April 21, 2024

Joyful Mysteries

The Annunciation

1. Luke 1: 26-38

In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the House of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. He went in and said to her, ‘Rejoice, you who enjoy God’s favour! The Lord is with you.’ She was deeply disturbed by these words and asked herself what this greeting could mean, but the angel said to her, ‘Mary, do not be afraid; you have won God’s favour. Look! You are to conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you must name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David; he will rule over the House of Jacob for ever and his reign will have no end.’ Mary said to the angel, ‘But how can this come about, since I have no knowledge of man?’ The angel answered, ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will cover you with its shadow. And so the child will be holy and will be called Son of God. And I tell you this too: your cousin Elizabeth also, in her old age, has conceived a son, and she whom people called barren is now in her sixth month, for nothing is impossible to God.’ Mary said, ‘You see before you the Lord’s servant, let it happen to me as you have said.’ And the angel left her. 

2. The Angel Gabriel appeared to Mary and
    asked her to be the Mother of God.
3. Mary said "yes" to the angel.
4. Mary loved the will of God.
5. In the beginning God created the heavens
    and the earth.
6. Adam and Eve, our first parents disobeyed
    God.
7. Mary is the New Eve, Jesus the New Adam.
8. We have original sin, Baptism takes away
    original sin.
9. We were created to know, love and serve
    God.
10. God the Father created us and wants us to
    go to heaven.

 

The Visitation

1. Luke 1: 39-45

Mary set out at that time and went as quickly as she could into the hill country to a town in Judah. She went into Zechariah’s house and greeted Elizabeth. Now it happened that as soon as Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leapt in her womb and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. She gave a loud cry and said, ‘Of all women you are the most blessed, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. Why should I be honoured with a visit from the mother of my Lord? Look, the moment your greeting reached my ears, the child in my womb leapt for joy. Yes, blessed is she who believed that the promise made her by the Lord would be fulfilled.’ 

2. Mary went to visit her cousin Elizabeth,
    who was with child.
3. When Mary came with Jesus in her womb,
    John the Baptist in Elizabeth’s womb,
    leapt for joy.
4. John the Baptist was Jesus’ cousin, he
    prepared the way for Jesus.
5. John the Baptist was 6 months older than
    Jesus.
6. Mary said: “My soul doth magnify the Lord”.
7. “And Holy is His Name.”
8. Dear God, I love the rosary and meditating
    on the mysteries of Jesus and Mary’s lives.
9. God created us and wants us to be with
    Him someday in heaven.

10. Matthew 11: 28-30

‘Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened, and I will give you rest. Shoulder my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Yes, my yoke is easy and my burden light.’

 

The Birth of Jesus

1. Luke 2:1-7

Now it happened that at this time Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be made of the whole inhabited world. This census—the first—took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria, and everyone went to be registered, each to his own town. So Joseph set out from the town of Nazareth in Galilee for Judaea, to David’s town called Bethlehem, since he was of David’s House and line, in order to be registered together with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. Now it happened that, while they were there, the time came for her to have her child, and she gave birth to a son, her first–born. She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger because there was no room for them in the living–space. 

2. We are to love and serve God with all our heart.
3. When we are weak, we are strong in Him.
4. Jesus laid down His life for His flock.

5. September 1, 2023

R. An interior vision:
I saw the stable and Jesus
and little sheep. Jesus was
in the manger. The floor
looked sort of brown like
mud.
They were moving about
and Jesus was in the manger.
It was very barren, except
for the small tiny sheep,
many on the smooth mud-like
floor.
People moving about with
covered heads, rope around waist.

We can be so high and
mighty, think we know it all.
We are here to love and do
God’s will.
We are to grow in humility.

Mary, Jesus & Joseph

    Jesus, the Son of God came
    in dire poverty.

6. Sing: Come to me, Lord, and possess my soul.
    Come into my heart and permeate my soul.
    Help me to sit in silence with You
    and let You work in my heart.

7. Sing: Away in a Manger
8. Sing: Angels we have Heard on High
9. Sing: O Holy Night

10. Sing: In My Heart

 

The Presentation in the Temple

1. Luke 2: 25-35

Now in Jerusalem there was a man named Simeon. He was an upright and devout man; he looked forward to the restoration of Israel and the Holy Spirit rested on him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death until he had set eyes on the Christ of the Lord. Prompted by the Spirit he came to the Temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the Law required, he took him into his arms and blessed God; and he said:

    Now, Master, you are letting 
        your servant go in peace 
    as you promised; 
    for my eyes have seen the salvation 
    which you have made ready 
        in the sight of the nations; 
    a light of revelation for the gentiles 
    and glory for your people Israel.

As the child’s father and mother were wondering at the things that were being said about him, Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, ‘Look, he is destined for the fall and for the rise of many in Israel, destined to be a sign that is opposed—and a sword will pierce your soul too — so that the secret thoughts of many may be laid bare.'   

2. Sing: Little Baby Hands and Feet

3. Simeon told Mary of sufferings to come.
4. A sword too, will pierce your heart, O Mary!

5. The Seven Sorrows of Mary

(1) The prophecy of Simeon
(2) The flight into Egypt
(3) The loss of the Child Jesus in the temple
(4) Jesus and Mary meet on the way to the cross
(5) Jesus dies on the cross
(6) Jesus is taken down from the cross
    and laid in Mary's arms
(7) The burial of Jesus

6. Mary is the Immaculate Conception.
7. Mary knew Jesus would suffer from the
    presentation in the temple.
8. Mary obeyed the Father’s will.
9. Mary is Mother of love.
10. Mary is Mother of the Eucharist.

 

The Finding in the Temple

1. Luke 2: 46-52

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.

2. We must live to love and serve the Lord.
3. God the Father has a Plan.
4. ..."Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven."
5. …Woman, Jesus referred to Mary as “woman”.
    Mary is the New Eve.
6. Jesus was lost in the temple for 3 days.
7. Jesus was found talking to the doctors.
8. Jesus said He must be about His Father’s business.

9. Sing: I am Your Sacred Heart

10. Sing: Give me your Heart, Oh Jesus