i have hesitated to write about the fact that i have not prayed a "full Rosary" containing all 3 or 4 groups of "mysteries" in the last 5 days. (According to www.catholicity.com, in 2002, our Pope added to the Rosary prayers a 4th set of "mysteries" called the Luminous Mysteries, or the mysteries of light, that are all about Jesus' ministry era.) So some peoples' "full Rosary" contains 3 sets of mysteries and other peoples' "full Rosary" contains 4 sets: the joyful mysteries, the luminous mysteries, the sorrowful mysteries and the glorious mysteries.

Anyway, what has happened during the last 5 days' Rosaries is that i pray only up until either the luminous or the sorrowful mysteries and then feel compelled to stop. i am now understanding the message in this that is coming through to me. i cannot rely on my complete recitation of the Rosary for getting what i need from God. ultimately. Ultimately, my faith must rest in His love and faithfulness toward me, apart from MY performance.

but what a slouch i feel like though, starting my material daily affairs without completing my lovely duty... like i am capable of so much more. But the fact is that i have much to learn about letting God make me holy instead of me thinking that it is my responsibility or capability to make myself holy. i know that i play a part in my becoming holy, but it is ultimately He that makes me so, by His grace.