Cherish Loreine T.

Corpuz

11 GAS – St. Michael the Archangel

Ama namin

Ama namin sumasalangit Ka,

Sambahin ang ngalan Mo.
Mapasaamin ang kaharian Mo.
Sundin ang loob Mo dito sa lupa para nang sa langit.
Bigyan Mo kami ngayon ng aming kakanin sa araw araw;
At patawarin Mo kami sa aming mga sala,
Para nang pagpapatawad namin sa nagkakasalaan sa amin;
At huwag Mo kaming ipahintulot sa tukso,
At iadya Mo kami sa lahat ng masama.
Sapagka't sa iyo'y nagmumula ang kaharian,
ang kapangyarihan at ang kaluwalhatian magpasawalang hanggan.

Amen.

Our Father

Our Father, who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy Name, 
thy kingdom come, 
thy will be done, 
on earth as it is in heaven. 

Give us this day our daily bread. 

And forgive us our trespasses, 
as we forgive those
who trespass against us. 

And lead us not into temptation, 

but deliver us from evil. 
Hail Mary

Hail Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee.

Blessed are thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus.
Holy Mary Mother of God,
pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death
Amen.

Aba Ginoong Maria

Aba Ginoong Maria, napupuno ka ng grasiya,

Ang Panginoong Diyos ay sumasaiyo.
Bukod kang pinagpala sa babaeng lahat
At pinagpala rin naman ang anak mong si Hesus.
Santa Maria, Ina ng Diyos
Ipanalangin mo kaming makasalanan
Ngayon at kung kami’y mamamatay.
Amen.

Glory Be

Glory be to the Father,

and to the Son,
and to the
Holy Spirit…
As it was in the beginning,
is now,
and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.

Luwalhati

Luwalhati sa Ama,
Sa Anak,
At sa Diyos Espiritu Santo.
Kapara noong unang-una,
Ngayon at Magpakailanman
Sa walang hanggan.
Amen.
Angelus

V. The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary,

R. And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.

Hail Mary, etc...

V. Behold the handmaid of the Lord.

R. Be it done unto me according to Your Word.

Hail Mary, etc...

V. And the Word was made flesh,

R. And dwelt among us.

Hail Mary, etc...

V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.

R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray:

Pour forth, we beseech You, O Lord,

Your Grace into our hearts;
that as we have known the incarnation of Christ,
your Son by the message of an angel,
so by His passion and cross
we may be brought to the glory of His Resurrection.
Through the same Christ, our Lord.

Amen.

N: Ang anghel ng Panginoon ay nagbalita kay Santa Maria.

L: At siya'y naglihi, lalang ng Espiritu Santo.

Aba Ginoong Maria ...

N: Narito ang alipin ng Panginoon.

L: Maganap nawa sa akin ang ayon sa wika mo.

Aba Ginoong Maria...

N: At ang salita ay nagkatawang tao.

L: At nakipamuhay sa atin.

Aba Ginoong Maria...

N: Ipanalangin mo kami, O Santang Ina ng Diyos.

L: Nang kami'y maging dapat makinabang sa mga pangako ni Kristo.

Manalangin tayo: Panginoon naming Diyos, kasihan mo nawa ang aming mga kaluluwa sa iyong mahal
na grasya at yayamang dahilan sa pamamalita ng angel ay nakilala namin ang pagkakatawang tao ni
Hesukristong Anak mo, pakundangan sa mahal na pasakit niya sa Krus papakinabangan mo kami ng
kanyang pagkabuhay na mag-uli sa kadakilaan sa langit. Sa pamamagitan ni Hesukristong aming
Panginoon. Amen.

Lualhati sa Ama... (Tatlong ulit)

The Apostles’ Creed

I believe in God,
the Father Almighty,
Creator of heaven and earth,
and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died and was buried;
He descended into hell;
on the third day He rose again from the dead;
He ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from there He will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Holy Catholic Church,
the communion of Saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and life everlasting.

Amen.
Ang Sumasampalataya

Sumasampalataya ako sa Diyos Amang makapangyarihan sa lahat,

na may gawa ng langit at lupa.
Sumasampalataya naman ako kay Hesukristo,
iisang Anak ng Diyos,
Panginoon nating lahat.
Nagkatawang tao Siya lalang ng Espiritu Santo,
ipinanganak ni Santa Mariang Birhen.
Pinagpakasakit ni Poncio Pilato,
ipinako sa krus,
namatay, inilibing.
Nanaog sa karoroonan ng mga yumao.
Nang may ikatlong araw nabuhay na mag-uli.
Umakyat sa langit,
naluluklok sa kanan ng Diyos Amang Makapangyarihan sa lahat.
Doon magmumulang paririto't maghuhukom sa nangabubuhay at nangamamatay na tao.
Sumasampalataya naman ako sa Diyos Espiritu Santo,
Sa Banal na Simbahang Katolika, sa kasamahan ng mga banal;
Sa kapatawaran ng mga kasalanan,
Sa pagkabuhay na mag-uli ng nangamatay na tao,
At sa buhay na walang hanggan. 
Amen.

Fatima Prayer

O My Jesus,
forgive us our sins,
save us from the fires of Hell and lead all souls to Heaven,
especially those who are in most need of Thy mercy.
Panalangin Ng Fatima

O Hesus ko, patawarin Mo kami sa apoy ng Impiyerno.

Hanguin Mo ang mga kaluluwa sa purgatoryo.
Lalung-lao na yaong mga walang nakakaalala. Amen.

Hail Holy Queen

Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, hail, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor
banished children of Eve: to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears.
Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us
the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus, O merciful, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary! Amen.

Aba Po Santa Mariang Hari

Aba Po Santa Mariang Hari, Ina ng Awa.

Ikaw ang kabuhayan at katamisan; Aba pinananaligan ka namin.
Ikaw nga ang tinatawagan namin, pinapanaw na taong anak ni Eva.
Ikaw rin ang pinagbunbuntuhang hininga namin ng aming pagtangis
dini sa lupang bayang kahapis-hapis. Ay aba, pintakasi ka namin,
 ilingon mo sa amin, ipakita mo sa amin ang iyong Anak na si Hesus.
Santa Maria, Ina ng Diyos, maawain, maalam at matamis na Birhen.

V. Ipanalangin mo kami, Reyna ng kasantusantuhang Rosaryo.

R. Nang kami'y maging dapat makinabang ng mga pangako ni Hesukristo.

The Mysteries of The Rosary/ Ang Mga Misteryo Ng Rosaryo

Joyful Misteries

First Joyful Mystery: The Annunciation

"In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,
to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's
name was Mary" (Lk  1:26-27).

Our Father, 10 Hail Marys (contemplating the mystery), Glory be to the Father.
 
Second Joyful Mystery: The Visitation

"In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a city of Judah, and she
entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting
of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and she
exclaimed with a loud cry, 'Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your
womb!"' (Lk  1:39-42).

Our Father, 10 Hail Marys (contemplating the mystery), Glory be to the Father.
 
Third Joyful Mystery: The Birth of Our Lord

"In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled.
This was the first enrolment, when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be enrolled,
each to his own city.
And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David,
which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be enrolled
with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. And while they were there, the time came for her
to be delivered. And she gave birth to her first-born son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths,
and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn" ( Lk  2:1-7).

Our Father, 10 Hail Marys (contemplating the mystery), Glory be to the Father.
 
Fourth Joyful Mystery: The Presentation in the Temple

"And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given
by the angel before he was conceived in the womb. And when the time came for their
purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to
the Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord,  'Every male that opens the womb shall be
called holy to the Lord') and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the
Lord, 'a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons"'  (Lk  2:21-24).

Our Father, 10 Hail Marys (contemplating the mystery), Glory be to the Father.
 
Fifth Joyful Mystery: The finding of Jesus in the temple

"Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the Passover. And when he was
twelve years old, they went up according to custom; and when the feast was ended, as they
were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know it ...
After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them
and asking them questions; and all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his
answers" (Lk  2:41-47).

Our Father, 10 Hail Marys (contemplating the mystery), Glory be to the Father.

MGA MISTERYO NG TUWA

Ang Pagbabalita ng Anghel sa Mahal na Birhen
Ang Pagdalaw ng Birheng Maria kay Sta. Isabel
Ang Pagsilang sa Daigdig ng Panginoong Jesukristo
Ang Paghahandog kay Jesus sa Templo
Ang Pagkatagpo kay Jesus sa Templo ng Jerusalem
Sorrowful Mystery

The Agony of Jesus in the Garden

1st Sorrowful Mystery

My Son came with His apostles to the mount of Olives. There was a garden there
that He frequently went to pray: He felt a sadness; a deep, deep sadness. He felt
lonely: my Son in His humanity felt a deeper sadness than anyone could ever
feel because He was pure of heart: He was sinless. He took His closest friends,
Peter whom He was to give charge of the Church, James, and John. John was
the one who was going to take care of me after Jesus had risen from the dead.
Jesus said to them: My heart is sorrowful to the point of death: stay here and
pray and keep watch while I go and pray by Myself." Jesus went over further to
pray: He wanted to pray by Himself. He wanted to pour out His heart to His
Father as I often have seen Him do with His prayer. My Son always prayed
continuously to His Father: He always looked to the Father for His consolation.
During the time He prayed, He saw all the agony He was going to suffer: and the
agony was not so much the pain of the crucifixion as the pains of the sins of the
world. Every sin, every injustice, every infidelity He saw and felt at that very
moment, caused Him to sweat blood. His agony, His sorrow, and so much
sinfulness caused the blood to burst from His forehead. It was just another
anticipation of when His Precious Blood would be shed on the cross. That Blood
that was sweat on Gethsemane blessed that very spot into Jesus' sacred place
of prayer.

My children, never seek your comfort in anyone but God. In your times of
loneliness, in your times of depression, in your times of doubt, have recourse to
prayer. When you go to the Father, offer this mystery for those who are in doubt:
those who do not know where to turn to: those who are depressed: the mentally
ill: the emotionally ill. Pray that as the Father sent an angel to comfort my Son,
the Lord in His mercy will comfort them and enlighten them.

The Scourging at the Pillar

2nd Sorrowful Mystery

My Son was sent to Pilate after being judged by the Jewish authorities, I was
there in spirit: I heard Pontius Pilate as he came out to talk to the crowd. He said:
"I find no fault in this Man worthy of death: so I will have Him scourged: then I will
set Him free." Pilate said this to placate the crowd because he knew my Son was
innocent of all the accusations that they were throwing at Him. Pilate sent my
Son to be scourged: He was whipped. The normal procedure was to be whipped
thirty-nine times. My Son was whipped furiously: the demons took possession of
the soldiers. All the anger of hell was vented out on my Son. At that moment, I
asked the Father to spare my Son from dying at the scourging and the Father
answered my prayer: and still the soldiers that scourged my Son were filled with
the very hatred of hell itself. That was the reaction they had to the purity of my
Son. When Jesus received all this scourging for the love of you, it was because
He loved you that He took all this pain: because He wanted you to be healed of
your sins: of all the diseases of the soul, mind, and body that Jesus took all this
punishment. Jesus did not take all this punishment to condemn you: He took it all
to save you. Behold the love of my Son for you and yet behold His meekness as
the Lamb that is brought to the slaughter: my Son was scourged without even
opening His mouth.

My children, my Son wishes to heal you by His stripes. By the scourging He

received, He wants to set you free of all types of oppression, of all types of
bondage. By the stripes of my Son you are healed and set free. My children, pray
to the Father that He will heal the wounds of your heart so that you can pray with
love. Ask the Father to teach you how to love the way my Son loves. Pray for
those who are possessed by hatred: pray for those who have an insatiable need
to seek revenge. Pray that they too will be liberated and healed by the stripes of
my Son.

Jesus is Crowned with Thorns

3rd Sorrowful Mystery

After the scourging, my Son was led to the praetorium where the soldiers wanted
to further amuse themselves. They took some twine filled with thorns and made a
skull like cap. They placed the cap on the head of Jesus and pressed causing the
thorns to penetrate His scalp until He began to bleed. Then they put a reed in His
hand and they knelt before Him and they mocked Him and said to Him, "All Hail,
King of the Jews," and they spit in His face, they hit His head with the reed, they
slapped His face, and plucked His beard. Jesus continued to say nothing. He
received it all.

My children, Jesus still receives a crown of thorns from many. It is normal for
Jesus to be mocked by His enemies but it is more painful when Jesus is mocked
by His own people. Even today, my children, Christians mock Him by living in
mortal sin, by receiving Communion in mortal sin, by not believing the truth
contained in the scriptures which is the word of God. My children, Christians
mock Jesus and crown Him with thorns when they invent their own doctrines at
their convenience: when they use the gospel of my Son, they use it to justify their
own teachings, their own doctrine. My children, I call you to make reparation to
my Son. Follow Him by leaving all sin behind: by loving Him and revering Him in
the Blessed Sacrament. When you receive Him in Holy Communion, tell Him that
you love Him for those who will not love Him. Offer this mystery to the Father in
reparation for all the blasphemes that were ever said against my Son. Pray for
those who take the name of God in vain: pray for those who will not keep Sunday
holy. Promise the Father that you will keep Sunday holy by going to Mass and
receiving Holy Communion and avoiding all unnecessary work in order to give
yourself to prayer and doing the will of God. I am praying for you, my children
and I will guide you in loving Jesus for those who will not love Him.

Jesus Carried the Cross

4th Sorrowful Mystery

That Friday, that first Good Friday, Jesus, my Son, after He was scourged and
was crowned with thorns, was given a cross to carry through the streets of
Jerusalem all the way to Mount Calvary where they had crucified others. He
carried the cross through the same streets which He had come triumphantly the
Sunday before. The people who cried "Hosanna" now cried "Crucify Him." I was
there along the way and I met my Son: His face all beaten, all covered with blood
from His bleeding head, tired and dirty, and yet our eyes met. Our eyes filled with
love for each other. Both of us knew that it was totally unavoidable that He
should go through this agony for the salvation of the world. The weight of the
cross on Jesus' body was not as heavy as the weight of the sins of the world on
His soul. Out of obedience to His Father, Jesus continued the journey until He
reached Calvary. He met a group of women who were weeping and He said to
them: "Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for Me, but for yourselves and your
children."

My children, pray for the gift of tears, that through that gift the Lord will cleanse
your souls of sin and the effects of sin. My children, pray for the gift of obedience:
that each one of you will be obedient to the call that the Father has given to you.
Pray for those who have burdens on their hearts and the weight of their trials
seems more than they can bear, pray to the Father that these people will have
the strength to carry their crosses following Jesus. Finally, ask the Father for the
gift of being true disciples of Jesus: ask the Father that you will always say yes to
Jesus and to His way even though it may mean suffering and sorrow. Pray to the
Father that you will have the grace to take all out of love for Him.
The Crucifixion of our Lord
5th Sorrowful Mystery

When we had finally reached Mount Calvary, my Son was thrown on the cross
after being stripped naked in front of the crowd. They drove spikes through His
hands and feet and yet the Lord gave me the strength to withstand the sight of
my Son being nailed on the cross and literally butchered by the soldiers. They
lifted the cross to its place, and then my Son hung there for three hours. I heard
my Son say, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they're doing."
Jesus prayed for His enemies and pleaded for their ignorance: He also pleaded
for your ignorance. There were two thieves crucified with Jesus, one on His right
and the other on His left, and to the repentant thief He promised paradise. Finally
He looked at me and at John: He told me, "Woman, behold your Son" and to
John, "Behold your mother." My spiritual motherhood is Jesus' gift to you: Jesus
gave me to His disciples and to the whole Church to be mother and intercessor
for everyone who calls himself a Christian. When the third hour came, the sky
became dark and Jesus cried out, "Father, into Your hands I commend My
Spirit."

My Son bowed His head, the symbol of obedience to the Father, and then the
earth began to quake. There was a great storm in Heaven, the whole of creation
was reacting at man's crime, the killing of their God, the killing of their Savior.
After it was calm, Nicodemus, Joseph of Arimethea, and John took my Son down
and then placed Him in my arms. I remembered while I was holding Him the
prophecy of Simeon, "The sword of sorrow will pierce your soul." That prophecy
was coming true: but just as I was holding my Son in my arms, I remembered His
words that He would rise, again. All that I needed to do was to wait until that
prophecy was fulfilled. My children, ask the Father to extend His salvation and
forgiveness to your enemies. Pray for those who abuse you: pray for those who
hurt you in any form. Ask the Father that they will also be cleansed by the blood
of Jesus shed on the cross. Come, my children, to the foot of the cross and there
I will pray with you and for you that your sins will be blotted out: that you will
experience the redeeming power of my Son. Pray before the crucifix and I will
pray with you. Ask the Father that you will constantly remember the death of my
Son and be ever grateful for the salvation He has obtained for you.

MGA MISTERYO NG HAPIS

Ang Paghihirap ng Panginoon sa Halamanan ng Getsemane
Ang Paghampas kay Jesus na Nagagapos sa Haliging Bato
Ang Pagpuputong ng Koronang Tinik  kay Jesus
Ang Pagpasan ng Krus
Ang Pagkapako at Pagkamatay ni Jesus sa Krus

Luminous Mysteries
1st Mystery of Light: The Baptism of the Lord in the Jordan

'Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. 14 But
John tried to deter him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come
to me?" Jesus replied, "Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all
righteousness." Then John consented. As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went
up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of
God descending like a dove and lighting on him. And a voice from heaven said,
"This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased' (Mt 3,13-17).

'The Baptism in the Jordan is first of all a mystery of light. Here, as Christ
descends into the waters, the innocent one who became 'sin' for our sake (cf.
2Cor 5:21), the heavens open wide and the voice of the Father declares him the
beloved Son (cf. Mt 3:17 and parallels), while the Spirit descends on him to
invest him with the mission which he is to carry out' (Blessed John Paul II, RVM
21).

From antiquity, the Christian church has pointed to the Baptism of the Lord in the
river of Jordan, as the event wherein the full plan of God for His Church and the
entirety of creation itself is made manifest. It is not only the beginning of the
Lord's public ministry, it is the beginning of the new creation, re-constituted in
Him.

The beloved disciple John wrote in His first letter: 'See what love the Father has
bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet so we are. The
reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are
God's children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know
that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
Everyone who has this hope based on him makes himself pure - as He is pure (1
John 3:1-3).

We shall be like Him for we shall 'see' Him as He is? How? When we live in Him,
we grow in holiness and manifest His glory for others. This process of conversion
and transformation begins at our Baptism. He initiates the relationship, and it
continues through our communion with Him in prayer, His Word, the sacraments
and our life in the Church.

Through our own baptism we are incorporated into Christ. We enter into His
Mystical Body, the Church. We live in Him for the sake of the world. We begin to
see Him as He is and in the continuing encounter which that mystery entails, we
become 'like Him' for others. We become a 'manifestation', an 'epiphany' of God
in a world stumbling along in the darkness of sin. We also become immersed in
God.

The word 'Epiphany' is not often used in Eastern Christianity, Orthodox or

Catholic. It is replaced by the word 'Theophany', which in Greek literally means
the "manifestation of God." The Theophany speaks to the vocation of the whole
Church and of every Christian to be immersed in God and bring the whole human
race and the world along with us.

The Apostle Peter writes in his second letter to the dispersed early Christians
that we become 'partakers of the divine nature' (2 Peter 1:4). The Baptism of
Jesus reveals the Holy Trinity to the world. The heavens open, the voice of the
Father speaks to the Son and the Spirit descends! We are invited into a
participation in that life of the Trinity beginning now, through our Baptism into
Jesus Christ!

The waters of the Jordan are sanctified by the Son. In the first creation, God
created the heavens and the earth through the Son. Now, that Son come among
us as a man goes down into those waters and re-creates the world. From
antiquity, the Church has found a deeper meaning in this Baptism in the River
Jordan. Symbolically, all water is sanctified when God the Son is immersed into
it. Just as the Spirit hovered over the waters of the original creation, the Spirit
now hovers over these waters when the Son, through whom the entire universe
was made, is immersed (Genesis 1:9/ St. John 1:1-5).

In Eastern Churches, when this feast is celebrated, waters are blessed. In the
Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches the clergy lead the faithful to rivers and
bless the waters. Into these waters, through which the people of Israel were once
delivered, the entire human race is now invited to follow Jesus in every Baptismal
Font, in every Church, for all eternity.

In Christ, all water has been sanctified. What was once the means of God's
judgment at the time of Noah has become the fountain where men and women
are delivered from sin and made new! The heavens open and the Holy Spirit
appears as a sign of the beginning of the new creation in each new life. Through
Christ's Baptism the waters of the whole earth have been sanctified and the
Church is given new water for her saving and sanctifying mission.

In the waters of the Jordan, the Trinity, the Communion of Divine persons, in
perfect unity, is revealed. In the great liturgical prayer of the East the Church
proclaims: 'When Thou, O Lord was baptized in the Jordan, the worship of the
Trinity was made manifest... O Christ our God who has appeared and
enlightened the world, Glory to Thee."

The waters of Baptism now flow with mercy. The Creator who spoke those
waters into being through the Son, in Him condescended to take on our humanity
and be immersed in the waters of the Jordan! Once, the Spirit hovered over the
waters. Now the Word Incarnate descends into Jordan's water making it holy. In
this Baptism, Jesus begins the re-creation of the universe. We who are now
baptized into Him are called to share in this work. The public mission and
ministry of Jesus began at the waters of Jordan. It continues now through His
Church.

2nd Mystery of light: The Self-revelation of the Lord at the

Wedding Feast of Cana

'On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother was
there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When
the wine was gone, Jesus' mother said to him, "They have no more wine." "Dear
woman, why do you involve me?" Jesus replied, "My time has not yet come." His
mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you."

Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial
washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons. Jesus said to the servants,
"Fill the jars with water"; so they filled them to the brim. Then he told them, "Now
draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet." They did so, and the
master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did
not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the
water knew.

Then he called the bridegroom aside and said, "Everyone brings out the choice
wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink;
but you have saved the best till now." This, the first of his miraculous signs,
Jesus performed in Cana of Galilee. He thus revealed his glory, and his disciples
put their faith in him' (Jn 2,1-12).

'Apart from the miracle at Cana, the presence of Mary  remains in the

background.  The Gospels make only the briefest reference to her occasional 
presence at  one moment  or  other  during the preaching of Jesus (cf. Mk 3:31-
5; John 2:12), and they give no indication that she was present at the Last
Supper and the institution of the Eucharist.

Yet the role she assumed at Cana in some way accompanies Christ throughout
his ministry. The revelation made directly by the Father at the Baptism in the
Jordan and echoed by John the Baptist is placed upon Mary's  lips  at  Cana, and
it becomes the great  maternal  counsel which Mary  addresses to the Church of
every age: "Do whatever he tells you" (Jn. 2:5). This counsel is a fitting
introduction to the words and signs of Christ's public ministry - and it forms the
Marian foundation of all the 'mysteries of light' (Blessed John Paul II, RVM 21)'.

It is no accident that the first miracle the Lord performed during his earthly
ministry occurred in the context of a Wedding. The Nuptial mystery at the heart of
marriage reveals the meaning of human existence. The Sacrament of Marriage is
a sign of Christ's love for the Church which is His bride. It is also no accident that
the first miracle of turning water into wine occurred at the request of the Mother
of the Lord. The prayers of a Mother are powerful.

There is a nuptial meaning to life. Our destiny is prefigured prophetically in

Christian marriage. God fashioned us out of love and for love. We have been
created, - spiritually as well as physically - for the gift of ourselves to the other.
Through that gift we also give ourselves to God in Christ - for the sake of the
world.

This is why St Paul's letter to the Ephesians is such a fertile ground for instruction
on Christian marriage. Its singular intent is to communicate the profound
"mystery" of Christian marriage - God thought first of the spousal union of Christ
and His bride, the Church, and He then made husband and wife look like it!

In the order of creation, something of this "plan hidden from the ages"
(Ephesians 3:8-9) is revealed. However in Christian Marriage, through its
participation in and with Jesus Christ, it is all elevated and transformed. The good
of the human relationship of marriage becomes a real, substantial participation in
Trinitarian Love! God's eternal plan is to "marry" the Church.

Christian Marriage is a model, a mystery and a mission. It reveals the unfolding

of Gods plan for the entire human race. Nature is for grace and the order of
creation is transformed by the order of redemption. The married couple lives their
vocation now "in Christ" and participates in His very life and action with His bride,
the Church. This is the great "mystery" Paul so profoundly alludes to in his text.

The nuptial mystery also lies at the heart of the Christian vocation to consecrated
celibacy. But whereas the participation in this mystery called Christian Marriage
is mediated through a spouse, in the life to come it will be unmediated! The
Scriptures make it clear; there will be no specific marriages in heaven. Rather,
we will be "like the angels" (St. Matthew 22:30).

Marriage is the eschatological destiny of all Christians, because we will be

married to Christ. It is within this understanding that consecrated celibacy is a
prophetic and eschatological participation in that eternal union. It is the
"immediate" or "unmediated" spousal love of God, in Christ, made possible in the
here and now by grace.

3rd Luminous Mystery: The Lord Jesus Proclaims the

Coming of the Kingdom

"The time has come," he said. "The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe
the good news!" (Mk 1, 15) The preaching by which Jesus proclaims the coming
of the Kingdom of God, calls to conversion (cf. Mk 1:15) and forgives the sins of
all who draw near to him in humble trust (cf. Mk 2:3-13; Lk 7:47- 48): the
inauguration of that ministry of mercy which he continues to exercise until the
end of the world, particularly through the Sacrament of Reconciliation which he
has entrusted to his Church (cf. Jn 20:22-23) (Blessed John Paul II, RVM 21).

Throughout the pontificate of Blessed John Paul II he called for a "New

Evangelization." Pope Benedict XVI has made this a central pillar of his
pontificate. He erected a Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization tasked
with evangelizing countries where the Gospel was announced centuries ago, but
where its presence in peoples' daily life seems to be all but lost.
When Blessed John Paul visited the Americas he wrote a letter " To the Church
in America" in which we find these words: "The new Evangelization calls for a
clearly conceived, serious, and well organized effort to evangelize culture. The
Son of God, by taking upon Himself our human nature, became incarnate within
a particular people, even though His redemptive death brought redemption to all
people, of every culture, race and condition. The gift of His Spirit and His love are
meant for each and every people and culture, in order to bring them all into unity
after the perfect unity existing in the Triune God" (Pope John Paul II, Ecclesia in
America, 70).

This call to New Evangelization invites each of us to live our baptismal vocation,
no matter what our state in life, completely given over to the work of the Lord. It
also calls each of us to proclaim the Gospel in word and deed. We continue the
proclamation of Jesus to the world.Since the Second Vatican Council in the
Catholic Church we have been constantly reminded that the Church is by nature
missionary and that every baptized Christian participates in her missionary
activity. The New Evangelization means taking this truth to heart and living
differently.

The New Evangelization requires an authentic renewal of the Church so that she
can undertake such a new missionary outreach to the world. These two aspects
of the one call are intricately connected. Only a Church fully alive in the Lord and
filled with His Spirit can carry out such an evangelical mission. The Church is
Christ's plan for the entire world. The early Fathers called her the "world
reconciled." There is no "plan B" through which He will save this world. She is a
universal sign, sacrament and seed of the kingdom of God. The early Christians
would have never understood the notion in some contemporary Christian circles
that anyone could follow Jesus and not "need" the Church.

Saint Cyprian (A.D. 258) wrote, "He who has turned his back on the Church of
Christ shall not come to the rewards of Christ; he is an alien, a worldling, an
enemy. You cannot have God for your Father if you have not the Church for your
mother. Our Lord warns us when He says: `he that is not with Me is against Me,
and he that gathereth not with Me scattereth.' Whosoever breaks the peace and
harmony of Christ acts against Christ; whoever gathers elsewhere than in the
Church scatters the Church of Christ" (On The Unity of the Catholic Church).

We are called to love the Church with the affection of sons and daughters; she is
our "mother." We were reborn in the fount of Baptism as through a second
womb. We live our Christian life now always as a part of the Church. To belong
to the Head means to be a member of His Body. The Church is not some-thing,
but Some-One, in whom we now live and breathe and have our being.

Christianity can never be kept "private."  It must be given away in love. The
Incarnation of God in Jesus Christ is profoundly public. Only a holy, faith filled
Catholic Church can bring the current culture of death, use and darkness to a
conversion and transformation. This is the task of the "New Evangelization."

The Lord of the harvest is calling workers to the New Evangelization of His
Church. Then, as loyal sons and daughters of that Church, He is calling us into
the fields of contemporary culture which are ripe and ready for harvest.

4th Luminous Mystery: The Transfiguration of Our Lord

About eight days after saying this, he took Peter, John, and James, and went up
onto a mountain to pray. While he was praying, his face changed in appearance
and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly two men were talking with him,
Moses and Elijah. They appeared in glory and spoke of his passage, which he
was about to fulfill in Jerusalem. Peter and those with him had fallen into a deep
sleep; but awakening, they saw his glory and likewise saw the two men who
were standing with him. When these were leaving, Peter said to Jesus, "Master,
how good it is for us to be here.   Let us set up three booths, one for you, one for
Moses, and one for Elijah." (He did not really know what he was saying.) While
he was speaking, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and the disciples grew
fearful as they entered it.

Then from the cloud came a voice which said, "This is my Son, my Chosen One.
Listen to him." When the voice fell silent, Jesus was there alone. The disciples
kept quiet, telling nothing of what they had seen at that time to anyone. The
mystery of light par excellence is the Transfiguration, traditionally believed to
have taken place on Mount Tabor. The glory of the Godhead shines forth from
the face of Christ as the Father commands the astonished Apostles to 'listen to
him' (cf. Lk 9:35 and parallels) and to prepare to experience with him the agony
of the Passion, so as to come with him to the joy of the Resurrection and a life
transfigured by the Holy Spirit (Blessed John Paul II, RVM 21).

Christians of the Eastern Church, Catholic and Orthodox, not only celebrate the
importance of the Transfiguration liturgically, but they have held on to the ancient
Christian understanding of its significance in our own lives. We will all be
transfigured, as the Lord Himself was transfigured, when our redemption is
complete in the Resurrection of the Body.

From the earliest centuries, the Christian Church emphasized the centrality of the
Transfiguration of the Lord. Our experience of our life in the Lord - and in His
Church - is only the beginning of what is to come in the kingdom. Our life is
already a participation in that new reality.

The Church, in the words of the Fathers of the Second Vatican Council, is a
"seed of the kingdom" to come. Our life within the Church is a participation in the
eternal realities of the life to come in a new heaven and a new earth - but it
begins in the here and now.

This event on the Mountain was meant to strengthen the faith of these three
disciples. They were about to witness the events that would lead their Lord and
Master along what would appear to be an ignominious path, up Golgotha's lonely
hill, to be crucified, a fate reserved for common criminals. Their own faith would
be shaken, tested and tried. He loved all who were His own in this world (John
13:1). Yes, as so many beautiful writings in the Tradition remind us, the Lord
wanted to encourage them - and to encourage us.

However, this One who came from eternity and took upon Himself the limitations
of time, was about to open the portal of eternity to all of us who are being re-
created in Him. He would reveal to Peter, James and John the eternal now of His
own glory. He was doing so much more than simply encouraging them. He was
showing them who He was - and who they would become in Him. He was
revealing to them what had already begun; and giving them a vision that would
forever change the way they viewed themselves, their daily lives and their
mission, after He would return to the Father.

As they lived their lives no longer for themselves but for Him they began to
undergo their own trials and walked the way to their own transfiguration. This is
the path of all who bear His name. We entered through the waters of the womb
of Holy Baptism into the life of the Church which is His Body. We are members of
His Body now and through the Sacraments and our participation in the life of
grace, he communicates His energy, His Divine Life to us.

We who bear the name Christian are "in process", works "in progress", being re-
created and transfigured in Him. He has brought heaven to earth and earth to
heaven, through the Paschal mystery. On that Mountain, Jesus revealed before
mortal eyes the Transcendent Truth of who He is - and who Peter, James and
John ...and each one of us - will become in Him. They were invited to exercise
their freedom and embrace the path that He had prepared. So are we, right now.

He was grounding them in the eternal Truth, and opening up for the countless
millions who would hear this story from their faithful witness a glimpse of the
Glory that is to come as we also choose Him in our daily lives. Peter would later
write of this experience:

"His divine power has bestowed on us everything that makes for life and
devotion, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and
power. Through these, he has bestowed on us the precious and very great
promises, so that through them you may come to share in the divine nature, after
escaping from the corruption that is in the world because of evil desire. For this
very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, virtue with
knowledge, knowledge with self-control, self-control with endurance, endurance
with devotion, devotion with mutual affection, mutual affection with love....

'We did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the
power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been eyewitnesses of
his majesty. For he received honor and glory from God the Father when that
unique declaration came to him from the majestic glory, "This is my Son, my
beloved, with whom I am well pleased." We ourselves heard this voice come
from heaven while we were with him on the holy mountain" (2 Peter 1).

The Christian vocation is real a "participation in the Divine Nature."  We are being
transfigured in Christ. This transfiguration will only be complete when the entire
person, including the body, is fully redeemed and transformed. The effects of the
transfiguration involve the entire created order; it too will finally be reconstituted
in Jesus Christ and handed back to the Father. The followers of Jesus, the
Transfigured One, now walk in His Way and are being transformed into His
likeness.

The Beloved Disciple John used this event of the Transfiguration as a

"hermeneutic", a lens through which he gave the early Christians a deeper
insight into their difficulties, struggles and mission. In his first Letter to the early
Churches, he encouraged them to persevere and live differently by referring to
the event that occurred on that Mountain. He encouraged them to not be
surprised or discouraged that the "world" did not recognize them, but rather to
persevere in love through holding the vision of a transfigured life before them:
"See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the
children of God. Yet so we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it
did not know him. Beloved, we are God's children now; what we shall be has not
yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for
we shall see him as he is. Everyone who has this hope based on him makes
himself pure, as he is pure" (1 John 3).

The Lord Jesus has shown us the way up the mountain. He has invited us into a
new way of living in Him through living within the communion of the Church.
Living in that Church we are invited to go into the world and invite all men and
women, through the waters of the womb of Baptism, into the new communion of
love where they can begin the process of conversion and transfiguration. Born
again, we are all invited to join with Peter, James and John and cry out in our
day: "It is good for us to be here."

As we reflect on the Transfiguration of Jesus, let us enter more deeply into the
mystery it reveals by living in the Transfiguration now. It truly is good for us to be
here. Let us draw encouragement from the account of the Transfiguration of
Jesus Christ and respond to the invitations of grace in our daily lives in order to
grow more fully into the Image and likeness of Jesus Christ our Savior and Lord
revealing His Transfigured glory to a world waiting to be born anew. We are
being called into an ongoing transformation in Jesus Christ, beginning right now.

5th Luminous Mystery: The Institution of the Eucharist

'During the meal Jesus took bread, blessed it, broke it, and gave it to his
disciples. "Take this and eat it," he said. "This is my body." Then he took a cup,
gave thanks, and gave it to them. "All of you must drink from it," he said, "for this
is my blood, the blood of the covenant, to be poured out in behalf of many for the
forgiveness of sins. I tell you, I will not drink this fruit of the vine from now until
the day when I drink it new with you in my Father's reign." Then, after singing
songs of praise, they walked out to the Mount of Olives. A final mystery of light is
the institution of the Eucharist, in which Christ offers his body and blood as food
under the signs of bread and wine, and testifies 'to the end' his love for humanity
(Jn 13:1), for whose salvation he will offer himself in sacrifice' (Blessed John
Paul II, RVM, 21).

'Then the LORD said to Moses, "I will now rain down bread from heaven for you.
Each day the people are to go out and gather their daily portion; thus will I test
them, to see whether they follow my instructions or not... and in the morning you
shall have your fill of bread, so that you may know that I, the LORD, am your
God' (Exodus 16).

Jesus connects this Old Testament account in the Gospel lesson from St. John.
Here is a portion: 'Our ancestors ate manna in the desert, as it is written: 'He
gave them bread from heaven to eat.'" So Jesus said to them, "Amen, amen, I
say to you, it was not Moses who gave the bread from heaven; my Father gives
you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is that which comes down
from heaven and gives life to the world." So they said to him, "Sir, give us this
bread always." Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me
will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst... I myself am the
living bread which has come down from heaven. If anyone eats this bread he
shall live forever; and the bread which I shall give is my flesh for the life of the
world' (John 6: 31-35, 51).

God met His people Israel in the desert of their despair. Out of His love He fed
their physical hunger. After hearing their cry, he miraculously intervened by
providing 'manna'. Yet, sadly, these same people who had received this provision
soon began to murmur and complain to Moses about God's provision.

At a place called Taberah, they cried out 'But now we are famished; we see
nothing before us but this manna" (Numbers, 11:6). Gods' miraculous provision
had not changed, the people had. Their hearts had turned away from God and
they fell out of communion. The blessing of heaven soon became their cause for
complaint. That can happen to us when we fail to cultivate our relationship with
the Lord who now gives us Bread from Heaven.

However, God continued to love the people of Israel. It was His design to
manifest through them His saving plan for the whole world. God so loved the
whole world that he gave His Only Son, Jesus Christ (John 3:16). God's love is a
Love of Gift. He reached out to embrace a world lost in the desert of sin and
separation by sending us One like us who could do for us what we could never
do for ourselves. The Cross became the bridge which rejoined heaven and earth.
In the Incarnation of Jesus Christ, creation began anew. The Word became flesh
and through His saving Life, Death, Resurrection and Ascension, everything and
everyone was changed.

The Bread Jesus gives is His flesh for the Life of the world. This is the Living
Bread which satisfies every hunger. In His outstretched arms, the Savior
gathered the world to Himself on the Second Tree of the Cross where creation
began anew. On that Altar of Divine Love on Golgotha, the place of the skull,
death was defeated through death. Jesus Christ was freely given for the Life of
the whole world.

He birthed the New Israel of the Church from the blood and water which flowed
from His wounded side. The Second Adam was pierced and His bride the Church
was drawn from His wounded heart. The God who had fed His chosen people
Israel manna, satisfying their physical hunger, now offered Jesus Christ, the
Living Bread from heaven, to satisfy the deepest spiritual hunger of every man,
woman and child.

In the Holy Eucharist we sacramentally receive the Lord Himself as eternal food
for our journey through this life and into the life of the world to come. This same
Jesus offered on the Cross, Raised from the dead, Ascended to the Father... that
very same Jesus comes to us, Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity and takes up
residence within us. We are invited to live our lives now in communion with the
Father and in the Holy Spirit through Him. Through Baptism into Him we are
joined with one another now in His Body, the Church. Living in that Church,
which the Fathers called 'the world reconciled' and the seed of the coming
Kingdom, we are sent out for the sake of the world.

The Angelic Doctor, St. Thomas Aquinas once wrote: 'Material food first of all
turns itself into the person who eats it, and as a consequence, restores his losses
and increases his vital energies. Spiritual food, on the other hand, turns the
person who eats it into Itself, and thus the proper effect of this sacrament is the
conversion of man into Christ, so that he may no longer live for himself, but that
Christ may live in Him. And as a consequence it has the double effect of
restoring the spiritual losses caused by sins and defects and of increasing the
power of the virtues'.

The great Bishop of Hippo, St. Augustine, recorded similar words which he heard
in the Spirit from the Lord. We find them in the account of his conversion, the
Confession: 'I am the food of grown men. Grow, and you shall feed upon me.
You will not change me into yourself, as you change food into your flesh, but you
will be changed into me!'

Our participation in the Eucharistic Liturgy and reception of this Living bread and
saving Cup is an invitation into the very inner life of God, the communion of love
which is the Holy Trinity. It is also a continuing call to conversion and
transformation as St. Paul reminds us in the second reading of our liturgy this
morning. Here we receive the divine life, the grace we need to '...put away the old
self of your former way of life, corrupted through deceitful desires, and be
renewed in the spirit of your minds, and put on the new self, created in God's way
in righteousness and holiness of truth' (Eph 4:20,21).

When we feed on this heavenly food, the Lord Jesus comes to dwell within us
and make us like Himself. We are invited to exercise our freedom, to choose to
give thanks by living our lives differently, beginning right now. That is what the
word Eucharist means, thanksgiving. Let us be a Eucharistic people, always
giving thanks in the way we live. Let us be a people living in communion, through
Him, with Him in the Unity and power of the Holy Spirit. We have received the
fullness of the gift of God, the Bread of Life, the Holy Eucharist. Let us become
what we consume.

MGA MISTERYO NG LIWANAG

Ang Pagbibinyag kay Kristo
Ang Kasalan sa Cana
Ang Pagpapahayag ng Paghahari ng Diyos
Ang Pagbabagong Anyo ni Kristo
Ang Pagtatatag  ng Eukaristiya

Glorious Mysteries

The Resurrection of Jesus Christ

1st Glorious Mystery

At dawn of the first day of the week, I was with John and Peter. I was in my room
alone: John and Peter were in the next room. I woke up. There was a light: it was
all over the room. There was my Son: He came forward, He said to me, "Come,
for you are the one worthy to be the first to see My risen body." The Lord
permitted me to kiss His hand and to be embraced. The Lord in His glorified body
in which He had the scars of the nail prints in His hands and feet and the scar of
the lance in His side, was no longer the bleeding Son I saw on the way to
Calvary: His body was full of light, a light that was emanating from His body.
Jesus then said to me , "Do not, My mother, tell My disciples until I have sent
Mary Magdelene because it is all in the plan of the Father. They will come to faith
by seeing and touching. I have come to you because you have faith. Pray that
My disciples will accept Me risen from the dead." Then He went away to appear
to Mary Magdelene, to the women, and then to His disciples.
My children, the most precious gift you have is your faith. Your faith must not be
hidden: your faith must be your main motivation in your life. Cast away all doubt
by prayer: give yourselves totally to Jesus Who will illuminate your mind and
heart through the power of the resurrection.

The Ascension of Jesus to Heaven

2nd Glorious Mystery

After forty days when Jesus appeared to His disciples, Jesus led us to the
outskirts of Bethany to the mount of Olives: that mount where He was
transfigured in the sight of Peter, James and John. Jesus took us to the mount of
Olives and He lifted up His arms and He blessed His apostles and He blessed
His disciples. He blessed the holy women and He blessed me, His mother. He
said to His apostles, "Go to the whole world and preach the good news to every
creature. Teach all that I have commanded you. Baptize them in the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. I am with you always even to the
end of time." Then He said to them, "Go to Jerusalem and stay there until My
Father has sent you the promise: then when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, you
will have power to be My witnesses: you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, in
Judea, and even to the ends of the earth." As Jesus was saying this, He was
lifted up before our eyes. I longed to go with Him but Jesus said to me. "Woman,
these are your children. It is not time for you to go now: stay, I will call you when
it is the proper time. Stay and pray with My disciples." He went up into Heaven
when finally a cloud came and took Him from our sight and we saw Him no more.
Then I saw two men dressed in white. They were angels and said to the
apostles, "Men of Galilee, why are you standing there looking up into the
heavens. This Jesus who you saw go up into heaven will come again as He
went." Then we went to Jerusalem to the upper room where Jesus had changed
bread and wine into His Body and Blood. There we stayed to pray.

My children, learn from this mystery: learn that Jesus is Lord of Heaven and
earth and all authority belongs to Him. There is no authority permitted without my
Son's consent. Pray for those in authority: for government leaders that they be
submissive to the authority of Jesus. Pray for missionaries: that they will be
faithful in teaching the gospel of Jesus and will teach people the means of
salvation. Pray for holy patience: pray that you will wait upon the Lord and wait till
He tells you what to do and when to do it. Be disposed to listen to the voice of
God and to obey the voice of God. My children, finally be alert in prayer and be
united in prayer: prayer is the means that God wishes to use to bring the Church
together. I am among you even now in prayer asking the Lord to bless you.
The Descent of the Holy Ghost
3rd Glorious Mystery

It was the day of Pentecost: the city of Jerusalem was crowded. Every people
from every known nation of the world who were of the Jewish faith came to
Jerusalem to celebrate the feast of Booths. The disciples and the relatives of my
Son and I were still in the upper room, when suddenly we heard a rushing wind:
In the room we could feel wind on our faces and then we saw fire right in the
midst of us: a fire that was not of this world but a fire that came upon our heads
and as it touched us we were filled with the immense power of God. We felt joy
and peace: we felt love. All our fear was gone: we no longer had a fear of who
came to the door. The disciple John came to me and said , "Mother we are free!
We are free!" Peter came to me, "My Lady, look the promise of your Son is here."
I said to Peter, "This must not be kept to yourself: go and tell everyone about
Jesus." The apostle Peter took the lead and opened the door of the upper room
and the apostles and the disciples went out. There were people from every
nation, from every language, and yet every one was understanding Peter's
sermon. Everyone was understanding the message of salvation. Peter said, "We
are not drunk. This is the fulfillment of what was said by the prophet Joel: the
Spirit of the Lord will come down on all flesh. Save yourselves," he said, "Repent
of your sins and be baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus and you too will
receive the Holy Ghost." On that day three thousand entered the Church of my
Son. I was still in the room listening to Peter and seeing the apostles baptizing
those who came forward. Jesus again fulfilled His words: the power of the Spirit
was upon His disciples who bore witness to Him.

My children, pray to the Heavenly Father in this mystery for the power of the Holy
Ghost to fill you with love and with boldness. Pray to the Father that the fire of the
Spirit will purify you from all trace of sin. My children, if you are in sin, go and
seek forgiveness in the sacrament of reconciliation and then pray to my Son that
the Holy Ghost will fill your soul with every grace necessary for your salvation
and for the salvation of others. Also, my children, share the good news that
Jesus is the Savior of the world and there is no other Savior but Jesus. I will pray
that the Lord will use you in power and by the grace of the Holy Ghost you will be
transformed into witnesses for Jesus.

The Assumption of Mary into Heaven

4th Glorious Mystery
I knew that my last days were to come. After Pentecost, John and I went to
Ephesus and we lived there for thirty years. I told John, "My days on earth are
coming to an end. I wish to go back to Jerusalem and to be with all the apostles
and to say farewell. " John complied and we went to Jerusalem. I asked once we
arrived in Jerusalem to send for the apostles. This was before James was
executed by Herod. They all met with me except Thomas. I told the apostles, "It
is time for me to leave you, my sons. I must go to be with Jesus but I am not
leaving you orphans like my Son did not leave you orphans. Now that I am going
to be with Jesus I will pray for you and I will be concerned with your welfare."
Peter came to me and said, "Mother, when you see Him, tell Him I love Him." I
told Peter, "He knows that you love Him, by you feeding His sheep." I laid back
and I fell asleep. With great sorrow, my sons, the apostles, laid me in a tomb. No
sooner that they closed the door of the tomb I heard my Son's voice, "Come, My
beloved mother. Awake, I have come for you." My eyes opened and Jesus in all
glory came for me and angels were attending Him. "Come, My beloved Mother,"
He said, "Come, and inherit the Kingdom prepared for you by My Father." The
angels lifted me up in their hands and I went and followed my Son into Heaven. I
heard the choirs of angels and the choirs of the Just as they sang a hymn of
praise to the most Holy Trinity. They said, "Blessed are you oh God of host: You
in Your greatness have exulted Your handmaid. For the one who bore Your Son,
the spotless Virgin Mary, has been made worthy to sit at His right hand.
Welcome, oh daughter of God. Welcome oh Mother of the Savior. Oh welcome,
bride of the Holy Spirit. Welcome, handmaid and Queen."

My children, in this mystery ask the heavenly Father for an intense desire to be
with Jesus. My children, the things of this world are temporary. Nothing in this
world will satisfy the longing of your hearts. Only Jesus, my Son will satisfy you.
Only Jesus, my Son, can fill the void in your hearts and make you happy. Let
your satisfaction be in Jesus. My children, I wish for you to do deeds of mercy
and love for the honor of Jesus and when you pray, my children, pray that your
hearts will be filled with only one thing: JESUS.

Mary is Crowned as Queen of Heaven and Earth

5th Glorious Mystery

When I arrived in Heaven, the angels quickly put a robe of gold upon me. Then
they put a mantle full of jewels and then I was led to the throne of the Trinity. God
the Father said to me, "Oh My daughter you have been faithful as My instrument.
You have brought up my Son in dignity and goodness. You have been faithful as
My servant and as My daughter. You have kept your soul spotless by being
faithful to My grace which I have given to you since you were conceived in your
mother's womb. Welcome, My daughter into Our presence: come closer, you
merit the crown of Our favor." I approached the throne of the Trinity and then
God the Father, Jesus my Son, and the Holy Spirit Who is God, crowned me with
a crown of gold and jewels. There was great rejoicing in Heaven: the angels
began to sing, "Glory to God! Glory to God! Glory to God!" and the saints began
to sing "Blessed are You, oh God most high, for You have exalted Your servant
Mary to be Queen: to be honored above all creatures." And the angels also
joined in the praises by saying, "Blessed are You, oh God of host, for You have
thought it worthy to exalt and crown the lowly creature Mary as Queen of the
universe." My Son took me by the hand and led me to the throne prepared for
me. "Sit here, My Mother," He said, "This throne is yours. I have prepared it for
you. It is here that you will rule with Me for all eternity: it is here that you will
intercede for the world and I will hear whatever you say for I love you and I wish
to honor you." I said, "Oh my Son, it is good for me to be here but I also pray that
soon Your apostles, Your disciples, and all Your people will be here with us to
praise You, to love You for all eternity." "Yes My Mother," He said to me, "I will
give to you whatever your heart desires and from now on all men that
acknowledge Me as their King must also acknowledge you as their Queen and
Mother."

My children, I come to pray for you and to ask Jesus' blessing upon you. Give
yourselves to me, my children. Entrust yourselves to my prayers. Jesus is always
ready to respond to my prayers: give yourselves to me, my children, and your
prayers will be answered by my Son. Children, come to me in prayer and I will
whisper in your hearts. Obey me, your mother, and it will go well with you and I
will intercede for you and you will gain favor from the Lord and yes my children
pray for the grace to become totally holy in the eyes of God and I will be waiting
for you my children until we are together to praise the Lord for all eternity.

MGA MISTERYO NG LUWALHATI

Ang Muling Pagkabuhay ng Panginoong Jesukristo
Ang Pag-akyat sa Langit ng Panginoong Jesukristo
Ang Pagbaba ng Espiritu Santo sa mga Apostol
Ang Pag-aakyat sa Langit ng Mahal na Birhen
Ang Pagpuputong ng Korona sa Mahal na Birhen