Indeed. But you left out that all important word, “vain.” Therein lies the difference.Saying Hail Mary full of grace…," FIFTY times is repetitious, whether one admits it or not. Repetitious prayer means to repeat words over and over again.
Yet it is possible to say each and every one with deeper and deeper appreciation for Our Lord, through the Mother who’s his and ours. It’s possible for every prayer of a long series to be uttered not mindlessly, as when a woman picks up her purse, but insistently, as when she tells her husband she loves him, many times a day.Saying Hail Mary full of grace…," FIFTY times is repetitious, whether one admits it or not. Repetitious prayer means to repeat words over and over again.
The rosary is a meditation device. We mediate on the certain events in Christ’s life. Have you said the Divine MErcy Chaplet(I might have the name wrong) The main prayer is not the Hail Mary. Maybe you would feel more comfortable with it.Saying Hail Mary full of grace…," FIFTY times is repetitious, whether one admits it or not. Repetitious prayer means to repeat words over and over again.
Hehehe. Indeed that is the truth. How many times do you hear the word “just” in those prayers?
The early Church didn’t practice Eucharistic Adoration either. Absence in antiquity does not make something automatically invalid.By definition it is still repetitious. Actually the practice of the Rosary recital cannot be found in the church before the 7th century. It is an optional practice that neither the apostles nor the early church practiced. Their devotion was chiefly to Christ in God. This fact cannot be denied.
It does mean a lot when you are trying to follow what the early church actually taught and practiced. If Christ was enough for people to solely trust and pray to, then it should be enough for us as well, who do not even face martyrdom, as the Christians in the first 300 years had to undergo.
I try to build my faith and religious practices as were the beliefs and practices the early church, which is pretty simple. As for the Eucharist adoration, I'm not sure when that came into practice. But Rosary recitals were unheard of before the 7th century. :)
I just knew somebody from my neck of the woods would understand!Hehehe. Indeed that is the truth. How many times do you hear the word “just” in those prayers?
I don’t know why the 7th Century should be your magic number but since prayers to Mary have been known since Sub tuum praesidium, written around 250 A.D., that should ease your mind a little.Mercygate
It does mean a lot when you are trying to follow what the early church actually taught and practiced. If Christ was enough for people to solely trust and pray to, then it should be enough for us as well, who do not even face martyrdom, as the Christians in the first 300 years had to undergo.
I try to build my faith and religious practices as were the beliefs and practices the early church, which is pretty simple. As for the Eucharist adoration, I’m not sure when that came into practice. But Rosary recitals were unheard of before the 7th century.
Piety, of course you are not obligated to use the rosary as a prayer practice. It is purely your option.I try to build my faith and religious practices as were the beliefs and practices the early church, which is pretty simple. As for the Eucharist adoration, I’m not sure when that came into practice. But Rosary recitals were unheard of before the 7th century.
The earliest Church had no New Testament and had no church buildings to worship Jesus in.Mercygate
It does mean a lot when you are trying to follow what the early church actually taught and practiced. If Christ was enough for people to solely trust and pray to, then it should be enough for us as well, who do not even face martyrdom, as the Christians in the first 300 years had to undergo.
I try to build my faith and religious practices as were the beliefs and practices the early church, which is pretty simple. As for the Eucharist adoration, I’m not sure when that came into practice. But Rosary recitals were unheard of before the 7th century.
Mercygate
It does mean a lot when you are trying to follow what the early church actually taught and practiced. If Christ was enough for people to solely trust and pray to, then it should be enough for us as well, who do not even face martyrdom, as the Christians in the first 300 years had to undergo.
I try to build my faith and religious practices as were the beliefs and practices the early church, which is pretty simple. As for the Eucharist adoration, I’m not sure when that came into practice. But Rosary recitals were unheard of before the 7th century.
You are making a false assumption. No where does the word of God say that Christ was enough for people to solely trust and pray to.Mercygate
It does mean a lot when you are trying to follow what the early church actually taught and practiced. If Christ was enough for people to solely trust and pray to, then it should be enough for us as well, who do not even face martyrdom, as the Christians in the first 300 years had to undergo.