Fifth Joyful Mystery
The Finding in the Temple
Meditation
V. Let us contemplate in this mystery how the Blessed Virgin Mary, having lost, without any fault of hers, her beloved Son in Jerusalem, sought Him for the space of three days, and at length found Him in the temple, in the midst of the doctors, disputing with them, being of the age of twelve years.
Our Father
(On the large bead)V. Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name; Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
R. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Hail Mary
(On each the ten small beads)V. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus, whom thou didst find in the temple.
R. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now, and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Glory Be
(After the ten Hail Marys)V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
R. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Prayer
V. Let us pray. Most Blessed Virgin, more than martyr in thy sufferings, and yet the comfort of such as are afflicted, by that unspeakable joy, wherewith thy soul was ravished in finding thy beloved Son in the temple, in the midst of the doctors, disputing with them, obtain of Him for us so to seek and to find Him in the Holy Catholic Church that we may never be separated from Him.
R. Amen.