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  1 Int, 1 |        before the world that Jesus Christ is Lord and Saviour, “the
  2 Int, 1 |          the beauty on the face of Christ and to experience the depths
  3 Int, 2 |           of God in the mystery of Christ and the Church. Against
  4 Int, 2 |        events of the life of Jesus Christ pass before the eyes of
  5 Int, 3 |          God to “start afresh from Christ”,6 I have felt drawn to
  6 Int, 3 |            contemplate the face of Christ in union with, and at the
  7 Int, 3 |  contemplate with Mary the face of Christ. As a way of highlighting
  8 Int, 6 |    contemplation of the mystery of Christ who “is our peace”, since
  9 Int, 7 |   centuries on which the Mother of Christ made her presence felt and
 10 Int, 8 |          heard the proclamation of Christ before being buried in 79
 11   1    |            CHAPTER I~CONTEMPLATING CHRIST WITH MARY~
 12   1, 9 |            2). The Gospel scene of Christ's transfiguration, in which
 13   1, 9 |           To look upon the face of Christ, to recognize its mystery
 14   1, 9 |          task of every follower of Christ and therefore the task of
 15   1, 9 |            of us. In contemplating Christ's face we become open to
 16   1, 10|           10. The contemplation of Christ has an incomparable model
 17   1, 10|            It was in her womb that Christ was formed, receiving from
 18   1, 10|       contemplation of the face of Christ as faithfully as Mary. The
 19   1, 11|       lived with her eyes fixed on Christ, treasuring his every word: “
 20   1, 12|     violation of the admonition of Christ: 'In praying do not heap
 21   1    |                        Remembering Christ with Mary~
 22   1, 13|       saving events culminating in Christ himself. These events not
 23   1, 13|            open to the grace which Christ won for us by the mysteries
 24   1, 13|          of the priestly office of Christ and an act of public worship,
 25   1, 13|        Liturgy, as the activity of Christ and the Church, is a saving
 26   1, 13|           meditation” with Mary on Christ, is a salutary contemplation.
 27   1    |                           Learning Christ from Mary~
 28   1, 14|                                14. Christ is the supreme Teacher,
 29   1, 14|            us to the full truth of Christ (cf. Jn 14:26; 15:26; 16:
 30   1, 14|       among creatures no one knows Christ better than Mary; no one
 31   1, 14|        learning from her to “read” Christ, to discover his secrets
 32   1    |                 Being conformed to Christ with Mary~
 33   1, 15|      branch onto the vine which is Christ (cf. Jn 15:5) and makes
 34   1, 15|          and makes him a member of Christ's mystical Body (cf.1Cor
 35   1, 15|      accordance with the “mind” of Christ: “Have this mind among yourselves,
 36   1, 15|           yourselves, which was in Christ Jesus” (Phil 2:5). In the
 37   1, 15|           to put on the Lord Jesus Christ” (cf. Rom 13:14; Gal 3:27).~
 38   1, 15|           company – of the face of Christ, this demanding ideal of
 39   1, 15|            to enter naturally into Christ's life and as it were to
 40   1, 15|      process of being conformed to Christ in the Rosary, we entrust
 41   1, 15|          who is both the Mother of Christ and a member of the Church,
 42   1, 15|           over the human growth of Christ in the home of Nazareth.
 43   1, 15|          with the same care, until Christ is “fully formed” in us (
 44   1, 15|        totally grounded in that of Christ and radically subordinated
 45   1, 15|            the unique mediation of Christ, but rather shows its power”.20
 46   1, 15|            of our configuration to Christ: “Our entire perfection
 47   1, 15|           and consecrated to Jesus Christ. Hence the most perfect
 48   1, 15|            most perfectly to Jesus Christ. Now, since Mary is of all
 49   1, 15|            most conformed to Jesus Christ, it follows that among all
 50   1, 15|            be consecrated to Jesus Christ”.22 Never as in the Rosary
 51   1, 15|         joined. Mary lives only in Christ and for Christ! ~
 52   1, 15|       lives only in Christ and for Christ! ~
 53   1    |                         Praying to Christ with Mary~
 54   1, 16|          but also the mediation of Christ himself (cf. 1Jn 2:1) and
 55   1, 16|        support of the prayer which Christ and the Spirit cause to
 56   1, 16|      centering it on the person of Christ manifested in his mysteries”.24
 57   1    |                        Proclaiming Christ with Mary~
 58   1, 17|            in which the mystery of Christ is presented again and again
 59   1, 17|          according to the heart of Christ. When the recitation of
 60   1, 17|            her work of proclaiming Christ. The history of the Rosary
 61   2    |            CHAPTER II~MYSTERIES OF CHRIST –~MYSTERIES OF HIS MOTHER~
 62   2, 18|      approach the contemplation of Christ's face is by listening in
 63   2, 18|            to the contemplation of Christ's face. Pope Paul VI described
 64   2, 18|      itself an unceasing praise of Christ, who is the ultimate object
 65   2, 19|           Of the many mysteries of Christ's life, only a few are indicated
 66   2, 19|           include the mysteries of Christ's public ministry between
 67   2, 19|           aspects of the person of Christ as the definitive revelation
 68   2, 19|         the Baptism in the Jordan, Christ is the one who announces
 69   2, 19|       ministry that the mystery of Christ is most evidently a mystery
 70   2, 19| Incarnation and the hidden life of Christ (the joyful mysteries) and
 71   2, 19|         the depths of the Heart of Christ, ocean of joy and of light,
 72   2, 20|        plan to unite all things in Christ (cf. Eph 1:10), then the
 73   2, 20|          voice and the presence of Christ in her womb cause John to “
 74   2, 20|          records the prophecy that Christ will be a “sign of contradiction”
 75   2, 20|        content the person of Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh, the
 76   2, 21|     Certainly the whole mystery of Christ is a mystery of light. He
 77   2, 21|   mysteries – during this phase of Christ's life, I think that the
 78   2, 21|         mystery of light. Here, as Christ descends into the waters,
 79   2, 21|        Cana (cf. Jn 2:1- 12), when Christ changes water into wine
 80   2, 21|      shines forth from the face of Christ as the Father commands the
 81   2, 21|            the Eucharist, in which Christ offers his body and blood
 82   2, 21|            in some way accompanies Christ throughout his ministry.
 83   2, 21|          to the words and signs of Christ's public ministry and it
 84   2, 22|         the sorrowful mysteries of Christ. From the beginning Christian
 85   2, 22|      begins with Gethsemane, where Christ experiences a moment of
 86   2, 22|          parallels). This “Yes” of Christ reverses the “No” of our
 87   2, 22|           of man is to be found in Christ, the God who humbles himself
 88   2, 23|          23. “The contemplation of Christ's face cannot stop at the
 89   2, 23|      Passion in order to gaze upon Christ's glory in the Resurrection
 90   2, 23|          not only of those to whom Christ appeared – the Apostles,
 91   2, 23|   glorified Son. In the Ascension, Christ was raised in glory to the
 92   2, 23|  appreciation of their new life in Christ, lived in the heart of the
 93   2, 24|          thirst for a knowledge of Christ continually nourished by
 94   2, 24|    individual event in the life of Christ, as narrated by the Evangelists,
 95   2, 24|       emphasis on the mysteries of Christ, pointing out that “everything
 96   2, 24|     knowledge of God's mystery, of Christ, in whom are hidden all
 97   2, 24|         for all the baptized: “May Christ dwell in your hearts through
 98   2, 24|       power... to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge,
 99   2, 24|            and inward knowledge of Christ. We might call it Mary's
100   2, 24|           inseparable bond between Christ and his Blessed Mother:
101   2, 24|           Mother: the mysteries of Christ are also in some sense the
102   2    |                         Mystery of Christ, mystery of man~
103   2, 25|            far on the mysteries of Christ, it is not difficult to
104   2, 25|            Anyone who contemplates Christ through the various stages
105   2, 25|           Following in the path of Christ, in whom man's path is “
106   2, 25|            true man. Contemplating Christ's birth, they learn of the
107   2, 25|             Finally, contemplating Christ and his Blessed Mother in
108   2, 25|          to the merciful hearts of Christ and his Mother. Twenty-five
109   3    |            III~“FOR ME, TO LIVE IS CHRIST”~
110   3, 26|     Meditation on the mysteries of Christ is proposed in the Rosary
111   3, 26|         feeling pervading them.~In Christ, God has truly assumed a “
112   3, 26|          touching dialogue between Christ and Peter after the Resurrection: “
113   3, 26|            ever more completely to Christ, the true programme of the
114   3, 26|           fire: “For me to live is Christ and to die is gain” (Phil
115   3, 26|            longer I that live, but Christ lives in me” (Gal 2:20).
116   3, 26|     conformed ever more closely to Christ until we attain true holiness.~
117   3, 27|         that our relationship with Christ makes use of a method. God
118   3, 27|           on the words “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy
119   3, 27|            embodies the desire for Christ to become the breath, the
120   3, 29|           or moment in the life of Christ. In the Church's traditional
121   3, 29|            elements of the life of Christ, they easily draw the mind
122   3, 33|       connection to the mystery of Christ being contemplated. Yet
123   3, 33|           highlighting the name of Christ by the addition of a clause
124   3, 33|         expression to our faith in Christ, directed to the different
125   3, 33|     assimilation to the mystery of Christ inherent in the repetition
126   3, 33|            deeply into the life of Christ. ~From Mary's uniquely privileged
127   3, 33|       privileged relationship with Christ, which makes her the Mother
128   3, 34|       Christian contemplation. For Christ is the way that leads us
129   3, 34|           to another – by love for Christ and for Mary, the glorification
130   3, 36|          believers is centred upon Christ. Everything begins from
131   3, 36|             and, most of all, with Christ himself, who, though he
132   3, 36|  fraternity which unites us all in Christ.~
133   3, 37|        contact with the mystery of Christ and his Blessed Mother.~
134   3, 38|           mysteries of the life of Christ, and he is revealed in the
135 Con, 40|            in the contemplation of Christ, the Prince of Peace, the
136 Con, 40|         assimilates the mystery of Christ – and this is clearly the
137 Con, 40|         leads to an encounter with Christ in his mysteries and so
138 Con, 40|           attention to the face of Christ in others, especially in
139 Con, 40|         follow in the footsteps of Christ the Revealer, in the mysteries
140 Con, 40|          how could one contemplate Christ carrying the Cross and Christ
141 Con, 40|      Christ carrying the Cross and Christ Crucified, without feeling
142 Con, 40|        upon the glory of the Risen Christ or of Mary Queen of Heaven,
143 Con, 40|            by focusing our eyes on Christ, the Rosary also makes us
144 Con, 40|           petition in harmony with Christ's invitation to “pray ceaselessly” (
145 Con, 42|      Rosary not follow the life of Christ, from his conception to
146 Con, 43|            contemplate the face of Christ at the school of Mary.~I