The first Glorious Mystery The Resurrection
LET US REFLECT: Jesus Christ rises gloriously from the dead, on Easter Sunday morning.
"And very early in the morning, the first day of the week, they come to the sepulcher, ... And looking, they saw the stone rolled back... And entering into the sepulcher, they saw a young man... clothed with a white robe... Who said to them: Be not affrighted; you seek Jesus of Nazareth, Who was crucified: He is risen, He is not here... But go, tell his disciples..." (Mark 16:2, 4-7)
"And it was Mary Magdalen, and Joanna, and Mary of James, and the other women... who told these things to the Apostles." (Luke 24:10)
LET US PRAY: We offer Thee, O Lord Jesus, this decade in honor of Thy triumphant Resurrection, and we ask of Thee, through this mystery and through the intercession of Thy Blessed Mother, the grace of a lively faith.
The second Glorious Mystery The Ascension
LET US REFLECT: The Apostles witness as Jesus ascends triumphantly into Heaven.
"But He (Jesus) said to them (the Apostles) ... and you shall be witnesses unto Me in Jerusalem, ... and even unto the uttermost part of the earth. And when He said these things, while they looked on, He was raised up. And while they were beholding Him going up to Heaven, behold two men stood by them in white garments.
Who also said: Ye me of Galilee, why stand you looking up to Heaven? This Jesus Who is taken from you into Heaven, shall so come, as you have seen Him going into Heaven..." (Acts 1:7-11)
LET US PRAY: We offer Thee, O Lord Jesus, this decade in honor of Thy glorious Ascension, and we ask of Thee, through this mystery and through the intercession of Thy Blessed Mother, the grace of firm hope and great longing for Heaven.
The third Glorious Mystery The Descent of the Holy Ghost
LET US REFLECT: The Holy Ghost descends upon the Apostles to enlighten, guide, strengthen, and sanctify them.
"And when the days of Pentecost were accomplished, they were all together in one place: And suddenly there came a sound from Heaven, as of a mighty wind coming, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them parted tongues as it were of fire, and it sat upon every one of them; And they were filled with the Holy Ghost..." (Acts 2:1-4)
LET US PRAY: We offer Thee, O Holy Ghost, this decade in honor of the mystery of Pentecost, and we ask of Thee, through this mystery and through the intercession of Mary, Thy most faithful spouse, the grace of Thy Holy wisdom so that we may know all the Truth necessary for salvation, really love this Truth, live by this Truth and persevere in living the Truth.
May we be instruments in Thy hands to always practice, promote, defend, and make known Thy Truth to all others whom Thou dost place on our path.
The fourth Glorious Mystery The Assumption
LET US REFLECT: The Blessed Virgin Mary is assumed, body and soul, into Heaven.
"From the beginning, and before the whole world, was I created, and unto the world to come I shall not cease to be, and into the holy dwelling place I have ministered before Him. And I took root in an honorable people, and in the portion of My God His inheritance, and my abode is in the full assembly of the saints. I am the mother of fair love, and of fear, and of knowledge, and of holy hope." (Eccl. 24:14, 16, 24)
LET US PRAY: We offer Thee, O Lord Jesus, this decade in honor of the Assumption of Thy most holy and Blessed Mother body and soul into Heaven, and we ask of Thee, through this mystery and through Her intercession, the grace and the gift of true devotion to Her so that we may live a holy life and die a happy death and attain everlasting life with Thee.
The fifth Glorious Mystery The Coronation of Our Lady
LET US REFLECT: The Blessed Virgin is crowned Queen of Heaven and Earth. She is Mother of all men, and Mediatrix of all graces.
"And there appeared in Heaven: A Woman clothed with the sun, and the moon was under Her feet, and on Her head a crown of twelve stars." (Apoc. 12:1)
"In me is all grace of the way and of the truth, in Me is all hope of life and of virtue. He that hearkeneth to Me, shall not be confounded: and they that work by Me, shall not sin. They that explain Me shall have life everlasting." (Eccl. 24:25, 30-31)
LET US PRAY: We offer Thee, O Lord Jesus, this decade in honor of the glorious crowning of Thy Blessed Mother in Heaven, and we ask of Thee, through this mystery and through Her intercession, the grace of perseverance and increase of virtue until the very moment of death and after that may we receive the eternal crown that is prepared for us. We ask the same grace for all the just and for all our benefactors.
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