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The first contains joyful mysteries (recited on Mondays and Saturdays); the second, the mysteries of light (Thursdays); the third, the sorrowful mysteries (Tuesdays and Fridays); and the fourth, the glorious mysteries (Wednesdays and Sundays).
The Mysteries of the Rosary. Each Rosary invites the person to meditate on the mysteries surrounding the birth, life and death of Jesus and on his mother, the Virgin Mary.
The Mysteries of the Rosary center on the events of Christ's life. There are four sets of Mysteries: Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious and––added by Saint John Paul II in 2002––the Luminous. The repetition in the Rosary is meant to lead one into restful and contemplative prayer related to each Mystery.
There are four rosary mysteries (Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious, Luminous) and five parts of each mystery which correspond to the five decades of the rosary. The Joyful Mysteries focus on the joyful events related to the Incarnation of Jesus Christ.
The Rosary contains 20 mysteries, which are each in honor of a particular event in Our Lord’s Life and that of his Blessed Mother. The mysteries are divided into Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious and Luminous mysteries and are designed in such a way as to draw our focus to the ministry, love, and passion of Christ.
How to Pray the Rosary. The purpose of the Rosary is to help keep in memory certain principal events in the history of our salvation. There are twenty mysteries reflected upon in the Rosary, and these are divided into the five Joyful Mysteries (said on Monday and Saturday), the five Luminous Mysteries (said on Thursday), the five Sorrowful ...
the mysteries of the Rosary are meditations on the life and death of Jesus and Mary, they are 5 Joyful, 5 Sorrowful, 5 Luminous, 5 Glorious.
