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Fifteen Mysteries in the Life of Jesus
Author: Richard Hobbs
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"The Rosary has been the window through which the two-edged sword of the Word of God has been able to gain access to my soul," the author states in his Introduction to these brief and at the same time profound reflections on the mysteries in the life of Jesus. "I discovered," he goes on to say, "that the Rosary wasn't about Mary -- she would have hated us to concentrate on her -- but about her Son. Jesus became a real human being in Mary's womb; ... He could feel everything that we feel, suffer everything that we suffer. he got dirty, cut Himself, felt tired, just as we do. And, if we forget this, then we have failed to understand the whole point of the Incarnation." .... "Reading Richard's moving reflections on these mysteries in the life of Jesus, one begins to understand how the Rosary can be a truly biblical prayer and a simple and direct way of penetrating into the heart of Christ and the Gospel." (Raniero Cantalamessa, OFM Cap, in the Preface) |
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Richard Hobbs (1933-1993) is remembered by his friends and business
colleagues as a tall, humble man with a gift for speaking his mind clearly and with authority; by
his family as a loving husband and father of six sons and several grandchildren; and by the
charismatic prayer group in which he exercised a prophetic ministry as a convert to Catholicism
who was used by the Lord to powerfully and unambiguously proclaim the Gospel message to the men
and women of our time. Other works published in England following his death include a booklet
entitled The Desire of My Heart (words on Jesus' desire for unity among all His followers)
and a beautiful Via Crucis called "A More Perfect Way," which has been suggested as a possible
text to be used by the Pope for the Stations of the Cross in the Colosseum on Good Friday.