I never prayed the rosary before the luminous mysteries were promulgated (I was 2 at the time), so to me they are a natural part of the prayer. St.

When Pope St. John Paul II introduced the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary in 2002, there’s no indication that he saw them as Lenten devotions. He proposed them in an Apostolic Letter on Oct. 10 ...

The pope proposed the Luminous Mysteries to “highlight the Christological character of the rosary.” These mysteries refer to “Christ’s public ministry between his Baptism and his Passion ...

Luminous Mystery Flowers. Flower Meditations on the Five Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary – John Stokes, December, 2004. Pope John Paul II has proposed that as the Luminous Mysteries can be seen ...

A meditation on the Luminous Mysteries did not appear in Holy Rosary, but throughout his life St. Josemaría lovingly contemplated and preached on these scenes, just as he did with every chapter ...

Here's how to understand the rosary, ... "St. John Paul II’s letter ‘Rosarium Virginis Mariae’ in 2000 added the Mysteries of Light ('Luminous') to the 15 traditional mysteries," he said.

One of the more remarkable acts of Pope Paul John II in the 25th year of his papacy has been to add Jesus’ life on Earth to the praying of the rosary. For 900 years, Catholic Christians have used this ...

Long a staple of Catholic life, the rosary is back in the spotlight with the election of Joe Biden, who will become the nation’s second Catholic president when he is inaugurated in January. The ...

Fr. Tuyen Nguyen, pastor of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Westminster, checks out the Sorrowful Mysteries section of Marian Gardens at Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove, CA, on Tuesday, May ...

Twenty years ago, St. John Paul II published the apostolic letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae, adding five Luminous Mysteries to the traditional 15 meditated on in the rosary.. The Luminous Mysteries ...