Bugnini and The Rosary

[dust]

Never knew this:

http://veneremurcernui.wordpress.com/2013/03/25/anibale-bugnini-prime-architect-of-the-novus-ordo-also-wanted-to-wreck-the-rosary/

"Some time ago, my wife bought Bugnini's gloating, bloated Reform of the Liturgy at a used book giveaway.  She read little bits, became totally disgusted by the man's preening superiority, monumental ego, and his constant disdain for the 1500+ year old Roman Rite.  So, she put it down.  But, I picked it up the other day, and in just reading a little tiny bit, found in pp. 874-876 (Bugnini, he loved to talk) that the man who placed such enormous emphasis on "noble simplicity," eliminating "useless repetitions" and "historical accretions," also desired to utterly destroy the Rosary.  How did he plan on doing that?"

Has anyone here read this book?

[MilesChristi]

I thought you were going to say Bugnini came up with the Luminous mysteries,
I think his style was more to get rid of all references to Mary.

[Gerard]

I thought you were going to say Bugnini came up with the Luminous mysteries,
I think his style was more to get rid of all references to Mary.

I believe the "Hopeful" Mysteries were suggested to Paul VI along with other modifications like removing the second half and just keeping the Angelic salutation and the words of St. Elizabeth. but he refused any changes to the Rosary by some miracle.


Great article by Chris Ferrara was done after JPII introduced his changes.

http://www.christianorder.com/features/features_2003/features_may03.html

[mikemac]

That's quite the article by Christopher Ferrara Gerard.  So St Louis da Montfort around the beginning of the 16th century as well as Pope Leo XIII in his encyclical Octobri Mense in 1891 both said something similar, "Thus as no man goeth to the Father but by the Son, so no man goeth to Christ but by His Mother."  That's good to know.