The Glorious Mysteries - Meditations of Franciszek Blachnicki

The Resurrection

There is the light of life and the light of death. Our corrupted nature is capable of generating a light that appeals to God's will when it wants to achieve its goal. This is the most dangerous temptation. The light we receive through the word of God is that to which we must cling with our whole person. Whoever clings to the word of God possesses eternal life.

The Ascension

Heaven is a new creation. The Lord God has a great plan for us. And often He permits turmoil, turns everything upside down. Then we stand face to face with different perspectives, discover the vanity of everything, and bless God for snatching us from our comfortable stability – that most dangerous captivity. We become convinced that this rescue is God's greatest blessing.

The Descent of the Holy Spirit

I can do nothing to be worthy of God. This statement must be free from sorrow, for it is our pride that grieves. Therefore, when asking the Holy Spirit for light to know ourselves, let us ask for humility – so that we may accept ourselves without rebellion or struggle and trustingly surrender into the hands of the Savior.

The Assumption of Mary

Our eternity will depend on whether we surrender this life out of love for God and our brothers and sisters, or surrender it out of necessity, subject to the relentless law of death, with a kind of despair, trying desperately to hold on to this life. Let us ask for this grace from Mary, our Mother and Mediatrix.

The Coronation of Mary as Queen of Heaven and Earth

We are called to the kingdom of love. Mary is an example for us of how we should live our life and all events in the light of God's plans. One must be patient and humble, leave time to God, and not force rapid changes in one's life. God thinks of us with love, God thinks well of us, He desires our happiness.