The First Joyful Mystery: The Annunciation

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).

According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the angel Gabriel’s Annunciation to Mary “inaugurates the ‘fullness of time (Gal 4:4), the time of the fulfillment of God’s promises and preparations” (CCC 484). Man’s fate rested on Mary’s response, and her fiat, her “yes,” led to the fulfillment of salvation history.

While meditating on the Annunciation to Mary, say one Our Father, 10 Hail Mary’s, and a Glory Be.