Do you prefer to pray 5 decades or 20 decades of the Rosary?

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Do you prefer to pray 5 decades or 20 decades of the Rosary?

Also, if you listen to a video (like Mother Angelica), do you pause it and meditate on each mystery?
 
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Daily? I pray 5. The most I’ve ever prayed in a day is 10. I meditate while I pray.
 
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I do five. I’d probably stop meditating long before I got to twenty if I tried.
 
Personally, I prefer praying the seven heptades in the Servite Rosary (seven groups of seven).

If I were to regularly pray what most meant by “the” Rosary it’d likely be 15 decades with 5 decades each during the morning, noon, and evening. Why 15 and not 20? Not because I reject St John Paul II’s additions, but rather to keep the tradition of 15 decades representing the 150 psalms. it’s why the full Rosary was once referred to as “Our Lady’s Psalter”.
 
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Why 15 and not 20? Not because I reject St John Paul II’s additions, but rather to keep the tradition of 15 decades representing the 150 psalms. it’s why the full Rosary was once referred to as “Our Lady’s Psalter”.
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That’s why I’m considering praying the joyful mysteries on Thursdays! That and I prefer them to the luminous.
 
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That’s why I’m considering praying the joyful mysteries on Thursdays! That and I prefer them to the luminous.
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I’m actually pretty bad at remembering which mysteries are part of the joyful versus luminous and glorious mysteries so I basically have the 5 sorrowful mysteries and my 5 “other” mysteries grab bag that might change depending on what I’m thinking at the moment (“is the transfiguration or the ascension next???”).

I actually tend to stumble on 4th and 5th Joyful mysteries because they are tied so closely to the 1st and 3rd Sorrows in the Servite Rosary (the presentation/prophecy of Simeon and finding Jesus in the Temple/Loss of Jesus in the Temple). I sometime have 3 Joyful Mysteries followed by 2 Sorrows of Mary.

Like I say, you don’t want me leading a public Rosary since people will think I’m just making things up as I go. 😮
 
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Given that I work and have a lot of busy responsibility stuff going on, it’s difficult for me to do more than 5 decades a day. I will occasionally say the 15 or the 20 decades rosary. When praying with a video I will sometimes pause it to meditate but often try to meditate as I pray. It is a learned art and I’m not great at it yet but practice makes perfect.
 
How long would it take to say 20 decades ?

I’d rather read - out loud -one of the Gospels - each day -
(which takes two hours or so.)
 
If I was unemployed - or retired - yes - but twice a month.

I do believe in the power of the rosary - and Mary’s intercession - without question !
 
I pray five decades daily when I take my morning walk, and I pray the mysteries as recommended by Pope St. John Paul II. On longer walks, I might pray an additional five decades, and on days before I go to confession I usually pray the sorrowful mysteries regardless of what day it is. When JPII promulgated the luminous mysteries, I got this visual aid to help me memorize them.

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Praying the whole rosary, along with meditative commentary between decades, the “O My Jesus” Fatima prayer, “Hail Holy Queen” and ending prayers takes me around 35-40 minutes to do.

If I had time to say 20 decades in the manner of which I do them, I would likely just shave my head and join a monastery.
 
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