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Rosary

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ongoing project since 2021

"Do whatever he tells you." (John 2,5)

The desire to make a rosary has quietly lived within me since 2021. I still do not fully know why. Perhaps it began when the love I had received grew beyond anything I could measure; from then on, the desire simply settled into my heart. I entered the thirty-day Spiritual Exercises thinking I would "just work." Yet as I contemplated the twenty mysteries day by day, the deepest source of this work emerged during the meditation on the Second Luminous Mystery—the Wedding at Cana. As often happens in the Exercises, a long silence unfolded, and the Holy Spirit waited quietly with me. Then, in an unexpected moment, I found myself as a small child, shyly hiding behind the hem of someone's garment. It was Our Lady's mantle. She gently held me close and led me toward someone. It was Jesus.

"There you are."

He knelt down to meet my eyes and opened His arms wide to welcome me.

And then Our Lady, pointing toward Jesus, spoke softly:

"Do whatever he tells you."

Her words were a warm invitation, drawing the deepest center of my being toward Him. It was a warmth no writing could fully contain—the warmth of grace itself.

Arvo Pärt's Für Alina gave me the image of stars being placed one by one like musical notes upon the night sea. I imagine Our Lady walking gently among those star-lit waters—the Star of the Sea, Stella Maris, the radiant star who leads us to look upon Jesus Christ alone.

The below is an excerpt from the larger work. I long to complete this work—earnestly, wholeheartedly.

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