Joyful
The cousin Mary visits in the second Joyful Mystery.(Luke 1:39-42)
Who is Elizabeth?
The second Glorious Mystery, when Jesus returns to His Father in heaven. (Mark 16:19)
What is the Ascension?
The amount of decades in a standard Rosary.
What is five?
The Roman governor who orders Jesus to be scourged in the second Sorrowful Mystery. (Matthew 27:26)
Who is Pontius Pilate?
The second Luminous Mystery, when Jesus turns water into wine. (John 2:1-5)
What is the Wedding at Cana?
The third Joyful Mystery, when Jesus is born in a stable. (Luke 2:1-7)
What is the Nativity?
The day of the week on which the Glorious Mysteries are traditionally prayed, in addition to Sundays.
What is Wednesday?
The date on which the Church celebrates the Assumption of Mary.
The material of the crown placed on Christ's head in the third Sorrowful Mystery. (Matthew 27:27-29)
What are Thorns?
The fourth Luminous Mystery, where Jesus took Peter, James, and John up a high mountain. (Matthew 17:1-2)
What is the Transfiguration?
The first Joyful Mystery, when Gabriel appears to Mary. (Luke 1:26-27)
What is the Annunciation?
The fifth Glorious Mystery, when Mary is crowned Queen of Heaven. (Revelation 12:1)
What is the Coronation of Mary?
The month especially dedicated to praying the Rosary each year.
What is October?
The fourth Sorrowful Mystery, when Jesus walks toward Calvary while enduring the namesake Stations. (Mark 15:21-22)
What is the Carrying of the Cross?
The fifth Luminous Mystery, when Jesus shares bread and wine as His Body and Blood. (Matthew 26:26)
What is the Institution of the Eucharist?
The fourth Joyful Mystery, when Simeon and Anna recognize Jesus as the Christ. (Luke 2:21-24)
What is the Presentation in the Temple?
The fourth Glorious Mystery, when Mary is taken into heaven at the end of her earthly life. (Luke 1:48-49)
What is the Assumption?
The saint traditionally credited with receiving the Rosary directly from the Mary.
Who is Saint Dominic?
The first Sorrowful Mystery, when Jesus prays before His arrest. (Matthew 26:36-39)
What is the Agony in the Garden?
The day of the week on which the Luminous Mysteries are traditionally prayed.
What is Thursday?
The fifth Joyful Mystery, when young Jesus teaches among the elders. (Luke 2:41-47)
What is the Finding in the Temple?
The third Glorious Mystery, when the apostles receive gifts from heaven, marked by fire and wind. (Acts 2:1-4)
What is the Descent of the Holy Spirit?
From the same team behind daily Bible and Catechism podcasts, Father Mark-Mary Ames began leading this new Marian prayer series in January 2025.
What is the Rosary in a Year?
The place where Christ died on the cross in the fifth Sorrowful Mystery. Luke 23:33-46
What is The Place of the Skull or Golgotha or Calvary?
The pope who introduced the Luminous Mysteries in 2002.
Who is Saint Pope John Paul II?