Knowledge of Mary: Day One

Gerard van Honthorst - Adoration of the Shepherds (1622), downloaded from Wikipedia

Day twenty at Fish Eaters.

Day twenty at The Catholic Company. *note: no mention is made here of praying the Rosary at the completion of prayers as is done in the older book by Montfort Publications*

Today's readings are taken from the second chapter of the Gospel of Luke which correspond to the third and fifth Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary. As reported by Luke in scripture, in both these mysteries, Mary kept these things in her heart. In Luke 2:19, "But Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart." And in Luke 2:51, "His mother treasured all these things in her heart." The title of this blog partly comes from these verses, the other part comes from the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of Mary.

Pondering with Mary in the Rosary has been an indispensable part of my spiritual journey, connecting my prayer with scripture and with Jesus. In each of the sets of mysteries, Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful, or Glorious, Mary is explicitly mentioned—in the scripture describing the mystery of the decade—in some or all the mysteries of the set. She was there for important events in the life of her Son. And so it is with confidence that we pray with Mary, and ask Mary for her intercession, that we be united to her Son, and His life.