5th Joyful Mystery

[MariaChristi]

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

I had intended to post this picture of the 5th Joyful Mystery - “The Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple” yesterday, but “ran out of time”

 Pondering this Fifth Mystery of the Rosary in past years (especially when I taught children about that same age as Jesus when He was "lost") I have prayed that they may learn to be like Jesus and be about "Our Father's Business". I continue to pray for myself and all of them to remain in the Lord's House. I also have prayed to Our Lady and St. Joseph for wisdom and patience in searching to "find" the Lord more deeply and truly in my own heart and to help others in their searching for Him.

More recently, I have come to ponder this mystery as a help to growing in "darkness of faith" i.e. when we may "feel" lost or without God. We can cling to Him in faith, knowing that His Word is true: God works all things unto good... (Rom 8:28). Like Mary and Joseph, we cannot in our finite natures understand the Infinite Loving Providence of God. His ways are so far above ours. Yet, we can believe in faith; we can "see" with eyes of the heart and soul, even when human minds cannot comprehend all. By His Grace, every trial, can be a time for growing in faith, hope and above all charity. Darkness can enable us to experience poverty of spirit: "Blessed (Joyful) are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of God" (Mt. 5:3)

Sorrowful Mother, Mother of Joyful Hope, pray for us.
St. Joseph,  pray for us.
Jesus, we trust in You!

 

[DoGodsBidding]

Dear Brothers and Sisters,
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RqKgZuCw4G0/TVH51pxlUGI/AAAAAAAAIEI/N1O-pTGYoDM/s180/Finding+border.jpg
I had intended to post this picture of the 5th Joyful Mystery - “The Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple” yesterday, but “ran out of time”

 Pondering this Fifth Mystery of the Rosary in past years (especially when I taught children about that same age as Jesus when He was "lost") I have prayed that they may learn to be like Jesus and be about "Our Father's Business". I continue to pray for myself and all of them to remain in the Lord's House. I also have prayed to Our Lady and St. Joseph for wisdom and patience in searching to "find" the Lord more deeply and truly in my own heart and to help others in their searching for Him.

More recently, I have come to ponder this mystery as a help to growing in "darkness of faith" i.e. when we may "feel" lost or without God. We can cling to Him in faith, knowing that His Word is true: God works all things unto good... (Rom 8:28). Like Mary and Joseph, we cannot in our finite natures understand the Infinite Loving Providence of God. His ways are so far above ours. Yet, we can believe in faith; we can "see" with eyes of the heart and soul, even when human minds cannot comprehend all. By His Grace, every trial, can be a time for growing in faith, hope and above all charity. Darkness can enable us to experience poverty of spirit: "Blessed (Joyful) are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of God" (Mt. 5:3)

Sorrowful Mother, Mother of Joyful Hope, pray for us.
St. Joseph,  pray for us.
Jesus, we trust in You!

Thanks for sharing. I always appreciate a good visual to assist in my Rosary meditations. I find the 5th Joyful Mystery full of different things to ponder, including as you have already mentioned Jesus being at Our Father’s business or work, as we should be. He is also at Our Father’s house, as we should also be, and this is truly a good place for us to look when we are looking for God.

DGB

 

[MarcoPolo]

If I dig into my memory banks, then-Cardinal Ratzinger wrote about this mystery in his book Mary: The Church at the Source; and talked about how Mary and Joseph’s journey to search for their son was difficult, and probably filled with grief, until they found him in his Father’s house. We as the Church endure this journey of Mary’s and Joseph’s, and we are only sated when we find him who is in his Father’s house.

 

[MariaChristi]

Dear Marco Polo,

Thanks for your reply. The book, Mary: The Church at the Source by then Cardinal Ratzinger and Hans Urs von Balthazar is one of my favorites. I went back to it this morning to find the section you mentioned, and again I am blessed by our Pope’s words. What a profound and prayerful theologian he is! On p. 71 in this book, continuing Chapter IV - “Hail Full of Grace”, he wrote:

…“they did not understand the saying which He spoke to them” (Luke 2:50). Even for the believing man who is entirely open to God, the words of God are not comprehensible and evident right away. Those who demand that the Christian message be as immediately understandable as any banal statement hinder God. Where there is no humility to accept the mystery, no patience to carry it to term, and to let it open at its own pace, the seed of the word has fallen on rocky ground; it has found no soil. Even the Mother does not understand the Son at this moment, but once again, she “kept all these things in her heart” (Luke 2:51)…

While Mary and her husband Joseph sought the Child sorrowing, I believe they were believing that God was at work even while they could not understand why Jesus was not with them and when they found Him they could not understand His words to them. So often we fail to grow in our own times of sorrowing and trial because we lack the faith of Mary and Joseph. May we learn from them to “ask and receive, seek and find, knock and have the door opened for us.” (cf Mt. 7: 7-11). Great book – thanks for mentioning it. I highly recommend to all.

 

[Bravo_6]

Dear Brothers and Sisters,
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RqKgZuCw4G0/TVH51pxlUGI/AAAAAAAAIEI/N1O-pTGYoDM/s180/Finding+border.jpg
I had intended to post this picture of the 5th Joyful Mystery - “The Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple” yesterday, but “ran out of time”

 Pondering this Fifth Mystery of the Rosary in past years (especially when I taught children about that same age as Jesus when He was "lost") I have prayed that they may learn to be like Jesus and be about "Our Father's Business". I continue to pray for myself and all of them to remain in the Lord's House. I also have prayed to Our Lady and St. Joseph for wisdom and patience in searching to "find" the Lord more deeply and truly in my own heart and to help others in their searching for Him.

More recently, I have come to ponder this mystery as a help to growing in "darkness of faith" i.e. when we may "feel" lost or without God. We can cling to Him in faith, knowing that His Word is true: God works all things unto good... (Rom 8:28). Like Mary and Joseph, we cannot in our finite natures understand the Infinite Loving Providence of God. His ways are so far above ours. Yet, we can believe in faith; we can "see" with eyes of the heart and soul, even when human minds cannot comprehend all. By His Grace, every trial, can be a time for growing in faith, hope and above all charity. Darkness can enable us to experience poverty of spirit: "Blessed (Joyful) are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of God" (Mt. 5:3)

Sorrowful Mother, Mother of Joyful Hope, pray for us.
St. Joseph,  pray for us.
Jesus, we trust in You!

Very nice.I believe,if I’m not mistaken that the fruit of this mystery is "to seek Christ in all things,"moto of St Pius X,so perhaps he pondered a lot on this mystery as well?

God bless,

JMJ

 

[domandcarols]

Dear Brothers and Sisters,
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RqKgZuCw4G0/TVH51pxlUGI/AAAAAAAAIEI/N1O-pTGYoDM/s180/Finding+border.jpg
I had intended to post this picture of the 5th Joyful Mystery - “The Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple” yesterday, but “ran out of time”

 Pondering this Fifth Mystery of the Rosary in past years (especially when I taught children about that same age as Jesus when He was "lost") I have prayed that they may learn to be like Jesus and be about "Our Father's Business". I continue to pray for myself and all of them to remain in the Lord's House. I also have prayed to Our Lady and St. Joseph for wisdom and patience in searching to "find" the Lord more deeply and truly in my own heart and to help others in their searching for Him.

More recently, I have come to ponder this mystery as a help to growing in "darkness of faith" i.e. when we may "feel" lost or without God. We can cling to Him in faith, knowing that His Word is true: God works all things unto good... (Rom 8:28). Like Mary and Joseph, we cannot in our finite natures understand the Infinite Loving Providence of God. His ways are so far above ours. Yet, we can believe in faith; we can "see" with eyes of the heart and soul, even when human minds cannot comprehend all. By His Grace, every trial, can be a time for growing in faith, hope and above all charity. Darkness can enable us to experience poverty of spirit: "Blessed (Joyful) are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of God" (Mt. 5:3)

Sorrowful Mother, Mother of Joyful Hope, pray for us.
St. Joseph,  pray for us.
Jesus, we trust in You!

thank you so much for sharing this

 

[MariaChristi]

Thanks for sharing. I always appreciate a good visual to assist in my Rosary meditations. I find the 5th Joyful Mystery full of different things to ponder, including as you have already mentioned Jesus being at Our Father’s business or work, as we should be. He is also at Our Father’s house, as we should also be, and this is truly a good place for us to look when we are looking for God.

DGB

Dear DGB,

Thanks for your reply. When I read Bl. Pope John Paul II’s Apostolic Letter on the Most Holy Rosary, I was blessed by his suggestion to use icons. I have a book on the Life of Mary depicted with icons and text explaining them. An icon has been called a “window into heaven” because it is not so “realistic” as it is intended for us to look beyond the image to the reality. Each icon is prayed over before it is “written” by the artist. Icons are far more common in the Eastern Catholic Tradition, but I find them very beautiful. Here is an icon for instance that might be used for the third Glorious Mystery, the Descent of the Holy Spirit:
http://parish.holyspiritrcs.org/images/stories/parish/icon4.png
Another icon which is one of my favorites, is a new one, and the story behind it is beautiful too. The Iconographer is Russian and the title is: THE ICON OF THE MOTHER OF GOD OF FÁTIMA: MYSTERY OF THE LIGHT THAT IS GOD. The icon seems full of light and so I use it sometimes for the Luminous Mysteries. The story behind this icon can read HERE
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May we continue to ponder the Mysteries of the Rosary that we may “imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise”.

 

[MarcoPolo]

May we learn from them to “ask and receive, seek and find, knock and have the door opened for us.” (cf Mt. 7: 7-11). Great book – thanks for mentioning it. I highly recommend to all.

Thanks for quoting the book - I love it when people cite source material!! Good stuff.

 

[DoGodsBidding]

Dear DGB,

Thanks for your reply. When I read Bl. Pope John Paul II’s Apostolic Letter on the Most Holy Rosary, I was blessed by his suggestion to use icons. I have a book on the Life of Mary depicted with icons and text explaining them. An icon has been called a “window into heaven” because it is not so “realistic” as it is intended for us to look beyond the image to the reality. Each icon is prayed over before it is “written” by the artist. Icons are far more common in the Eastern Catholic Tradition, but I find them very beautiful. Here is an icon for instance that might be used for the third Glorious Mystery, the Descent of the Holy Spirit:
http://parish.holyspiritrcs.org/images/stories/parish/icon4.png
Another icon which is one of my favorites, is a new one, and the story behind it is beautiful too. The Iconographer is Russian and the title is: THE ICON OF THE MOTHER OF GOD OF FÁTIMA: MYSTERY OF THE LIGHT THAT IS GOD. The icon seems full of light and so I use it sometimes for the Luminous Mysteries. The story behind this icon can read HERE
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9sScfAI8Y6E/ShEKACaYFDI/AAAAAAAAANw/pfs1pVKowdI/s400/Fatimskaia.jpg
May we continue to ponder the Mysteries of the Rosary that we may “imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise”.

Thanks for the info. A friend of mine had shared a book called “The Mysteries of Christ - A Scriptural Rosary” which as it says on the back cover “features pertinent Scripture verses from both the Old Testament and New Testament for each Our Father and Hail Mary for all twenty mysteries of the rosary.” Also included is “colorful artwork by Flemish Renaissance painter Simon Berning illustrating each of the twenty mysteries, excerpts of Pope John Paul II’s Letter on the Rosary, and an article explaining how the rosary engages both our minds and bodies in prayer.” This book is a wonderful aid to praying the Rosary.

As an aside, my friend first lent me the book before I bought my own copy. My friend lost her book (along with just about everything else that she owned) when Hurricane Ike flooded our area. As a pick-me-up I purchased her a new copy, something that she really appreciated.

DGB