The document discusses the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary, which focus on Jesus' Resurrection and Ascension into Heaven, the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, Mary's Assumption into Heaven, and her Coronation as Queen of Heaven and Earth. It emphasizes that contemplating Christ's glory in the Resurrection brings believers joy and hope as they journey toward their own eternal life.
1. THE MYSTERIES OF GLORY The contemplation of Christ's face cannot stop at the image of the Crucified One. He is the Risen One! Contemplating the Risen One, Christians rediscover the reasons for their own faith and relive the joy not only of those to whom Christ appeared –the Apostles, Mary Magdalene and the disciples on the road to Emmaus – but also the joy of Mary, who must have had an equally intense experience of the new life of her glorified Son. In the Ascension, Christ was raised in glory to the right hand of the Father, while Mary herself would be raised to that same glory in the Assumption, enjoying beforehand, by a unique privilege, the destiny reserved for all the just at the resurrection of the dead. Crowned in glory – as she appears in the last glorious mystery – Mary shines forth as Queen of the Angels and Saints. At the center of this unfolding sequence of the glory of the Son and the Mother, the Rosary sets before us the third glorious mystery. Pentecost, which reveals the face of the Church as a family gathered together with Mary, enlivened by the powerful outpouring of the Spirit and ready for the mission of evangelization. The glorious mysteries thus lead the faithful to greater hope for the eschatological goal towards which they journey as members of the pilgrim People of God in history. This can only impel them to bear courageous witness to that "good news" which gives meaning to their entire existence.
2. THE FIRST GLORIOUS MYSTERY - The Resurrection Of Our Lord He has risen. He is not here. Behold the place where they laid him. Mark 16, 6
3. Church Holy Sepulchre - XIV Station: Entrance Of The Empty Tomb. THE FIRST GLORIOUS MYSTERY
4. Church Holy Sepulchre - XIV Station: Shrine Inside The Empty Tomb. THE FIRST GLORIOUS MYSTERY
5. Church Holy Sepulchre - XIV Station: Shrine Inside The Empty Tomb. THE FIRST GLORIOUS MYSTERY
6. Along the Road of Nazareth: Empty tomb which might be similar to Jesus' original empty tomb. THE FIRST GLORIOUS MYSTERY
7. THE SECOND GLORIOUS MYSTERY - The Ascension Into Heaven So then the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God. Mark 16, 19
8. THE THIRD GLORIOUS MYSTERY - The Descent Of The Holy Spirit And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in foreign tongues, even as the Holy Spirit prompted them to speak. Acts 2, 4
9. The Upper Room – When the day of Pentecost came, all the believers were gathered in one place: Acts 2, 1 THE THIRD GLORIOUS MYSTERY
10. The Upper Room – When the day of Pentecost came, all the believers were gathered in one place: Acts 2, 1 THE THIRD GLORIOUS MYSTERY
11. THE FOURTH GLORIOUS MYSTERY - The Assumption Of Mary And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon was under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars. Apocalypse 12, 1
12. Church of Dormition - Mary Fell Asleep & Assumption THE FOURTH GLORIOUS MYSTERY
13. Church of Dormition - Mary Fell Asleep & Assumption THE FOURTH GLORIOUS MYSTERY
14. Church of Dormition - Mary Fell Asleep & Assumption THE FOURTH GLORIOUS MYSTERY
15. Church of Dormition - Mary Fell Asleep & Assumption THE FOURTH GLORIOUS MYSTERY
16. THE FIFTH GLORIOUS MYSTERY - The Coronation Of Mary You are the glory of Jerusalem, the honour of our people … the hand of the Lord has strengthened you, and therefore you shall be blessed forever. Judith 15, 10-11