Luminous Mysteries

[Basilisa Marie]

Recently I've encountered some people who don't pray the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary.  I do, and always have, ever since JPII introduced them in 2002.  Is there a right or wrong way to pray the Rosary? Some people have told me that they don't like the Luminous Mysteries because it's a pope "messing with tradition" and didn't come from a vision of Mary or something...but hasn't the rosary been "evolving" ever since it began? I don't know...I guess my question is how do you react to someone who says that they don't pray the Luminous Mysteries? 

 

Maybe this is better suited for the Debate Table, but I'm more looking for different opinions than flat out debate.  

[Archaeology cat]

I know someone who won't pray them, too. And for the reasons you listed. There are to different schedules, I think. Without the Luminous Mysteries, the Joyful are prayed Monday and Thursday, the Sorrowful Tuesday and Friday, and the Glorious Wednesday and Saturday. Then Sundays in Advent and Lent are Sorrowful, Christmas Joyful, and Easter Glorious. I think it's also Glorious in Ordinary Time, but I could be wrong.

With the Luminous Mysteries, though, you pray the Joyful Mysteries Monday and Saturday, the Luminous Thursday, the Sorrowful Tuesday and Friday, and the Glorious Wednesday and Sunday. While we do pray the Luminous mysteries, you do lose the connection to the liturgical year and the order is messed up a bit.

[NotreDame]

I don't pray them, mostly because I don't have them memorized. 

 

Just googled and found the following which is relevant...

 

From:

 

http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=377653

 

Is it compulsory to pray the luminous mysteries?

No. In Rosarium Virginis Mariae, John Paul II made it clear that the luminous mysteries were an optional addition. See, for example, this statement:
 

Quote:

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 [the luminous mysteries] 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 (RVM 19, emphasis added).

That said, leaders of public recitations of the rosary should be sensitive to the fact that some of the group may wish to pray the luminous mysteries and should not use their own position of leadership to make their personal preferences binding on others. It would be nice for you to ask the regulars at the daily rosary if they would like to begin praying the luminous mysteries and, if so, including the luminous mysteries into the weekly schedule. When praying on your own, you are certainly free to skip the luminous mysteries if you wish.

[Era Might]

I have prayed them for years on Thursdays. They are my favorite set of mysteries. They give me the most fruit for thought.

Edited November 27, 2013 by Era Might

[GeorgiiMichael]

I pray them, but I'm bad at remembering the schedule for when to pray them, so I just pray the mysteries chronologically, Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful, Glorious and just say the next in line the next time I pray a rosary.

[PhuturePriest]

The Luminous have always been my favorite. On CAF one time, a lady was saying that the Luminous Mysteries were awful because they messed with tradition and didn't make sense. I messaged Father Vincent Serpa, OP, and he told me he and his community pray the Luminous Mysteries. If the Luminous Mysteries are good enough for Dominicans, they're good enough for me.