St. Alphonsus de Liguori, the saintly founder of the Redemptorist Congregation, is famed for his romantic and beautiful descriptions of the lives of Our Lord and His Holy Mother. Drawing from the Fathers, the Mystics and from his own wealth of piety, St. Alphonsus famously wrote in a manner designed to cut straight to the heart, and to provoke a response of deeper conversion and contrition in the soul of the reader.

In this work, for the first time, the collected meditations of this great saint have been attached to the individual mysteries of the Holy Rosary, indeed, to the individual beads of each mystery of the Holy Rosary. In this treasure trove of contemplative material, you will find hundreds of carefully selected passages to aid you and your family in the devout recitation of Our Lady's Holy Rosary.

The book covers both the 15 Traditional Mysteries of the Rosary as well as the Mysteries of Light. An additional set of mysteries, the Hopeful Mysteries, is also included, as a means of contemplating the events in the life of Our Lady prior to the Annunciation and her prophetic foreshadowing.

Introduction

The Joyful Mysteries

The First Joyful Mystery

The Annunciation

The Second Joyful Mystery

The Visitation

The Third Joyful Mystery

The Nativity of Jesus Christ

The Fourth Joyful Mystery

The Purification of Mary and the Presentation of the Infant Christ in the Temple

The Fifth Joyful Mystery

The Finding of the Boy Jesus in the Temple

The Sorrowful Mysteries

The First Sorrowful Mystery

The Agony in the Garden

The Second Sorrowful Mystery

The Scourging at the Pillar

The Third Sorrowful Mystery

The Crowning with Thorns

The Fourth Sorrowful Mystery

The Carrying of the Cross

The Fifth Sorrowful Mystery

The Crucifixion of Our Lord

The Glorious Mysteries

The First Glorious Mystery

The Resurrection

The Second Glorious Mystery

The Ascension

The Third Glorious Mystery

The Descent of the Holy Spirit

The Fourth Glorious Mystery

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin

The Fifth Glorious Mystery

The Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Glory of all the Angels and Saints

The Mysteries of Light

The First Mystery of Light

The Baptism of Our Lord in the River Jordan

The Second Mystery of Light

The Miracle at the Wedding Feast of Cana

The Third Mystery of Light

The Proclamation of the Kingdom and the Call to Conversion

The Fourth Mystery of Light

The Transfiguration of the Lord on Mount Tabor

The Fifth Mystery of Light

The Institution of the Holy Eucharist

The Hopeful Mysteries

The First Hopeful Mystery

The Creation of all things in Christ

The Second Hopeful Mystery

The Promise of the Redeemer and Co-Redemptrix

The Third Hopeful Mystery

The Birth of the Immaculate Virgin Mary to Sts. Joachim and Ann

The Fourth Hopeful Mystery

The Presentation of Mary in the Temple as a Girl

The Fifth Hopeful Mystery

The Chaste Espousals of Mary and Joseph