Rosary, a pretaste of eternal bliss.

Rosary, a pretaste of eternal bliss.
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Why should we pray to Mary?

Why should we say Rosary repeatedly, repeating the same prayers with meditation?

There may be many answers to this question, as different people do the same thing for different reasons, but my answer is this:

I want to imitate Jesus.

Yes, I say Rosary because I want to be like Jesus.

So I think that we should say Rosary in order to imitate and be like Jesus.

Say Rosary to imitate Jesus?

Did Jesus pray to Mary  reciting
Rosary?

Of course not.

Then why does praying to Mary make us imitate and be like Jesus?

Let me explain.

Whatever Jesus did and is still doing are acts of deepest love for His Father.

Jesus is the perfect model of love for His Father and for others.

All His acts are acts of obedience to His Father.

"I came down from heaven not to do my will but the will of the One who sent me.”(John 6:38)

“He went down with them and came to Nazareth and was
obedient to them.”(Luke 2:51)

It was in obedience to His Father's will that He was obedient to His Mother.

As a man, Jesus depended on His Mother for the fulfillment of His needs, not only during His childhood but till He was thirty, when He began His public life.

Just bring back to mind our dependence on our mother when we were children.

For our conception itself we depended on our mother.

After birth if she had not fed us with her milk-turned blood we would have perished.

We looked up to her face for whatever we wanted.

"Mom, take me up into your lap."

"Mom, I am hungry. Is lunch ready?"

"Mom, l want snacks right now."

"Mom, please help me do my homework."

"Mom, I want to take part in the school tour. Please recommend father to give permission and money."

"Mom, dad wants me to become a doctor. But I want to be a teacher. Please change dad's mind."

" Mom, I love one girl. It is up to you to get us married."

Just bring to mind thousands of other things for which we approached our mother.

Even now I am praying to my mother, who is with God, for my temporal and spiritual needs.

Just think about Jesus' dependence on Mother Mary.

His human life began from the moment of His conception in Mary's womb.

We know that Jesus was conceived only after Virgin Mary accepted to conceive Him at Annunciation.

           
"let it be unto me according to thy word." (Luke.1:38)

Mary accepted to conceive Jesus only after knowing that it was the Will of God.

Though Jesus was God, who created Mary, He subjected Himself to obey His human Mother and to depend on her for His temporal needs. 

If Jesus Himself asked His Mother for His temporal needs, why can't we, His followers?

St. Luke describes Jesus' early life just with a few words: ''was obedient to them.”

When we approach Our Lady for our needs, we are imitating Jesus, our Saviour.

Prayer, alright. But why repeated 'Hail Marys'?

Have you ever  enjoyed your mom's kisses?

When we were children our mother would take us into her embrace and shower on us countless kisses.

In my experience my cheeks, forehead, head, chest and  belly are still, in my 80th year, wet with my mother's kisses.

Have we ever asked our mom, "Why are you kissing me again and again?"

Just close your eyes, focus your mind on Jesus and keep on saying, "Jesus, I  love you."

Just four words.

During the time you repeat the words with concentration, you will experience the continuous flow of God's grace into your heart.

Focus your eyes on Mother Mary's eyes and say continuously, "Mom, I love you."

Our concentration of our eyes on hers will imprint her face in our heart, which is the seat of love.

Repeated expression of our filial love will draw upon us a continuous shower of motherly affection.

To get wet in it is equal to get immersed in the grace of which our Mom is full.

Now we understand that repeated prayer will draw us into the ocean of God's grace rather than making us tired of it.

'Hail Mary' is a graceful prayer.

The more we repeat this prayer the more grace will we be blessed with.

Our repeated expression of love for our Mother will make her more happy.

She herself has promised to Saint Dominic:

"Whatever you ask in the Rosary will be granted."

"Whoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall receive signal graces."

We don't recite the Rosary mechanically.

We pray the Rosary meditatively.

During the full Rosary we make a meditational tour right from the Annunciation to the Heavenly Queenship of our Lady.

We start our tour from Nazareth, where Our Lady gives  her concent to give birth to Jesus.

Then we go with Our Lady by walk to Elizabeth's house where we stay till the    birth of St.John.
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Then we go to Bethlehem where Jesus is born in a stable.

Then we go to Jerusalem Temple, where Our Lord was presented  before our Heavenly Father. 

Then when Jesus was twelve we once again go with Him to the temple and are with Him when He was expounding God's word to the elders.

During all this we are in a happy mood.

Then we follow Jesus in His  way of the Cross, in a sorrowful mood, repenting for our sins which were responsible for His death on the Cross

Then we are at Jesus' tomb from where He rose to life on the third day after His death.

We are with Jesus till His Ascension, listening to His words to His Apostles.

Then we receive the Holy Ghost together with the Apostles.

Then we go to Heaven together with our Lady and are with Her when she is crowned as our Queen.

During every Rosary we Spiritually live with our Lord and Our Lady.

Those who regularly say Rosary continuously live with our dear Mother and Our Lord and have a pretaste our eternal bliss with God.

So when we say Rosary we show our love to our dear Mother.

We are Jesus-like because we too are Mary's children and we love her as He does.

Lourdu Selvam