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Praying The Rosary
Topic Started: Sunday, 23. September 2007, 03:29 (680 Views)
Karin
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I have been listening to Father Corapi about praying the Rosary daily. He tells of the saints who loved the Rosary. And of our beloved Holy Father John Paul II who loved the Rosary.

What part of the Rosary do you like most? Which Mystery do you like best or do you like them all? The Rosary has a body and a soul (as Father says). The soul breathes life into the body, as it does for us. The Meditations on the 20 Mysteries are the life of Jesus. And prayer for Peace and for the family - no prayer - no peace. Peace is the absence of conflict...and that can be a war or interior battles in families. By praying the Rosary, we pray for Peace in all aspects of life. The Master's way is the quest for Peace.

We contemplate the face of Christ as we pray the Rosary. We see the face of Christ in the people we encounter. We see it in the family. Praying for Peace in the family is essential.

Father Corapi says that 70% of Catholics don't even go to Mass on Sunday. I wonder how many pray the Rosary on a daily basis? How often do families pray together? Do the children pray the Rosary with their families?

How often I think of Blessed Mother asking us to pray for Peace. We see the face of her Son in the cycle of the Rosary. We meditate on His life. The Rosary is such a beautiful prayer and such a gift of love. We pray to Jesus through Mary. And when Mary speaks, God listens. And I also listen to my mother. Where is your rosary?
Karin

Hvaljen Isus i Marija. Kraljica Mira, moli za nas.
"Praised be Jesus and Mary. Queen of Peace, Pray for Us."

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The Rosary is not just prayer, it is also an invitation to meditate on the twenty mysteries that cover the life and teaching of Christ. Yep, I wrote twenty - Pope John Paul II, you will recall added five more - the Mysteries of Light.

The unity of a family begins with family prayer, daily and with Jesus Christ at the centre of everything.

The Hail Mary is from the first chapter of the Gospel of St. Luke. The 'Our Father' is the Lord's prayer also from the Gospel, the "Glory be" is based on Sacred Scripture and each of the mysteries is based on the Gospel with the last two being inferred from Sacred Scripture.

It is not to Mary, the Mother of Jesus Christ - the Mother of God - that the Rosary draws our attention, but to Jesus Christ and the Gospel He preached. It is our guide to God through meditative prayer with the binding power of love and sacrifice. It is an investment in faith that brings us all together while keeping us focused on those things that really matter - the things at the heart of the Gospel.

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MickCook
Sep 23 2007, 03:50 AM
The Rosary is not just prayer, it is also an invitation to meditate on the twenty mysteries that cover the life and teaching of Christ. Yep, I wrote twenty - Pope John Paul II, you will recall added five more - the Mysteries of Light.

The extra five are optional.

The Rosary is still the Rosary if you "only" say the fifteen mysteries.

Clare.
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pete

I prefer the sorrowful mysteries, I find Christ's passion very moving. Whereas in the joyful mysteries, the finding of the Christ child in the temple, to me it does not have the same impact.
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Karin
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I agree, Pete. I tend to get lost in the Sorrowful Mysteries. I bond so tightly with Christ in His passion, that I emotionally feel what He must have felt, if only in my own humble existence. The Rosary is truly heartfelt.
Karin

Hvaljen Isus i Marija. Kraljica Mira, moli za nas.
"Praised be Jesus and Mary. Queen of Peace, Pray for Us."

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Clare
Sep 23 2007, 09:07 AM
MickCook
Sep 23 2007, 03:50 AM
The Rosary is not just prayer, it is also an invitation to meditate on the twenty mysteries that cover the life and teaching of Christ.  Yep, I wrote twenty - Pope John Paul II, you will recall added five more - the Mysteries of Light.

The extra five are optional.

The Rosary is still the Rosary if you "only" say the fifteen mysteries.

Clare.

It does not make the slightest difference whether the Mysteries of Light are optional or not, don't miss the point - the focus of the Rosary as a whole is Jesus Christ and His Gospel.

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On what grounds, Clare, do you say that the "extra five" (Mysteries of The Rosary) are optional? Surely all the Mysteries are equally optional? Is there anything wrong in a person composing a few more for him or her self?
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Derekap
Sep 23 2007, 08:29 PM
Surely all the Mysteries are equally optional?

My preference is to say just one decade and take time over it, rather than say five, giving just a couple of minutes to each one.
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Derekap
Sep 23 2007, 08:29 PM
On what grounds, Clare, do you say that the "extra five" (Mysteries of The Rosary) are optional? Surely all the Mysteries are equally optional? Is there anything wrong in a person composing a few more for him or her self?

Of course there's nothing wrong with people improvising mysteries of their own.

The fifteen mysteries make up as complete a rosary as they ever did though.
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Clare
Sep 23 2007, 09:07 AM
MickCook
Sep 23 2007, 03:50 AM
The Rosary is not just prayer, it is also an invitation to meditate on the twenty mysteries that cover the life and teaching of Christ.  Yep, I wrote twenty - Pope John Paul II, you will recall added five more - the Mysteries of Light.

The extra five are optional.

The Rosary is still the Rosary if you "only" say the fifteen mysteries.

Clare.

The whole rosary is optional!
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maklavan
Sep 25 2007, 09:08 PM
The whole rosary is optional!

Well yes, I suppose so. In the sense that eating one's greens is optional.

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Gerard

Maklavan,

I agree. The whole Rosary is optional. Its a beautiful prayer for those who can pray it properly - but that is not everyone.

Optional.

Gerry

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Rosary in Latin
There's an MP3 to aid with pronunciation.
Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum, benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Jesus; Sancta Maria, mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen.
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I think in the Middle East there was, and still is, a custom where the Engagement (as we know it) is a much more serious status than we know it. It certainly did not include Consummation. When working in Egypt someone came round with a member of the staff for me to congratulate him on his marriage. Not very long afterwards, to my astonishment and utter confusion, the procedure was repeated. He was a Coptic (Orthodox) Christian.
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Some encouragement to say the Rosary from St. Louis de Montfort
In The Secret of the Rosary (p. 65), St. Louis De Montfort states: "The Rosary recited with meditation on the mysteries brings bout the following marvellous results:

1. It gradually gives us a perfect knowledge of Jesus Christ;
2. It purifies our souls, washing away sin;
3. It gives us victory over all our enemies;
4. It makes it easy for us to practice virtue;
5. It sets us on fire with love of Our Blessed Lord;
6. It enriches us with graces and merits;
7. It supplies us with what is needed to pay all our debts to God and to our fellow men, and finally, it obtains all kinds of graces for us from Almighty God."

Secret of the Rosary
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