When people pray the Rosary, they meditate on particular stories of the life of Jesus and Mary. But they are called mysteries. Why? I don't know but they are. Mysteries = Stories.There are five images in the Joyful Mysteries: Annunciation, Visitation, Nativity, Presentation, and the Finding of Jesus in the Temple.
There are five images in the Sorrowful Mysteries: Agony in the Garden, Scourging, Crowning with thorns, Carry the Cross, and Jesus' Death.
There are five Luminous Mysteries: Baptism of Jesus, Wedding at Cana, Preaching the Kingdom of God, Transfiguration, and the Eucharist.
There are five Glorious Mysteries: Resurrection, Ascension, Descent of the Holy Spirit, Assumption of Mary, and the Crowning of Mary as Queen of Heaven.
Meditating upon these events in the lives of Jesus and Mary is why the Rosary is called a Gospel Prayer.
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