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Mysteries of Light. How to pray the Rosary? In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. O God come to my aid; O Lord, make haste to help me. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
The first contains joyful mysteries (recited on Mondays and Saturdays); the second, the mysteries of light (Thursdays); the third, the sorrowful mysteries (Tuesdays and Fridays); and the fourth, the glorious mysteries (Wednesdays and Sundays).
John Paul II proposed a fourth set of mysteries—the Mysteries of Light, or Luminous Mysteries. According to his suggestion, the four sets of mysteries might be prayed on the following days: the Joyful Mysteries on Monday and Saturday, the Sorrowful Mysteries on Tuesday and Friday, the Glorious Mysteries on Wednesday and Sunday, and the ...
GLORIOUS MYSTERIES. Matthew 28:1-8 The Resurrection – Jesus rises from the dead on the third day after his Crucifixion. Acts 1:8-11 The Ascension – Forty days after rising from the dead, Christ ascends into Heaven. Acts 2:1-6, 38-41 The Descent of the Holy Spirit on Mary and the Apostles.
Use our step-by-step guide to pray the Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful, and Glorious mysteries of the Rosary. Each set of mysteries includes the accompanying virtues, or fruits of the mysteries, and scripture passages. Click the hyperlinks above to jump down to the set of mysteries you desire.
Print Download PDF. Pope John Paul II has given us two great gifts: the mysteries of light as a part of the Holy Rosary, and the Gospel of Life in his great encyclical Evangelium Vitae. The following meditations on the mysteries of light are offered as a prayer for all life, from conception to natural death.
Mysteries of the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may both imitate what they contain, and obtain what they promise, through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
