Dear friend
It would be a nightmare for you or any other person who is suffering from dryness to set out and try and complete a whole Rosary. Dryness serves a purpose to remind us that we are reliant on God for all things, especially spiritual growth. During these times of dryness God desires we** will** to remain close to Him, because it is in these dry times that people can and do, give up.
The dry times are when we truly grow spiritually. We learn many things about the good gifts of God purely because of their apparent absence. They are not absent, they are hidden for a time and we are asked to tread purely in faith without the reward of consolation.
I’ve often thought, would I stop having contact with a good and faithful friend because I can’t think of anything to say to them nor do I feel like talking to them and they are silent for a time with me. That can’t be the case to break contact; the honest thing to do would be to say, ‘I don’t know what to talk with you about and I don’t really feel like it, come over and be with me anyway.’
It’s the same with God. God loves our honesty, He already knows what’s going on with each of us. There is great benefit in telling God that we are dry and don’t feel like praying, would He just be with us and us be with Him. Every situation handed to Him is a situation under His Providence and we can trust Him to aid us in all things we hand to Him.
In these times of dryness we can say to God, ‘I cannot even force myself to say one Hail Mary, but give me the strength and I will say it,’ then set out to say one Hail Mary, see if we can go on to say two, if not offer what you can because to God all things offered up have infinite value.
Our Hail Mary said with much effort is greater than 100 Hail Mary’s easily said.
Friend, your dryness is not a cause for worry, but a cause to rejoice, God has graced this to you for your benefit and has greatly Blessed you, walk with Him even closer in this time, even if you just say to Him ‘I am here with you Lord, I love you and I trust you.’
God desires we love Him in faith even when the way is dark and we can see no apparent reward for our efforts or consolation, we go by faith because this is also a gift, we live in hope because this gift supports the gift of faith, but love, love as St Paul said is the greatest of these and love is not love unless it is freely given without any reason to do so…
God Bless you and much love and peace to you