Charity—The Second Glorious Mystery (Mysteries of the Holy Rosary Series)

Blessed Meditations

October 23, 2024. Gospel Passages: Luke 24:45-53; John 13:34. Also Acts 1:6-11. Quoting from "Jesus of Nazareth" Volume 2, Epilogue, by Pope Benedict XVI. Quoting from "The Long Loneliness" and "The Duty of Delight: The Diaries of Dorothy Day" by Dorothy Day; and her biography as quoted in "The Road to Character" Chapter 4 by David Brooks; from "My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey" by Jill Bolte Taylor; and Encyclical "Caritas in veritate" Point 1 by Pope Benedict XVI dated June 29, 2009 in www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20090629_caritas-in-veritate.html. Reference: The Holy Rosary, Second Glorious Mystery: escriva.org/en/santo-rosario/12. Meditation with Fr. Francis Ongkingco, Woodrose School Chaplain. Image: "The Ascension" by Benjamin West in the Denver Art Museum, Colorado (Wikimedia Commons).