Do you pray the 15-decade or the 20-decade Rosary?

HI coolcoder Since im only 18 i was kind of born with the luminous misteries at hand(not completely exactly but its kind of like that) so for me its not something uncomfortable.

Repetitive prayer is cautioned against by Jesus. all the best urban

The Holy Rosary is essential. It should be prayed as often as possible. It is not the monotonous repetition of Our Fathers and Hail Marys, but a timer that we use to meditate upon the mysteries of the life of Christ. For instance, the first Luminous Mystery is the Baptism of Our Lord. While I say the one Our Father and ten Hail Marys I will meditate on that particular mystery. To say that the luminous mysteries are any greater of less than any other mystery is ridiculous. They were given to us by our Pope, the Vicar of Christ. Cafeteria Catholicism is not an option. You can't pick and choose. The Rosary is a very powerful prayer used to combat evil in the world today. If you don't know how to use it, it won't do you much good. When I first picked up a rifle I had no idea what I was doing, but after practicing how to properly use it I became quite good at it. The same with the Rosary. If you pick it up and just throw some prayers out there for the sake of praying you won't get anything out of it. But with practice you can wield it with skill. It is the Rosary that is our defense against the wickedness and snares of the devil. It isn't some prayer that some bored Catholic thought up to get published. It was given to us by the Blessed Mother herself, and if you don't understand this do some research into the Communion of Saints. Our whole lives we look to successful people for help and intervention. Why do we turn from the Saints. They are successful, and therefore known as the Church Triumphant. We, the Church Militant, are not so much called to be social activists as people of prayer. Research the history of the Rosary. Read about the apparitions of the Blessed Mother and what she has to say about it. Learn what must be done to achieve salvation, not what you feel like doing to attain it. The latter may have a not so happy ending.

I have not prayed the Rosary as much as I should, although I am inclined to start back to at least praying the Rosary once a day. When the Luminous Mysteries were first introduced, I admit I was a bit skeptical, since the Rosary has been prayed a long time without change. However, in looking at the beauty of the moments introduced in these mysteries, I find it wonderful that this part of Jesus's mission is now included. There was a gap in the chronology of Jesus's life between the Joyful and Sorrowful Mysteries, and now the gap has been filled.

Hi cool, the Luminous mysteries are actually enlightening episodes in the story of the rosary. The Baptism of Jesus, the Wedding at Cana, the Proclamation of the Kingdom, the Transfiguration, the Institution of the Holy Eucharist - these seem to be a fitting transition when we pray the Joyful to the Sorrowful. The Luminous completes the story of Jesus. I kind of had difficult time remembering the luminous mysteries but eventually, I got them right.

The luminous mysteries seem to have come out of nowhere. I've been Catholic since 1989, and it appears that they came about in the mid to late 1990's, so yes, the Luminous mysteries bother me. Especially if it is true that the rosary was given to St. Dominic by our blessed mother....the Luminous M. obivously weren't in the rosary given to him. Then, in another apparition, Mary corrected the rosary by adding the "O my Jesus" prayer. So where did the Luminous mysteries suddenly appear from and who added them?

i am not responding for myself for i do not pray the rosary, sorry for that. but my wife prays the rosary. she prays the 15 decade for she had memorize that since she was a child. the new mystery, she has a copy of it but she is more used to praying the joyful, sorrowful and glorious mysteries. i guess you and her have the same reason.