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Rosary Intentions

Rosary Intentions

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The following Prayer Intentions for each decade of the Rosary are taken from the book, Mary, Matrix of Change: Personal and Global Transformation through the Rosary by Michele Maxwell, co-director of the Marian Center of San Antonio. Each Mystery of Our Lady’s Rosary moves us along the path of evolutionary consciousness–that is, the spiritual journey of transforming the ego’s personal “I” with its self-centered purposes into the Absolute “I” of God’s purposes and the divine will. This is a transformation from the dull gray of our own ego or False Self running the show, into the “gold” of the Divine-Human integration that is our True Self: “I live, no longer I, but Christ lives in me.”  (Gal 2:20)  Each Mystery of the Rosary contains an evolutionary challenge as the events of our life and the lives of Jesus and Mary unfold through this spiritual practice. Naming the spiritual aim for each of the twenty decades will focus our conscious intention in a powerful way as we pray the Our Father, Hail Mary’s, and Glory Be of each Mystery.  It is suggested that you print these Prayer Intentions and keep them with your rosary as a guide to use whenever you pray Our Lady’s Rosary. May God bless you.

THE JOYFUL MYSTERIES:
Unconscious Divinity Awakening

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1) The Annunciation of Gabriel to Mary:  Let me be, in my True Self, a “virgin betrothed”…both virginal, by an empty openness of mind and heart, and betrothed in total commitment to my Source: God-who-is-Love. May my life be a continual “Yes” to the invitation of each moment to incarnate the Love within.

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2) The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth:  Let me be, in my True Self, urgent and hasty to bring to others the Divine Presence within me which awakens the Divine Presence in them, magnifying the Absolute-Love-that-is-God in all that I think, say, and do.

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3) The Birth of Jesus:  Let me be, in my True Self, displaced from easeful wealth, bearing forth Divinity through its only possible channel: simple humility.

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4) The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple: Let me be, in my True Self, immersed in the context of human and spiritual community so as to bear the contradictions of ego amid “the secret thoughts of many hearts”–not just my own.

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5) Finding the Child Jesus in the Temple: Let me be, in my True Self, expansive beyond the boundaries of my comfort zone, stretching awareness of “me” into the loving commitment to “we” and pondering all things realistically, as a witnessing presence to my own life.

 
 
 
 
 
THE SORROWFUL MYSTERIES:
The Human Condition and Dying to Ego
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1) The Agony in the Garden: Let me be, in my True Self, awake and aware, yielded in will to the suffering necessary for transformation.
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2) The Scourging: Let me be, in my True Self, quickened and enlivened through the scourging of my flesh as it blesses me with the humiliation of my ego.
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3) The Crowning with Thorns: Let me be, in my True Self, free from the tyranny of every negative thought and afflictive emotion, quickly returning to my magnetic center through prayer.
 
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4) The Carrying of the Cross: Let me be, in my True Self, at all times intentionally laying down my life in the False Self, thus taking up the abundant life of the Absolute within by carrying my own cross responsibly.
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5) The Crucifixion:  Let me be in my True Self abiding, though the price be steep for this transformation of consciousness, which demands that my False Self be crucified completely, even unto death.

 
 
 
 
 
THE LUMINOUS MYSTERIES:
Transformation and Life in the True Self
 
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1) The Baptism of Jesus: Let me be, in my True Self, infused by the Holy Spirit with the conviction of being the Beloved of God, immensely pleasing in my very being, and eager to confront the demons in the desert of my False Self.
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2) The Wedding at Cana: Let me be, in my True Self, transformed from the limiting, narcissistic vision of the False Self into the sensitized awareness of need wherever it arises in the One Body of which I am a part. May I overcome all egoic lethargy and respond promptly to the needs of the present moment.
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3) Proclamation of the Gospel: Let me in, in my True Self, always repenting, thinking again, revising, changing, converting, and transforming, with open mind and heart, from an ego-centered life to a Gospel life in Christ, the Absolute Self.
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4) The Transfiguration: Let me be, in my True Self, transfigured by silent listening prayer, so that my whole being reveals the glory of Christ, the Self Absolute who dwells within me.

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5) The Last Supper/First Eucharist: Let me be, in my True Self, a walking tabernacle of the Eucharistic Presence of Christ, consuming the Body and Blood of unity with utmost consciousness of the Divine Indwelling, and sharing this Bread of Life with the world.

 
 
 
 
THE GLORIOUS MYSTERIES:
Life in the Kingdom of God-Consciousness
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1) The Resurrection: Let me be, in my True Self, resurrected each morning from the tomb of the False Self with its death-dealing fears, needs and insecurities. May the Risen Christ, my Self Absolute, triumph now through the consciousness of infinite possibility.

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2) The Ascension: Let me be, in my True Self, detached from all that holds me bound and tied to the bogus messianic programs of the False Self. Free me to ascend, to rise above my attachments and aversions, to live in the “heaven” of Christ-consciousness, from which I can return willingly, in freedom, to the heart of the suffering world.

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3) The Descent of the Holy Spirit: Let me be, in my True Self, filled with the Holy Spirit and living in conscious union with the Self Absolute. May this divine indwelling Presence guide, empower and animate all that I think, say, and do. Come, Holy Spirit!
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4) The Assumption of Mary: Let me be, in my True Self, wedded faithfully to my body in a bond of respect and gratitude. May I be a conscious steward of the gift of this body that has provided the means of my spiritual journey.
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5) The Queenship of Mary over Heaven and Earth: Let me be, in my True Self, always mindful of the great battle that is being waged between the False Self of my ego and the Absolute Self of God within, beckoning me to the kingdom of heaven through the intercession of my queen, the powerful and immaculate Blessed Virgin Mary.