Joyful Mysteries

The Annunciation

1. The Angel Gabriel appeared to Mary, she said “yes”.

2. Mary was Holy and she loved God’s will, she wanted to do God’s will - willingly, always ready to serve God.

3. Mary was the perfect handmaid of the Lord.
    Mary said, “I am the handmaid of the Lord.”

4. Jesus called handmaids of the Good Shepherd and servants of the Good Shepherd.

5. A servant recognizes they have a Master.
    They can serve the Master or try to become the master themselves, doing what they want.

6. Jesus shows us the perfect servant.
    He obeyed His Father’s will to His death on the cross.

7. Sing: A Song from Jesus

 

8. The Holy Spirit came upon Mary and she conceived the child Jesus in her womb.

9. We have a vocation, called by God to serve God.
    We can say “yes” or we can have an excuse for ourselves why we say no.

10. Real Peace is found in our hearts only in obedience to God’s will. In this we grow in unity with God, in doing His will, enthusiastically.

    Mary said ”Behold I am the handmaid of the Lord, be it done unto me according to Thy word.”

 

The Visitation

1. Mary went to visit her cousin Elizabeth who was with child.

2. "Behold I am the handmaid of the Lord, be it done unto me according to Thy word."

 

 

3. We are called by God in our vocation, we can say "yes" or think up an excuse why we do our will and not God's will.
    It becomes a habit to say "yes" or a habit to make excuses why we do our will and not God's will, so we can do what we want.

4. Luke 1: 46-56

And Mary said:

My soul proclaims
    the greatness of the Lord
and my spirit rejoices
    in God my Saviour;
because he has looked upon
    the humiliation of his servant.
Yes, from now onwards
    all generations will call me blessed,
for the Almighty
    has done great things for me.
Holy is his name,
and his faithful love extends age after age
    to those who fear him.
He has used the power of his arm,
he has routed the arrogant of heart.
He has pulled down princes
    from their thrones
        and raised high the lowly.
He has filled the starving with good things,
    sent the rich away empty.
He has come to the help
    of Israel his servant,
        mindful of his faithful love
—according to the promise
    he made to our ancestors—
of his mercy to Abraham
    and to his descendants for ever.
 

5. Heavenly gifts and strength is found in God.
    God has a plan for our lives.

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    Jesus is the perfect servant of the Father's plan.

7. We need to listen to God and obey Him like Mary did.
    In this lies our peace.
    We can't leave God out or just do our own thing.
    When we ignore God's unique plan for us, who does it, everybody has a unique calling - they need to do God's will for them.

8. Behold the handmaid of the Lord, Mary our Mother. Mary, Jesus' Mother.

9. The essence of the spiritual life doing God's will in love.

10. The devil says: Make excuses, do what you want, the way you want, nobody can tell you what to do, do it your way.

    Mary says: I am the handmaid of Jesus.

    Jesus says: Not My will, but Thine be done.

 

The Birth of Jesus

1. Jesus did not come on Christmas, wrapped in riches.

2. Jesus was born in a manger, in a stable in Bethlehem.

3. Sing: Away in a Manger

4. Sing: Angels we have Heard on High

5. Sing: Silent Night

6. See the beautiful face of the child Jesus, see as Mary saw that miraculous night.

7. Jesus came a baby, not a high and mighty, to teach us.

8. So humble, Jesus comes in love for us.
    Jesus is the Son of God.
    Jesus teaches us a lesson.

9. We are living in time. Jesus' message is beyond, timeless, for our here after.
    It is about love, about our hearts and souls, kindness, holiness, obedience: these things we cannot touch!!!

10. God wants us forever with Him in heaven.

John 3:16

For this is how God loved the world:
he gave his only Son,
so that everyone who believes in him 
    may not perish
but may have eternal life.

 

The Presentation in the Temple

1. Sing: Little Baby Hands and Feet

 

2. Simeon told Mary and Jesus of the sufferings to come.

3. Think of how Mary felt with her little baby Jesus and then to hear Simeon's prophesy.

4. From that point forward, when Mary looked at Jesus, Mary knew that Jesus would suffer.

5. Mary said "yes" to God's will in sufferings and joys, Mary loved God's will.
    Mary fully cooperated as she should. Mary said "yes".

6. Mary suffered being Jesus' Mother, Mary suffered!!!

7. God is calling us to be obedient to the Father's unique plan for us, to be cooperative and do our best to serve God in His plan for us.

8. Sing song: Jesus, my Lord, my God, my all

9. Song: I Love You Jesus

10. Life is not life without Jesus. 
    He is the bridegroom of our soul.

 

The Finding in the Temple

1. When Jesus was 12 years old, Mary and Joseph took Jesus to the temple.

2. Luke 2: 41-52

Every year his parents used to go to Jerusalem for the feast of the Passover. When he was twelve years old, they went up for the feast as usual. When the days of the feast were over and they set off home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem without his parents knowing it. They assumed he was somewhere in the party, and it was only after a day’s journey that they went to look for him among their relations and acquaintances. When they failed to find him they went back to Jerusalem looking for him everywhere. 

    It happened that, three days later, they found him in the Temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them, and asking them questions; and all those who heard him were astounded at his intelligence and his replies. They were overcome when they saw him, and his mother said to him, ‘My child, why have you done this to us? See how worried your father and I have been, looking for you.’ He replied, ‘Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?’ But they did not understand what he meant. He went down with them then and came to Nazareth and lived under their authority. His mother stored up all these things in her heart. And Jesus increased in wisdom, in stature, and in favour with God and with people.
 

3. Mary's Message - from the Rosary of August 27, 196 - 25 Years Ago

Mary:  I stood beneath the cross of my Son, and my Heart was in such pain for I saw Him before my eyes. I saw Him covered with blood. I saw Him die. My Heart, my children, my Heart to watch my Son, but my Heart, my Heart, how I suffered for my little children of the world that give in to this world and give up the love of my Son. O my little children of light, I give you this message. Carry this light into the darkness for your Mother Mary, for I stood beneath the cross and I cried. I cried for the little ones. I cried for the young ones, the ones that do not care and will lose their souls. How do I make you see for you will not listen to me? What can I do? I come. I appear. I beg. I plead. I give you these gifts from my Son, and you reject me. I do not deliver messages very often anymore for I have been ignored. The message is the same. You do not read the messages I have given to you. Please help me. Help the little children. I appear. I appear. I appear, and I am ignored. I stood beneath the cross, and I cried. I cried, and my Heart was in such anguish for my little children, for I am searching for them this day as I searched for the Child Jesus. Please, please help me. I cannot hold back the hand of my Son any longer. I am Mary, your Mother. I ask you to help my children. You are my children of light. end of Mary's Message
 

4. After 3 days Mary and Joseph found Jesus in the temple talking to the doctors.

5. Mary wants us to reach her children.

6. Mary says some souls are being lost because they won't ask for forgiveness and sin mortally.

7. We are to love the Father's unique plan for us.

8. We pray for God's will.

9. John 10: 11-15

I am the good shepherd:
the good shepherd lays down his life
   for his sheep.
The hired man,
   since he is not the shepherd
and the sheep do not belong to him,
abandons the sheep
as soon as he sees a wolf coming,
   and runs away,
and then the wolf attacks
   and scatters the sheep;
he runs away
   because he is only a hired man
and has no concern for the sheep.
I am the good shepherd;
I know my own
and my own know me,
just as the Father knows me
and I know the Father;
and I lay down my life for my sheep.

10. Sing: O Holy Night