The Joyful Mysteries - Meditations of Sr. Lucia

The Annunciation

In Mary's fiat the work of our redemption finds its beginning. The message says: My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the way that will lead you to God. This refuge and way were promised by God to all humanity after the first fall. The new offspring that will be born of this Woman will triumph in the fight against the offspring of Satan.

The Visitation

Let us come to the aid of our brothers and sisters in need, and especially those facing death as a result of hunger and cold. God requires of us self-denial and sacrifice; if we do not offer ourselves in sacrifice in this life, we will be sacrificed in eternal life because we failed to do good.

The Nativity of Jesus

In the Immaculate Heart the Father enclosed His Son, as if it were the first tabernacle. God desires that our devotion take root there, for to this end God placed in the Mother's Heart so great a love that She sanctifies and transforms Her offspring into the Body and Blood of Christ.

The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple

We are obligated to sacrifice ourselves in order not to sin. It is necessary to quiet within ourselves the desire to rebel, to soothe frayed nerves, to keep in check the impulses of one's temperament and character, to extinguish the heat of self-love inflamed by insult, sometimes even justly bitter, though not necessarily always when a person feels hurt.

The Finding of Jesus in the Temple

If we yield to our evil inclinations, to the craving for what does not belong to us, to envy, pride, and the desire for revenge, all of this blinds and deafens us so much that we neither see nor hear nor comprehend the words of Jesus Christ.