Differences in the rosary?

[Unique_name]

I know I’ve posted like three times today already but I’m on a roll so I hope you’ll bear with me.

I’ve decently developed a devotion to our Mother and saying the rosary. I’ve been doing a bit more reading into it tonight and discovered that there are different variations of doing the rosary. For example, the one I’ve been praying has gone as follows:

Sign of the cross
Apostles Creed
Our Father
Hail Mary x3
Glory Be
Mystery 1
*Our Father
*Hail Mary x10
*Glory Be
*O My Jesus
Next mystery
Repeat *s
Five mysteries total
Hail Holy Queen

There are four sets of mysteries: Joyful, sorrowful, glorious, and luminous.

But the tract on Catholic.com about the rosary ignores the luminous mysteries, saying there are only three sets of mysteries. It also excludes the O My Jesus prayer.

Just looking for some clarification!

 

[aroosi]

Below a brief history of the Luminous Mysteries. They are beautiful and were introduced (relatively) recently by Pope (now Saint) John Paul II. Some traditionalists and sedevacantists don’t recognize the new set of mysteries. Luminous mysteries are also absents in webpages and rosary guides that are old and were never updated. Hope it helps

Luminous Mystery Rosary of Pope John Paul II - History of the Rosary

 

[phil19034]

But the tract on Catholic.com about the rosary ignores the luminous mysteries, saying there are only three sets of mysteries. It also excludes the O My Jesus prayer.

Most likely, you stumbled on an article on Catholic.com from the 1912 Catholic Encyclopedia

Because, as you can see here, Catholic.com does not ignore the Luminous Mysteries

What Constitutes Praying a Rosary? | Catholic Answers Q&A

Here is a good instruction sheet for you: http://www.newadvent.org/images/rosary.pdf

God Bless!

 

[Cor_ad_Cor]

It also excludes the O My Jesus prayer

This is also a fairly recent optional addition. Most people include it these days, but considering that the rosary is centuries old and this prayer is only roughly 100 years old, it’s “new”.

 

[tvknight415]

There are also other traditions of praying the rosary besides the “common” way. As Dominicans, we do a different set of opening prayers

Hail Mary (first half)
O Lord Open my lips…
God come to my assistance…
Glory Be…

We continue with the decades (but omit the O my Jesus), then add several prayers at the end (which I have sometimes heard in the common recitation).

The Rosary Center has a more detailed description of the Dominican method.

 

[tafan2]

Lots of details vary when saying rosaries. It seems to me almost every family has their own little quirks. I kind of like that. It’s not a set liturgy of the Church.

 

[JustLOL]

Lots of details vary when saying rosaries. It seems to me almost every family has their own little quirks.

I like this answer, because there is no standard church sanctioned rosary, whether the traditional Dominican as you describe with the addition of the Luminous by JPII, or others.

I pray the Franciscan Crown Rosary (The Rosary of the seven joys of Our Lady), which has 7 mysteries…

Just be careful you don’t trip over the longer string of beads!

http://www.prayerfulrosary.com/Franciscan.html

Annunciation
Visitation
Nativity of Jesus
Adoration of the Magi
The Finding of the Boy Jesus in the Temple
The Resurrection of Jesus and his appearance to the Blessed Virgin
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin and her coronation as Queen of Heaven and Earth

Peace!