Tradition in Action has an excellent article on the Rosary. An important point is the critique of the 'Luminous Mysteries.' "Adding an additional 50 Hail Marys was an extravagance that did not lead more persons to adopt the practice of the Rosary; it made it more difficult for those who already prayed it. This addition of John Paul II, introduced on a personal whim, seems to me a hypertrophy that …More
Tradition in Action has an excellent article on the Rosary. An important point is the critique of the 'Luminous Mysteries.' "Adding an additional 50 Hail Marys was an extravagance that did not lead more persons to adopt the practice of the Rosary; it made it more difficult for those who already prayed it. This addition of John Paul II, introduced on a personal whim, seems to me a hypertrophy that is producing an atrophy in the devotion of the Rosary. I wonder whether this atrophy was actually intended to sabotage the Rosary devotion. "
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The Luminous Mysteries: Novelty Clashes with Tradition by Atila S. Guimarães
Demonstration by Church tradition and papal teaching that the Luminous Mysteries Clash with Tradition
This addition of John Paul II, introduced on a personal whim... Up next, Francis introduces the "Environmental Mysteries" and the "Social Justice Mysteries"
