ROSARY & ART: The First Joyful Mystery is the Annunciation (Luke 1:26-38) Jan van Eyck, “The Annunciation,” 1435, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (photo: Eyck, Jan van / Public Domain ...

First Joyful Mystery — The Annunciation. In the Annunciation, when Mary received and assented to the Good News that she’d been offered the great grace of being the Mother of God, ...

Joyful Mysteries - Catholic News Agency. Sunday, July 06, ... THE ANNUNCIATION. Don't forget, my friend, ... The first decade is about to end ...

First are the joyful mysteries, like the Annunciation and the Visitation; then the sorrowful mysteries, like the Crucifixion; and finally, the glorious mysteries, like the Assumption of Mary.

The Annunciation is the first of the joyful mysteries we contemplate when praying the rosary. It is the occasion for the Angelus prayer: “The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary/ And she ...

For the first joyful mystery, the Annunciation Chapel illustrates the angel Gabriel announcing to Mary that she will conceive and bear the Son of God. Underneath, ...