Help with the Rosary

[Jon_Paul]

I hear of Saint Louis Marie de Montfort when I one of he,s books,if he didn,t say the Rosary when he want to, he would say it later,**but he never suggest splitting the Rosary up,saying some of it and than finish the rest,**ever person I view at church ,say the whole Rosary,than put away in their pockets.

From Saint Louis Marie’s Secret of the Rosary, Forty-Fifth Rose.

I advise you to divide up your Rosary into three parts and to say each group of mysteries (five decades) at a different time of day. This is much better than saying the whole fifteen decades all at once.

If you cannot find the time to say a third part of the Rosary all at one time, say it gradually, a decade here and there. I am sure you can manage this; so that, in spite of your work and all the calls upon your time, you will have said the whole Rosary before going to bed.

In fact, splitting the rosary up can be very beneficial because it allows one to very easily and simply say all fifteen decades in one day. Personally I always say a chaplet (five decades) at a time. It’s the most common practise and rightly so for public recitation of the rosary. But it is entirely in good taste to split the decades up throughout the day.

 

[bben15]

Perhaps the Rosary isn’t for you. Have you considered other devotions to our Lady or perhaps some novenas or chaplets that use rosary beads.

While praying the Rosary is commendable it isn’t always the best fit or everybody’s devotional practices. That doesn’t make you a bad Catholic by any stretch of the imagination.

If you are intent on praying the Rosary you could use one of the other suggestions above to make it seem more manageable, like breaking it up through the day or perhaps committing to one decade a day for a while or to make a commitment to say at least one decade 3 times a week or something along those lines.

ChadS

The Rosary is for everyone, brother.

 

[Jon_Paul]

That’s not what I have been told. I recently joined the Confraternity of the Most Holy Rosary (Dominican Friars). I am informed that I am obliged (without pain of sin) to “recite and meditate on Fifteen Mysteries of the Holy Rosary once a week.” It is not stated which fifteen mysteries are to be said, and the word “traditional” does not occur. So presumably, if I chose to say the Luminous, Sorrowful, and Glorious one week, that would fulfill my obligation.

Additionally, in the welcome letter, it is stated that members are encouraged to do things like remind others of the importance of praying the rosary as a family, start confraternity societies, make and distribute rosaries, etc. One of the things we are encouraged to do is to “Promote the new ‘Luminous Mysteries’ of the Rosary.”

So consider them promoted.

Yes, you are certainly right. I remember having contacted the Confraternity due to a question as to whether the use of the Brigittine Rosary fulfilled the obligation (not because of the three extra mysteries, but because the decades conclude with the Credo and not the Gloria Patri). I was informed that as long as fifteen decades of one Our Father and ten Hail Mary were said, then the obligation was fulfilled. The use of the word “traditional” was certainly my own, because the Dominicans only ask for fifteen decades of the Most Holy Rosary, I naturally assumed that it was a reference to the traditional fifteen mysteries.

I am sure that the Luminous Mysteries fulfil the obligation, but they are still optional.

 

[TrueLight]

HI! TrueLight!!!

Hi there Marie!

 

[johnthebaptist2]

Apowerful means of renewing our courage will undoubtedly be found in the Holy Rosary’

= Pope Leo X111
Just keep praying the Rosary,Our Lady will help you.Amen :harp:

 

[Faustinas_frien]

I had this problem too
I felt required to recite the rosary every day but besides all the repetitions, my mind would drift to the hundreds of things I needed to do
So this helped me, maybe it will help you

I found on line Marian meditations for each decade of each rosary
I’d write down 1-2 lines from that meditation
Then I’d make up a personal prayer to attach with it
( my favorite, 5th sorrowful mystery, …Father, I offer you Jesus’ body and blood. Please remember His words…Father. Forgive them for they know not what they do…Father, please forgive me.)
That makes each decade personal for me.
Then too the time of day…I say the rosary at 7 AM, even wih my coffee, and no rush to get to work by 8 AM.

Just works for me.