The joyful mysteries of the rosary guide us along a journey of prayer through Jesus’ conception, birth and early life. We see God not only in his human form, but in the most vulnerable phases of ...

And when we pray the Rosary, as John Paul II says, we learn at the “School of Mary.” And she teaches us the mysteries in the life of Christ.

“To meditate upon the joyful mysteries … is to enter into the ultimate causes and the deepest meaning of Christian joy.” (Pope St. John Paul II) ...

Initially, the rosary prayer contained only 15 mysteries – the Joyful, Sorrowful and Glorious, Fr. Christopher M. Zelonis, pastor of Saints Peter and Paul Parish in Lehighton, Pennsylvania, told ...

In 2002, St. Pope John Paul II added to the previously established mysteries the luminous mysteries, which reflect on significant moments from Jesus’ public ministry. So in the words of St. Pope John ...

The rosary was developed in the Middle Ages as an aid to prayer, with its 15 mysteries divided into five groups: the Sorrowful, the Joyful, and the Glorious Mysteries. In 2002, Pope St John Paul II ...