The Luminous Mysteries - Meditations based on the Collects of the Mass

The Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan

Almighty and eternal God, who, when Christ had been baptized in the River Jordan and as the Holy Spirit descended upon him, solemnly declared him your beloved Son, grant that your adoptive children, reborn of water and the Holy Spirit, may always live in your love.

The Wedding at Cana

O God, who on this day revealed your Only Begotten Son to the nations, mercifully grant that we, who already know you by faith, may be brought to contemplate the beauty of your sublime majesty face to face.

The Proclamation of the Kingdom of God

God our Father, who by sending into the world the Word of truth and the Spirit of sanctification have revealed to men the wondrous mystery of divine life, grant, we pray, that, in professing the true faith, we may acknowledge the Trinity of eternal glory and adore your Unity, powerful in majesty.

The Transfiguration

O God, who at the glorious Transfiguration of your Only Begotten Son confirmed the mysteries of faith by the witness of the Fathers and wonderfully prefigured our full adoption as your children, grant, we pray, that, listening to the voice of your beloved Son, we may merit to become his co-heirs.

The Institution of the Eucharist

O God, who for your glory and the salvation of mankind established Christ as the High and Eternal Priest, grant that the people he acquired for you by his Blood, through participation in this Eucharistic Memorial, may draw the power that flows from his cross and resurrection.