A question on the Rosary

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I have started listening to the rosary while I am at work and praying along when I can. When I have a task to do, my mind of course gets distracted and pays little attention to the sound of the rosary in the background; but when my task is finished, it comes back to the forefront. My question is, is this disrespectful in anyway to the Blessed Mother? I understand that this can not be the whole of my devotion to Mary, and I do pray the rosary again in quiet in the evening when I can focus on it. But I keep thinking of the three children of Fatima, how they would distractedly say the Rosary… and they were definitely corrected on that by our Mother.

I am interested in your thoughts and opinions.

I have so much love for you all here. Thank you in advance!
 
good question. i was reading a book by Fr. James Martin, SJ, and he recalled a story: A jesuit asks his superior if he may smoke while he prays. the superior says, ABSOLUTELY NOT! He comes back several days later and asks, Father, may i pray while i smoke? he answers, well of course you may!!

what i am saying here, is that you are praying while you work, you arent working while you pray. and you make time to pray without distraction(insofar as that is possible, lol) later in the evevning. i say good for you! you’re turning your eyes to God, that is what is important.
 
I’d say: focus on the work at hand, with all your mind, and offer it go God. We often make the mistake of believing that the only prayer is the one in which we kneel and address God, forgetting that we should make of every act of our life an offering and thus a prayer to God, by virtue of our common priesthood.

St. Teresa de Los Andes once wrote:
My life is a continuous prayer, because everything I do I do it out of love for my Jesus.
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P.s.: I like to listen to Gregorian chant sometimes at work, if it does not distract me from the task at hand. Pandora has a couple of Gregorian Chant stations.
 
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I’d say: focus on the work at hand, with all your mind, and offer it go God. We often make the mistake of believing that the only prayer is the one in which we kneel and address God, forgetting that we should make of every act of our life an offering and thus a prayer to God, by virtue of our common priesthood.
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That’s true; but it doesn’t necessarily mean that what the OP is doing is wrong.

Ophelia23, I think it would be a problem only if it is getting in the way of your work. Only you can make that judgement.
 
Good replies above for you to consider. One alternative might be to listen to “The Divine Mercy Chaplet” as the prayers are shorter.

I can pray the Chaplet on the treadmill but cannot pray the Rosary, concentrate on the Mysteries and walk at the same time. :o
 
Good thoughts, everyone! I appreciate your feedback! And Phaedra, I love the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. I should take your suggestion to heart and listen to that while I’m working too. 🙂
 
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My question is, is this disrespectful in anyway to the Blessed Mother?
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I don’t think it’s disrespectful at all. You’re trying to fill your day more with prayer, that’s great! I wish I took more time throughout the day to love Jesus and Mary, even if it’s a quick “I love you” here and there. Actually… you’ve inspired me. :tiphat:
 
Ophelia23 said:
I have started listening to the rosary while I am at work and praying along when I can. When I have a task to do, my mind of course gets distracted and pays little attention to the sound of the rosary in the background; but when my task is finished, it comes back to the forefront. My question is, is this disrespectful in anyway to the Blessed Mother? I understand that this can not be the whole of my devotion to Mary, and I do pray the rosary again in quiet in the evening when I can focus on it. But I keep thinking of the three children of Fatima, how they would distractedly say the Rosary… and they were definitely corrected on that by our Mother.

I am interested in your thoughts and opinions.

I have so much love for you all here. Thank you in advance!
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Padre Pio once said that if he had to start praying the Rosary from the beginning every time he got distracted he would never finish a Rosary.
 
I pray the rosary daily while I drive my semi truck across God’s country I don’t feel it’s disrespectful at all and it gives me many hours of peaceful prayer a week. I say continue doing what brings you closer to God.
 
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