| Show - - - - w-w- C2 - More Catholics Seem to Be RELIGION ' nano a ' ( ' 0 Praying Rosary of k Cl II Continued from ' ROBERT KIRBY 7 Beginning with the Leo XIII known as "the Pope of the rosary" popes worked to maintain the rosary as a traditional popular prayer and to propagate it Pope John Paul II has said "The rosary is my favorite prayer From my deepest heart I urge all to recite it" The idea of holding a talisman of prayer is not unique to the Catholic Church said Cunningham "In the Eastern Church the Orthodox carry a kind of rosary but instead of prayers to Mary they say Lord Jesus Christ son of God have mercy on me a sinner" he said "The Muslims count the 99 beautiful names of Allah" And Buddhists have beads often made of sandalwood and 16th-centu1- No One Wants To Grow Up to Be an Apostle I wanted to be a pirate when grew up My friends wanted ' to be firefighters and race-ca- r drivers Even though we were Mormons nobody ever said they wanted to grow up and be an apostle or the prophet of the church Except for Willy Watkins but we tormented ' him so much that he eventually stopped saying it I heard he ' became a seminary teacher I am older and more mature now I do not want to be a pirate anymore because somebody would probably hang me or I would die of scurvy But I would rather be a pirate than a general authority When you are a general authority you do not have a life of your own Everything you say and do gets second-guesse- d If it is not the Ensign glorifying you it is Sunstone saying mean things about your testimony You have to watch everything that comes out of your mouth or a cartoonist will quit the church The worst part about being a s''' 1 GA would be talking in general ' situa- conference It is a lion If a GA gets up and says I ' their mantras or repeated phrases are used in meditation to evoke the presence of a particular deity Monica Howa is a University of Utah student who prays the rosary with her friends For her it is a contemplative exercise much like yoga "It's almost like it's been modernized People used to associate the rosary with an old woman in a church on her knees" she said "We pray the rosary in dorm rooms together" Howa 22 was born after the Second Vatican Council in 1965 a gathering of the church's hierarchy that resulted in extensive changes in the faith's worship practices She went to Catholic schools but did not grow up reciting the rosary Everything changed for Howa after she visited Medjugorje the village in the former Yugoslavia ‘ n no-wi- something innocuous like ' 1 - : - ' ' "Brothers and sisters Jesus wants you all for sunbeams" people immediately will read their own agendas into it Feminists leap to their un- shaved feet "Oh yea? Well what about daughter-beams- ? Huh? What about us?" Dia- - about Sunbeam Kitchen appliances and their probable effect : on the Atonement Tom Bar: beni rants on KALL radio about how Jamaica Sunbeams ' '' are made with lime juice and a jigger of pure cane rum "which you can't get in this " $! state because s: Stupid huh? Hey it is even worse for some faithful Mormons Hearing the sunbeam ' talk kosher Mormons run i straight out to buy stock in so- lar panel companies Hey if ' sunbeams are great sunstroke has to be even better right? a - a That part of being a GA : would not bother me Heck I ::: probably would do stuff like ' that on purpose For sheer en- '''' tertainment you just cannot '' beat overreaction by the orthodox Nope the bad part would a be dressing like a general au- - rosary It had changed their lives It was a link" Howa said "I thought these people have something I'd like to get it and pass it on to others" The rosary and Marian devotions which have become increasingly popular among Catholics go hand in hand Carmen and Nora Mancuso of Salt Lake City went to Medjugorje in 1988 and upon their return opened a Catholic book and gift shop They said they were following the urging of the Blessed Mother At Medjugorje Nora Mancuso said "We saw the sun spinning" She said the chains on their rosary beads changed from silver to gold — a phenomenon reported by other visitors "It's one of the signs that people get at Medjugorje" she said "It's nothing to base your faith on but it's a nice gift that the Lord gives us every once in a while to keep us going" At their bookstore the Mancusos sell rosary beads for as little as 30 cents and as much as $100 The beads are best sellers "We sell close to 800 rosaries a month sometimes more especially around Easter" said store manager Ramona Lopez Steve Marti a Salt Lake artist creates rosaries out of porcelain beads He uses glazes in differing proportions to achieve lustrous new colors Marti Although a traces his interest in the rosary to the upsurge in devotion to Mary "I had been attracted to making things for the Catholic Church for a few years" he said "Then I read a book about Medjugorje" Marti also met the Mancusos who recounted their experiences "Something really fundamental made me to want to create rosary beads" he said "Beads are the e oldest form of objects for decoration" Making rosaries "goes beyond non-Cathol- man-mad- the regular material world" where three young people Marti said "There is a power a presence or some spiritual connection that you can feel" "We are in the Marian days now" said Josephine Gonzales who leads a rosary prayer group every Sunday and Tuesday at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Salt Lake "Mary has appeared in Yugoslavia in Lourdes in Portugal in Mexico and in the United Mormon Church Urges Oregon Members to the Lord's direction in this dispensation" DeHaan wrote "The Lord has made it clear that the shedding of innocent blood denies one the blessings of exaltation claimed to see the Virgin Mary regularly and that has become a shrine attracting the faithful from around the globe "All the people were saying the logue publishes an expose : $ RELIGION Saturday October 1 The Salt Lake Tribune r eqr - - F 1994 Solemn Assembly: Rosary: Meditating on Mysteries of Christ's Life A While these prayers are being repeated worshipers meditate on various mysteries of Christ's life An important part of the rosary is repeating these prayers: Hall Mary Hail Mary full of grace the Lord is with thee Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus Holy Mary Mother of God Joyful Mysteries The Annunciation of Christ's Incarnation to Mary Mary's visit to Elizabeth The birth of Christ His presentation in the Temple His finding in the Temple pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death Our Father Our Father who art in Heaven hallowed be Thy name Thy kingdom come Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil Glory Be to the Father Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit As it was in the beginning is now and will be forever Sorrowful Mysteries Glorious Mysteries The resurrection of Christ His ascension into heaven The descent of the Holy Spirit The assumption of Mary into heaven Her coronation as Queen of Heaven Medjugorje principally because the rosary always had a place in her life "We didn't have a car or any way to go to church so my father taught us the rosary and novenas at home" she said Novenas are nine-dadevotions often utilizing the rosary for a religious intention Gonzales says rosary prayers are used "to have more faith to be more secure with our devotion and because we love the Blessed Mother "The rosary is our salvation Every time you say the rosary it's a little step up to heaven" she said "A lot of people don't understand that they think it's just a repetition of prayer But to me it is like we are begging the Blessed Mother to help save us" Despite its new popularity Cunningham said the rosary "is not as much part of the public devotional life of the Catholic Church as it was 30 years ago "Children of the generation immediately after the Second Vatican Council were not raised with their children" Though he has heard of the roCunningham said he has not seen "an awful lot of evidence in my own travels" Despite the crowds that flocked to Notre Dame's opening Mass of the school year last month he said "I didn't see anyone with a rosary is his or her hands That would have been unthinkable a generation ago" Cunningham a devout Catholic has a rosary But neither of his children do The Rev John Norman principal at St Joseph's High School in Ogden said many students own rosary beads but the school does not employ that form of prayer Instead Norman said "The rosary has become a family and parish devoton now" It remains an important collective prayer before a funeral The rosary is Norman said a "form of popular personal devotion that does at times change in its popularity or its use -- but not its validity" sary's comeback y : !7 a ' a Vote on Ballot Measures Continued from IN 1:a ! C-- 1 IIIIIMIM b egon's ballot prohibits mercy killing and lethal injections by physicians But under a stringent protocol a terminally ill patient would be able to ask a doctor for the "means and instructions to end life" This measure is "contrary to salvation" The letter cites the General Handbook of Instructions of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints which says "A person who participates in euthanasia — deliberately putting to death a person suffering from incurable conditions or diseases — violates the commandments of God" Ballot Measure 19 would pave the way for the establishment of and por- anti-chil- d anti-obsceni- ty On Sept 19 the 151 Oregon parishes "heard an unprecedented appeal for political contributions" to defeat the suicide measure according to an article in The Oregonian Parishioners were urged to bring checks the next week made out to the Coalition for Compassionate Care which is handling the campaign against Measure 16 nography laws that are "consistent with the many admonitions of the Lord that we not lust nor exploit another" DeHaan wrote His letter said child pornography "is particularly sinful in light of the Savior's statement that to offend one of His 'little ones' was worthy of death" Mormon leaders in Oregon were then instructed to arrange speeches in church meetings prior to the Nov 8 election on church doctrine regarding the doctor-assiste- d Catholics make up 10 Mormons 7 of Oregon's lion population two issues The Catholic Church also is oropposition to Measure ganizing 16 t i II Continued from I C-- 1 bly the Melchizedek or senior priesthood's quorums of high priests seventies and elders each voted separately So did the patriarchs of Mormon stakes or collections of congregations In the later assembly all voted as a single group Solemn assemblies have been with the church since its earliest days said Widtsoe and they have a variety of purposes A solemn assembly was called in August 1835 to allow the priesthood to approve the Doctrine and Covenants as one of the faith's principal scriptures "A second purpose is to dedicate new or refurbished temples" wrote Richard E Turley Jr managing director of the church's historical department in a recent essay "Worthy church members attend temple dedications in the temples or nearby buildings" A third purpose for solemn assemblies he said is to instruct and encourage church members usually male priesthood holders in their responsibilities These assemblies take place in temples or stake centers and participants must be deemed worthy to enter the church's temples which are closed to the public They must have an invitation "Those who are invited to come need a temple recommend and a ticket there are men placed at the doors just as you would find if you were to to the temple here in Provo who check recommends and tickets" said H Burke Peterson of the First Quorum of the Seventy in a 1975 address at Brigham Young University "Sometimes in such assemblies the sacrament is served" wrote Turley "but traditionally the main function is for those assembled to receive counsel from the presiding church authorities" the rosary" he said "Their parents moved away from that form of devotion and didn't pass it on to also has visited 72 i' Mormon Ritual Another difference between the 1974 and 1985 assemblies was the voting In the earlier assem- ' Gonzales ld the Melchizedek Priesthood the Aaronic Priesthood and the general membership all stood when called upon and voted But 11 years later at Ezra Taft Benson's solemn assembly in April 1985 priesthood holders no longer were seated separately in their respective quorums The worldwide church had simply grown too large Hinckley said at the time "In these present circumstances it is considered unfeasible to seat by quorums those assembled in the Tabernacle and the many other halls We shall however vote by larger quorums and groups" he said The agony of Christ in the garden His scourging His crowning with thorns the carrying of the cross the crucifixion and death of Christ States" 114-Year-O- and 3 mil- 4 - - : ' - - - 7 1 : - s 741-BrighimtFresiim- ! - Won't somebody thority ') Ricks Tightening Admission Requirements REXBURG Idaho — Getting into Ricks College is tougher these days as the school tries to 0 ' 7500 piionp 1 his wife : The NAOMI STEVENS SMITH Please join with friends and family to celebrate her 80th birthday on Sunday October 2 1994 from 5 to 7 pm at the 25th Ward 351 South Westr:Salt self-describe-d (1350 Lake City No gifts please faren ! 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