Pope john paul ii luminous mysteries2/14/2024 ![]() The Pope has always promoted the use of other Mysteries in praying the Psalter of the Mother of God and I've seen varied meditations for seven days and for thirty days. The Luminous Mysteries (that would logically follow the Joyful Mysteries if one were doing them all together) provide a great and deep link between the two. ![]() Initially, the fifth Joyful Mystery of Christ teaching in the Temple was a way to link up with Christ's later preaching before the Agony in the Garden. The old Rosary confraternities used the basic "One Our Father and ten Hail Mary's" as a devotional unit to honour many mysteries such as 12 decades for the 12 Apostles, nine decades for the nine choirs of Angels, 14 or 15 decades for the Stations of the Cross (if you add the Resurrection at the end which the Byzantine Way of the Cross does. I take it these mysteries have been part of his personal devotions for some time. The Pope himself regularly prays 25 decades of the Rosary daily. Yes, of course, this is only news for those who practice the Latin Rosary and only peripherally for those who do the Byzantine Rosary. The Rosary is composed of five joyful mysteries (which are recited on Mondays and Thursdays), five sorrowful mysteries (recited on Tuesdays and Saturdays), and five glorious mysteries (Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays.) The five new mysteries would reportedly be used on Saturdays. Bernard, later by the Dominican order, and still later by St. The Rosary is a traditional Marian devotion, popularized at first by St. They will be: the Baptism in the Jordan, the temptation in the desert, the proclamation of the Kingdom, the Transfigurations, and the entry into Jerusalem. The five new mysteries, the "luminous mysteries," will focus on the public life of Jesus Christ, Vatican sources say. Leaks from the Vatican, in anticipation of the document's release, suggest that the Pope will introduce five new mysteries to the Rosary. ![]() VATICAN, Oct 14, 02 () - Pope John Paul II will release an apostolic letter on devotion to the Virgin Mary on October 16- the anniversary of his election to the pontificate- according to informed Vatican sources. The article is short so I copied the whole thing along with the link: I know this has direct bearing only on our Latin brothers (and those of us who choose to privately pray the rosary) but I thought it may be of interest to some here.Īny thoughts? For instance, I think it's beautiful that one of the new meditations will be on the Theophany.
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