Disturber of the Peace Institute

From The Curmudgeon.

I should have done more to call your attention to the young weblog of the Disturber of the Peace Institute, which is a familiar place to any denizen of Steve Ray's CCMB. Beware: he has quite the sarcastic sense of humor. (So do I.) And I'm sure he's already learned what one of my English professors once told me: "Sarcasm is lost on the masses". :)

His blog today on the pope's recent suggested changes to the Rosary makes the following very astute point:

.... The “cause” of the Pope’s decision, according to the writer? Why, none other than that Great Evil Boogeyman, ecumenism: “…If you're thinking you smell a bit of ‘ecumania’ here, you're exactly right. It's no coincidence that the less Scriptural [Stations of the Cross, and entirely separate Catholic devotion –TC] were replaced [by the Pope privately] with events recorded in the Gospels (The Agony in the Garden, The Betrayal, Peter's Denial, The Good Thief, and Mary and John at the Foot of the Cross), so that our Protestant brethren might feel a bit more at home participating in this Catholic devotion.”

But never mind that unlike the Stations of the Cross, the REAL barrier for Protestants to pray the Rosary were NOT the traditional 15 Mysteries at all (with the possible exception of the 4th and 5th Glorious Mysteries, which focus on the Blessed Virgin Mary), but the 53 “Hail Mary” prayers recited in the Rosary – not to mention the repetitious nature of the Rosary itself, which many Protestants regard as “unbiblical.” ....

Too true. Regarding the "repetitious" nature of the prayers, I don't think anybody has written a better, briefer explanation than Peggy Noonan:

.... The point and purpose of the rosary, however, is not to recite rote prayers but to repeat prayers you know by heart as you contemplate -- actively meditate on -- a mystery of Christianity....

P.S. I thank him for his gracious update to the blog to which I referred earlier today.

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Thu. 10/24/02 06:01:52 PM
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