Meditations on the Rosary: The Joyful Mysteries

Mini Meditations on the Joyful Mysteries

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  • ROSARY CENTER
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  • How to Pray the Rosary
  • A Rosary for Life: The Joyful Mysteries
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    They were also acknowledging that this child was not their own, and that his first bond of kinship was to his Heavenly Father. Mary was not one to cling to her child with overprotective love, as some mothers do. Yet even she, the selfless and obedient one, was promised that a sword of sorrow would pierce her heart on the day of separation.

    Why does God give us such beautiful gifts and then ask us to give them up?

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    Why does he allow a loving heart to be pierced with loss? These questions must be brought to Mary, who suffered this sword in a terrible way, more than any mother, any father. Through this mystery, she can help your heart accept what your mind cannot understand.

    After three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions…And He returned with His parents to Nazareth, and was obedient to them. All of the joyful mysteries are somehow tinged with sorrow, but they are also touched with light and glory.

    In the precocious wisdom of a year-old boy, Jesus gives his parents and the teachers a glimpse of his true stature. He knows who he is and what he came for, even as a boy. But he did not begin by teaching, just as he did not begin by commanding. He began in the humble position of one who listens and asks questions. He also began in the humility of a boy who obeys his parents. Why does Jesus listen and ask questions when he already knows all of the answers with perfect certainty?

    And why did he obey his mother and father when he himself had called them into existence? Heavenly Father, as we offer you this mystery, we pray for the virtues of humility and purity of heart, so that we can become like Mary and say: Hail Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with Thee.

    In the Annunciation blessed are Thou among women and blessed is the fruit of Thy womb Jesus.

    Holy Mary Mother of God, my mother, pray for us sinners to open our hearts with humility and purity to the Word of God, now and at the hour of our death. Practice of love to God and neighbour. Heavenly Father, as we offer you this mystery we pray for Charity in our hearts, that we may be visited by the Queen of Heaven to receive the ardent fire of Charity, so that we may worship you and that we may love and serve our neighbour.

    How to Pray the Rosary

    You'll find here an introduction to the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary, followed by meditations on each mystery. The First Joyful Mystery. THE ANNUNCIATION. The bahana-line.com The time for the Incarnation is at hand. Of all women God prepared Mary from her.

    In the Visitation, blessed are Thou among women and blessed is the fruit of Thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary Mother of God, my mother, pray for us sinners, to be filled with Charity, now and at the hour of our death. Mary's cousin Elizabeth conceived a son in her old age Charity prompts Mary to hasten to visit Elizabeth in the hour of her need.

    The journey to Elizabeth's home is about eighty miles requiring four or five days.

    Though long and arduous, the journey is joyous, for Mary bears with her the Incarnate Word. At Mary's salutation, John the Baptist is sanctified in his mother's womb. Joseph and Mary go to Bethlehem to comply with the decree of Caesar Augustus. The hour for Mary to give birth is near, but there is no room in the inn. In the stillness of the night, the Savior is born in a cave, Mary remaining a Virgin.

    A Rosary for Life: The Joyful Mysteries

    She wraps Him in swaddling clothes and lays Him in a manger. In unspeakable joy Mary gathers to her bosom the Flower of her virginity. Jesus enters the world in poverty to teach the lesson of detachment from earthly things.

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    It came to pass while they were in Bethlehem, that the days for her to be delivered were fulfilled. Pray for doctors who have abandoned the practice of the faith: Give courage by your example to those who greet the news of their pregnancy with fear For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. Share your courage with all women who fear the coming birth of their child Practice of love to God and neighbour.