The Mysteries of the Rosary

The Five Joyful Mysteries

First Joyful Mystery
The Annunciation

And when the angel had come to her, he said, "Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women."
(Luke 1, 28)

1 Our Father, 10 Hail Marys, 1 Glory Be, etc.

Fruit of the Mystery:
Humility

Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and cried out in a loud voice: "Blest are you among women and blest is the fruit of your womb."
(Luke 1, 41-42)

1 Our Father, 10 Hail Marys, 1 Glory Be, etc.

Fruit of the Mystery:
Love of Neighbor

She gave birth to 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 place where travellers lodged.
(Luke 2, 7)

1 Our Father, 10 Hail Marys, 1 Glory Be, etc.

Fruit of the Mystery:
Poverty

When the day came to purify them according to the law of Moses, the couple brought him up to Jerusalem so that he could be presented to the Lord, for it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every first-born male shall be consecrated to the Lord."
(Luke 2, 22-23)

1 Our Father, 10 Hail Marys, 1 Glory Be, etc.

Fruit of the Mystery:
Obedience

On the third day they came upon him in the temple sitting in the midst of the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
(Luke 2, 46)

1 Our Father, 10 Hail Marys, 1 Glory Be, etc.

Fruit of the Mystery:
Joy in finding Jesus