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ray_anthony
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what are for other mysteries.??
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TheAdvocate
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This is the problem I have with the rosary–if I mediate on the rosary, I can’t think about the words I am saying to Mary, or vice-versa. Focusing on the mysteries causes my Hail Mary’s to be empty prayer. Or if I focus on the Hail Mary’s, there is no meditation going on of the Mysteries.
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tp3192000
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“This is the problem I have with the rosary–if I mediate on the rosary, I can’t think about the words I am saying to Mary, or vice-versa. Focusing on the mysteries causes my Hail Mary’s to be empty prayer. Or if I focus on the Hail Mary’s, there is no meditation going on of the Mysteries.”
Don’t be worried about how you say the Rosary. Mary will guide you. If you lose your focus and are distracted, it’s all right. Eventually, you will be guided to saying it better. Think about and research each mystery at a time when you are not praying, so that when you pray that mystery you can recall what you researched. A Hail Mary is not an empty prayer even when you are not conscious of the meaning of each word while reciting it.
Don’t be worried about how you say the Rosary. Mary will guide you. If you lose your focus and are distracted, it’s all right. Eventually, you will be guided to saying it better. Think about and research each mystery at a time when you are not praying, so that when you pray that mystery you can recall what you researched. A Hail Mary is not an empty prayer even when you are not conscious of the meaning of each word while reciting it.
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tp3192000
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How awful to lose a granddaughter. My condolences to you. You have brought up what has been a difficult mystery for me, Mary’s visit to her cousin Elizabeth. I have meditated on Mary’s concern for her cousin because of the angel’s message. How she dropped everything to be of service to her cousin when she learned she was pregnant. Someone else on this message board brought up how Elizabeth in her greeting to Mary correlates to an Old Testament passage that references David’s discovery of the Ark of the Covenant where he jumped for joy as Elizabeth’s unborn child did in her womb, and in her words “who am I that the mother of the Lord should come to me?” echoes similar words from David on the return of the Ark of the Covenant. This puts a whole new perspective on this mystery.
It seems that the more we look, the more we find, or are led to discover.
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loozcannon
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I don’t know if you’re a fan of, or know who, Michael Voris is, he’s put up a scriptural guide that gives quick sentences you can focus on during each Hail Mary.
If you’d like to print it out, you can do so here here.
The video can be found here.
It has helped me tremendously. I highly recommend it.
If you’d like to print it out, you can do so here here.
The video can be found here.
It has helped me tremendously. I highly recommend it.
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Jon_Paul
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The answer to your problem is actually very simple. You don’t have to meditate and make the vocal prayer simultaneously.
In your instance I would suggest you announce the mystery (vocally or mentally) such as “The Second Sorrowful Mystery, The Scourging of Jesus.” Then stop and meditate a little on the mystery. Then, after your pause to meditate, recite the vocal prayers such as the Hail Mary. Rinse and repeat. Focus entirely on the meditation and then focus entirely on the vocal prayer. There’s nothing wrong with this at all and in fact it’s one of the suggestions found in an old, old book on how to pray the rosary.The fruit of meditation isn’t so much how long you spend in prayer. Nor how well you can visualise the scene of the mystery you’re meditating on. If you make use of visualisations at all (remember there’s more methods of meditation than the Ignatian). I very much like the Teresian method. The principle ingredient of the Carmelite method is in the colloquy, the loving conversation that occures between the soul and God, God and the soul, that exists to excite the WILL to acts of love.
Taking the above example of the second sorrowful mystery. If you wish, briefly visualise the scene of the scourging. Don’t get too deep into it, as it’s simply an aid. A faint outline of the scourging is all that’s necessary, and even then, visualisation is only if you need it or not, some do, some don’t. Then consider what it is. Who is collapsed on the ground, chained to a pillar, His back an utter shredded ruin? Why is He there? For what was the Most Precious Blood spilled? Again make it brief or as long as necessary to give you points for the colloquy, the loving conversation. Build the conversation, the actual communication between you and God, on a point you’ve received from your brief thoughts on what’s going on. Express your confusion as to why your God is laying in a bloody mess against a pillar, your love for Him that He would do this for you, your contrition for the fact that your sins put Him there, etc. And it’s good to have resolutions, especially practical ones, to take away as a fruit from your meditation. You’ve just meditated on the scourging, perhaps you’ve resolved to bodily mortification, don’t just leave it as a general resolution, but something solid. Offer up the sacrifice of fasting, or denying yourself television for the day, etc.
And then, after your meditation, say your Our Father, ten Hail Mary, your Glory Be and the O my Jesus prayer. And then move on to the next mystery.
It’s not easy, you need to persevere. Just remember that you’re not after an emotional response in prayer. It’s all in the will.
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GangGreen
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I’m not the best at visualizing things, but I try to picture or at least think about the event and the things surrounding it. What happened, what it lead to, certain dialogues that occurred in the Gospel that aren’t mentioned in the mystery, things of that nature. Sometimes my mind wanders into thinking about things that may be loosely related to that mystery.
You can also contemplate certain aspects.
The sorrowful mysteries are very much filled with imagery that you can just focus on. Focus on the drops of blood flowing from Jesus when he was sweating or even what he may have been experiencing at the time of agony. Focus on each hit on His body and the skin tearing away blood flowing from the wounds, the pain that He felt or the thorns piercing through His skull as the soldiers mocked Him. The weight of the cross as He carried it while getting beat constantly already weakened from all He had already endured. The nails being driven into His flesh, seeing His Mother, giving up the spirit, among others.
There’s so much more too. It can be very intense stuff.
You can also contemplate certain aspects.
The sorrowful mysteries are very much filled with imagery that you can just focus on. Focus on the drops of blood flowing from Jesus when he was sweating or even what he may have been experiencing at the time of agony. Focus on each hit on His body and the skin tearing away blood flowing from the wounds, the pain that He felt or the thorns piercing through His skull as the soldiers mocked Him. The weight of the cross as He carried it while getting beat constantly already weakened from all He had already endured. The nails being driven into His flesh, seeing His Mother, giving up the spirit, among others.
There’s so much more too. It can be very intense stuff.
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Faustinas_frien
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I have found meditations on the rosary on Holy Love Ministries. I attach a personal prayer to each decade.
As per not being catholic, I would say this…
You are going to Jeus’ mother asking her intercession. A beautiful child as Jesus does not deny his mother anything
When I was involved In The “occult” I was attacked severely.
What I did was BLESS the demon…that I bless you in the name of Jeus and the woman who steps on the serpents head…I said, the more you attack me, the more I will turn to the rosary…
After weeks of daily attacks, with the power of Mary’s prayers, the rosary, I was set free.
The rosary is POWERFUL. Catholic or not, keep it up
And I expect when you see the results you just might consider the catholic faith
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HelenRose
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I suppose one is not supposed to have a favorite Mystery but…
I love the Second Joyful Mystery. Perhaps it is because I can visualize the love between these two pregnant women rejoicing in each others love.
Mary loved Jesus more than any other human. When I meditate on the Mysteries I try to see Christ through His Mother’s eyes and heart. It is in this way she draws me closer to her Son.
My answer to your question is quite simple. There are as many ways to pray the Rosary as there are people who have found this wonderful gift.
One does not have to be a Catholic to find great value in entering into these Mysteries.
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mommy_k
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I started many years ago with having a book in front of me with beautifully detailed pictures of each mystery. I used this as a visual aid.
So now, these images are ingrained and are a huge help for me when I start meditating on the mysteries.
So now, these images are ingrained and are a huge help for me when I start meditating on the mysteries.
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punisherthunder
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Lately, I google the mysteries and look at images if I have trouble concentrating. For the Divine Mercy, on each decade I was told to meditate on one of the Five wounds of Christ separately. That helps a lot too.
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otjm
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You are doing just fine.
Lacking focus due to a brain injury is a bit like having ADD or ADHD. It simply is where we are, and God understands.
God wants your will. He does not want perfection; only a desire to do your best.
Praying the rosary should be like talking with a best friend; talking with Mary should bring comfort, not stress.
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