The first Joyful Mystery of the Rosary: a musical meditation
(Vatican Radio) The words 'Ave Maria, gratia plena', take us straight
to the heart of the first Joyful Mystery of the Rosary, the Annunciation.
Monsignor
Philip Whitmore brings us a musical meditation focusing on this Mystery. Among the
settings he's chosen is one by the living English composer John Tavener: "...The music
has a prayerful quality that's hard to describe, but you can tell it's the fruit of
profound meditation on the part of the composer... for me the most sublime passage
of all is when we hear the Angel sing: Blessed art thou among women. Blessed indeed."