The Five Joyful Mysteries

Question 1

The Annunciation

The 1st Hail Mary

Answer 1

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shined.

(Is 9:2)

Question 2

The Annunciation

The 2nd Hail Mary

Answer 2

Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign. Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Emmanuel.

(Is 7:14)

Question 3

The Annunciation

The 3rd Hail Mary

Answer 3

Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet; righteousness and peace will kiss each other. Faithfulness will spring from the earth, and righteousness look down from heaven.

(Ps 85:10-11)

Question 4

The Annunciation

4th Hail Mary

Answer 4

There is a river whose streams gladden the City of God, the holy habitation of the Most High. God is in the midst of her, and she shall not be moved; God will help her right early.

Question 5

The Annunciation

The 5th Hail Mary

Answer 5

I will be as the dew to Israel; he shall blossom like the lily, he shall strike root as the poplar, his shoots shall spread out; his beauty shall be like the olive

Question 6

The Annunciation

The 6th Hail Mary

Answer 6

In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the House of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary.

(Lk 1:26-27)

Question 7

The Annunciation

The 7th Hail Mary

Answer 7

And he came to her and said, “Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you!” But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered in her mind what sort of greeting this might be.

(Lk 1:28-29)

Question 8

The Annunciation

The 8th Hail Mary

Answer 8

And the angel said to her, “Do not fear, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a Son, and you shall call his name Jesus.”

(Lk 1:30-31)

Question 9

The Annunciation

The 9th Hail Mary

Answer 9

“The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the Child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.”

(Lk 1:35)

Question 10

The Annunciation

The 10th Hail Mary

Answer 10

And Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word.”

(Lk 1:38)

Question 11

The Visitation

The 1st Hail Mary

Answer 11

In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a city of Judah; and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.

(Lk 1:39)

Question 12

The Visitation

The 2nd Hail Mary

Answer 12

And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

(Lk 1:41)

Question 13

The Visitation

3rd Hail Mary

Answer 13

Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the Lord has comforted his people, and will have compassion on His afflicted.

(Is 49:13)

Question 14

The Visitation

The 4th Hail Mary

Answer 14

Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion; for lo, I come and I will dwell in the midst of you, says the Lord.

(Zec 2:10)

Question 15

The Visitation

The 5th Hail Mary

Answer 15

A voice cries, “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.”

(Is 40:3)

Question 16

The Visitation

The 6th Hail Mary

Answer 16

They shall come and sing aloud on the heights of Zion, and they shall be radiant over the goodness of the Lord… I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow.

(Jer 31:13)

Question 17

The Visitation

The 7th Hail Mary

Answer 17

My deliverance draws near speedily, my salvation has gone forth, and my arms will rule the peoples; the coastlands wait for me, and for my arm they hope.

(Is 51:5)

Question 18

The Visitation

The 8th Hail Mary

Answer 18

Hark, your watchmen lifts up their voice, together they sing for joy

Question 19

The Visitation

The 9th Hail Mary

Answer 19

Break forth together into singing, you waste places of Jerusalem; for the Lord has comforted his people, he has redeemed Jerusalem.

(Is 52:9)

Question 20

The Visitation

The 10th Hail Mary

Answer 20

The Lord has bared his holy arm before the eyes of all the nations;

Question 21

The Nativity

The 1st Hail Mary

Answer 21

A child is born to us, and a Son is given to us, and the government is upon his shoulder; and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, God the Mighty, the Father of the world to come, the Prince of Peace. (Is 9:6)