 In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended into hell. On the third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven, and he is seated at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty. From thence he shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen. For the intentions of the Pope. Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, and thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen. For an increase of faith, hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. For an increase of hope, hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. For an increase in blood, hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. The glorious mysteries really are the culmination of the time of Christ on this earth, and it's sort of that transition time, the mysteries that carry us into what I like to call the glory days that we live, the glory days of the church. I know through the ages, we haven't always felt that glory, but the truth is, we live in the time of the risen Lord. And that's where the glorious mysteries reflect on, the resurrection of the Lord, His ascension into heaven, the descent of the Holy Spirit, the assumption of the blessed Virgin Mary, and then the coronation of Mary. One thing I like about the glorious mysteries, again, is that they are that transition from the presence of Christ on earth, the incarnation, His incarnate human body leaves and returns to the Father, having been with us for 33 years, and the whole journey of His incarnate life. But as He promised, He really never leaves us. That's the great mystery that the glorious mysteries really is at the heart of it. As He rises from the dead, the risen Lord, of course, spends time with the disciples and the resurrection appearances, and really is with us now in the sacraments, and especially in the Eucharist, as has been mentioned, and many of the prayers that we've offered along the way. The glorious mysteries really are the glory of the church, the glory of Christ risen from the dead, returned to the Father, having completed His mission to bring the life of the Father, the gift of the Spirit, the glory of the Son to all of us. And I think we need to be reminded, as we pray the glorious mysteries, that this is our reality. We live in these glory days, and especially like that they have married the woman of this world who fully participated, full of grace, and fully cooperated with God's plan, and the glorious mysteries have her transitioning from earth to heaven with her assumption and then her coronation in heaven. And all of that continues. I guess that's the main thing I would want us, as we pray the glorious mysteries, to really be reminded of and to really rejoice in, that the glory of the resurrection of the Lord we continue to celebrate. In the Eucharist and in all the sacraments, the risen Lord is with us, the gift of the Spirit that guides the church, and the Mary who is there at the very beginning, as the Lord is conceived in her womb. She is there all the way through and then assumed into heaven in the coronation. So we rejoice to enter into these glorious mysteries and remember that Christ's glory is always with us. God bless you. The first glorious mystery, three days after his death, Jesus rises glorious and immortal. The fruit of this mystery is faith and the scripture for our meditation tonight will be from Matthew chapter 28 verses 1 through 10. Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the sepulcher. And behold, there was a great earthquake for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat upon it. His appearance was like lightning and his raiment white as snow. And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men. But the angel said to the women, do not be afraid. For I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for he has risen. As he said, come see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead. And behold, he is going before you to Galilee. There you will see him, lo, I have told you. So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy and ran to tell his disciples. And behold, Jesus met them and said, Hail. And they came up and took hold of his feet and worshiped him. Then Jesus said to them, do not be afraid. Go and tell my brethren to go to Galilee and there they will see me. Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus, who is risen from the dead. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus, who is risen from the dead. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus, who is risen from the dead. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death, Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is of thee, blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus, who is risen from the dead. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death, Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is of thee, blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus, who is risen from the dead. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus, who has risen from the dead. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus, who has risen from the dead. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus, who was risen from the dead. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus, who was risen from the dead. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus, who has risen from the dead. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death, amen. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit as it was in the beginning as now and ever shall be, world without end, amen. Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell and lead all souls to heaven, especially those in most need of thy mercy. Pray for us, Mary, gate of heaven, that faith in the risen Christ may permeate our lives. The second glorious mystery is the ascension. Jesus ascends into heaven 40 days after his resurrection. The fruit of the mystery is hope. We'd like to offer the intentions of conversion of sinners and the poor souls and purgatory and also for the defeat of proposal three in Michigan and all other valid initiatives in November throughout the country that are aimed at promoting abortion. The scripture is taken from Acts one verses six to 11. So when they had come together, they asked him, Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel? He said to them, it is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has fixed by his own authority, but you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth. And when he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up and a cloud took him out of their sight. And while they were gazing into the heavens as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes and said, men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus who was taken from you into the heaven will come in the same way as you saw him going into heaven. Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom from thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and need us not into temptation but deliver us from evil, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus who ascended into heaven. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus who ascended into heaven. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus who ascended into heaven. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and Blessed is the fruit of Thy womb, Jesus, who ascended into heaven. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus, who ascended into heaven. Holy Mary, Miller of God pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus, who ascended into heaven. Holy Mary, Miller of God pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, so Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus, who ascended into heaven. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, so Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus, who ascended into heaven. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus, who ascended into heaven. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for our sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, it is now and never shall be. World without end, amen. O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those who most need of them. Pray for us, Mary, gate of heaven, that we may cling to and live in our hope of God's faithfulness. Amen. Third glorious mystery is the descent to the Holy Spirit. My offer and we would invite us to pray for the intentions of this rosary for a new Pentecost. That the power of the Holy Spirit would be poured forth upon the church, that our hearts would be transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit, that we would know the unity that comes from the Holy Spirit, the freedom that comes from the Holy Spirit, the joy, the healing, the mercy that comes from the Holy Spirit. So may God pour out his Holy Spirit upon his church. And the third glorious mystery is the descent of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit descends upon Mary and the apostles. The fruit of this mystery is wisdom. The scripture comes from Acts 2 verses 1 through 4. When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly a sound came from heaven like the rush of a mighty wind. And it filled all in the house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them tongues of fire distributed and resting on each of them. And they were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues. As the Spirit gave them utterances. Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come that will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses. As we free of those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. Jesus pouring forth his Holy Spirit. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. Jesus pouring forth his Holy Spirit. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee And blessed art thou among women. Amen. And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus, pouring forth his Holy Spirit. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus, pouring forth his Holy Spirit. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus, pouring forth his Holy Spirit. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus, pouring forth his Holy Spirit. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus, for him forth is holy spirit. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus, for him forth is holy spirit. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus, pouring forth his holy spirit. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus, pouring forth his holy spirit. Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Glory be to the Father, to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was at the beginning, is now and ever shall be, a world without end. Amen. Oh, my Jesus, forgive us our sins and save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those in most names of thy mercy. Pray for us, Mary, gate of heaven, that the Holy Spirit may fill us with wisdom and the power to do His will. The fourth glorious mystery, the assumption of Mary, at the end of her life, Mary has taken body and soul into heaven and is united with her divine Son, fruit of the mystery, devotion to Mary. And during this mystery, let us pray especially for these intentions, for a contemplative revolution in our own day, for the grace to set our hearts on things above. Remember priestly renewal, Revelation chapter 12, verses 1 through 6, and a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of 12 stars. She was with child and she cried out in her pangs of birth and anguished for delivery. And another portent appeared in heaven, behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns and seven diadems upon his heads. His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth, and the dragon stood before the woman who was about to bear a child, that he might devour her child when she brought it forth. She brought forth a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron. But her child was caught up to God and to his throne, and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which to be nourished for 1,260 days. Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus, who assumed you into heaven. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus, who assumed you into heaven. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus, who assumed you into heaven. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus, who assumed you into heaven. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus, who assumed you into heaven. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus, who assumed you into heaven. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus, who assumed you into heaven. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus, who assumed you into heaven. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus, who assumed you into heaven. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus, who assumed you into heaven. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, never shall be, world without end, amen. O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, lead all souls to heaven, especially those in most need of thy mercy. Pray for us, Mary, gate of heaven, that we may contemplate Christ with you and in you. The coronation of Mary. Mary is grievously crowned, clean of heaven and earth, the fruit of the mystery, eternal happiness, scripture for the meditation, Psalm 456 in pen. You define throne and doors for ever and ever. You, royal scripture, is a scripture of equity. You love righteousness and hate wickedness. Therefore, God, your God, the God has anointed you with the oil of cloudiness upon you, sinners. You robes and all fragrant of mountain, pharmacy, cassier, from ivory prices, stranded instrument, made you glad, daughters of kings and all ladies of honor. That your right hand stands a queen in the court of him. He ought to consider and climb your ear for the age of people who find their house in the king with the same beauty since, since he is the Lord, your Lord, out to him. And I want to offer this for peace, peace in our hearts, peace in our families, peace in our countries, especially now, peace in the world. Peace in our church. O Father, the Virgin, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, and will be done for me as it is in heaven. If the Son and the Holy Spirit are there for you, and forgive us our trespasses, then may you hear the voice of the Holy Spirit. And may the Son be with you for ever and ever. And may the Lord be with you, and always with you. Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the proof that I know Jesus. Amen for our praise, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the proof that I know Jesus. Who crowned you queen of heaven and earth? Mother Mary, the daughter of God, pray for us. Amen for our praise, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the proof that I know Jesus. Who crowned you queen of heaven and earth? Holy Mary, the daughter of God, pray for us. Amen for our praise, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the proof that I know Jesus. Who crowned you the queen of heaven and earth? Holy Mary, the daughter of God, pray for us. Amen for our praise, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the proof that I know Jesus. Who crowned you the queen of heaven and earth? Holy Mary, the daughter of God, pray for us. Amen for our praise, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the proof that I know Jesus. Who crowned you as a queen of heaven and earth? Holy Mary, the daughter of God, pray for us. Amen for our praise, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the proof that I know Jesus. Who crowned you as a queen of heaven and earth? Holy Mary, the daughter of God, pray for us. The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the proof that I know Jesus. Who crowned you as a queen of heaven and earth? The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the proof that I know Jesus. Who crowned you as a queen of heaven and earth? Holy Mary, the daughter of God, pray for us. Amen for our praise, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the proof that I know Jesus. Who crowned you as a queen of heaven and earth? Holy Mary, the daughter of God, pray for us. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Jesus. For the good of all, and to the good of all, and to the good of all. May all souls have a blessed life and a blessed life. May all souls have a blessed life and a blessed life. Thank you. Hail Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness, and our love. To thee do we send up our sighs, morning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us. And after this our exile, show unto us the blessed root of thy womb, Jesus. O Clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary, pray for us, Holy Mother of God, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. O God, whose only begotten Son, by his life, death, and resurrection, has purchased for us the rewards of eternal salvation. Grant, we beseech thee, that by meditating upon these mysteries of the most holy rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, that we may imitate what they contain, and entertain what they promise through the same Christ our Lord. Amen. In the name of the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, amen. Gosh, I was filled with joy praying with all of these great men and women who lead the church in individual ways and in broader ways, and just was thinking that tonight all that gathered the cumulative effect of all of these works and all of these apostolic works and all of these mysteries and all of these people praying together already affects millions of people, millions of Catholics, people around the world. What an honor, what a humbling honor to be able to pray on this night for all these beautiful intentions with all of these really remarkable lay, religious bishops, priests. Very beautiful. Before we go, I want to mention a few things that you can check out. One is, if you were intrigued by the method they were praying, you notice there was a clause in the middle of each rosary. There we go. And that they had the fruits and the mystery and prayers after each mystery and all of that. If you want to deepen your prayer life in the rosary and really have the rosary draw you into something that's well beyond what's normally prayed in terms of our coming to union with God in contemplative grace. This book, The Contemplative Rosary, is what everyone is following tonight.