Luminous Mysteries?

[landon13]

I do not pray them for a couple of reasons, I only pray the 15 traditional ones because it even outs to 150 Ave’s which each Ave is supposed to represent a psalm, as the Rosary was originally prayed as a Light “Psalter” besides, if memory serves me, St. Louis said the Holy Rosary was the perfect prayer, and there was no Luminous mystery’s when he was around, so, in my opinion, why fix perfect. But of course, to each his own, I never criticize others for praying them as Mother Church has permitted it, after all, how could one criticize praying?
God bless, Our Lady protect

I really like your reasoning there. Thank you for pointing out those things. I may try it for a week or so to not pray the Luminous Mysteries since I always for some reason get confused when praying them. These are the only mysteries I have to look in my rosary booklet to make sure I’m praying them in the right order.

 

[HillbillyHermit]

I agree with you Hillbilly. Any time spent thinking about Christ is good. I love the luminous mysteries because they allow us the opportunity to look at Jesus’ life when he was in active ministry and very involved with his apostles and the common people. (don’t really like the word common but oh well). You don’t get that opportunity in the other mysteries.

Common is a great word! Jesus spent quite a bit of time with folks that wouldn’t be welcomed with open arms when walking in a church nowadays.

Plus there’s something very powerful about putting yourself at the Last Supper with Jesus giving you the bread, looking at you and saying,“This is my body, which will be given for you…”

Wow! …
(I had to take a moment and let that hit my heart again.)

I don’t think it was so much me putting myself there and coming up with this as Jesus and Mary adding some wattage to this dim bulb and shedding some light.

 

[Luigi_Daniele]

I am not trying to be argumentative (much ), but I am wondering if those of you that don’t pray them because they aren’t “traditional” also still say the prayers at the Novus Ordo Mass the old way, too*?

*I mean the way they were said before the recent changes, ie, I am not speaking about the EF Mass.

 

[CountrySteve]

I really like your reasoning there. Thank you for pointing out those things. I may try it for a week or so to not pray the Luminous Mysteries since I always for some reason get confused when praying them. These are the only mysteries I have to look in my rosary booklet to make sure I’m praying them in the right order.

No problem, and defiantly trying going without them, I used to pray the Luminous Mysteries too, I gave them up, I haven’t prayed them for weeks, I personally don’t miss them at all, God bless you!
oh yeah, if you pray five decades a week and follow the schedule, replace the Thursday Luminous Mystery’s with the Joyful ones, and Saturday’s Joyful with the Glorious.

 

[maklavan]

Pope Francis has already spoken very critically about people who are rigid and cling to the past, “We have always done it this way!” may I suggest that people try praying the Luminous mystreies,and offer it up for the millions of Catholics who never pray the Rosary at all?

 

[HillbillyHermit]

After reading The Secret of the Rosary, I kinda wondered for a while about whether or not I should pray them. Blessed John Paul II only suggested them, but I think he did that because he saw a need for it. That’s one reason why I decided to pray them. I know he wanted to do his best to help bring us closer to Jesus through Mary and…I need all the help I can get. The luminous mysteries contain so much in them that are a good supplement to the standard 15 that Jesus and Mary can use to get through to this somewhat stubborn man.

But as far as the tie-in with the Psalms is concerned, the standard 3 sets of mysteries are still being prayed twice a week whether the luminous are used or not.

While skimming the Catholic Encyclopedia entry on the Psalms to refresh the ol’ memory a few things stood out:

• The Psalter is divided into five books. Each book, save the last, ends with a doxology.
• The Hebrew name is … “praises” … or , “book of praises”.

Link to Catholic Encyclopedia: Psalms

To each his own though. Just a few thoughts I wanted to share.

 

[ora_pro_nobis]

I wonder if those who don’t pray the Luminous mysteries also eschew the Fatima prayer? (Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins…). That was once an innovation.

I’ve no problem with those who don’t pray the Luminous mysteries, to each his own, but I do gain a lot from contemplating the individual mysteries and I don’t see how they are difficult to learn.

 

[HillbillyHermit]

I meditate on the luminous mysteries but haven’t been praying the Fatima prayer. After a while it seemed to me like all these optional prayers, clauses pertaining to each mystery, Bible reading, artwork/icons, prayers for graces at the end of each mystery, and a bunch of prayers added to the closing of the Rosary crept in and complicated a beautifully deep and simple prayer. I couldn’t pray it from the heart as much with all these other things going on. The older I get the more simplicity is appreciated and sought after.

 

[janman55]

I bring the Blessed Sacrament to some residents in nursing homes on Thursdays. We pray the rosary together first and with the 5th Luminous mystery being the Sacrament of the Eucharist it fits perfectly.

 

[HillbillyHermit]

I bring the Blessed Sacrament to some residents in nursing homes on Thursdays. We pray the rosary together first and with the 5th Luminous mystery being the Sacrament of the Eucharist it fits perfectly.

That’s great!

 

[Contra_Mundum_1]

I do but I will also try and pray the traditional way for a while to see how that goes. I can’t really explain it, but I feel that the Luminous Mysteries don’t fit in the Rosary as the others do. Yes, they are about the life of Jesus, but something is just a bit off for me. I don’t know why.