The Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary, Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Scripture and Pope John Paul II

The Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary:

1. The Annunciation

2. The Visitation

3. The Nativity

4. The Presentation

5. The Finding of Jesus in the Temple

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Definitions from the Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

annunciation - the act of announcing or of being announced

visitation - an instance of visiting

nativity - the process or circumstances of being born

presentation - the act of presenting

finding - the act of one that finds

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Scripture (RSV-Catholic): 

* And the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there will be no end."- Luke 1: 30-33

* In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a city of Judah, and she entered the house of Zechari'ah and greeted Elizabeth. - Luke 1: 39-40

* And she gave birth to her first-born son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.- Luke 2: 7

* And when the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord - Luke 2: 22

* After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions - Luke 2: 46

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Pope John Paul II:

"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."

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