What's Wrong With Me?

[reminiscere]

P.S. Here's your daily conspiracy... Interestingly Our Lady asked at Fatima for us to recite a "terço" or a third of the Rosary daily - that is 5 of 15 mysteries. 1/3 of 20 is 6.66  :hehe:

 

Seriously, though, John Paul only suggested the Luminous Mysteries, he didn't order them to be used. They're not part of the traditional Rosary and no one is bound to use them, publicly or privately. 

[reminiscere]

Um, not exactly the best argument to use here. They worshipped false gods...

 

It made sense to a majority of the people in early civilization that the reason hurricanes and droughts happen is because they didn't dance enough at the rituals to the Gods. That doesn't make it right.

 

[PhuturePriest]

The obvious solution to this controversy is to keep adding mysteries to the Rosary until the number of Hail Marys totals at 1500. That will keep both the number 150 preserved as well as the luminous mysteries.

 

Finally, a man of reason.

[Perigrina]

I like this thread, I am just going to say that! :)

 

I like it too.  Thanks for making it one post longer.  And giving me an excuse to make it yet another post longer.  :like:

[AugustineA]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_in_mythology_and_religion

 

In a classical Greek song, Apollo, the god of medicine, music and poetry, one of the twelve greater gods and son of the chief god Zeus, was called The Dancer. In a Greek line Zeus himself is represented as dancing. Terpsichore is one of the nine Muses, representing dancing and dramatic chorus. In Sparta, a province of ancient Greece, the law compelled parents to exercise their children in dancing from the age of five years. They were led by grown men, and sang hymns and songs as they danced. In very early times a Greek chorus, consisting of the whole population of the city, would meet in the market-place to offer up thanksgivings to the god of the country. Their jubilees were always attended with hymn-singing and dancing.

 

 

 

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06612a.htm

 

"And Jesus being baptized, forthwith came out of the water: and lo, the heavens were opened to him: and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him. And behold a voice from heaven, saying, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" (Matthew 3:16, 17). "And there came a voice from heaven: Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased" (Mark 1:11; Luke 3:22).

 

 

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