Posted on 01/31/2005 5:19:04 PM PST by Catholic54321
I thought the Church resently added a fourth Mystery for the Rosary.
Great post! The original rosary is 15 decades, the way Mary wanted it.
In October 2002, His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, recommended adding 5 more Mysteries to the Rosary to be prayed on Thursdays -- the "Luminous Mysteries" which focus on Jesus' public life. These Mysteries are:
The Baptism in the Jordan
The Marriage Feast at Cana
The Proclamation of the Kingdom
The Transfiguration
The Institution of the Eucharist
This novelty does not change the true Rosary and is merely presented as an option for Christians. This option, however, is one that totally disrupts the relationship between the Rosary and the Breviary's Psalms.
Hi Catholic54321. Thanks for all the posts you've been putting up lately.
Might I suggest that when you quote from another website, you put quote marks around it and give a link? That's from http://www.kensmen.com/catholic/lists.html , I believe.
Great article!
Me too, learn something new every day.
Now, because the word Rosary is in the title, the Anti-Catholic-trolls will be here any second.
Cover me, I have to put my girls to bed and say my prayers for my Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary on Wednesday. I can't come back so hold down the fort ;-)!
I meant his post #6: "This novelty does not change the true Rosary and is merely presented as an option for Christians. This option, however, is one that totally disrupts the relationship between the Rosary and the Breviary's Psalms."
That's not a very nice thing to say about the Luminous Mysteries :) He was quoting that from another site along with the list of them.
This one has Rosary in the title. They'll be here too!
I'm out of the hunt tonight. Godspeed my FRiend!
exactly, I left it off as I was posting to your other comment.
Here's a link to a discussion of the Orthodox use of repetitive prayer: http://www.unicorne.org/orthodoxy/articles/alex_roman/prayerrope.htm
"That's not a very nice thing to say about the Luminous Mysteries"
How judgmental of you!
Then again, is there anything "nice" to say about tampering with the Rosary? Annibale Bugnini tried to change the Rosary but Pope Paul IV stopped him, and sent him packing...
"I'd never heard of the Ancient Order of Hibernians before reading your article."
Really?!
When I was a kid, I had an uncle who flew the flag of the order over his cottage everyday in the summertime!
I like the "O my Jesus" prayer from Fatima. That's "tampering", I suppose, although it's heavenly tampering ;)
As for the Luminous Mysteries, the jury's still out, I guess... The normal mysteries were fine, if you ask me. But I don't run the Church.
Well, its a very exclusive organization. You're out on two counts!
Add this end of a prayer,called "Petition" to our Lady of Pompeii;Queen of the Holy Rosary!
O blessed Rosary of Mary, sweet chain which unites us to God, bond of love which connects us with the angels, tower of saftey against the assults of hell,sure harbor in the universal shipwreck,never more shall we part from thee;thou shalt be out comfort in the hour of agony;to thee the last kiss of our life.The last word of our dying lips shall be thy sweet name,O Queen of the Rosary of Valle di Pompeii,Mother dear, only refudge of sinners, supreme comforter of the afflicted, blessed be thy name now and ever on earth and in heaven AMEN
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