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Gertrud Inabinet
The Rosary is made up of twenty "mysteries" (significant events or moments in the life of Jesus and Mary), which, following the Apostolic Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae, are grouped into four series.
The first contains joyful mysteries (recited on Mondays and Saturdays); the second, the mysteries of light (Thursdays); the third, the sorrowful mysteries (Tuesdays and Fridays); and the fourth, the glorious mysteries (Wednesdays and Sundays).
The purpose of the Rosary is to help keep in memory certain principal events in the history of our salvation. There are twenty mysteries reflected upon in the Rosary, and these are divided into the five Joyful Mysteries (said on Monday and Saturday), the five Luminous Mysteries (said on Thursday), the five Sorrowful Mysteries (said on Tuesday and Friday), and the five Glorious Mysteries (said on Wednesday and Sunday). As an exception, the Joyful Mysteries may be said on Sundays during Advent and Christmas, while the Sorrowful Mysteries may be said on the Sundays of Lent.
I would like to ask permission to use these meditations for our staff rosary on September 14th. If everyone who is invited shows up there will be about 60 people who will hear these meditations. Please let me know if this would be permissible. Thanks.
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O God! Whose only-begotten Son, by His life, death, and resurrection, has purchased for us the reward of eternal life; grant, we ask You, that, meditating upon these mysteries of the Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Let us recall that we ought not get ahead of the Church or go in different directions without remembering the communal nature of the rosary. Nevertheless, it is worth discussing. For if the five luminous mysteries could be added, perhaps others as well. And the Gospel on a string grows just a bit more.
When I say this on a rosary, I use 9 Memorares instead of the last 9 Hail Marys on each decade in honor of the 9 Memorares the Missionaries of Charity said in Rome to end the rain before an appearance of the Holy Father. My intention is for an increase in the number of Confessions.
I like this idea very much. So, I will ponder what other sets of mysteries might fill out those that we have already. I like your set about healing. I would definitely include the woman with the hemorrhage because it happens to be one of my favorites.
But as for the official set of mysteries, I for myself like to have things done as I know my grandmothers did them, and their grandmothers did before them. I echo what others have said, not many pray the luminous mysteries.
That said, the actual prayers remain the same regardless. Merely the meditation is a bit different. But in the prayers themselves one does still pray with the entirety of the faithful of the Church. (Even praying a joyful rosary on a glorious day is still praying with the Church since, being eternal, I would doubt the Church Triumphant is constricted to the weekly calendar.)
As to the variations to the Rosary, I pray the Fatima prayer with my daily rosary, but I do so (exclusively) because I believe in the Fatima apparitions. Between individual preferences and the Blessed Virgin my choice is, and always will be, to follow the latter.
Then of course, there is no obligation to individually pray those set of mysteries, and everyone can do how he or she pleases. But I see no reason to change the harmony, beauty and tradition of what was done in the past. I actually think that *to do things as they were done in the past has a special value*, particularly in these troubled times.
Having said all this, and noting the holiness of Bl JPII and the Maltese priest, I nevertheless question the wisdom of adding extra mysteries. As previous Popes explained, the traditional Rosary has a deep structure of transformation in its three-fold stages of Joy, Sorrow, and Glory.
I like these very much. Perhaps another set of mysteries could be found under the rubic of Mercy/Forgiveness. Personally, I find the command to forgive as the Lord forgives to be very challenging. On the other hand, most of the existing mysteries are profound enough to accomodate meditations on Mercy, Healing, and Divinity. Maybe, we should deepen our meditations on the mysteries as they are first? Thanks Monsignor. I always enjoy coming to this site.
Not entirely sure understand your bottom line here. Are you saying that becasuse the rosary was a weapon against heresy in that time that we are free to adapt it in our own time (under the direction of the Bishops and Pope) or that we should use it exactly like it was then since it is a universal tool against heresy in its original form? (Thanks for your fraternal encouragement of FGA).
In terms of the rosary Catholics are free to like othe luminous mysteries or not. Why traditional Catholics reject them might go to fact that they like tradition and dislike or distrust innovation. Tere is no doubt we have been though difficult years of wreckless innovation in certain parishes. But that does not make every innoation wrong. Hence, though conservative oand traditional myself, i remain more open to new ideas than most of my conservative firends would wish. But i am a priest and want to be open to the wider Church and surely be reverently submijtted to my Archbishop and the Pope
Agreed Bender, in terms of your central point. However I would be a little more careful as a pastor before allowing my parishioners to start adding or tampering with the rosary in public meditation. The rosary is in a special category from my pastoral perspective since, though a private devotion is publicly recited so often. Hence, with this caution I agree with your insight.
One great version of the Rosary is to say the Seven-Decade Franciscan Rosary. I love the mystery of the Magi, which is not a part of any other rosary prayers, but should be because of its powerful message. Here is a link that describes the wonderful history and instructions on the Franciscan Rosary:
The Monastery of Our Lady of the Cenacle have 5 mysteries of the epiphany which they use at Epiphanytide. They are the visit of the Magi, the Baptism of Jesus, the wedding at Cana, Jesus heals a leper and Jesus calms the sea.
out of all the suggestions, i liked your suggestion of the mysteries of the Holy Spirit. This will surely help us to meditate more on the presence of Holy Spirit within us (indwelling) and to be led by the Holy Spirit.
The Rosary consisting of the Joyous,the Sorrowful, and the Glorious mysteries ,a total of fifteen decades ,was given by the Virgin Mary herself and this implies ultimately God Himself as a means of salvation for souls. If three mysterious are sufficient for God why does man( and by whose authority) want to add more when praying even just three mysteries becomes a spiritual task bombarded with distraction of concentration to lessen the effectiveness and glory of a rosary well prayed.
How about a dignity of life mysteries? in todays world we are increasingly being outnumbered in our stand for dignity of life in terms of abortions, same-sex union, premarital sex, euthanasia etc. It wil help us to strengthen our faith by meditating Jesus teaching on these issues and also as a prayer for the whole world to understand the truth.
i admit am not competent enough to frame these in a proper order but am sure we can find enough instance from bible to highlight the most pressing issues like abortion (life starts at conception), same-sex union (union only between one man and one woman), premarital sex/cohabitation (sex only inside marriage), euthanasia (only God can create and end life) and chastity (in reference to pornography/adultery/celibacy/fidelity etc)
a fifth set of mysteries would be more balanced. I think it should replace the Saturday Joyful Mysteries leaving the only Mysteries said twice during the week the Sorrowful and Glorious. Taking this even furtherer, the 2nd Luminous Mystery The Miracle at the wedding feast of Cana could be moved to the Miraculous Mysteries and replaced with Jesus is tempted in the wilderness. Ok, someone contact the Vatican:-)
In the later Middle Ages, Christian worshippers began to use strings of beads, known as rosaries, to help them count off prayers in a set number and sequence. While praying, they meditated upon a series of events in the lives of Christ and the Virgin Mary known as the "fifteen mysteries." This altarpiece depicts the mysteries as separate scenes, arrayed like rosary beads across the top three registers of the altarpiece. The larger image at the bottom shows the Virgin and Christ Child adorned with a garland of red and white roses in the form of an enormous rosary. The background landscape portrays the Coudenberg Palace in Brussels, suggesting that the picture was commissioned by a member of the Habsburg court.
But I take comfort in this: talking to my friend Tom, an older gentleman, who shared, with no embarrassment, it took him years to learn the prayers of the Rosary. He told the Blessed Mother that if she wanted him to pray the Rosary, she needed to teach him the Mysteries. What happened? He received the necessary graces and now has the mysteries, including what days to pray which set of mysteries, down pat.
True Enlightenment - the Deeper Meaning of the New Mysteries
The word "Enlightenment" designates a period in history. It stands for modernity, and modernity supports liberation and freedom. The new mysteries of the Rosary, called "Mysteries of Light," are a message of enlightenment in their own right. They are called "mysteries of light" because they shed light on who Jesus Christ is. He is a light figure. He brings light into the world. He understands his public ministry, indeed his whole person and life, as a mission of light: "While I am in the world, I am the light of the world." (John 9:5) Being the light of the world, Jesus is our true liberator.