The Annunciation
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you! Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus!
God created you for love of us!
God preserved you from sin for love of us!
God taught you how to use your freedom for love of us!
God sent the angel Gabriel to you for love of us!
God asked you to be mother of His Son for love of us!
God took human flesh in your womb for love of us!
The Word of God experienced limitation in your womb for love of us!
God made you the Mother of God for love of us!
God made you the Mother of Mercy for love of us!
God made you the new Eve, “Mother of All the Living,” for love of us!
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death! Amen.
And so . . .
The Visitation
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you! Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus!
God sent the angel Gabriel to Zachariah for love of us!
God caused Zachariah and Elizabeth to conceive a son for love of us!
When you arrived with Jesus, God siezed John in the womb for love of us!
God bids us to rejoice at Jesus’ coming, as John did, for love of us!
The Holy Spirit inspired Elizabeth to proclaim you, “blessed among all women,” for love of us!
The Holy Spirit inspired Elizabeth to greet you as the, “mother of my Lord,” for love of us!
The Holy Spirit inspired Elizabeth to praise you for having, “believed that the Lord would do as He promised,” for love of us!
The Holy Spirit inspired Elizabeth exclaim, “blessed is the fruit of your womb,” for love of us!
The Holy Spirit inspired Zachariah to proclaim the Benedictus for love of us!
The Holy Spirit inspired you to proclaim the Magnificat for love of us!
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death! Amen.
And so . . .
The Nativity
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you! Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus!
God humbled Himself to be born in a stable for love of us!
God came into this world as a baby, so that we would not fear Him, such is His love for us!
God did not want to overwhelm us with power but entice us with tenderness, such is His love for us!
God experienced the cold in Bethlehem for love of us!
God experienced hunger in Bethlehem for love of us!
God experienced dependence on human beings for love for us!
God was laid in a manger in Bethlehem, the “House of Bread,” because He wants to be our food, such is His love for us!
God was born among animals and their filth to show us that neither our misery nor our iniquities stop His love for us!
God invited the least, the shepherds, to meet His Son first to assure us of a place with Him, such is His love for us!
God sent angels to herald Your Son’s birth as “good news,” “great joy,” and “peace” for us!
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death! Amen.
And so . . .
The Presentation in the Temple
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you! Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus!
God created a new temple, your Son’s body, for love of us!
For love of us, God does not meet us in a building but in a person, your Son!
For love of us, your Son replaces theTemple sacrifices, as the only victim that can remove our sins!
Your Son came to Simeon and Anna, symbols of Adam and Eve awaiting salvation, to show us He wants to save everyone, such is His love for us!
Your son came to two elderly people as a child to show that He wants to make us young again, such is His love for us!
God inspired Anna to prophesize about your Son for love of us!
God inspired Simeon to herald your Son as our salvation for love of us!
God inspired Simeon to announce your Son to be a, “light for the Gentiles,” for love of us!
God inspired Simeon to speak of your Son as our peace for love of us!
When the temple of your Son's body was destroyed, God raised it up so He would always be with us, such is His love for us!
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death! Amen.
And so . . .
The Finding in the Temple
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you! Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus!
Your Son wanted to begin His mission as soon as possible for love for us!
Your Son wanted to begin His mission at Passover because He came to set us free, such is His love for us!
Your Son showed His remarkable understanding of God for love of us!
Your Son began to offer answers to those searching for love of us!
Your Son revealed Himself as God’s Son for love of us!
Your Son wanted to attend to His Father’s business for love of us!
Your Son told us where we are to find Him for love of us!
Your Son showed His obedience to the Father’s will for love of us!
You were inspired by God Mary to model how we should approach Jesus when we do not understand what He does in our lives for love of us!
Your Son's missing for three days at Passover foreshadowed His disappearance in death for three days for love of us!
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death! Amen.