But it seems equally obvious to me that the Blessed Mother comes to give a message that has special importance to the place and time in which she appears, perhaps even more importance to the time than the place. They certainly do! Think of Fatima, Lourdes, Guadalupe, and more. This is not to say that her messages do not have continuing relevance. The Blessed Virgin Mary has appeared in many places and times to many different people, and her messages are meant for the people of those places and times. If Mary had wanted us to have them, she would have given them to us then. I find the argument “not in the orginal Rosary” to be not very convincing. So apparently that change and development was acceptable, but other ones are not or, at least, this one isn’t. The standard fifteen mysteries, in three sets of five, were not established by Pope Pius V until the sixteenth century. But the original Rosary is not the Rosary we have now. ![]() Now, I did some research on the Rosary when I first became interested in the Church, and I discovered that the Rosary had been through quite a bit of development over the centuries.
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