Are the Luminous Mysteries Part of the Rosary? Should Catholics Pray Them? Origins!

⁣The Secret of the Rosary
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Champions of the Rosary: The History and Heroes of a Spiritual Weapon
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The Rosary in 50 Pages: The Layman's Quick Guide to Mary's Psalter
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Possible origin of the LM
On 16th October of 2002, His Holiness John Paul II began the 25th Anniversary of his Pontificate by publishing an Apostolic Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae (RVM), in which he inaugurated the Year of the Rosary, to last from October 2002 till October 2003. In this Letter the Pope also introduced five new mysteries of the rosary to be included with the traditional ones. These new mysteries, which he called The Mysteries of Light, or Luminous Mysteries, refer to the public life of Our Lord.

The following are the Mysteries of Light as proposed by Fr Preca, and by the Pope, respectively.

According to Fr Preca:
When Our Lord Jesus Christ, after his baptism in the Jordan, was led into the desert.
When Our Lord Jesus Christ showed, by word and miracles, that He is true God.
When Our Lord Jesus Christ taught the Beatitudes on the mountain.
When Our Lord Jesus Christ was transfigured on the mountain.
When Our Lord Jesus Christ had his last Meal with the Apostles.

According to the Pope:
Jesus' Baptism in the river Jordan;
His self-manifsestation at the wedding at Cana;
His proclamation of the Kingdom of God, with his call to conversion;.
His transfiguration before the Apostles on Mount Tabor.
His institution of the Eucharist, as the sacramental expression of the Paschal Mystery.
http://www.catholicplanet.com/....articles/article76.h

(Learn more about Fr. Preca https://www.vatican.va/news_se....rvices/liturgy/saint

...I believe, however, that to bring out fully the Christological depth of the Rosary it would be suitable to make an addition to the traditional pattern which, while left to the freedom of individuals and communities, could broaden it to include the mysteries of Christ’s public ministry between his Baptism and his Passion. – Rosarium Virginis Mariae 19 https://www.vatican.va/content..../john-paul-ii/en/apo

From an article that came out in 2002 after the introduction of the new mysteries by the sspx
“Firstly, it is heartening to see the pope strive to restore to honor the praying of the rosary...
https://sspx.org/en/luminous-mysteries-rosary

“Pope John Paul II has boldly gone where other popes had not: a synagogue, a ski slope, distant countries with tiny populations. On Wednesday, he will apparently cross another frontier, making a significant change in the Rosary, a signature method of Catholic prayer for centuries now.” (“Pope is Adding New Mysteries to the Rosary,” Frank Bruni, The New York Times, October 14, 2002)

The Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, according to the tradition accepted by… St. Pius V and authoritatively taught by him, consists of various elements disposed in an organic fashion:....
https://www.remnantnewspaper.c....om/Archives/2010-061

1: Supernatural origin of the rosary
2: Bunnini tried to change it under Paul VI
3: Marian Psalter "preach my psalter"
4: Trinity of saving mysteries took nature, death on the cross, resurrection according to paul Phil 2:7-9
5: Lourdes, Bernadette asked to come 15 days
6: non-obligatory done in 2002
7: imitates the traditional rhythm of life (rising, resting at noon, and retiring in the evening)
8: Fatima first saturday, keep her company for 15 mins meditating on the 15 mysteries of the rosary
9: 15 promises of the rosary
10: Ordering of days
11: Secret of the Rosary “The Psalter or Rosary of our Lady is divided into three chaplets of five decades each, for the following reasons...
12: 153 fish = 153 Hail Marys


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