Time with Jesus: Meditation and Sacred Reading
Before you begin to pray with Scripture
Choose a passage of Scripture for prayer. This may be done the day before, using a bible, or a missal with readings from the Mass for that Day.
Links in Preparation
I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
Creator of heaven and earth;
The Rosary
The purpose of the Rosary is to help keep in memory certain principal events or mysteries in the history of our salvation, and to thank and praise God for them. There are twenty mysteries reflected upon in the Rosary, and these are divided into the five JOYFUL MYSTERIES, the five LUMINOUS MYSTERIES, the five SORROWFUL MYSTERIES, and the five GLORIOUS MYSTERIES.
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee;
blessed art thou among woman and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus
Apocalyptic forms of writing gave encouragement and hope in times of crisis and danger. This type of writing appeared before Jesus was born (eg. Daniel 7). The most important task of apocalyptic literature was to convince readers that God is more powerful than any forces of evil.
The four Gospels present the ‘Good News’ of Jesus Christ, his life and teachings, suffering, death and resurrection. Each is written in Greek decades after Jesus died (around 30 CE) for particular communities.
Follow the links to for introduction to St Paul, his co-workers, communities he founded and letters.
