And suddenly I'm wondering: Did she have a hard labor? Did God want her to know from the beginning that her joy would be ever accompanied by pain? Did she weep him into the world? Maybe it was an easy birth. God knew she was barely more than a child, with a young husband and no help, just the two of them in the cold in a hut on a hill. AND
Did he love bread, changes in the weather, wine, the feel of rain? He must have liked being a carpenter's apprentice. Woodwork is satisfying: You can see the results of your labor; you can feel it in a smooth finish. Maybe he made a chair once. Maybe it's in the Museum of Natural History now in a case with a card that says, "Child's chair, circa 100 B.C.E."
What I would give to have Peggy Noonan write a booklet on the Rosary with these and other meditations!!! Oh, what I would give!!!! I have found it so difficult to say the Rosary, but Peggy brings it alive! I think I'll write to her and ask.
I'd love to see Peggy write a book on the Rosary. But more than that I'd like to see a video of the new Luminous Mysteries were different Catholic leaders and notables say the prayers and perhaps even reflect upon the new Mystery or read the appropriate Scriptures sort of like what Father Peyton did. Peggy Noonan, Senator Rick Santorum, Justice Scalia, Lawrence Kudlow, the actress Catherine Hicks, and so on. I think it would be wonderful.