Rosary Meditations for Parents and Children - Shepherds of Christ ...

From Junior Shepherds of Christ Associate Meetings 63
SORROWFUL MYSTERIES
JANUARY 25, 1996
The Agony in the Garden
1. We do not know how much Jesus loves us. We know a little about love,
but He is love. The more we pray to Him, the more He will teach us
about His love for us.
2. Think of Jesus in the garden, alone in the garden. His Apostles slept
and Jesus knew all of the events about to happen, all of His suffering,
and His final death on the cross.
3. We do not fully comprehend how much Jesus loves us. If we meditate
on these Sorrowful Mysteries, we will know that He loved us so much
that He died for us.
4. Jesus wants us to come to His Heart and to know His love.
5. His greatest pain was the pain He suffered to His Heart. He loves each
and every soul so much. He is treated with such neglect by many of those
He loves.
6. We are human. He is divine and human. We do not understand the
mind of God. He reveals Himself to us. We then understand more fully
the mystery of God’s love.
7. He knelt in the garden. He asked the Apostles to be with Him in this
final hour before they took Him away to be scourged and put to
death.
8. The angel appeared and showed Him the cup. He drank of the cup. He
gave His life that we would share in His life and be with Him forever in
heaven.
9. He is the Almighty God. He loves us so much. He gave Himself.
10. Let us pray to the Holy Spirit to help us to know more the fire of God’s
love.
A special meditation before the Glory Be:
We were created with a soul. His love feeds the soul.
The Scourging at the Pillar
1. Heart of Jesus so wounded by the sins of men, enlighten us so that we
may see our sins and be sorry for them.
2. Many times we excuse ourselves when we have been wrong. Every time
that we do not tell Jesus that we are sorry, we go further and further
from Him.