation changed her. Her fiat changed her physically. Her yes to God exemplifies the “yes” we are called to make daily, to accept Jesus and the adventure of Christian life. Every physical change Mary experienced, like any woman’s body preparing for childbirth, must have filled her with overwhelming joy and anticipation. Praying the Rosary daily is like traveling through the mysteries of Christ’s life with Mary, the mother of these mysteries. We can rejoice with Mary on the way to Elizabeth’s house as we too feel Jesus changing us from within and affecting the people around us. We can marvel at the Luminous Mysteries of Christ’s life, weep contemplating Christ’s passion in the Sorrowful Mysteries, and give glory to God for the Resurrection. Through these prayers, we can travel with Mary and run to her as our mother, the perfect example of the Christian life.
