Meditations on The Luminous Mysteries Minibook

Title: Meditations on The Luminous Mysteries minibookAuthors: Bob and Penny LordPublisher: Journeys of FaithFormat: Printed minibook32 Pages The Luminous Mysteries The Mysteries of Light Before we begin with our meditation on the Mysteries of Light, and in this installment, The Baptism of Our Lord Jesus, let us just take a moment to reflect on our Holy Father’s reasoning behind his request for a new set of Mysteries, the Mysteries of Light. In his letter to the Faithful on October 16, 2002, which was the beginning of the twenty fifth year of his pontificate, he stated “...to bring out fully the Christological depth of the Rosary it would be suitable to make an addition to the traditional pattern which....could broaden it to include the Mysteries of Christ’s public ministry between His Baptism and His Passion.“...It is during the years of His public ministry that the Mystery of Christ is most evidently a Mystery of light: While I am in the world, I am the light of the world” (Jn 9:5).“