Inspired by St. Francis de Sales
A Joyful Mystery
As I arrive at the church,
angels with beautiful
trumpet-like voices
announce to us
the coming of the Lord --
here, now, today;
He and Our Lady
will come to visit us,
and our sleepy souls
will be wonderfully reborn;
Joseph and Mary
will present us to Him,
and we will find Him
in the deepest depths
of our hearts.
A Luminous Mystery
Afterwards, the holy Word
is lovingly proclaimed,
and our spirits are sweetly
baptized by Divine Mercy;
we drink deeply of the
new wine of the Spirit,
and our lives are
forever transfigured
by the Light of the Word
and, in a very short time,
by the most Holy Eucharist.
A Sorrowful Mystery
But then, we experience
the beauty of the Last Supper,
but also Jesus’ sorrowful Passion,
and we recognize that it is we,
and not Our Blessed Lord,
who deserves to be executed and exiled;
as the priest slowly raises the Host,
we see Him, hanging cruelly on the cross,
crowned with crooked thorns,
and crushed under the weight
of our sins, and the multitudinous sins
of everyone, everywhere,
in all of human history.
A Glorious Mystery
However, we ultimately experience
Divine Mercy in the dark night:
as we very humbly kneel
and wait at the communion rail,
the good God comes to us! --
we taste the glory of Heaven
on earth, and our spirit
resurrects from the grave
of our pride and selfishness,
as we experience divine union
with the Divine Mercy;
after returning to our places,
we offer sincere prayers that
ascend to the highest Heaven
on the wings of happy angels,
and then the Holy Spirit descends
silently into our souls,
freely and generously giving us
His delicious and delightful fruit:
love and joy and peace;
and so, as we are assumed into
the compassionate calm
of God’s holy presence,
we feel the Queen of Love
sweetly smiling upon us all.