Mary
Jordan * Pessatti*
The
current form of the Rosary had its development in the second half of the
fifteenth century, based on several earlier forms and
rudimentary.A
very old tradition says that the monks of the East - especially those based in
Egypt - used to count the prayers that were vocal, making use of pebbles or
beads.As
we passed through the fingers of the hand the account of the Rosary, each Hail
Mary we pray, so they, when praying the Our Fathers and Hail Marys, replacing
the 150 psalms of the Bible, these prayers counted using small
stones.
Later,
finding more practical method to account the Our Fathers and Hail Marys, instead
of using small stones, came to shove "accounts" (small lumps of fruit) into a
kind of string or did "we" in a string These
strings or cords ..., trimmed of "accounts" or "we" were widespread during the
tenth and eleventh centuries, being baptized as the Latin names of "praéculae"
(short prayers), cómputum (calculation) of signacula Our Father (Lord's
Prayer markers).
This was the
first draft of our current Rosary or Rosary. "Rosary" derives from "pink". Considering
the Hail Mary a rose "to the bare feet of the Virgin Mary, all the Hail Marys of
this devotion was given the name" Rosario ", formerly called" Marian Psalter
"or" Psalter of Mary. "DEVELOPMENT
The
moments of the historical development of the Rosary can be fixed in the arch
that extends from the twelfth century (12) to the sixteenth century (16).
Remember
that the Ave Maria was composed by the Archangel Gabriel, by St. Elizabeth and
the Church. Gabriel
sang: Hail (rejoice), full of grace, the Lord is with you (Luke 1:28); Santa
Isabel continued: Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of your
womb (Luke, 1, 42),
the Church * and completed by adding at the end of the first part of the name of
Jesus and making up the entire second half.In
the monasteries of old monks recited the Divine Office; literate monks prayed
the 150 Psalms of the Bible, the less literate monks, without condition to
accompany the psalmody, replaced by the 150 Psalms 150 Our Fathers or Hail Marys
150. Hence the Rosary is
also known as "Marian Psalter." Over
time, "Marian Psalter" was subdivided into three parts, each containing 50 Hail
Marys recited at different times of day, in the manner of the Divine
Office.
Many
attribute the institution of the Rosary to St. Dominic (1170-1221). Historically speaking, does not
seem right. The
"Marian Psalter", in fact, appears before the birth of St. Dominic. The
great merit of this holy and religious founded by him (Friars Preachers) is to
have used this popular and widely circulated prayer.
THE MYSTERIES OF THE
ROSARY
In
the fourteenth century, the monk Henry Kalkar made a subdivision of the Psalter
Mariano, dividing the 15 Hail Marys in dozens (now the mysteries), by inserting
between one and another prayer of the Our Father. In
the fifteenth century came into use also the "utterance" and "meditation" of the
mysteries. As
the Marian Psalter was to be known, certain Christian communities began to use
many different "mysteries."
In
practice, the enunciation of the mysteries varied from community to community.
Then,
in 1521, the Dominican FATHER ALBERTO CASTLE reduced the number of mysteries,
choosing the top 15 and proposing them to the meditation of the faithful.
The
form of the Rosary by widespread FATHER ALBERTO CASTLE was gradually imposing
itself on others.
THE ROSARY
THE ROSARY
Between
1410 and 1439 the monk Dominic of Prussia (Cologne, Germany) proposed a form of
faithful Marian Psalter of 50 Hail Marys. It
would be what today we call the "Third", ie a third of the
Rosary.There
was an attempt to reduce the extent of the Rosary, but to give it new vigor.
The
monk had to add that at the conclusion of the first part of the Hail Mary, a
reference to an explicit verbal Gospel event, the way of explanatory clause
contemplated the mystery, custom, still popular today. Pope
John Paul II, Apostolic Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae (SVR 33), also remember
this way of praying the Rosary. Example:
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus, (the third day rose from the dead).
Holy
Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our
morte.Amém.Blessed
ALANO The Rupe, Dominican priest (1.428-1.1478), was a true apostle of spreading
the Marian Psalter, which thereafter began to be called "Rosary of the Blessed
Virgin Mary."
But
Alan himself has talked about two types: older Rosario and Rosario
again.The
former was a simple recitation of the Hail Marys, and the new, the recitation of
the Hail Mary with the meditation of the mysteries offered in three parts: the
Incarnation, Passion and Death of Christ, the glory of Christ and his Mother,
Mary (Joyful Mysteries , sorrowful and
glorious). Pope
Pius V established the form of the Rosary, September 17, 1569, through the Bull
Consueverunt Romani Pontiffs.
Since
then, the Rosary is no longer a private prayer of Marian confraternities and
extends to the whole church.Pope
John Paul II with the Apostolic Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae (SVR) of 16
October 2002, added the mysteries of light or bright moments that focus on five
very significant public life of Jesus Christ.
The
insertion of the mysteries of light fills in some sense, a kind of gap that
existed between the joyful mysteries (birth and childhood) and painful (Passion
and Death of Jesus).Here
are the basic features of the Rosary, according to the teaching of the Church.
It
is an evangelical prayer, Christ, Church, contemplative, and finally, a prayer
of the poor, because it teaches us the path of simplicity, poverty of spirit.
Discourage
the Rosary is to rob the poor spiritual bread each day.
(This
article draws on different sources: ED staid, Rosario, in Nuovo Dizionario di
Mariology Ed.Paoline, Milano 1986; ANGELOWALS, Rosario II, Encyclopedia Mariana
"Theotokos," Ed.Massimo (2nd. Ed.) PAUL
VI, Apostolic Exhortation Marialis Cultus, Rome 1974, John Paul II, Apostolic
Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae, Rome
2002).
*****NOTE ON THE AUTHOR OF THIS ARTICLE.
*JULIO MARIA PESSATTIJulio, BMI, is Secretary of the Consolata Missions Institute and
member of the Marian Academy Our Lady Aparecida.(Text
published in the Journal Missions (mission plural) - Issue May 2012, n.04, pgs.
24/25.
Comment
by Antoni BigCuore * - As shown, the Rosary was not merely a human creation,
meaningless, a whim of someone, but he had DIVINE INSPIRATION, so that the
origin lies in the very quote from the Archangel Gabriel to Mary, as explained
in article.
The
Magisterium of the Church, over time, has been perfecting this very beautiful
and popular prayer. Therefore,
contrary to what many people misinformed says, THIRD IS A BIBLICAL PRAYER YES!
All
mysteries are set in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. (My italics).http://antonibigcuore.blogspot.com
and www.recantodasletras.com.br/autores/antonibigcuore
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