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Virgin and Child with a Rosary Murillo [ Web Gallery of Art ] ' The Rosary belongs among the finest and most praiseworthy traditions of Christian contemplation. Developed in the West, it is a typically meditative prayer, corresponding in some way to the “prayer of the heart” or “Jesus prayer” which took root in the soil of the Christian East.' [St John Paul II,  Rosarium Virginis Mariae , No 5.] The Rosary here is the formula prayed by members of the  Legion of Mary , the way I prefer. There are various ways of beginning and ending the Rosary but the Five Mysteries are the heart of the prayer.  In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.  Come, O Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful, and enkindle in them the fire of Your love. v. Send forth Your Spirit, O Lord, and they shall be created. R. And You shall renew the face of the earth. Let us pray. God our Father, pour out the gifts of Your Holy Spirit on

The Virgin Mary El Greco [ Web Gallery of Art ] 'The Rosary, though clearly Marian in character, is at heart a Christocentric prayer. In the sobriety of its elements, it has all the  depth of the Gospel message in its entirety , of which it can be said to be a compendium. It is an echo of the prayer of Mary, her perennial  Magnificat  for the work of the redemptive Incarnation which began in her virginal womb. With the Rosary, the Christian people  sits at the school of Mary  and is led to contemplate the beauty on the face of Christ and to experience the depths of his love. Through the Rosary the faithful receive abundant grace, as though from the very hands of the Mother of the Redeemer.' [St John Paul II,  Rosarium Virginis Mariae , No 1. ]  The Rosary here is the formula prayed by members of the  Legion of Mary , the way I prefer. There are various ways of beginning and ending the Rosary but the Five Mysteries are the heart of the prayer.  In the name

I was finishing up a puzzle one day and I saved the last two pieces for my husband to put in when he came back to it.   He had done most of it anyway and I didn’t feel right putting in those last pieces. There’s something about putting in that last piece that seems sort of triumphant. I am hoping that by telling you how nice I was in leaving those pieces for him, you won’t judge me when I tell you the thing I did that wasn’t so nice. Our oldest daughter is home for a little while and she and my husband were working diligently to finish up a 1500 piece puzzle.   I had helped here and there, but this thing was massive and extremely hard. So anyway, as they were down to the last 10 pieces or so, I walked up and leaned over the table to look at it.   The devil came over me and I simply could not resist his powerful draw.   As I leaned over the table, with a quick sleight of hand, I pocketed one of the pieces, unbeknownst to them, and innocently returned to my place