Joyful Mysteries		Sorrowful Mysteries		Glorious Mysteries
The Annunciation		The Agony in the Garden		The Resurrection
Mary is troubled by the angel's greeting, yet		Let us pray for mothers and fathers who are in		Christ is Risen!  By his resurrection, He has
rejoices to do God's will.  Let us pray that		agony because they are tempted to abort a child.		destroyed the power of death, and therefore the
those who are troubled by their pregnancy		May they be given the good news that there are		power of abortion.  The outcome of the battle for
may have the grace to trust in God's will.		alternatives, and may they make use of the help		Life has already been decided: Life is victorious!
		that is available.		Let us pray that all prolifers will spread this news
The Visitation				to very segment of our society.
John the Baptist leapt for joy in his mother's		The Scourging
womb.  We pray that people may realize		As Christ's flesh was torn by the instruments of		The Ascension
that abortion is not about children who		those who scourged him, so the bodies of babies		By ascending to the Father's throne, Christ takes
"might" come into the world, but is about		in the womb are torn by the instruments of the		our human nature, given to us in the womb, to the
children who are already in the world,		abortionists.  Let us pray that abortionists repent of		heights of heaven.  He shows that human beings
living and growing in the womb, and are		these acts of child-killing.		are made to be raised to heaven, not thrown in the
scheduled to be killed.				garbage. Let us pray that the world may learn this
		The Crowning with Thorns		truth and reject abortion.
The Nativity		Jesus suffered the pain of thorns in his head, and did
God was born as a child.  The greatness of		so silently.  We pray for the mothers and fathers of		The Descent of the Holy Spirit
a person does not depend on size, for the		aborted children.  So many of them suffer deep grief		The Holy Spirit is the Advocate who pleads our
newborn King was very small.  Let us pray		and regret over a choice they can never reverse.  So		cause, for we cannot save ourselves.  We pray
for an end to prejudice against the tiny		many suffer in silence, because others tell them it's		that we may become advocates for the babies
babies threatened by abortion.		no big deal.		who cannot speak or write or vote or protest or
				even pray.
The Presentation		The Carrying of the Cross
The Child is presented in the Temple be-		Jesus was not condemned by the power of wicked		The Assumption
cause the Child belongs to God.  Children		people.  He was condemned because of the silence		The Blessed Virgin Mary was taken body and
are not the property of their parents, nor of		of good people.  Silence always helps the oppressor,		soul into heaven.  Mother and Child are united.
the government.  They-and we-belong to		never the victim.  Let us pray that we may never be		The Assumption reminds us that they belong
God.		silent about abortion, but rather speak up clearly to		together.  We pray that society will see that we
		save babies from death.		cannot love women while killing their children, and
Finding Jesus in the Temple				cannot save children without helping their mothers.
The boy Jesus was filled with wisdom.  Let		The Crucifixion		"Why can't we love them both?"
us pray that all people may see the wisdom		As we ponder the death of Christ, let us remember
of his teachings about the dignity of life, and		the many women who have died from so-called "safe,		The Coronation
may understand that his teaching is not an		legal" abortions.  Let us ask forgiveness and mercy		Mary is the Queen of the Universe.  As a creature
an opinion, but the truth.		for them.  May their memory save other women from		she is second only to Jesus.  The Church defends
		making this tragic mistake.		the dignity of women.  We pray that people will
				learn that to be pro-life means to be pro-woman,
				and to be pro-woman demands that we are pro-life.