Prayer Garden

The Joyful Mysteries

  1. The Annunciation
  2. The Visitation
  3. The Nativity of Our Divine Lord
  4. The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple
  5. The Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple

The Sorrowful Mysteries

  1. The Agony of the Garden
  2. The Scourging at the Pillar
  3. The Crowning with Thorns
  4. The Carrying of the Cross
  5. The Crucifixion and Death of Our Lord

The Glorious Mysteries

  1. The Resurrection
  2. The Ascension of Christ into Heaven
  3. The Descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles
  4. The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven
  5. The Coronation of the Blessed Virgin in Heaven

The New Mysteries of Light

  1. The Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan
  2. The Miracle at the Wedding Feast of Cana
  3. The Announcement of the Kingdom
  4. The Transfiguration
  5. The Institution of the Eucharist

Whatever He Tells You." Jn. 2:5

In the new "mysteries of light" the presence of Mary remains in the background. Yet the role she assumed at the miracle of the wedding feast of Cana relates to the original revelation made directly by our Heavenly Father at Jesus' baptism in the Jordan, "Do whatever He tells you." (Jn. 2:5) These same words placed upon Mary's lips at Cana become the great maternal counsel which Mary addresses to the church of every age: "Do whatever He tells you."

Each and every time you visit Mary's Prayer Garden and Grotto she will speak these words to your heart and soul, "Do Whatever He tells you."

Oh, dear Blessed Mother Mary, give all of us a listening heart.

THE PLANTS AND FLOWERS OF THE PRAYER GARDEN

The Sorrowful Mysteries

  1. Blue Clips - Our Lady's Thimble
  2. Purple Gayfeather - Blazing Star
  3. Bleeding Heart - Mary's Heart
  4. Lungwort - Mary's Tears
  5. Lady Fern - Our Lady's (symbolizes torn tresses of her hair)
  6. Purple Dome Aster - Michaelmas Daisy
  7. Peony - Mary's Rose (Pentecost Rose)
  8. Caesar's Brother Iris - Mary's Sword of Sorrow
  9. Rock Cress - Ladies Cushion
  10. Blue Pincushion Flower - Our Lady's Pincushion
  11. Spiderwort - Our Lady's Tears
  12. Soapwort - Our Lady by the Gate
  13. Scarlet Meidland Rose - Emblem of Mary
  14. Washington Hawthorn - Crown of Thorns

The Glorious Mystery

  1. Golden Chrysanthemum - Mary's Gold
  2. J.P. Connell Rose - Emblem of Mary
  3. Indian Grass - Our Lady's Braids

The Joyful Mysteries

  1. Solomon's Seal - Our Lady's Seal/Our Lady's Lockets
  2. Burning Bush - Unconsumed
  3. White Meidland Rose - Emblem of the Virgin

Other Plant Symbolism

  1. Lady's Mantle - Our Lady's Mantle (rain on leaves symbolize Sorrowful Mystery and flower color symbolizes Glorious Mystery)
  2. Ice Carnival Daylily - Assumption (Color symbolizes Joyful Mystery & Flower symbolizes Glorious Mystery) St. Joseph's Lily
  3. Tulips - Mary's Prayers
  4. Alyssum - Mary's Flowers
  5. Geranium - Gentle Virgin

The paved garden path tells the story of the people who helped in some way to make the prayer garden possible, either by donation of their time in helping to construct the garden, the digging and planting of the flowers, bushes and shrubs, by using their talent in designing the garden, building the cedar bower and the bench or in donating the funds for the materials used to build the prayer garden and for the continual upkeep.

Built on October 18, 2002

Located at:

St. John Nepomucene Parish
321 South Pine Street
Little Chute, WI 54140