FIVE JOYFUL MYSTERIES

THE ANNUNCIATION:
The Angel Gabriel said to Mary: "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you.Blessed are you among women......You shall conceive and bear a son, and you shall call His name Jesus......Mary answered, "Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it done to me according to your word".
Spiritual Fruit : Humility

THE VISITATION:
Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and cried out in a loud voice: "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.....The moment your greeting sounded in my ears, the babe in my womb leapt for joy".
Spiritual Fruit : Love of Neighbour

THE BIRTH OF JESUS:
And it came to pass while they were there, that the days of Mary to be delivered were fulfilled. And she brought forth her first born son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room, for them in the inn".
Spiritual Fruit : Poverty of Spirit

THE PRESENTATION:
When the days of her purification were fulfilled they took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord...Simeon blessed them and said to the Mother, "Behold, this child is destined for the fall and for the rise f many in Israel, and for a sign that shall be contradicted; and thy own soul a sword shall pierce".
Spiritual Fruit : Purity of mind and body

THE FINDING OF THE CHILD JESUS IN THE TEMPLE:
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".
Spiritual Fruit : Obedience