The
recitation of the Rosary is traditionally
dedicated to one of three sets of "Mysteries" to
be said in sequence, one per night:
the Joyful (sometimes Joyous) Mysteries;
the Sorrowful Mysteries; and the
Glorious Mysteries. Each of these
three sets of Mysteries has within
it five different themes to be meditated
on, one for each decade of ten Hail
Marys. Pope John Paul II, in his
apostolic letter Rosarium Virginis
Mariae (October 2002), recommended
an additional set called the Luminous
Mysteries (or the "Mysteries
of Light") included above.
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