Their mother was out for a one-week seminar, and the kids immediately thought of welcoming her after a "long absence." A card? A song? Some home baked cookies? The five siblings racked their brains all night as dad amusing himself with such a touching scene. "What about a Power Point presentation?" Paula suddenly suggested. Everyone became silent, and after a few seconds they voted for a digital welcome.

Gone are the days when I recall having to greet mom and dad with handmade cards for their wedding anniversary or on Valentine's Day. My eldest sister, who has a knack for keeping such childhood stuff, once sent me one of my crude childhood cards. The colored red crayon heart was a bit smudged and the pencil marks were now faded on the yellowish paper. The heart was shaped like a mango, and the message was clear –but the penmanship lousy– "I love you!"

Hearing what these kids have done for their mom shows that indeed there are no limits to how one can express his or her love. It is quite touching, but I will not hide a sense of envy I have for kids today who seem to have it a lot easier when it comes to such greetings and presentations. All they have to do is click! But whether it's on paper or Power Point, the message remains the same and it is the intention that counts.

Likewise there are things that do not and are best not changed in the manner in which they are done in order to conserve their message. One example of an act of love is praying the Holy Rosary. Perhaps, the most "original" method I've encountered for this prayer is a program that makes a cell phone vibrate for each Hail Mary and Holy Mary. But that's as far as its battery lasts. Thus, you might ask, will putting the Rosary into a Power Point presentation help?

In my opinion it could, but instead of coming out with a graphic presentation, I would rather like to call the Rosary itself as our Lady's Power Point. Imagine that as you say the Rosary, depending on what mystery you wish to recite, our Lady settles Herself before you to watch the mysteries of Her Son and Her Life unfold before Her. She eagerly watches the "slides" of the Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious and now the Luminous Mysteries.

The background music –quite repetitive in many Power Point presentations– are the Our Fathers, Hail Mary's, Holy Mary's and Glory Be's. They seem to resound harmoniously in the background as a particular mystery is being announced. Mary is not only filled with the messages of joy, sorrow, glory and light imbedded in these mysteries; She makes sure that our lives are also slowly interwoven into them.

And the Rosary actually doesn't end after we pray it. This spiritual Marian Power Point continues to be presented before God through our daily life that unfolds with the invisible beads of our work, our social dealings, trials and successes. Mary and Jesus contemplate how our life slowly takes upon the pattern of the lives they lived together in Israel, where every detail –big or small– was transformed into something divine.

We discover that we no longer "recite" a prayer, but we contemplate it as we relive the very mysteries in our own lives. Do you think this is impossible? St. Josemaría teaches otherwise. He says in his little book on the Holy Rosary, "Have you... ever "contemplated" these mysteries? "Become little". Come with me and –this is the essence of what I have to confide– we will live the life of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Each day we will render them a new service. We will hear their family conversations. We will see the Messiah grow up. We will admire His thirty years of hidden life... We will be present at His Passion and Death... We will be awed by the Glory of His Resurrection... In a word: we will contemplate, carried away with Love (the only real love is Love), each and every instant of Christ Jesus."

Let us take this beautiful insight and apply it to our lives. It then that we will discover that in our joys, sorrows, successes and inspirations, that we are not alone. God, our Lady, and St. Joseph are continuously before us, contemplating our life that blossoms into a constant heavenly hymn of praise, gratitude, humility and generosity.