The Holy Rosary (THE JOYFUL MYSTERIES)

The Holy Rosary
THE JOYFUL MYSTERIES

( Mondays and Saturdays, may be said on Sundays during  Advent and Christmas)

The Joyful Mysteries are marked by the joy radiating from the event of the Incarnation.
To meditate upon the joyful mysteries is to enter into the ultimate causes and the deepest meaning of Christian joy. It is to focus on the realism of the mystery of the Incarnation and on the obscure foreshadowing of the mystery of the saving Passion. Mary leads us to discover the secret of Christian joy, reminding us that Christianity is, first and foremost, evangelization, "good news", which has as its heart and its whole content the person of Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh, the one Savior of the world.
                                                              -Pope John Paul II 

1. The Annunciation
Mary learns from the Angel Gabriel that God wishes her to be the mother of God and humbly accepts.(Luke 1:26-38)

2. The Visitation
Mary goes to visit her cousin Elizabeth and is praised by her as "blessed among women."(Luke 1:39-56)
3.The Nativity
Mary gives birth to Jesus in the stable at Bethlehem.(Luke 2:1-20)

4.The Presentation
Mary and Joseph present Jesus to His Heavenly Father in the Temple of Jerusalem forty days after His birth.(Luke 2:22-39)

5.The Finding in the Temple
After searching for three days, Mary and Joseph find the twelve-year-old Jesus sitting in the Temple discussing the law with the learned doctors.(Luke 2:42-52). 

Read more:http://www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/prayers/rosary/finding.htm#ixzz2maZTKHTx

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