[old and tired]

The Rosary is an optional prayer for Catholics. If you prefer not to say the luminous mysteries, then by all means, don't pray them. I have met with many an old person who could no longer say the sorrowful mysteries - they simply made them too sad. Why do you have such a chip on your shoulder about the luminous mysteries?

Please don't give me a history lesson on the Rosary and the number of decades. We all can read in this country, and I'm sure you would agree that the Rosary is no longer just a poor man's prayer. As far as I can tell, you simply don't like any change, ever.

I found the pope's address scary, really. I'm an old man but I fear for the world my children and grandchildren will live in.

[Pio]

With the Eucharist should come repentance. Before the Eucharist should come confession...the forgotten sacrament. I'm applying this to myself first and formost. We should all do likewise.

After the Eucharist needs to come adoration. I'm gonna investigate doing a holy hour at a local parish that thankfully has Perpetual Adoration.

The Rosary is a great weapon against evil so every Catholic especially needs to enlist in this spiritual warfare.

Let's start by praying for the defeat of John Kerry, the prototypical Vatican II candidate: divorced, nuanced, contradictory, vague, ecumenical, doctrine-free, ambiguous, contra-traditional.

[sevry]

I'm sure you would agree that the Rosary is no longer just a poor man's prayer.

Not every Catholic has historically been below the poverty line. Again, you can't fool God. The Marian Psalter is called that for a reason. If one wishes to rebel against that, don't take God's Name in vain to do so. Understand the rebellion, and take responsibility. Don't think to say that - simply don't like any change - is somehow persuasive. Clinton talked about change. And he meant a change for the worse. And in the context of RVM, change can be holy - or unholy.