The Joyful Mysteries

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	The Annunciation 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. Spiritual Fruit: Humility

	The visitation 1.- Mary's cousin Elizabeth conceived a son in her old age . . . for nothing is impossible with God. 2.- Charity prompts Mary to hasten to visit Elizabeth in the hour of her need. 3.- The journey to Elizabeth's home is about eighty miles requiring four or five days. 4.- Though long and arduous, the journey is joyous, for Mary bears with her the Incarnate Word. 5.- At Mary's salutation, John the Baptist is sanctified in his mother's womb. 6.- Elizabeth exclaims: "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb." 7.- "How have I deserved that the mother of my Lord should come to me?" 8.- "Blessed is she who believed that the Lord's words to her would be fulfilled." 9.- Mary replies: "My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, and my spirit finds joy in God my Savior." 10.- Mary serves her cousin in all humility for three months until the birth of John the Baptist. Spiritual Fruit: Love of Neighbor

	The Nativity 1.- Joseph and Mary go to Bethlehem to comply with the decree of Caesar Augustus. 2.- The hour for Mary to give birth is near, but there is no room in the inn. 3.- In the stillness of the night, the Savior is born in a cave, Mary remaining a Virgin. 4.- She wraps Him in swaddling clothes and lays Him in a manger. 5.- In unspeakable joy Mary gathers to her bosom the Flower of her virginity. 6.- Jesus enters the world in poverty to teach the lesson of detachment from earthly things. 7.- The angel announces to the shepherds: "Today there is born to you in the town of David a Savior, Who is Christ the Lord." 8.- The angelic chorus sing: "Glory to God in the highest, and peace to His people on earth." 9.- The shepherds come to the stable to pay homage to the Infant Jesus. 10.- The Magi come to adore the Holy Child and offer Him gifts. Spiritual Fruit: Poverty of Spirit
	The presentation 1.- Observing the law of Moses they take Jesus to the temple to present Him to the Lord. 2.- According to the Law the firstborn male child of every family should be consecrated to the Lord. 3.- Mary offers her Son to the Father, then ransoms Him back at the price paid by the poor. 4.- Jesus is not subject to the law of Moses, yet to teach obedience, submits to it. 5.- Mary is not subject to the law of purification, yet in humility she submits to it. 6.- God had revealed to Simeon that he would not see death until he had seen the Messiah. 7.- Recognizing the Child, he prays: "Now you can dismiss your servant in peace. You have fulfilled your word." 8.- "This Child is destined to be the downfall and rise of many in Israel, a sign that will be opposed." 9.- And to Mary Simeon reveals: "And your own soul a sword shall pierce." 10.- After they fulfill all the Law requires they return to Nazareth. Spiritual Fruit: Purity of mind and body

	The finding of Jesus in The Temple. 1.- When Jesus is twelve years old, He goes with His parents to Jerusalem for the feast of the Passover. 2.- After the feast of the Passover, Joseph and Mary unknowingly set out for Nazareth without Jesus. 3.- At the end of the first day's journey they discover Jesus is missing. 4.- His parents return immediately looking for Him. 5.- This loss causes grief and anxiety beyond our understanding to the hearts of Mary and Joseph. 6.- On the third day they find Jesus in the Temple among the Doctors who were astonished at His wisdom. 7.- Mary: "Son, why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been searching for you in sorrow." 8.-Jesus: "Why did you search for me? Did you not know that I must be about my Father's business?" 9.- Jesus goes down with them to Nazareth, and is subject to them. 10.- Mary keeps all these things in her heart. Spiritual Fruit: Obedience

Joyful Mysteries