Lutheran Rosary?

[VWcrazy]

The wording of a “Lutheran Rosary” just sounds weird at first.

HOWEVER, I do applaud its use as an encouragement to prayer. And since it is a tool for prayer, I ask the Lord to forgive my initial reaction to its name.

Would you rather face God with him knowing your devotions were to him in life or face him with him knowing they were to Mary?

The Father would be exceedingly joyful because He knows that Marian devotion is a devotion to Him.

 

[why_me]

I live in a Luthern country. More and more lutherns are resigning from the Luthern church. I can honestly say, that lutherism has lost its hold on the people in the country which I am living. However, they do seem to be trying to bring back some Roman Catholicism to keep members. Recently, retreats were introduced along with a more catholic form of Eucharist celebration. I think the protestant churches that went liberal do realize that perhaps they made a mistake. But unfortunately, the Luthern church will remain adrift as long as they don’t admit that Martin Luther made a mistake when he became a rebel.

And so, the introduction of the lutherern rosary is no surprise.

 

[why_me]

The wording of a “Lutheran Rosary” just sounds weird at first.

HOWEVER, I do applaud its use as an encouragement to prayer. And since it is a tool for prayer, I ask the Lord to forgive my initial reaction to its name.

The Father would be exceedingly joyful because He knows that Marian devotion is a devotion to Him.

I think that your reaction was perhaps somewhat justified. As luthernism introduces aspects of catholicism, catholic reactions are justified.

 

[ASimpleSinner]

Sorry, but the chotchki with its 33 or more beads, and the recitation of the Jesus Prayer, Lord Have Mercy, or even Alleluia (seasonal) is common Slavic Christian Practice. Catholic and Orthodox.

And it is often referred to as the Jesus Rosary. Oh, and it predates the marian one.

OF course, Aramis, I do believe that this usage of the term Rosary for the chotki is not dissimlar to antiquated English texts that referred to the Orthodox Divine liturgy as “the Mass” or “Greek Mass.”

Something written about and by James Joyce in 1905 comes to mind"

Joyce, who said that his reasons for going to church were purely aesthetic and had nothing to do with faith, loved to attend the mass of the Greek-Orthodox rite. In a letter of 4 April 1905 he wrote telling his brother that he had been to a Greek mass the previous Sunday and described the ceremony in detail:* "The Greek mass is strange. The altar is not visible but at times the priest opens the gates and shows himself. He opens and shuts them about six times. …] At the end when he has blessed the people he shuts the gates: a boy comes running down the side of the chapel with a large tray full of little lumps of bread. …*

Still, I get the idea both of you are making…

Nowadays the term “rosary” is generally understood to be the Marian devotion…

But not everything called a rosary is a Marian devotion…

Ahh words!