Joyful mysteries. Picture-Text

Begin the Cenacle by
recitation of the Holy Rosary with Mary,

Our Lady of all Nations
For the New Evangelization
of Nations
O Lord, Take from us all lukewarmness in meditation
and all dullness in prayer. Give us fervour and
delight in thinking of you, and the grace to work for
the things we pray for. (St. Thomas More)
Pray the Creed.

Cenacle with Mary
 The Cenacle is Group prayer,
 with Mary and all angels and saints,

 using the Rosary,

 to invoke the descent of the Holy Spirit
(a second Pentecost),
 for a second evangelization of
continents and nations.
(Asia, Africa, Russia, China, India, etc)
Pray the Our Father

The Cenacle
Pray with 3 virtues
1. Faith
2. Hope
3
3. Love.
2 Pray with 3 choirs
1 1. Angels
2. Saints
3. Confraternity
of the Rosary
To invoke the
descent of the Holy 1 2 3
Spirit upon nations
The prayer of the Rosary is no longer a monologue or a dialogue,
but a chorus, a TRUE COMMUNION OF ANGELS AND SAINTS

First Joyful Mystery
The Annunciation
and when the angel had come to
her, he said, “Hail, full of grace, the
Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou
among women.”
Fruit of the Mystery: Humility

1. “Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you.”
“Do you know why God did this? Because I had
believed in Him and because I had humbled myself.”
---The blessed Virgin spoke to St. Elizabeth of Schoenau.

Leonardo Da Vinci. 1452-1519. The Annunciation. Uffizi. Florence. Italy

2. The blessed
virgin is often
depicted as
fetching water
with a pitcher, as
she prepares
herself to be the
“container” of
Jesus.
Water plays a
powerful
symbolic role.
Jesus said
“Those who
drink the living
waters will never
suffer spiritual
thirst.”
Twelve century mosaic, Basilica of San Marco. Venice.

3. Trust in Mary The Church has great
trust in her. For it must
be recognized that
The archangel holds a lily before anyone else it
which signifies Mary’s was God himself, the
virginity.
Eternal Father who
entrusted himself to
the Virgin of Nazareth,
giving her His own Son
in the mystery of the
Incarnation.
(Pope John Paul II)
The Madonna bows her
head and places a hand
She became the Arc of
on her chest, a gesture of the Covenant, the
submission.
tabernacle of the Most
Master of St. Verdiana, The Annunciation,
1410. Paul Getty Museum. Los Angeles. High.

4.*** Seek the will of God
“Happy is the soul, to
which the Most High
manifests his holy and
perfect will; but more
happy and blessed is
he, who puts into
execution, what he
has learned.”
(Mary of Agreda)

Francesco Alberni. Annunciation..
Hermitage museum. St. Petersburg.

5. Hear the delicate voice of the Lord
“I wish to see thee very
attentive, and very quick and
diligent in following it up in
deed. In order to hear this
most delicate and spiritual
voice of the Lord it is
necessary that the creature
live entirely according to the
spirit. Listen, my daughter,
and incline thy ear; free
thyself from all visible
things.” (Mary of Agreda)
Rubens, The Annunciation, Rubens House. Antwerp

6.*** Say “Yes” “In many ways God shows
to God to mortals the highways
and pathways of eternal
life: by the Gospels, by the
Sacraments and laws of the
holy Church, by the
writings and examples of
the saints, and by the
obedience due its ministers.
Whenever by any of these
means thou hast come to
the knowledge of the will
of God, I desire thee to
assume the wings of
humility and obedience,
and, hasten to execute it.”
(Mary of Agreda)

7. As obedient servant
“He intimates his
perfect will to them in a
supernatural manner.
God is always sweet in
commanding, just in
his commands,
powerful in giving the
necessary help,
quick in disposing
circumstances so that
He can be obeyed.”
(Mary of Agreda)

8. The Holy Spirit will come upon thee
The Rosary is genuine “training in holiness” in the “School of Mary”. She
teaches by obtaining for us the gifts of the Holy Spirit.---Pope John Paul II

“I teach you
how to live; I
form you in a
practical way
to live with me.
Live in daily
communion of
life and of love
with me.” (Gobbi)
Mary is vital to
our spiritual
Nicolas Poussin 1657. National Gallery. London. growth.

9. “Let it be to me….”
Mary’s words “Let it be to
me” indicates not a
passive acceptance but an
active embracing and a
desire for God’s will in her
life. His plan for our lives is
always the best for us, and
corresponds to our heart’s
deepest longings.
Mary’s “Yes” serves as a
model of faith for all
believers. (Pope John Paul II)

Orazio Gentileschi. Annunciation
1623. Turin Galleria Sabanda.

10.** An angel appear to St. Joseph in a
dream “I invite you to strengthen
your bonds with your
guardian angels. They
have the tasks of being a
light upon your path,
a defence for your life,
and of waging together
with you the same battle.”
(Gobbi)
Saints intercede.
Angels intervene.
Gian Giacomo Barbelli, Joseph’s Dream. 1660.

The ( National ) Rosary For the Evangelization of
(Nations)
1. Fatima Prayer: To Eucharistic Jesus, source of all
evangelization.
“O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of
hell, and lead all souls to heaven, especially those in most
need of thy mercy.”

2. Invocation of the Holy Spirit: Principal agent of
evangelization.
“Come, Holy Spirit! Fill the hearts of the (National) people
and enkindle in them the fire of your love! Come by means
of the powerful intercession of the Immaculate Heart of
Mary, your well-beloved Spouse.”

3. Prayer to Our Lady of ( Nation ): Star of the new
evangelization.
“Hail Holy Queen, Mother of (Nation), come and present the
(National) people to Jesus, the fruit of thy womb.
Look upon them continually with mercy and through your

The ( National ) Rosary For the Evangelization
of Nations (Abridged version)
1. Fatima Prayer: To Eucharistic Jesus, source of all
evangelization.
“O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the
fires of hell, and lead all souls to heaven,
especially those in most need of thy mercy.”

2. Invocation of the Holy Spirit: Principal agent of
evangelization.
“Come, Holy Spirit! Fill the hearts of the (National)
people and enkindle in them the fire of your love!
Come by means of the powerful intercession of
the Immaculate Heart of Mary, your well-beloved
Spouse.”
Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the altar

Second Joyful Mystery
The Visitation

Elizabeth was filled with the Holy
Spirit and cried out in a loud voice:
“Blessed are you among women,
and blessed art the fruit of thy
womb.”

Fruit of the Mystery: Love of Neighbour

1. Mary rose up and went with all haste to a city of Juda, in
the hill country. “I am in a hurry because the times have
arrived. Souls are daily being lost in greater numbers. I want
to save them through an extraordinary intervention of my
maternal love. I need your help and your love.” (Gobbi)
You thought
of others
rather than
yourself.
Help us to be
selfless too,
and to put
other’s need
before our
own.
Joseph von Fuehrich, Mary’s walk across the mountains, 1841.

2** Mary took a 4 day journey, travelling 80 miles south in the hilly country.
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of
those who bring good news. (Isaiah 52.7)
“Oh, in your
days, how
beautiful are the
feet of those who
announce peace,
and spread the
good news of
salvation. You
must be the
vigilant sentinels
on mountains.”
Giotto, The visitation. (Gobbi)

3.* The Greeting: There entering in, she gave
Elizabeth greeting.
“As I visited Elizabeth
out of love, I wish to
visit you out of love. I
wish to come into
your situation
whatever it may be: to
be present with you
and to pray with you
and for you.”
“I am at your side
when you pray.”

4. The Leap for joy
No sooner had Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting
than the child leaped in her womb for joy.
God, when the infant John
leapt in Elizabeth’s womb
in recognition of Christ’s
divinity, You miraculously
showed us that the
sanctity of life begins
before birth. It was an
unborn child who first
paid homage to Our Lord.
Help our society to
recognize the sanctity of
lives of the unborn
Joseph Strub The Visitation. 1505. Madrid children.

5. Elizabeth’s Exultation Elizabeth was filled with the
Holy spirit and cried out in a loud voice: blessed art thou among women.

Whenever we pray
the rosary our
Heavenly Mother is
at our side, praying
with us and for us.
We should also jump
with joy and say to
ourselves: “How
have I deserved to
be thus visited by
the Mother of my
Lord?”
Domenico Ghirlandaio, The visitation, 1491. Musee du Louvre. Paris.

6.** Bring Christ
to others
“Speak always by
your life. Let your
life be your word.”
(Gobbi)

“Preach the Gospel
at all times, and if
necessary use
words.”
(St. Francis of Assisi)

7.**Turn praise to God
Mary, when Elizabeth
praise you, calling you
“blessed among all
woman”, you turned
your praise toward
God immediately. In
your humility, you saw
that you were but a
mirror of God’s own
glory. Help us always
to recognize Him as the
source of our own gifts
and blessings.
Visitation on glass window. Holy Rosary Church. Minneapolis. MN.

8.* • Every time the Son of
. God comes to us in the
“
“poverty” of the
sacramental signs of
bread and wine, the
seeds of the new history
wherein “the mighty are
put down” and “the lowly
are exalted” takes root in
the world.
• The Eucharist has been
given to us so that
our life, like that of Mary,
may become completely
a Magnificat!
(Pope John Paul II )

9.**St. John’s privilege Mary had been with her for about
three months, until John the Baptist was born. One of the privileges of
the Baptist is to have been first held by Mary, Mother of God.
Dear blessed Mother,
help me to share
Christ with others
less privileged
spiritually. Whenever
I keep my faith in
Christ to myself,
please remind me to
share, at least
through the charity of
prayer.
Rogier van der Weyden, St. John the Baptist . 1450. Gemalde-galerie. Berlin.

10.** Miracle in your Life.

“My children, never doubt
that God can work a miracle
in your life even if things
seem impossible: all things
are possible with God. Trust
Him.
Offer this mystery to the
Heavenly Father that He
will also work a miracle of
grace in your life.” (Gobbi)

Third Joyful Mystery
The Birth of Jesus
She gave birth to her first-born
son and wrapped him in
swaddling clothes and laid him in
a manger, for there was no room
for them in the inn.
Fruit of the Mystery:
Spirit of Poverty

1.* THE CENSUS: “Follow me along the way of
incessant prayer, so that it may become a colloquy of love, of
trust, and of filial abandonment to the plan of salvation of
the Lord.” (Gobbi)

The spirit of
constant
prayer is the
greatest gift
we can offer
to a broken
world.
(St. Seraphim)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder. The Census at Bethlehem. 1566. Brussels Museum

2.*** Road to Bethlehem (means “House of
Bread” in Hebrew)

“You must tread the
same road as your
heavenly Mother:
that of intimate
union with God, of
detachment from all
creatures, and of
perfect service to
the Lord.” (Gobbi)

3. No Room In the Inn: “Since I bear
Humanity had no place for Him. Him in my womb
let us give thanks
for having
disposed events
in this way. Let
us lovingly
embrace poverty.
Let us go gladly
wherever the
Lord shall guide
Joseph von Fuehrich, No room in the inn.
us.“ (Mary of Agreda)

4. The Silent Night “When I gazed at His
beauty, I realized that I was
not worthy of such a Son.
When I looked at the places
where the nails would be
driven into His hands and
feet, my eyes filled with
tears and my heart was torn
with grief!
I knew that it was His will
and that it would be for the
good, and I made my whole
will conform to His. Thus
my happiness was ever
mixed with sorrow.”
Our Lady spoke to St. Bridget of Sweden.

5.**The Holy Night
“This is the night
which has conquered
all darkness forever.
The life of every man
takes on a new
meaning: Do not be
afraid, God is with
you!
He asks for your gift
of love.” (Gobbi)
Philippe de Champaigne, The nativity,
1643. Lille, Musee des Beaux-Arts.

6. “ ..and peace on earth to men of good will.”
“His name is
peace: Peace
between God
and man, and
peace among
all men----
because you
are all children
of God, true
brother of
Jesus and of
each other.”
(Gobbi)
Rembrandt 1666-1669 The angels appearing to the shepherds

7. Encounter with “Prepare yourselves
Jesus. with me for the coming
of Jesus, which is
.
realized each day in the
mystery of his real
Eucharistic presence
and under the human
clothing of every person
whom you meet. This
daily encounter with
Jesus must become for
you a joyous and
perennial Nativity.”
(Gobbi)

8.****Poverty and Humility
“No one should despise
the humility and poverty
which the Lord loved and
chose for Himself as the
very means of teaching
the Way of Eternal Life.
Few are those who stop to
consider this truth and as
a result, only the few reap
the fruit of these
mysteries.” (Mary of Agreda)
Anton Raffael Mengs. Adoration of the Shepherds. Museo del Prado. Madrid.

9.*** Adoration of the Shepherds
“Of all the human race, those who merited to be the first to
see the Christ Child were the poor, humble, and devout
shepherds.” “The Lord
works only by
means of
littleness and
weakness.
The mercy of
the Lord
manifest itself
only by means
of poverty and
misery.” (Gobbi)
Murillo, The Adoration of the Shepherds. 1650. Museo del Prado. Madrid.

10.*** Adoration of “Thy ceaseless offer,
the Magi however, must be
Love, which is the
gold;
continual Prayer,
which is the incense;
and the patient
acceptance of labors
and true
Mortifications,
which is the myrrh.”
(Mary of Agreda)
Rubens, Adoration of the Magi, Museum of Louvre. Paris

Fourth Joyful Mystery
The Presentation
When the day came to purify them
according to the law of Moses, the
couple brought him up to Jerusalem so
that he could be presented to the Lord,
for it is written in the law of the Lord,
“Every first-born male shall be
consecrated to the Lord.”
Fruit of the Mystery: Obedience

1. The Sacrifices “The Son of God, with
(8th day) immeasurable love, offered
up to the eternal Father
three sacrifices of so great
value that each one would
have been sufficient for the
Redemption of a thousand
worlds. 1.He assumed the
condition of a sinner.
2.The willingness to suffer
the pains.
3.The most ardent love with
which He began shed his
blood for the human race.
(Mary of Agreda)
Micheal Pacher, The Circumcision of Christ, 1479. St. Wolfgang Church. Austria.

2.*** Docility “I have asked you for the
consecration to my
Immaculate Heart to form
all of you to that interior
docility which is necessary
for me in order that I may
be able to work in each one
of you, bringing you to a
profound transformation.
I am forming you to prayer
which must always be
carried out by you in union
with me.” (Gobbi)
Mantegna, The circumcision, 1474. Uffizi, Florence.

3.**Your Presentation
“My children, with
docility, let yourselves
be carried in my
motherly arms, and you
will see everywhere the
marvels of grace and
mercy of my
Immaculate Heart.
I am bringing you to the
Father. Expect and
receive everything as a
gift of love from the
Father.” (Gobbi)

4.*** Your Thanksgiving
“Accustom thyself to humble
thanksgiving for the benefits
which thou receivest, since
thou, among many
generations, art so specially
signalized by the riches of
grace with which my Son and
I visit thee without any merit
of thine. I was wont to repeat
many times this verse of
David: "What shall I render
the Lord for all the things that
he hath rendered to me?"
(Ps. 15, 12). (Mary of Agreda)
Jan van Scorel. Presentation at the temple. 1524. Kunsthistorisches Musee. Vienna

5.***Your Offering: labours and sufferings
“We suffered so much for
creatures and for their salvation, I
desire thee to imitate Us in this
conformity to the divine will.
Suffer with a magnanimous heart,
and labor to increase the
possessions of thy Lord and
Master, namely, souls, which are
so precious in his sight and which
He has purchased with his life-
blood. Never shouldst thou fly
from labors, difficulties, bitterness
and sorrows, if by any of them
thou canst gain a soul for the
Lord.” (Mary of Agreda)

6. Recognizing Christ “Let your minds be
illumined to know
how to always
recognize Him under
the fragile and
painful features of
the little, the poor, the
sick, the dying, the
sinners, the needy,
the oppressed, the
marginalized, the
persecuted, and those
far away.” (Gobbi)
How to pray with icons. By Myroslaw Tataryn

7. Simeon took into his arms the master of the entire
universe, and in his joy he exclaimed: My eyes have seen
your saving deeds. Now you may let your servant go in peace

“The Holy
Spirit comes
down upon a
poor old man.
A poor old
man and a
woman come
to be the first
to understand
this great
mystery.”
(Gobbi)

8. Simeon’s Prophesy: He will be a sign of contradiction.
“You will be called today
to be this sign of
contradiction.
By your life which will be
purely a living Gospel.
By your word, which will
repeat loudly the truth
Jesus has revealed to you.
By your witness, which
must be a light and
example for all the
.

Church.” (Gobbi)
Rembrandt, The presentation in the Temple. 1628. Hamburg.

9.*** Our Lady of “ The doctrine contained in this
mystery will teach thee to strive
Sorrows
after the constancy and
expansion of heart by which
thou may prepare thyself to
accept blessings and adversity,
the sweet and the bitter, with
equanimity.
How persistently the human
heart forgets that its Teacher
and Master has first accepted
sufferings, and has honoured
and sanctified them in His own
Person!”
Seek ever to preserve inward
peace.” (Mary of Agreda)

10.*** The Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary

“Teach souls to love the
Heart of My Mother pierced
by the very sorrow which
pierced Mine.
It is hearts that must be
changed. Recourse to My
Mother under this title I
wish for her universally, is
the last help I shall give
before the end of time.”
----Our Lord to Berthe Petit.

Picture discovered at the time of the 1918 armistice.

The Fifth Joyful Mystery
The Holy Family and the Finding
of Jesus in the Temple
They came upon him in the temple sitting in the
midst of the teachers, listening to them and asking
them questions. All who heard him were amazed.

Fruit of the mystery: Joy in Finding Jesus
Piety
 A critical contemporary issue: the family, the primary cell
of the society, is increasingly menaced by forces of
disintegration on both the ideological and practical planes.
The revival of the Rosary in Christian families will be an
effective aid to countering the devastating effects of this
crisis of our age. -----Pope John Paul II.

1. Infancy of Jesus
Remarkable resemblance between
Mary and Anne to emphasized the
strong ties between mother and
daughter.

Quebec.
Leonardo da Vinci, The virgin and Child, St. Anne & St. John. 1500 London National Gallery

2.**The Flight to Egypt “My daughter, while
journeying at the command
of the Lord from one country
to another, my heart was
never troubled nor my spirit
cast down; for I always held
myself prepared to fulfill
entirely the will of God.
For in obeying the Lord
no further reason is
necessary than that the
Lord Creator so
commands and disposes.”
(Mary of Agreda)
Fra Bartolommeo, The Rest During the Flight to Egypt
with St. John, 1509, Paul Getty Museum. Los Angeles.

3. The Holy Family
“Seeing the household
of Nazareth, we learn
the original truth of the
family according to
God’s plan.”
(Pope John Paul II)
“Pray for the unity and
strengthening of
Christian families, that
they will truly bring the
kingdom of God to this
Murillo, The two trinities, 1675.
earth.”

4. He deserves to be known and extolled by all nations and
all generations of men, since the Lord has wrought such
things with no other man and to none has He shown such
love. (Mary of Agreda)

St. Andre Bessette

St. Joseph Oratory. Montreal.
Gerrit van Honthorst, The Childhood of Christ, 1620. St. Petersburg, Hermitage

5. Imitate Saint Joseph
“Let the humble care and
watchfulness of my spouse
saint Joseph,
his submission to divine
direction and his esteem for
heavenly enlightenment,
serve thee as an example.
Let the consciousness of thy
faults serve thee as a motive
to submit in all humility to
the work of God.”
(Mary of Agreda)

6.** The Search for Jesus
Our Lord did not spare
even his holy Mother all
kinds of sorrows and
troubles. The cross is
God’s precious treasure
given to his Elect.

Let us ask for the grace
.
to never lose Jesus. Let
us make Jesus the
center of our lives.
Whoever has God has
everything.
Jesus is at the center of the picture.
Pinturicchio, The Dispute in the Temple, 1510, Spello, Church of Santa Maria,

7. Finding Jesus in the temple
“The Lord absented
Himself from me in
order that, seeking Him
in sorrow and tears, I
might find Him again in
joy. I desire that thou
imitate me in this
mystery and seek Him
with such earnestness,
as to be consumed with
a continual longing
until thou holdst him
and canst lose Him no
more.” (Mary of Agreda)

8. Lord, give us the gift of true wisdom.
“The height of perversity opposed to the order of the Creator, is that
mortals in this transitory and short life rejoice in visible things as if
they were their last end, while they ought on the contrary, to make use
of creatures to gain, not to lose, the highest Good. Do thou, therefore,
my dearest, be mindful of this dangerous human folly. (Mary of Agreda)

9. “My son, why hast thou treat us so? Think what anguish
of mind Thy father and I have endured, searching for thee?”
“Your Mother wants you whole and entire at every moment with her. At every moment
you must be just as I would have you be; you must do just what I would have you do.”
(Gobbi)

Holman Hunt, Finding of Jesus in the Temple. 1854.

10. My Father’s House

The Children’s Bible. Hermes House.

Consecration to the Immaculate Heart (condensed version)
“ Virgin of Fatima, Mother of Mercy, we who belong to
the Marian Movement, consecrate ourselves in a
special way to Your Immaculate Heart. We also
consecrate our motherland (Nation) to your
Immaculate Heart. We intend to live with you, through
you and for you, all the obligations assumed by our
Baptismal consecration to bring about in ourselves
that interior conversion so urgently demanded by the
Gospel, that we may be available only to do always
the will of the Father. Allow us to dwell in the
garden of your Immaculate Heart . Lead us to a
spiritual renewal with prayer and penance, with the
daily recitation of the Holy Rosary, the fervent
celebration and adoration of the Holy Eucharist, the
practice of Christian virtues, and in the works of the
apostolate .
Help us to be the disciples of the Marian Movement
to multiply everywhere Cenacles of prayer made with
you for the evangelization of the world, and the Divine
Mercy prayer , for the salvation of the world. Help us
to do everything with you in a spirit of humility, prayer

Finally pray one Our
Father, one Hail Mary, and
one Glory be, to the Holy
Father’s intention.

End of the Cenacle

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