| Term | Definition |
| First Joyful Mystery | The Annunciation (Angel Gabriel tells Mary she is to be the mother of a baby boy named Jesus |
| Second Joyful Mystery | The Visitation(Mary visits Elizabeth who is to be the mother of John the baptist) |
| Third Joyful Mystery | The Nativity(Jesus is born in a stable) |
| Fourth Joyful Mystery | The Presentation (Mary and Joseph take Jesus to the temple of Jerusalem to be presented to his heavenly Father) |
| Fifth Joyful Mystery | The finding in the temple (Jesus is lost. After 3 days of looking, he is in the temple teaching some loarned men) |