Seven Joys of the Virgin

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This article is about the popular devotion to the Virgin Mary. For the carol with the title The Seven Joys of Mary, see The Seven Joys of Mary (carol).
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The Seven Joys of the Virgin (or of

Mary, the Mother of Jesus) is a popular devotion to events of the life of the Virgin Mary,[1] arising from a trope
of medieval devotional literature and art.

The Seven Joys were frequently depicted in medieval devotional literature and art. The seven joys are usually listed as:

  1. The Annunciation
  2. The Nativity of Jesus
  3. The Adoration of the Magi
  4. The Resurrection of Christ
  5. The Ascension of Christ to Heaven
  6. The Pentecost or Descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and Mary
  7. The Coronation of the Virgin in Heaven [1][2]

Alternative choices were made and might include the

Visitation and the Finding in the Temple, as in the Seven Joyful Mysteries of the Life of the Ever-Blessed Virgin from St. Vincent's Manual, or the Franciscan Crown form of Rosary
, which uses the Seven Joys, but omits the Ascension and Pentecost. Depiction in art of the
Sorrows of the Virgin; both sets influenced the selection of scenes in depictions of the Life of the Virgin
.

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Originally, there were five joys of the Virgin.

Our Lady"), a popular litany
.

The Seven Joys of Our Blessed Lady in Heaven

According to Pelbartus Ladislaus of Temesvár, St. Thomas, while he was reciting his daily 'Hail Mary's in memory of the principal joys of Mary, was "favored with an apparition of the Queen of Heaven." She encouraged him to add seven more 'Hail Mary's in honor of "the seven signal joys she possesses in heaven, and to instill the same devotion into the minds of others."[5]

This devotion of the Seven Joys of Our Blessed Lady in Heaven recounts the glories Mary was honored with in heaven after her dormition.

See also

References

  1. ^
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  2. ISBN 0-85331-270-2
  3. ^ George Coffin Taylor, "Relations of Lyric and Drama in Mediaeval England," Modern -Philology, January 1907, p. 6
  4. ISBN 0-7100-8695-4
  5. ^ Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. (1856). "The Seven Joys of Our Blessed Lady in Heaven" . St. Vincent's Manual. John Murphy & Co.
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