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 will come to visit us,
and our sleepy souls
will be wonderfully reborn;
Our Lady will joyfully
present us to Him,
and we will discover Him
in the deepest depths
of our souls.
A Luminous Mystery
Afterwards, the holy Word
is lovingly proclaimed,
and our spirits are 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, very soon, by the
Most Holy Eucharist as well.
A Sorrowful Mystery
But then, after we experience
the beauty of the Last Supper,
we are saddened by
Jesus’ sorrowful Passion,
and we recognize that it is we,
and not Our Blessed Lord,
who deserve 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 multitudinous sins,
the sins of everyone, everywhere,
in all of human history.
A Glorious Mystery
However, we ultimately experience
Divine Mercy in the dark night:
we very humbly kneel
and wait at the communion rail,
where the good God comes to us! --
and we taste the magnificent glory
of Heaven on earth,
and our spirit resurrects,
from the grave of our pride,
from the grave of our selfishness,
and we experience divine union
with the Divine Mercy;
after returning to our places,
we offer sincere our prayers to Him,
and they 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 all the other fruits of the Spirit;
and so, we are born again,
and the Queen of Love
sweetly smiles upon us all.