He wished to return to the living Tradition that existed prior to the dead Tradition that had developed prior to the Vatican II Council era. This emphasis on the Liturgical aspect of the Divine Office and that the Divine Office is the Prayer of the Church, revealed that the Divine Office was as much a part of the general Priestly not the special Priesthood function of the laity and all the members of the Church as the Liturgy of the Mass. A revelation that has been the excuse for a great deal of confusion relating to the Special Priesthood as it relates to the Novus Ordo Mass.
The meaning of the term Liturgy A rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship implies the use of vernacular language. It also implies an Alter rather than a communal Table. It also implies the devotion toward the Theocentric in the name of the Christocentric.
Something that neither extreme can understand. Leading to notable personages such as Fr. Do they think that the obligation to pray the Divine Office by the special Priesthood and Religious Orders are sufficient to that purpose? One Traditionalist Timothy S. Flanders claims that no less a personage than St. Luis de Montfort relegates the Divine Office to a position below the Rosary. Having perused the writings of St. Montfort, I found nothing therein that implies such a claim.
To his credit, Flanders does try to explain the use of the Divine Office. If Flanders would quote his sources on the Rosary, it would be beneficial to his integrity. Apart from the proper manner in which it is supposed to be prayed, it would be a waste of time. Seeing that the Rosary is a special purpose prayer, it is obviously to be prayed by special people under special circumstances.
In the current weakened state of the Church, all are encouraged to pray the Rosary, so that the special people will be more certain to do so.
It must be acknowledged that when the Rosary is prayed on YouTube, it is only the prayer that is seen. It does not, indeed can not, show the simultaneous meditation, which can only be instructed. What of the Luminous Mysteries? But it must be considered that in order to break the idea that the current Psalter of Mary or the Rosary by Tradition continues to be a substitute for the Divine Office, Pope John Paul II was used to show the difference between the Rosary and the Divine Office by making beads The Luminous Mysteries have the unique function of completing what in the life of Christ was before missing in the Rosary.
Who is to say that Mary herself is not behind the change so that the Rosary can be better understood and brought to its true intention as given to those after St. What is implied then is that the Rosary and the Liturgy of the Hours are equal in status, but different in purpose.
One can do one without doing the other. Or one can do both if time permits. Since I have found that I am unable to simultaneously pray and meditate the Rosary as it is intended, I have opted to pray the Divine Office. I leave to the special people to pray the Rosary the way it is supposed to be prayed and meditated, and for the right intention. In hopes that the Church will the sooner be restored to its original intention and purpose. My post as originally written is divided into paragraphs.
Before long, however, beads came into use. Jerome, by the 4th to 5th Centuries, used prayer beads to count. Praying the Psalms in community has long been an important part of life for religious men and women.
But to do this, they needed to know Latin. Many did not, and some were permitted around the 9th Century to substitute Our Fathers for the Psalms. These religious used beads to count their prayers.
But, carrying around a string of beads was cumbersome. Instead, they used strings of 50 beads, which they would pray three times. The Hail Mary began to be prayed on these sets of beads in the 10th and 11th Centuries. Soon, they added an Our Father after every ten Hail Marys, to break up the monotony. Then, St. Dominic arrived on the scene. In , he went into a forest to pray for guidance in his fight against the Albigensian heresy. In particular, Pius encouraged the praying of the Rosary.
In the famous Battle of Lepanto on October 7, , the Christian forces defeated the Turkish fleet and effectively ended the threat of conquest by the Muslims. To acknowledge the effectiveness of praying the Rosary and to thank the Blessed Mother for her intercession, Pius established the Feast of the Holy Rosary to be celebrated each October.
As with any sacramental, prayer, or devotion, the Rosary can be a tremendous aid in drawing closer to God. However, it can also be misused. The structure and flow of the prayer is meant to aid the individual in meditation. The rhythm of the prayer can quiet the spirit and help a person be more receptive to hearing God, and thus be formed spiritually. For some, however, the Rosary can become a merely mechanical action, something to be rushed through as a duty.
Since the grace of any sacramental is dependent upon the attitude of the person using it, devout and thoughtful use of the Rosary is a prerequisite to enjoying the grace of the devotion. The Bible and the Virgin Mary , part of the St.
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