Luminous Mysteries - Catholic News Agency1. BAPTISM OF OUR LORD Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him . . . and lo, a voice from heaven, saying, "This is my ...

Thinking about these cardinal mysteries has renewed my experience of the Rosary when I needed that revival most.

Twenty years ago, St. John Paul II published “Rosarium Virginis Mariae,” adding five Luminous Mysteries to the traditional 15 meditated on in the rosary.

The luminous mysteries show Jesus’ light in the world. Jesus is fully human and fully divine, and the mysteries we contemplate seem to give full recognition to each, through stories of Jesus ...