7 Joys of Mary as recorded in New Testament Holy Scripture texts.

Marys’ Seven Joys! “My soul magnifies the Lord”
1.) Annunciation. Luke 1:26-33
2.) Visitation. Luke 1:39-56
3.) Nativity. Matthew 1:18-25
4.) Epiphany. Matthew 2:1-12
5.) Presentation of Jesus. Luke 2:22-24
6.) Finding of Jesus in the Temple. Luke 2:41-52
7.) Assumption into Heaven. Psalm 132:8
“Arise, O Lord, into your resting place: You and the Ark, which you have sanctified.” (Psalm 132:8). Mary is the New Ark of the Covenant. The sanctified ark being brought to the Lord’s resting place can be seen as a foreshadowing of Mary’s assumption. Manuscripts as far back as the 2nd century document the early Church’s belief in the Assumption. It was celebrated in liturgy in the 5th century Palestine, 6th in Gaul, 7th universally in the East, and 8th century in the West. There was no debate about the teaching, as it was long established and universally believed. Many of the Protestant reformers, including Martin Luther, believed in the Assumption. It is now a divinely revealed dogma: The Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory. “So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the Traditions which you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by letter.” (2 Thessalonians 2:15).
971 "All generations will call me blessed": "The Church's devotion to the Blessed Virgin is intrinsic to Christian worship."515 The Church rightly honors "the Blessed Virgin with special devotion. From the most ancient times the Blessed Virgin has been honored with the title of 'Mother of God,' to whose protection the faithful fly in all their dangers and needs. . . . This very special devotion . . . differs essentially from the adoration which is given to the incarnate Word and equally to the Father and the Holy Spirit, and greatly fosters this adoration."516 The liturgical feasts dedicated to the Mother of God and Marian prayer, such as the rosary, an "epitome of the whole Gospel," express this devotion to the Virgin Mary.517
III. MARY - ESCHATOLOGICAL ICON OF THE CHURCH
972 After speaking of the Church, her origin, mission, and destiny, we can find no better way to conclude than by looking to Mary. In her we contemplate what the Church already is in her mystery on her own "pilgrimage of faith," and what she will be in the homeland at the end of her journey. There, "in the glory of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity," "in the communion of all the saints,"518 the Church is awaited by the one she venerates as Mother of her Lord and as her own mother. In the meantime the Mother of Jesus, in the glory which she possesses in body and soul in heaven, is the image and beginning of the Church as it is to be perfected in the world to come. Likewise she shines forth on earth until the day of the Lord shall come, a sign of certain hope and comfort to the pilgrim People of God.519 967 By her complete adherence to the Father's will, to his Son's redemptive work, and to every prompting of the Holy Spirit, the Virgin Mary is the Church's model of faith and charity. Thus she is a "preeminent and . . . wholly unique member of the Church"; indeed, she is the "exemplary realization" (typus)510 of the Church.
968 Her role in relation to the Church and to all humanity goes still further. "In a wholly singular way she cooperated by her obedience, faith, hope, and burning charity in the Savior's work of restoring supernatural life to souls. For this reason she is a mother to us in the order of grace."511
969 "This motherhood of Mary in the order of grace continues uninterruptedly from the consent which she loyally gave at the Annunciation and which she sustained without wavering beneath the cross, until the eternal fulfillment of all the elect. Taken up to heaven she did not lay aside this saving office but by her manifold intercession continues to bring us the gifts of eternal salvation . . . . Therefore the Blessed Virgin is invoked in the Church under the titles of Advocate, Helper, Benefactress, and Mediatrix."512
970 "Mary's function as mother of men in no way obscures or diminishes this unique mediation of Christ, but rather shows its power. But the Blessed Virgin's salutary influence on men . . . flows forth from the superabundance of the merits of Christ, rests on his mediation, depends entirely on it, and draws all its power from it."513 "No creature could ever be counted along with the Incarnate Word and Redeemer; but just as the priesthood of Christ is shared in various ways both by his ministers and the faithful, and as the one goodness of God is radiated in different ways among his creatures, so also the unique mediation of the Redeemer does not exclude but rather gives rise to a manifold cooperation which is but a sharing in this one source."514
“Proclaiming Truth in Catholic SONG” is my apostolate and evangelistic endeavor. ✠ IMPRIMATUR Sacred Songs, January 18, 2009, Most Rev. John C. Neinstedt, S.T.D. Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.