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The Marian Library Newsletter No. 30 (New Series) Spring, 1995 The Rosary Since Vatican II Reports about the rosary's demise are premature. The same shops which a few months ago sold recordings of Gregorian chant from the monks of St. Dominic de Silos now feature cassettes of the pope reciting the rosary. Those unfamiliar with the rosary appear curious; others wonder whether there might be a relation between the rosary and the current interest in spirituality and prayer. Publishing trends frequently indicate religious interests: twice as many books and articles have appeared on the rosary in the last ten years as there were in the previous twenty. Some form of the rosary has been part of Western Catholicism for almost seven hundred years. Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903) wrote thirteen encyclicals on the rosary, and · twentieth-centUry popes have been its most ardent promot­ ers, both in their writings and by their personal example. Perhaps no one has promoted it more than Pope John Paul II. In the 1940s and 1950s, rosary devotions, rallies, and crusades were part of Catholic life. The rosary was a part Mother and Son Scuplture by Gerard Darwin of the message at Fatima and Lourdes, apparitions which Marist College Canberra (Australia) figured prominently in those decades. Bishop Fulton Sheen explained to television audiences the meaning of his devotions, and that devotional practices, sometimes tinged Mission Rosary, and Father Patrick Peyton tirelessly pro­ with a self-centered individualism, had ceded to the liturgy moted the Family Rosary through rallies in every part of which, because of its official character and communal the world. nature, was a superior form of prayer. Then came Vatican II (1962-1965). The council recom­ Vatican II did not intend to suppress popular devotions; mended a warm and fervent devotion to Mary, but no it did direct that they be reformed so that they would not reference was made to the rosary, nor to any Marian appear to be something apart from the liturgy. "Pious devotion, or apparition. (No specific Marian devotion was exercises should be consistent with the liturgical season, mentioned, because there were different expressions of should be derived from the liturgy, and should lead to the Marian devotion in the Eastern and Western rites of the liturgy, which by its nature exceeds popular devotion" Catholic Church. The rosary, so characteristic of the West, (SC 13). This directive, as was latter admitted in Maria/is is relatively unknown among Eastern Catholics.) cultus (1974), was difficult to implement. The first and most noticeable changes coming from the council in the 1960s dealt with the liturgy. In many places, The Rosary in Marlalis cultus Marian devotions (novena services or the rosary) were In the 1969letter marking the four hundredth anniver­ replaced by an evening Mass (a practice which actually sary of approval of the rosary (1569), Pope Paul VI ex­ began before the council). Many conCluded that active pressed the wish that the rosary, "either in the form partidpation in the liturgy appeared to have replaced all bequeathed by Pius V or in those forms adapted to con­ temporary spirit With the consent of ecclesial authorities," might be a public and universal prayer. Some attempts In this issue . were made to harmonize the rosary with the liturgy. These "1994 Friends of the Marian Library and Interna­ adaptations usually involved a simplification of the rosary. tional Marian Research Institute" (pages 8 to 11). In a significant book on the renewal of Marian devotion, Msgr. Vergilio Noe (a noted liturgist now a Cardinal) effective ways of promoting the rosary. The three proposed pointed out that, during its long history, the rosary had forms of the rosary were: acquired a number of additions which made it "easily a) The traditional form retaining the order of joyful, given to distractions and weariness." Hymns, readings, sorrowful, and glorious mysteries; changing postures, a rhythmic recitation were all possible, b) A modified form begiruting with a short reading, a he said. A principle of prayer, particularly applicable to the period of reflection; the Our Father (recited only at the rosary, was that quality was preferable to quantity-better begiruting), the recitation of the decades of Hail Marys, but one or a few decades attentively prayed than a hurried including only the biblical part of the prayer (possibly recitation of the full rosary. including the addition of the name "Jesus"), with the However, as was the case with other issues at the time, invocation "Holy Mary, Mother of God... "said only at the the reasons for the proposed reforms were not understood. end of the tenth Hail Mary. Efforts at harmonizing the rosary with the liturgy were c) The public celebration of the Rosary, with readings, perceived as a tampering with and an impoverishment of songs, homily, periods of silence, and a series of Hail this prayer. Resistance to further reform hardened in some Marys, but limited to a single decade. quarters with the publication of the new liturgical calendar Paul VI responded personally to these proposals. To (1969). The elimination of a few popular Marian feasts and avoid confusion, he said, it would be better not to speak of the reduction of others to optional commemorations different forms of the rosary. Because the rosary is the confirmed the suspicion of some that both the council and prayer of "the simple, the poor, the illiterate, and blind," the postconciliar liturgical reforms were profoundly anti­ any attempt at changing it, especially at this time, would Marian. result in great confusion and might be "psychologically In the midst of this crisis of Marian devotion (May, disastrous." People would say, "the pope is now changing 1971), Father Patrick Peyton, C.S.C., director of The even the rosary." The traditional form alone should be Family Rosary Crusade, and known throughout the Catho­ called the rosary; the proposed second and third forms, lic world for his promotion of the Family Rosary, wrote an although encouraged and recommended, should be called impassioned letter to Pope Paul VI. In it he asked that the something other than the rosary, possibly "Marian devo­ Family Rosary be declared a liturgical prayer. "My heart tion" or "Marian hour." cries out for a papal document which could take the form The papal document on the rosary, begun at Fr. Peyton's of an encyclical," he wrote. "May I beseech Your Holiness request in 1971, was published as the apostolic letter to enhance, enrich and raise to a higher level of efficacy Maria/is cultus, dated February 2, 1974. Within this letter, the Family Rosary by proclaiming it a liturgical prayer." which dealt with the "role of the Blessed Virgin in the Fr. Peyton's letter persuaded Paul VI to address the Church liturgy," one section outlined the essential features of the on the subject of the rosary. His secretary of state asked rosary: the Congregation for Divine Worship to "prepare a draft of a) Contemplative - "By its nature the Rosary calls for a papal document" that would encourage the "recitation of a quiet rhythm and a lingering pace, helping the individual the rosary by families." to meditate on the mysteries of After studying the request, the Lord's life as seen through the Congregation suggested that the eyes of her who was closest the rosary be considered within to the Lord." Without the the context of Marian devotion contemplative element, the as a whole, and that Marian rosary becomes a "mechanical devotion should be related to repetition of formulas ...a body the liturgical reforms. The without a soul." congregation requested Father b) Christ-centered and Ignacio Calabuig, O.S.M. Marian - "The Rosary is a (presently rector of the Pontifi­ 'compedium of the entire cal Theological Faculty Gospel' centered on the mystery Marianum in Rome), and the of the redemptive Incarnation." theological faculty of the It is directed toward the events Marianum to study the issue of Christ's life as seen by Mary. and to propose a draft for what c) In Harmony with the would be the papal letter on Liturgy - Since the rosary is the rosary. centered on the same mysteries The project took three years celebrated in the liturgy, it is and the letter underwent four "excellent preparation" for and a major revisions. The letter's "continuing echo" of the liturgy. second draft outlined a plurality Maria/is cultus refers to other of forms of the rosary. This forms (as proposed in the proposal was based on studies second draft of the letter) as Mary Model ofCharity on the original form of the rosary 1be Visitation "practices" which take their and on pastoral research on (Marian Ubrary Collection) inspiration from the rosary, for 2 example, "medication on the mysteries with the litany-like St. Theresa of the Child jesus. In a passage which was repetition of the angel's greeting." These practices, said originally omitted from her autobiography, she lamented the pope, help promote a deeper appreciation and "restore that the communal recitation of the rosary troubled her esteem" for the rosary's spiritual riches. Such practices, greatly. "What difficulties I have had throughout my life together with the family rosary, were highly recommended. with saying the rosary. I am ashamed to say that the In their letter on Marian devotion, Behold Your Mother, recitation of the rosary was at times more painful than an (1973), the American bishops had encouraged new forms instrument of torture." Because of her love for the Blessed for the rosary devotion. "While retaining the established Mother, she was disconsolate that this form of devotion rosary pattern, new forms may be tried. New sets of should cause her such difficulties; but she trusted that the mysteries are possible." Rosary vigils (consisting of Scrip­ Queen of Heaven, her mother, understood the situation.
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