During my recovery period I had an opportunity to pray, particularly during the two months when I had no possibility of speaking, eating, or even drinking a drop of water, because I was on a respirator. There wasn’t anything else to do but pray. Largely, I said the Rosary, over and over again and meditated on the mysteries of the life of Christ.
I had just seen a preview of Mel Gibson’s film, “The Passion of the Christ,” and that had deeply moved me. During those difficult months I kept turning to Christ, but strangely not in His Passion. It was too painful already. Where I found my spiritual consolation was in the Glorious Mysteries, particularly in the Resurrection, the Ascension, and the Coronation of our Blessed Mother as Queen of Heaven, the Queen of angels and saints. That Coronation is, in fact, the triumph of all those who are saved and of the human race. Our Blessed Mother represents the redeemed human race in its utter perfection.
