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To: wagglebee

Pray the First Joyful Mystery
"The Joyful Mysteries remind us to be glad."

The Annunciation: the angel Gabriel says to Mary
that she is going to be the mother of Jesus

Our Father

God sent the angel Gabriel to a town in Galilee named Nazareth (Luke 1,26)
Hail Mary

He had a message for a young woman promised in marriage to a man named Joseph, who was a descendant of King David. Her name was Mary. (Luke1,27)
Hail Mary
The angel came to her and said, "Peace be with you! The Lord is with you and has greatly blessed you!" (Luke 1,28)
Hail Mary

Mary was deeply troubled by the angel's message, and she wondered what his words meant. (Luke 1,29)
Hail Mary

The angel said to her, "Don't be afraid, Mary; God has been gracious to you. You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus." (Luke 1,30-31)
Hail Mary

Mary said to the angel, "I am a virgin. How, then, can this be?" (Luke 1,34)
Hail Mary

The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and God's power will rest upon you. For this reason the holy child will be called the Son of God.'" (Luke 1,35)
Hail Mary

"Remember your relative Elizabeth. It is said that she cannot have children, but she herself is now six months pregnant, even though she is very old." (Luke1,36)
Hail Mary

"For there is nothing that God cannot do." (Luke 1,37)
Hail Mary

"I am the Lord's servant," said Mary; "may it happen to me as you have said." And the angel left her. (Luke 1,36)
Hail Mary

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.


31 posted on 12/05/2005 6:17:54 PM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum

Pray the Second Joyful Mystery
"The Joyful Mysteries remind us to be glad."

The Visitation: Mary visits her cousin Elizabeth to tell her how happy she is that she is going to have a baby

Our Father

Soon afterwards Mary got ready and hurried off to a town in the hill country of Judea. (Luke 1,39)
Hail Mary

She went into Zechariah's house and greeted Elizabeth. (Luke 1,40)
Hail Mary

When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby moved within her. (Luke 1,41)
Hail Mary

Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and said in a loud voice, "You are the most blessed of all women..." (Luke 1,42)
Hail Mary

"...and blessed is the child you will bear!" (Luke 1,42)
Hail Mary

"Why should this great thing happen to me, that my Lord's mother comes to visit me?" (Luke 1,43)
Hail Mary

"For as soon as I heard your greeting, the baby within me jumped with gladness." (Luke 1,44)
Hail Mary

"How happy you are to believe that the Lord's message to you will come true!" (Luke 1,45)
Hail Mary

Mary said, "My heart praises the Lord; my soul is glad because of God my Savior." (Luke 1,46-47)
Hail Mary

"for he has remembered me, his lowly servant! From now on all people will call me happy." (Luke 1,48)
Hail Mary

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.



33 posted on 12/05/2005 6:19:10 PM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: Knitting A Conundrum
It has always been perfectly logical to me. If Mary is the most blessed of all women, then she must have been conceived and lived a life which was superior to all others. It is without question that Eve was created free from sin, so for Mary to be superior to Eve, then she must have also been conceived in a immaculate state. Further, there can be no question that the Mother of God must be in all ways superior to the mother of Cain; therefore, the Holy Mother could not have ever committed sin.

In Genesis 3:15, Satan is told that emnity will be placed between "him and the woman" and the woman here must refer to Mary because there was obviously no emnity between Satan and Eve as she has already been seduced; and the SAME emnity will be between her (Mary's) Seed (our Lord) and Satan's seed. The emnity between Christ and Satan is without question Eternal and Immaculate, so if the same emnity is between the Blessed Mother and Satan, it too is Eternal and Immaculate.

All Christian tradition (including protestant) refers to Mary's response to Elizabeth as the "Magnificat" because Mary declare that her "soul magnifies the Lord." The word magnify is not used by chance, but rather by design to convey very simple illustration: a soul that is blemished with the stain of sin CANNOT magnify God, a stained soul can only obscure God.

59 posted on 12/05/2005 6:41:24 PM PST by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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