DECEMBER 17, 1994
THE JOYFUL MYSTERIES

Mary appeared, 6:30, at Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center. I received the following rosary.

The Annunciation

1. Messenger: The angel Gabriel appeared to Mary. "Mary said, ‘You see before you the Lord’s servant, let it happen to me as you have said.’ And the angel left her." (Lk 1:38).
2. She always had such trust and faith in the Father. She always complied with the Father’s will. She said, "yes" to the angel.
3. She was filled with the Holy Spirit and the Word became Flesh.
4. Song: Come Holy Spirit, Fill Our Hearts . . .
5. There was such intimacy between Mary and Jesus from the first moment of conception.
6. His little life grew within her body.
7. It was in her womb that the most Sacred Heart of Jesus was formed.
8. Joseph was filled with fear and an angel of the Lord appeared to him and told him to be not afraid.
9. He loved and supported Mary.
10. song: O Holy Dwelling Place of God

The Visitation

1. Messenger: Mary went to visit her cousin Elizabeth.
2. When she arrived, the child in Elizabeth’s womb leapt for joy.
3. Mary was filled with the Holy Spirit and cried out in a loud voice the Magnificat.
4. Song: My Soul Rejoices in God My Savior
5. Jesus is no less present when He comes inside of us when we receive the Eucharist than He was the day that Mary carried Him inside of her womb. If we saw Mary with Jesus in her womb, we would be in awe of God inside of her, but He comes inside of us in His Divinity and Humanity, and He is present to us. We should be so flattered that Jesus comes inside of us.
6. He wants so much intimacy and love with us.
7. This is our beloved Savior. He longs and He waits for us to come and to receive Him, and to sit with Him in front of the tabernacle.
8. Song: O Come, O Come Emmanuel
9. A voice cries out in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord!
10. Hail Mary...

The Birth of Jesus

1. Messenger: Jesus was born in a stable because there was no room for Him in the inn.
2. He had not a place to lay His head. He laid His head in a manger at birth and it hung from a cross at His death.
3. The sheep and the cows kept Him warm.
4. Song: Angels We Have Heard on High
5. Jesus comes to us now as He was born in a stable, in quietness. He comes inside of our hearts.
6. Song: Away in a Manger
7. Song: Oh Come all ye Faithful (refrain)
8. What the birth of the Baby Jesus did for salvation history!
9. Jesus loved us so much that He humbled Himself to be born a human.
10. Hail Mary...

The Presentation in the Temple

1. Messenger: See Joseph and Mary as they take Jesus to the temple to be circumcised.
2. The prophet Simeon predicts the sufferings of Jesus and Mary.
3. And a sword, too, shall pierce thy Heart.
4. "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 -’ ".
5. Messenger: See the tender eyes of Mary look into Jesus’ beautiful Baby eyes with such love. And see her eyes look into His eyes as He carries His cross on Calvary.
6. How her Heart was pierced with a sword. See her. See all the sorrows that she went through. See through her eyes all the sufferings that she saw Jesus suffer for love of us. She calls us to see through her eyes the love of her beloved Son.
7. Song: I Rocked Him as a Baby
8. Stand under the cross with our beloved Mary and see through her eyes. Helpless, she stands and watches her Son for three agonizing hours as He breathes His last breath and sheds His last drop of Blood and gives the last beat of His Heart ...the greatest love for each and every one of us.
9. How do we think about Mary who mothers us as she mothered Jesus, who is forever by our side with the most intense love? Mary, please help us to have a closer union with you so that the Holy Spirit can transform our hearts more into the image of Jesus, your Precious Son.
10. Song: I Rocked Him as a Baby

The Finding of Jesus in the Temple

1. Messenger: See Mary and Joseph as they take Jesus up to the temple for the Feast of the Passover when He was twelve years old.
2. They had gone a day’s journey before they realized that they had left their beloved Jesus behind.
3. Think of the sorrow in their hearts to lose their beloved Jesus. Think of how it would be to lose your beloved child.
4. With hearts full of greatest sorrow, they returned to Jerusalem to find their beloved Child.
5. After searching for three long days, they found Him teaching in the temple.
6. And she said to Him: "...‘My child, why have you done this to us? See how worried your father and I have been, looking for you’."(Lk 2:48).
7. And He told them that He had to be about His Father’s business, and He went down and became subject to them.
8. Mary, please lead us to the Eucharist. He is truly present there, no less present than He was when you searched for Him and found Him in the temple. And He comes to us with greatest love, and longs for us to realize His presence and how He remains with us this day with greatest love.
9. Mary, please lead us to the Eucharist, to your Son, Jesus Christ, Who waits endless hours in the tabernacle longing and thirsting for souls to come and be with Him. Open our blind eyes through your Immaculate Heart. Help us to realize your Son’s immense love for us.
10. Song: Sweet Sacrament We Thee Adore (Refrain).