I'm trying something new with prayer. Usually I've been blocking out a specific time to say the Rosary, Chaplet, any spiritual reading...making one set time of 30-60 minutes of my day prayer and the rest, well, not. So now I'm trying to take advantage of the times I walk to campus...it's 5-8 minutes to get anywhere, which is the perfect amount of time to fit in a decade.
As I started walking this morning, I thought, "First Glorious Mystery...ha." At that moment in my life, I was leaving my house a bit later than I really wanted to, had a list of to-do items of the day running through my mind, had on a light jacket that, in this warm-ish weather, was making me feel less than pleasant, and here I was supposed to be praying on a Glorious Mystery. I was definitely feeling less than Glorious.
In fact, what part of my life is even glorious right now? The life of the typical college student...less than glamorous on a day-to-day basis. Yet glory is exactly that to which God is calling me. In the midst of my plain Jane life, if I am to imitate the life of Jesus Christ, I am called to His Glorious state.
Woah, yikes.
I guess that's part of the mission and purpose of the Rosary. If it transcends our repetition of the words, it is to be a call, a walk of life. My life is supposed to be Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful, and Glorious. In the fullest sense of the words. Exuding Joy at the presence of God, Illuminating the presence of God, sharing in the Sorrow of Christ Crucified, and living to experience the Glory of beatitude. Just adds to a bit more of the Mystery part of the Rosary...how in the world to incorporate those patterns into my everyday life. It sure isn't easy to be Glorious when you have 8am class...or Joyful for that matter...and I'm sure not Illuminating Jesus when I complain (so maybe I was more suited to the Sorrowful mysteries at that instance). Definitely something to work on.
I'm grateful for this post, dear sister in Christ, and your insight to the beautiful gift we have in the rosary.
ReplyDeleteGreat post. I find that praying throughout the day is a very effective means of making my whole day a prayer, and have been trying to add different prayers at various points during the day. I am going to try to find a free mp3 download of the rosary for my phone, something like that always helps me stay focused than just praying on my own. Life in our house is just too distracting and I lose focus and never come back to it. Thanks for another inspirational post!
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