Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: emory!dragon!cms@gatech.edu Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: The Rosary Message-ID: Date: 30 Aug 90 07:09:59 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Computer Projects Unlimited Lines: 23 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu I have posted several articles on the Rosary, however, few people have responded to them. Does anyone really pray the Rosary anymore? At my aunt's funeral last week, we prayed the Glorious Mysteries during the viewing of the body. I noticed that, although the purpose of this viewing was to pray the Rosary, very few people actually had Rosaries with them (not that you need the beads to pray the Rosary). I love the Franciscan Rosary. I'm also very fond of the Rosary of Saint Michael and All Angels. Perhaps people don't experience the power of meditation anymore. I think a lot of people simply pray the prayers without really meditating on the Mysteries; in this case, the oft-quoted Protestant complaint referencing the Scriptural injunction against repetitious prayer holds up well. When deep in meditation on the Mysteries, however, the Rosary has a power that can only come from God to empty the believer so completely of self, especially in the Fifth Sorrowful Mystery, that only the First Glorious can bring the believer back up again, rising through the Cross, into the glory of God. -- Sincerely, Cindy Smith emory!dragon!cms