The Holy Rosary (THE SORROWFUL MYSTERIES)

The Holy Rosary
THE SORROWFUL MYSTERIES

(Tuesdays and Fridays, may be said on Sundays during Lent )

In the Sorrowful Mysteries we stand beneath the Cross of Jesus, coming face to face with the truth of his insistence that the Christ must suffer and die. No matter that we long to cry out, if only we had been there; we still encounter the reality of our human position
and the truth that is Our Lord's. We sense the sword piercing the heart of his Mother, and pray that it may open our whole being to the agony and the power that the infinite love of Jesus in his Passion chose and endured for us

1. The Agony in the Garden
The thought of our sins and His coming suffering causes the agonizing Savior to sweat blood.(Luke 22:39-44).

2. The Scourging
Jesus is stripped and unmercifully scourged until His body is one mass of bloody wounds.(Matt. 27:26) 

3. The Crowning with Thorns
Jesus' claim to kingship is ridiculed by putting a crown of thorns on His head and a reed in His hand.(Matt. 27:28- 31)

4. The Carrying of the Cross
Jesus shoulders His own cross and carries it to the place of crucifixion while Mary follows Him sorrowing. (Luke 23:26- 32)

5. The Crucifixion
Jesus is nailed to the cross and dies after three hours of agony witnessed by His Mother.(Matt. 27:33-50) 

Read more:http://www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/prayers/rosary/Crucifixion.htm#ixzz2mabiei7Y

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