A question about prayer threads. (SPLIT)

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May I ask a question?

There is something that I truly do not grasp, so to speak.

I think it is wonderful that you all are so kindly devoted
to praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet for the conversion and salvation
of unrepentant sinners of all stripes.

I’m a little confused, though, about “Typing” these prayers on a forum in a thread.

Does that REALLY count as prayer? I am not sure, because are we
really addressing the prayer to the Father, or merely typing out the prayers on
a page?

I don’t mean, NOT at ALL, to insult anybody, please don’t misunderstand,
I’m just wondering
if typing out the prayers
really counts in God’s eyes as “praying the chaplet.”
I can understand if we have no hands or fingers or no rosary beads,
but NORMALLY, isn’t this prayer, in particular,
supposed to be a vocal prayer, prayed on blessed beads?

Please clarify for me…
Love you all,
Jaypeeto4
 
Dear Jaypeeto4, I think Church Militant might want to address this formally, but I just want to try to express what I do with this thread, and pretty much all my responses to prayer intentions. While it may look like I’m typing, or cutting and pasting, I have never, ever, submitted a response before I said the prayers that I told someone I was going to pray for them. So, by the time I send off my “Fifth Decade” or whatever, I have already prayed it. (I think most of the folks on this particular thread probably already say the Chaplet in its entirety sometime during the course of the day, so I guess that this is just “additional”. And anyway who couldn’t use more prayer? :)) Now, there are many ways to pray. Yes, there is vocal prayer, meditation, contemplation, etc; however, I do not believe there is a hard and fast rule that the Chaplet must be said out loud. Even St. Faustina’s congregation, which does have some strict rules about the devotion

faustyna.pl/en/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

does not mention a mandate for vocal prayer. Finally, again, going to the source (The Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy), you will see that the order does approve praying the Chaplet via the Internet, so your question of whether the Chaplet must be said on beads is answered. If you are praying with beads, must the beads be “blessed”? I’m gonna leave that question to Church Militant or to anyone else in CAF who knows. Hope this helped!

:gopray2::gopray2::gopray2:

Closing Prayers

Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Eternal God, in Whom mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion inexhaustible, look kindly upon us and increase Your mercy in us, that in difficult moments we might not despair nor become despondent, but with great confidence submit ourselves to Your holy will, which is Love and Mercy itself.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
 
What you apparently do not understand is that each person who posts is actually praying that part for the Chaplet along with everyone who has joined us.

I’ve asked the mods to split this off so it doesn’t disrupt the thread.
 
No problem. It’s a reasonable question. I imagine some folks don’t realize that each post is actually what the poster is praying. 🙂

BTW, nowhere in all of authentic and authoritative Catholic teaching does the Church ever tell us that we must use prayer beads. There a host of various chaplets that can be found and used for various devotions. In fact, most of my prayers in the thread have been prayed using a single decade Benedictine chaplet which I keep right here beside my comp.

My own Irish ancestors actually used a single decade Rosary during time of persecution that ring or loop on one end and a crucifix on the other so that it could be prayed without getting them arrested.
http://www.stillstoneandmoss.com/home/tilda-Irish-Penal-Chaplets.gif

In Ireland, in the 1700s, a code of laws known as the “Penal Laws” forbade the carrying of rosaries. Irish Catholics developed a version of the rosary that was easier to conceal, comprised of a single decade of Ave beads, with a crucifix at one end and a ring at the other.

This little chaplet came to be known as the “Irish Penal Rosary.” Though small, it could be used to keep count of the prayers of a full five-decade rosary, by looping the ring over a thumb and praying the first decade, then moving the ring to each finger in turn, praying one decade at each position.

The Irish Penal Chaplet is called, in Gaelic, “An Paidrin Beag,” which means “The Little Rosary.”
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I have seen the “Little Rosary” but couldn’t figure out how it was used. Ah, the Irish, so clever!!! 🙂
 
Jaypeeto4 said:
May I ask a question?

There is something that I truly do not grasp, so to speak.

I think it is wonderful that you all are so kindly devoted
to praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet for the conversion and salvation
of unrepentant sinners of all stripes.

I’m a little confused, though, about “Typing” these prayers on a forum in a thread.

Does that REALLY count as prayer? I am not sure, because are we
really addressing the prayer to the Father, or merely typing out the prayers on
a page?

I don’t mean, NOT at ALL, to insult anybody, please don’t misunderstand,
I’m just wondering
if typing out the prayers
really counts in God’s eyes as “praying the chaplet.”
I can understand if we have no hands or fingers or no rosary beads,
but NORMALLY, isn’t this prayer, in particular,
supposed to be a vocal prayer, prayed on blessed beads?

Please clarify for me…
Love you all,
Jaypeeto4
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Lord, may Jaypeeto4 know that I do not merely type out prayer on these forums - I actually pray the prayer that has been typed. May he know that if I were to type out a chaplet I would actually pray the chaplet, even if beads were not used. May he know that what makes prayer actual prayer is not the use of beads but one’s intention, one’s love and one’s words of confidence addressed to God and the Saints. May Jaypeeto4 know that though beads do help us in various important ways (in counting, etc.), they are not absolutely necessary, unless one is leading a group rosary prayed for an indulgence of the Chruch. Amen.
 
Lord, I was just looking at a book which made me believe that what makes the Rosary the Rosary is the use of beads, the movement of the lips, etc.; thus my last prayer is inadequate and does not help Jaypeeto4. Please help Jaypeeto4 and me to understand online prayer properly. Amen.
 
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