Sunday May 3rd. 2009
endless source of fresh enlightenment for the experiences of
our own lives. As we ponder the mysteries with Mary, we are
slowly and imperceptibly transformed and we become more
and more like Jesus and one with him.
More surprising and affirming still for us is the fact that we
discover in meditating the mysteries that Jesus is one with us,
now in the joy, now in the sorrow and now in the glory, that
can be our experience at any moment in our lives. When Pope
john Paul II identified five new 'Luminous Mysteries' from
Jesus' public life, he reminded us that jesus' entire life and
every event of that life illuminates our lives and experience
today.
The fruit: peace, hope.
The deep fruit of pondering the mysteries of the Rosary for us
is not that our problems are resolved, but that in the midst of
all the ups and downs, we find light and peace.
When we pray the Rosary, we are never alone. Mary is always
praying and pondering with us. We join her in her prayer. It is not
just the events of our personal lives that are illuminated, but the
times in which we live are illuminated too. All that we live today
of insecurity, fear, loss, for example in these recessionary times,
are present in the mysteries. As well as strengthening us to
confront and endure insecurity and pain, in the mysteries of the
Rosary we are drawn to recognise and acknowledge too the joy
and all that is good and even heroic in our lives today.
The Rosary, recited daily, is a persistent journey of transformation
for us, a journey that relentlessly carries us into light, into the
glorious mystery that is the God of our Lord Jesus Christ. Praying
the rosary transforms us into men and women of hope no matter
what the world does to us.
- Bishop Brendan Kelly
For rich for poor, young or old, there is no more simple way
or solid road to knowing Jesus our Saviour than to pray the
rosary, and to do so, above all, with our own family, in our
own homes
- Pope Benedict XV1
Prize scoop for Times
reporter, Caroline Wilson,
Spean Bridge.
Caroline Wilson. Aonachan Gardens,
Spean Bridge, has become one the
Glasgow Evening Times most successful
reporters, and she was honoured recently
in the prestigious Scottish Press Awards.
Joe and Ishbel have every reason to be proud
of her achievements. Caroline was runner up
in Scoop of the Year Award for her story
about Glasgow's Councillor “Kalashnikov
Jahangir Hanif.”
He was caught firing a Kalashnikov AK-47
assault rifle with five of his children.
The exclusive story led to the Govanhill
councillor being suspended pended by the
SNP for two months and quitting as a baillie.
Herald and Times Editor-in-Chief Donald
Martin said: "Caroline did an exceptional
job in breaking the Councillor Kalashnikov
story in the Evening Times and it was
absolutely right that her superb work was
recognised by the industry."
Our hard-hitting campaign exposing
Glasgow's rogue factors was runner-up for
Campaign of the Year. Following our probe,
the Office of Fair Trading announced a
major investigation into factors.
The awards ceremony was presented by
BBC Scotland presenter Jackie Bird at the
Radisson Hotel, Glasgow, last night.
Caroline was just pipped at the post by
another journalist who had written about
Hilary Clinton—not very relevant to
Scottish readers!
Caroline has now become one of the Evening
Times top reporters, and we wish her well in
her career. Caroline had major heart surgery
just over a year ago, and had a long
convalescence, but has made an excellent
recovery which is obvious from the quality of
her work.
