What is the Scriptural Rosary - The Luminous Mysteries?

What is the Scriptural Rosary - The Luminous Mysteries?

The Scriptural Rosary is a modern version of the way the Rosary was prayed in the late Middle Ages. In those days, between 1425 to 1525 A.D., people recited a different meditation before they said each Hail Mary. These thoughts described some event or incident in the lives of Jesus and Mary. The Rosary presented here adapts this custom by drawing its thoughts directly from the inspired writings of the New and Old Testaments, bringing the power of the Word of God to the Rosary for a really powerful prayer. It is for this reason that this new version of the medieval way of praying the Rosary is called the 'Scriptural' Rosary, because 147 of the 150 little Hail Mary thoughts are direct quotations from the scriptures.

 

THE SCRIPTURAL ROSARY - THE JOYFUL MYSTERIES

I: THE BAPTISM IN THE JORDAN
Our Father…
1. “I am baptizing you with water, for repentance, but the One who is coming after me is mightier than I.” (Mt 3:11) Hail Mary…
2. “I am not worthy to loosen the thongs of his sandals.” (Lk 3:16) Hail Mary…
3. “He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.” (Mt 3:11) Hail Mary…
4. “His winnowing fan is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff He will burn with unquenchable fire.” (Lk 3:17) Hail Mary…
5. “Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him.” (Mt 3:13) Hail Mary…
6. “John tried to prevent him, saying, ‘I need to be baptized by you, and yet you are coming to me?’ (Mt 3:14) Hail Mary…
7. “Jesus said to him in reply, ‘Allow it now, for it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.’ “ (Mt 3:15) Hail Mary…
8. “After Jesus was baptized, He came up from the water and behold, the heavens opened for Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming upon Him.” (Mt 3:16) Hail Mary…
9. “And a Voice came from heaven saying, ‘This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.” (Mt 3:17) Hail Mary…
10. John said, “Now I have seen and testified that Jesus is the Son of God.” (Jn 1:34) Hail Mary… Glory be…

II: THE MIRACLE AT THE WEDDING OF CANA
Our Father…
1. “On the third day there was a wedding in Cana in Galilee, and the Mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and His disciples were also invited to the wedding.” (Jn 2:1-2) Hail Mary…
2. “When the wine ran short, the Mother of Jesus said to Him, ‘They have no wine.’ ” (Jn 2:3) Hail Mary…
3. “Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, how does your concern affect me? My Hour has not yet come.” (Jn 2:4) Hail Mary…
4. “His mother said to the servers, ‘Do whatever He tells you.’ “(Jn 2:5) Hail Mary…
5. “Now there were six stone jars there for Jewish ceremonial washings, each holding twenty to thirty gallons.” (Jn 2:6) Hail Mary…
6. “Jesus told them, ‘Fill the jars with water.’ So they filled them to the brim.” (Jn 2:7) Hail Mary…
7. “Then He told them, ‘Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter.’ So they took it.” (Jn 2:8) Hail Mary…
8. “And when the headwaiter tasted the water that had become wine, without knowing where it came from (although the servers who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter called the bridegroom” (Jn 2:9) Hail Mary…
9. “The Bridegroom said to the headwaiter, ‘Everyone serves good wine first, and then when people have drunk freely, an inferior one; but you have kept the good wine until now.’ “(Jn 2:10) Hail Mary…
10. “This is the beginning of Jesus’ Signs in Cana in Galilee revealing His glory, and His disciples began to believe in Him.” (Jn 2:11) Hail Mary… Glory be …

III: THE PROCLAMATION OF THE KINGDOM
Our Father…
1. “Jesus stood up to read and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it is written: ‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to bring good news to the poor.’ (Lk 4:16-18)
Hail Mary...
2. “He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord.” (Lk 4:18-19) Hail Mary...
3. “Behold fullness of time! The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the Gospel.” (Mk 1:15) Hail Mary...
4. “Amen, amen, I say to you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit. What is born of flesh is flesh and what is born of Spirit is spirit.” (Jn 3:5) Hail Mary...
5. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that everyone who believes in Him might not perish but have eternal life.” (Jn 3:16) Hail Mary...
6. “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever disobeys the Son will not see life, but God’s wrath remains upon him.” (Jn 3:36) Hail Mary...
7. “Now someone approached Him, ‘Teacher, what good must I do to gain eternal life?’ He answered, ‘Why do you ask me about the good? Only One is good. Keep the commandments to enter life.” (Mt 19:16-17) Hail Mary...
8. “Jesus said to him, ‘What is written in the law? How do you read it?’ He said in reply, ‘You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your being, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbour as yourself.’ Jesus replied, ‘You have answered correctly; do this and you will live.’ (Lk 10:26-28) Hail Mary...
9. “Everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands for the sake of My Name will receive a hundred times more, and will inherit eternal life.” (Mt 19:29) Hail Mary...
10. “Come, you who are blessed by My Father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” (Mt 25:34) Hail Mary...Glory be…
 

IV:  THE TRANSFIGURATION
Our Father…
1. “After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves.” (Mk 9:2) Hail Mary...
2. “And He was transfigured before them, and His clothes became dazzling white, such as no fuller on earth could bleach them.” (Mk 9:2-3) Hail Mary...
3. “Then Elijah appeared to them along with Moses, and they were conversing with Jesus.” (Mk 9:4) Hail Mary...
4. “Then Peter said to Jesus in reply, “Rabbi, it is good that we are here! Let us make three tents: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” (Mk 9:5) Hail Mary...
5. “While Peter was still speaking, a cloud came overshadowing them. They became frightened when they entered the cloud. “(Lk 9:34) Hail Mary...
6. “Then from the cloud came a Voice that said, ‘This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to Him.’ “(Mt 17:5) Hail Mary...
7. “When the disciples heard this, they fell prostrate and were very much afraid.” (Mt 17:6) Hail Mary...
8. “But Jesus came and touched them, saying, ‘Rise, and do not be afraid.’ ” (Mt 17:7) Hail Mary...
9. “And when the disciples raised their eyes, they saw no one else but Jesus alone.” (Mt 17:8) Hail Mary...
10. “As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, ‘Do not tell the vision to anyone until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.’ “(Mt 17:9) Hail Mary... Glory be…

V: THE INSTITUTION OF THE EUCHARIST
Our Father…
1. “Jesus said to them, ‘The true Bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.’ “(Jn 6:32-33) Hail Mary...
2. “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.” (Jn 6:34-35) Hail Mary...
3. “Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life. I am the Bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, but they died; this is the Bread that comes down from heaven so that one may eat it and not die.” (Jn 6:47-50) Hail Mary...
4. “I am the living Bread come down from heaven; eat this Bread and live forever. The Bread I give is My flesh for the life of the world.” (Jn 6:51) Hail Mary...
5. “The Jews quarrelled among themselves, ‘How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?’ “(Jn 6:52) Hail Mary...
6. “Amen, amen I say to you, unless you eat the Flesh of the Son of Man and drink His Blood, you do not have life within you.” (Jn 6:53) Hail Mary...
7. “Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise Him on the last day. For My Flesh is true food, and My Blood is true drink.” (Jn 6:54-55) Hail Mary...
8. “Whoever eats My Flesh and drinks My Blood remains in Me and I in Him. Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will have life because of Me.” (Jn 6:56-57) Hail Mary...
9. “This is the Bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this Bread will live forever.” (Jn 6:58) Hail Mary...
10. “Many of his disciples said, ‘This saying is hard; who can accept it?’ Many of his disciples returned to their former way of life and no longer followed him. Jesus asked the Twelve, ‘Do you also want to leave?’ Simon Peter answered Him, ‘Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words to eternal life. We have come to know and believe that You are the Son of God!’ (Jn 6:60, 66-69) Hail Mary...Glory be…

 
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