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Joyful Mysteries

Prayed on Monday and Saturday

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

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Overview of the Joyful Mysteries

The First Joyful Mystery - The Annunciation

Spiritual Fruit: Humility

Our Father

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Ten Hail Marys

  1. The time for the Incarnation is at hand.

  2. Of all women God prepared Mary from her conception to be the Mother of the Incarnate Word.

  3. The Angel Gabriel announces: “Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with thee.”

  4. Mary wonders at this salutation.

  5. The Angel assures her: “Fear not . . . you shall conceive in your womb, and give birth to a Son.”

  6. Mary is troubled for she has made a vow of virginity.

  7. The Angel answers that she will conceive by the power of the Holy Spirit, and her Son will be called the Son of God.

  8. The Incarnation awaits Mary’s consent.

  9. Mary answers: “Behold the handmaid of the Lord. Be it done unto me according to your word.”

  10. The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.

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Glory Be 

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Fatima Prayer

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