(Luke 1:26-38)
In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin's name was Mary.  And coming to her, he [Gabriel] said, "Hail, favored one! The Lord is with you."  But she was greatly troubled at what was said and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. Then the angel said to her,

But Mary said to the angel, 

And the angel said to her in reply,

Then the angel departed from her.

(Luke 1:39-45)
During those days Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.  When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said,

"Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb." And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?  For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy.  Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled."

And Mary said:

And Mary abode with her about three months; and she returned to her own house.

(Luke 2:6-14)
While they were there, [Bethlehem] the time came for her to have her child, and she gave birth to her firstborn son.  She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the Inn.

Now, there were shepherds in that region living in the fields and keeping the night watch over their flock.  The angel of the Lord appeared to them and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were struck with great fear.  The angel said to them, 

      "Do not be afraid; for behold, I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.  For today in the city of David a savior has been born for you who is Messiah and Lord.  And this will be a sign for you: you will find an infant wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger."

And suddenly there was a multitude of the heavenly host with the angel, praising God and saying:

(Luke 2:15-20)
When the angels went away from them to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us go, then, to Bethlehem to see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us."  So they went in haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger.  when they saw this, they made known the message that had been told them about this child.  All who heard it were amazed by what had been told them by the shepherds.  And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart.  Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, just as it had been told to them.

Then Herod called the magi secretly and ascertained from them the time of the star's appearance.  He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and search diligently for the child.  When you have found him, bring me word, that I too may go and do him homage."  After their audience with the king they set out.  And behold, the star that they had seen at its rising preceded them, until it came and stopped over the place where the child was.  They were overjoyed at seeing the star, and on entering the house they saw the child with Mary his mother.  They prostrated themselves and did him homage.  Then they opened their treasures and offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.  And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed for their country by another way.

(Luke 2: 22-24)
When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, they took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, just as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the Lord," and to offer the sacrifice of "a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons," in accordance with the dictate in the law of the Lord.

(Luke 2: 25-35)
Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon.  This man was righteous and devout, awaiting the consolation of Israel, and the holy Spirit was upon him.  It had been revealed to him by the holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Messiah of the Lord.  He came in the Spirit into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to perform the custom of the law in regard to him, he took him into his arms and blessed God, saying:

And his father and mother were wondering at those things which were spoken concerning him. And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother:

(Luke 2:41-52)
Each year his parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover, and when he was twelve years old, they went up according to festival custom.  After they had completed its days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it.  Thinking that he was in the caravan, they journeyed for a day and looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances, but not finding him, they returned to Jerusalem to look for him.  After three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions, and all who heard him were astounded at his understanding and his answers.  When his parents saw him, they were astonished, and his mother said to him,

"Son, why have you done this to us?  Your father and I have been looking for you with great anxiety."

And he said to them,

"Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?"

But they did not understand what he said to them.  He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them; and his mother kept all these things in her heart.  And Jesus advanced [in] wisdom and age and favor before God and man.

(Mark 14:33)
He took with him Peter, James, and John, and began to be troubled and distressed.
Then He said to them,

(Luke 22:53)
Then going out he went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him.  When he arrived at the place he said to them, "Pray that you may not undergo the test."  After withdrawing about a stone's throw from them and kneeling, he prayed, saying,

And to strengthen him an angel from heaven appeared to him. He was in such agony and he prayed so fervently that his sweat became like drops of blood falling on the ground.  When he rose from prayer and returned to his disciples, he found them sleeping from grief.  He said to them,

While he was still speaking, a crowd approached and in front was one of the Twelve, a man named Judas.  He went up to Jesus to kiss him.  Jesus said to him, "Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?"  His disciples realized what was about to happen, and they asked, "Lord, shall we strike with a sword?"  And one of them struck the high priest's servant and cut off his right ear.  But Jesus said in reply, "Stop, no more of this!"  Then he touched the servant's ear and healed him.  And Jesus said to the chief priests and temple guards and elders who had come for him, "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?  Day after day I was with you in the temple area, and you did not seize me; but this is your hour, the time for the power of darkness."

Luke 23:7
...and upon learning that he was under Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod who was in Jerusalem at that time.

Luke 23:10
The chief priests and scribes, meanwhile, stood by accusing him harshly. [Even] Herod and his soldiers treated him contemptuously and mocked him, and after clothing him in resplendent garb, he sent him back to Pilate.  Herod and Pilate became friends that very day, even though they had been enemies formerly.

Luke 23:14-16
..."You brought this man to me and accused him of inciting the people to revolt.  I have conducted my investigation in your presence and have not found this man guilty of the charges you have brought against him, nor did Herod, for he sent him back to us.  So no capital crime has been committed by him.  Therefore I shall have him flogged and then release him."

But all together they shouted out, "Away with this man!  Release Barabbas to us."
(Now Barabbas had been imprisoned for a rebellion that had taken place in the city
and for murder.")

(Matthew 27:20)
The chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas but to destroy Jesus.  The governor said to them in reply, "Which of the two do you want me to release to you?"  They answered, "Barabbas!"  Pilate said to them, "Then what shall I do with Jesus called Messiah?"  They all said, "Let him be crucified!"  But he said, "Why?  What evil has he done?"  They only shouted the louder, "Let him be crucified!"  When Pilate saw that he was not succeeding at all, but that a riot was breaking out instead, he took water and washed his hands in the sight of the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this man's blood, Look to it yourselves."  And the whole people said in reply, "His blood be upon us and upon our children."  Then he released Barabbas to them, but after he had Jesus scourged, he handed him over to be crucified.

(Matthew 27:27)
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus inside the praetorium and gathered the whole cohort around him.  They stripped off his clothes and threw a scarlet military cloak about him.  Weaving a crown out of thorns, they placed it on his head, and a reed in his right hand.  And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, "Hail King of the Jews!"  They spat upon him and took the reed and kept striking him on the head.  And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the cloak, dressed him in his own clothes, and led him off to crucify him.

(John 19:17)
So they took Jesus, and carrying the cross himself he went out to what is called the Place of the Skull, in Hebrew, Golgotha.

(Luke 23:26-31)
As they led him away they took hold of a certain Simon, a Cyrenian, who was coming in from the country; and after laying the cross on him, they made him carry it behind Jesus.  A large crowd of people followed Jesus, including many women who mourned and lamented him.  Jesus turned to them and said,

"Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep instead for yourselves and for your children, for indeed, the days are coming when people will say, 'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed,' At that time people will say to the mountains, 'Fall upon us!' and to the hills, 'Cover us!' for if these things are done when the wood is green what will happen when it is dry?"

(Luke 23:33-34)
When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him and the criminals there, one on his right, the other on his left. [Then Jesus said, 

They divided his garments by casting lots. 

(John 19:24)
So they said to one another, "Let's not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it will be," in order that the passage of scripture might be fulfilled [that says]:

This is what the soldiers did.

(Luke 23:35)
The people stood by and watched; the rulers, meanwhile, sneered at him and said,

Even the soldiers jeered at him.

(Luke 23:38)
Above him there was an inscription that read,

(Luke 23:39)
Now one of the criminals hanging there reviled Jesus, saying,

The other, however, rebuking him, said in reply,

Then he said, 

He replied to him,

(Luke 23:44)
It was now about noon and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon because of an eclipse of the sun.

(John 19:25,27)
Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved, he said to his mother,

And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.

(John 19:25-30)
Afterwards, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, said:

Jesus therefore, when he had taken the vinegar, said: It is consummated.  And bowing his head, he gave up the ghost.

(Mt 27:50-54)
...And behold, the veil of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom.  The earth quaked, rocks were split, tombs were opened, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised.  And coming forth from their tombs after his resurrection, they entered the holy city and appeared to many.  The centurion and the men with him who were keeping watch over Jesus feared greatly when they saw the earthquake and all that was happening, and they said,

(John 19:33,34)
But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs, but one soldier thrust his lance into his side, and immediately blood and water flowed out.

(John 19:36,37)
For this happened so that the scripture passage might be fulfilled:

(John 19:37)
And again another passage says:

(Luke 24:1-12)
      But at daybreak on the first day of the week they took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb.  They found the stone rolled away from the tomb; but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.  While they were puzzling over this, behold, two men in dazzling garments appeared to them.  They were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground.  They said to them,

"Why do you seek the living one among the dead? He is not here, but he has been raised.  Remember what he said to you while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinners and be crucified, and rise on the third day."

And they returned from the tomb and announced all these things to the eleven and to all the others.  The women were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James; the others who accompanied them also told this to the apostles, but their story seemed like nonsense and they did not believe them.  But Peter got up and ran to the tomb, bent down, and saw the burial cloths alone; then he went home amazed at what had happened.

(John, 20:19-23)
     On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them,

"Peace be with you."

When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side.  The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. [Jesus] said to them again,

"Peace be with you.  As the Father has sent me, so I send you." And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the holy Spirit.  Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained."

(Luke 24:44-53)
He said to them,

"These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and in the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled."

Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures.  And he said to them,

"Thus it is written that the Messiah would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day and that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins, would be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things.  And [behold] I am sending the promise of my Father upon you; but stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high."

Then he led them [out] as far as Bethany, raised his hands, and blessed them.  As he blessed them he departed from them and was taken up to heaven.  They did him homage and then returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and they were continually in the temple praising God.

(Acts 2:1-4)
When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together.  And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest on each one of them.  And they were all filled with the holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim.

2.  Those who shall persevere in the recitation of my Rosary will receive some single grace.

3.  The Rosary will be a very powerful armor against hell; it will destroy vice, deliver from sin and dispel heresy.

4.  The Rosary will make virtue and good works flourish, and will obtain for souls the most abundant Divine mercies; it will substitute in hearts love of God for love of the world and elevate them to desire heavenly and eternal goods. Oh, that souls would sanctify themselves by this means!

5.  Those who trust themselves to me through the Rosary will not perish.

6.  Those who shall recite my Rosary piously, considering its mysteries, will not die a bad death.

7.  Those truly devoted to my Rosary shall not die without the consolations of the Church or without grace.

8.  Those who shall recite my Rosary will find during their life and at their death the light of God, the fulness of His grace and will share in the merits of the blessed.

9.  I will deliver very promptly from purgatory the souls devoted to my Rosary.

10.  The true children of my Rosary will enjoy great glory in heaven.

11.  What you shall ask through my Rosary you shall obtain.

12. Those who propagate my Rosary will obtain through me aid in all their necessities.

13.  I have obtained from my Son that all the members of The Rosary Confraternity shall have for their intercessors in life and death the saints of heaven.

14.  Those who recite my Rosary faithfully are all my beloved children, the brothers and sisters of Jesus Christ.

15.  Devotion to my Rosary is a special sign of predestination.

V. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray:      O God, Whose only Begotten Son, by His life, death, and resurrection, has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life. Grant, we beseech thee, that meditating upon these mysteries of the Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may imitate what they contain, and obtain to what they promise, through same Christ Our Lord.  Amen'

I have come to warn the faithful to amend their lives
and to ask pardon for their sins. They must not offend Our Lord any more, for He is already too grievously offended by the sins of men. People must say the Rosary. Let them continue saying it every day.�

~ Our Lady of Fatima

~ St. Jean Vianney, The Cure' of Ars (1786-1859)

~ St. Paul of the Cross, Spiritual Director, priest and founder of the Passionist Order (1694-1775)