How often do you pray the rosary?

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I pray the rosary anywhere from a few times a month to several times a year. I need to pray the rosary more often but I don’t. :o 😦
 
Lately I´ve been praying the 20 mysteries every week. So I usually pray a 5 mystery set 4 days a week.
 
Have you tried joining a Rosary group, at your Church ?
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 While in the process of becoming Catholic .......  I began to experience the need to pray the Rosary.
 At first, I had difficulties doing so, on my own.  :o
So, I began to ‘sit in’, with our Church’s Rosary group (after morning Mass on weekdays & Saturdays).
Very soon … I was joining in.
Now, I am one of the ‘regulars’ there.
On Sundays … I pray it at home. Am happy, that this no longer presents any difficulties, for me. :dancing:
BTW ........ some good relationships, also formed in our 'group'. :)
 
EllaK said:
Have you tried joining a Rosary group, at your Church ?
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 While in the process of becoming Catholic .......  I began to experience the need to pray the Rosary.
 At first, I had difficulties doing so, on my own.  :o
So, I began to ‘sit in’, with our Church’s Rosary group (after morning Mass on weekdays & Saturdays).
Very soon … I was joining in.
Now, I am one of the ‘regulars’ there.
On Sundays … I pray it at home. Am happy, that this no longer presents any difficulties, for me. :dancing:
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BTW ........   some good relationships, also formed in our 'group'.   :)
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Yes, I joined a group called the Legion of Mary once. I wasn’t able to pray the rosary every day so I quit the group. I have a hard time praying it every day. I guess I’m just not that committed to it. If I noticed a significant benefit from praying the rosary every day, I’d join the group again but I honestly don’t notice a significant benefit from praying the rosary every day. I don’t know. Maybe I don’t have enough faith or something.
 
EllaK said:
Have you tried joining a Rosary group, at your Church ?
Code: 
 While in the process of becoming Catholic .......  I began to experience the need to pray the Rosary.
 At first, I had difficulties doing so, on my own.  :o
So, I began to ‘sit in’, with our Church’s Rosary group (after morning Mass on weekdays & Saturdays).
Very soon … I was joining in.
Now, I am one of the ‘regulars’ there.
On Sundays … I pray it at home. Am happy, that this no longer presents any difficulties, for me. :dancing:
Code: 
BTW ........   some good relationships, also formed in our 'group'.   :)
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So did I, which started almost 10 years ago (when there were only 3 sets of Mysteries instead of 4). Something I would do at times is to say prayer intentions at the start of each mystery before the Our Father. Now, I pray it everyday. Sometimes, I might say all 4 sets of Mysteries on a special occasion - which takes 90-120 minutes.
 
Well, I have decided to start wearing my brown scapular medal again and my miraculous medal and to try and pray the rosary every day. I will try really hard to focus on the mysteries and such and hopefully I’ll notice blessings because of it.
 
Holly3278 said:
Yes, I joined a group called the Legion of Mary once. I wasn’t able to pray the rosary every day so I quit the group. I have a hard time praying it every day. I guess I’m just not that committed to it. If I noticed a significant benefit from praying the rosary every day, I’d join the group again but I honestly don’t notice a significant benefit from praying the rosary every day. I don’t know. Maybe I don’t have enough faith or something.
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Joining the Legion of Mary as an adult was what helped me discern that personal Marian devotions (rosary etc) were NOT for me.
 
As an auxiliary member of the Legion of Mary, I try really, really hard to pray the rosary every day. Sometimes it doesn’t work out just from sheer forgetfulness, which makes me think I ought to have a scheduled time for it.

The Legion of Mary is a wonderful thing, and I’m very anxious to become an active member so I can join in all the great services they do. In the meantime, I try to remember that my quiet rosaries said at home are enabling the active members to do their work.

Holly, I can sympathize with what you say about not noticing any significant benefits. I confess, on some days the daily rosary seems more like an irritating duty than a blessing.

But I started doing what Jennifer G. mentioned… before each mystery, I would name a prayer intention, often one of my fellow Legion members, and offer that mystery for him. It helped me to see a little better the benefits of the rosary. I may not notice any significant changes in my life, but I know that I’m offering prayers for someone or something, and that opens up my eyes a little to how worthwhile it is.
 
I’ve only just been confirmed Catholic seven days ago, so I’ve never prayed the Rosary before.

I only just prayed to the Virgin Mary for the first time last night. A belated Mother’s Day thing.

I’m still getting used to these Catholic practices. I’m coming from the Protestant tradition of only praying to the Lord, but I’m changing. It’s just taking a while.

I don’t think I’ll make any marks in the poll until I know how often I will end up praying the Rosary. It might be a while before I seriously get into it, but eventually I’m sure I will.
 
Holly3278 said:
Yes, I joined a group called the Legion of Mary once. I wasn’t able to pray the rosary every day so I quit the group. I have a hard time praying it every day. I guess I’m just not that committed to it. If I noticed a significant benefit from praying the rosary every day, I’d join the group again but I honestly don’t notice a significant benefit from praying the rosary every day. I don’t know. Maybe I don’t have enough faith or something.
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I started out 10 Hail Mary’s per day by listening to my mother who asked me to do that and she would finish the other 40 Hail Mary’s. Together, we finished the whole Rosary.

My life has been changing and it is Virgin Mary who helped me get back to the right track toward Jesus. I’ve been praying the Rosary every day.

The best part is the Legion of Mary - being part of the Legion, I’ve been encouraged to never stop praying the Rosary even if it passed 1:00am and I am exhausted; I can’t skip the Rosary.

May I suggest you to read the book “The Secret of the Rosary” by Saint Louis de Montfort who had such great devotion to Blessed Virgin Mary.
 
Twice a day; on the commute to work and the commute from work. I have it on my iPod now; used to count on my fingers . . .
 
Some very good advice here. Remember, too, that ‘missing’ one day doesn’t mean one has to ‘give up’, anymore than ‘blowing’ a diet one day means one can then ‘pig out.’ Maybe you can only get one decade in --say the decade that day rather than think, “If I can’t do the whole thing I won’t do it at all.”

And remember that while no one is mandated to pray the rosary, the prayers are never ‘wasted’, ineffective, or not worthwhile simply because they are not ‘mandated.’
 
Tantum_ergo said:
Some very good advice here. Remember, too, that ‘missing’ one day doesn’t mean one has to ‘give up’, anymore than ‘blowing’ a diet one day means one can then ‘pig out.’ Maybe you can only get one decade in --say the decade that day rather than think, “If I can’t do the whole thing I won’t do it at all.”

And remember that while no one is mandated to pray the rosary, the prayers are never ‘wasted’, ineffective, or not worthwhile simply because they are not ‘mandated.’
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:amen:
 
IrishAm said:
Twice a day; on the commute to work and the commute from work. I have it on my iPod now; used to count on my fingers . . .
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I would like to do that, but since I’m driving I’m concerned about concentration! If I’m to properly meditate on the mysteries, wouldn’t that mean I’d be NOT concentrating as much on the road?
 
Fitswimmer said:
I would like to do that, but since I’m driving I’m concerned about concentration! If I’m to properly meditate on the mysteries, wouldn’t that mean I’d be NOT concentrating as much on the road?
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If you have a choice, then go with the method that helps you more with the meditation. If not, praying is always better than not praying at all.
 
I wish I prayed it more. A group of us recite it together before the 9 am Mass on Sundays and I love doing that. I seem to have a really hard time carrying that practice over into my home life. I’ll do it every night for a while, then I’ll get home late from work one night and I’ll be too tired and once I miss once-it’s all over.

I’m going to try it on the way home today instead of listening to the radio. I have JPII reciting it on my iPod, so I could use that.
 
Fitswimmer said:
I wish I prayed it more. A group of us recite it together before the 9 am Mass on Sundays and I love doing that. I seem to have a really hard time carrying that practice over into my home life. I’ll do it every night for a while, then I’ll get home late from work one night and I’ll be too tired and once I miss once-it’s all over.

I’m going to try it on the way home today instead of listening to the radio. I have JPII reciting it on my iPod, so I could use that.
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How about trying 1 little step at a time. There are 5 days a week, you can start saying 1 decade per day. By Friday, you will finish the entire Rosary. I had done that before.

Or, you can find some friends who want to split up the Rosary and pray with you. I pray Rosary myself, but at the same time I pray 3 decades and another friend of mine finish the other 2. Two of us finish 1 Rosary a day.
 
My wife and I pray it every night before bed. We love it.

If your commute is long: Mark Mallet has a wonderful cd on the rosary dedicated Our Lady of Guadalupe. He also has a cd on the Divine Mercy.

The Rosary will change your life it you let it. Sit down one day and write down 50 intentions (one for each bead) and have your list in front of you. You and you list will change over the next few weeks. Your priorities will become clear. I guarantee it.
 
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