The Joyful Mysteries draw us into the hidden life of Christ and the mystery of the Incarnation. In them we contemplate humility, charity, poverty, obedience, and joy.
These phrases are offered as helps for meditation, and in many cases they are the phrases most commonly used in this apostolate's own practice. You may repeat one phrase through the whole decade, vary them from bead to bead, or use another brief phrase that helps place you within the mystery and remain there.
1. The Annunciation
Fruit: Humility
Scripture: Luke 1:26-38
A phrase to carry through the decade:
- Jesus, becoming man
Another phrase for deeper meditation:
- Jesus, with perfect humility
2. The Visitation
Fruit: Love of neighbor
Scripture: Luke 1:39-56
A phrase to carry through the decade:
- Jesus, who sanctifies
Another phrase for deeper meditation:
- Jesus, with perfect love of neighbor
3. The Nativity
Fruit: Poverty of spirit
Scripture: Luke 2:1-20
A phrase to carry through the decade:
- Jesus, born in a manger
Another phrase for deeper meditation:
- Jesus, with perfect poverty of spirit
4. The Presentation
Fruit: Obedience in doing the will of the Father
Scripture: Luke 2:22-38
A phrase to carry through the decade:
- Jesus, presented in the Temple
Another phrase for deeper meditation:
- Jesus, with perfect obedience in doing the will of the Father
5. The Finding in the Temple
Fruit: Joy
Scripture: Luke 2:41-52
A phrase to carry through the decade:
- Jesus, found in the Temple
Another phrase for deeper meditation:
- Jesus, with perfect joy