Prayers - The path to empowerment, intimacy and peace

A) Sorrowful Mysteries

1. Christ's Agony in Gethsemane

• Matthew 26:26-56

• Mark 14:32-72

• Luke 22:39-71

• John 18:1-27

2. Scourging at the Pillar

• Matthew 27:11-26

• Mark 15:1-15

• Luke 23:1-25

• John 18:28-19:1

3. Crowning with Thorns

• Matthew 27:27-31

• Mark 15:16-20

• John 19:2-16

4. Carrying of the Cross

• Matthew 27:32-34

• Mark 15:21-23

• Luke 23:26-33

5. Crucifixion

• Matthew 27:35-61 | Mark 15:24-47 | Luke 23:34-56 | John 19:17-42 | Isaiah 53 | Wisdom 2:12-24

12 “Let us lie in wait for the righteous man, because he is inconvenient to us and opposes our actions; he reproaches us for sins against the law, and accuses us of sins against our training. 13 He professes to have knowledge of God, and calls himself a child of the Lord. 14 He became to us a reproof of our thoughts; 15 the very sight of him is a burden to us, because his manner of life is unlike that of others, and his ways are strange. 16 We are considered by him as something base, and he avoids our ways as unclean; he calls the last end of the righteous happy, and boasts that God is his father. 17 Let us see if his words are true, and let us test what will happen at the end of his life; 18 for if the righteous man is God’s child, he will help him, and will deliver him from the hand of his adversaries. 19 Let us test him with insult and torture, so that we may find out how gentle he is, and make trial of his forbearance. 20 Let us condemn him to a shameful death, for, according to what he says, he will be protected.” 21 Thus they reasoned, but they were led astray, for their wickedness blinded them, 22 and they did not know the secret purposes of God, nor hoped for the wages of holiness, nor discerned the prize for blameless souls; 23 for God created us for incorruption, and made us in the image of his own eternity, 24 but through the devil’s envy death entered the world, and those who belong to his company experience it. *(NRSVCE)

Pick any one Reflection below for Meditating this Decade:

A) [You may use the above reflections or when praying as a family or group come up with your own! Have one family member read a part or the entire scriptural passage above that strikes them (1 or 2 verses is just fine). Listen with an open heart as this person shares his/her thoughts or insights. A family praying the rosary together is a graced-filled way to foster spiritual growth and bonding together.]

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