PODCAST | The Sorrowful Mysteries: Contemplating the Holy Rosary
In this meditation, Fr. Donncha Ó hAodha leads us to contemplate the love of the heart of Christ by referencing these words that St. Josemaria wrote for the fourteenth station of his Way of the Cross: “An inexhaustible source of life is the Passion of Jesus. Sometimes we renew the joyous impulse that took Our Lord to Jerusalem. Other times, the pain of the agony which ended on Calvary… Or the glory of his triumph over death and sin. But always!, the love — joyful, sorrowful, glorious — of the Heart of Jesus Christ” (14th station, commentary no. 3).
St. Josemaria himself entered into the wounds of Christ to find respite in that Heart and to dwell on how much God loves each of us. And Fr. Donncha shows us how to follow that same path, by way of the Rosary and by way of the Eucharist. Fr. Donncha concludes: “It is in the self-giving love of Jesus Christ that we discover, that we touch, as it were, that God is love.”
PAUSE AND REFLECT:
- Christ’s Agony in the Garden: Let us consider that Love becomes flesh.
- Christ’s Scourging: Let us consider that Love becomes wounds.
- Christ’s Crowning with Thorns: Let us consider that Love becomes passion.
- Christ’s Carrying of His Cross: Let us consider that Love goes towards the Resurrection.
- Christ’s Crucifixion: Let us consider that God is Love, and that God is Love for me.
Rev. Donncha Ó hAodha
Born in Galway in the West of Ireland, Fr. Donncha Ó hAodha studied English and French Literature at National University of Ireland. He worked as a secondary school teacher for a few years prior to being ordained for the Opus Dei Prelature in 2001. He lives in Dublin where he carries out his ministry mainly with young people.
