How would you react?

[Malcolm_McLean]

your poll makes no sense and is absurd

the rosary is a private devotion which has its proper time and place, and Mass is not it. Mass is the supreme worship we owe God at the command of Christ himself, and assisting at Mass means exactly that, full active participation. You can’t enter into the dialogue and intention of the Mass if you are preoccupied with your own private devotion. Say your rosary before or after Mass, alone or with others.

The lady saying her rosary at Mass is present. I think we made a mistake here. Rosaries during Mass are not the ideal, but something which is slightly less than the best is better than no attendance at all. You express your unity with the Church by being present. The priest says all the rituals; his words alone are necessary for the Mass to be valid.

Having said that, I think a priest who bans rosaries at Mass is within his rights. I just don’t think it is a very fruitful approach.

 

[rwoehmke]

And your point?

The point is there are irrelevant questions, answers, and commands. As the [edited by Moderator] of Vatican II used to ask,“Is it relevant?” I suppose one could substitute any one of a number of unprintable words for irrelevant.

 

[Teeliumtrozzle]

I would be dissapointed.I love the Rosary soooo much…I didn’t know Protestants took their Bible to Church.That doesnt really makle sense because we get readings and they can listen to them instead of having to carry a Bible with them.

 

[historyb]

I would be dissapointed.I love the Rosary soooo much…I didn’t know Protestants took their Bible to Church.That doesnt really makle sense because we get readings and they can listen to them instead of having to carry a Bible with them.

Well yes it does, just like Catholics take their missals to follow along we take our Bibles to follow along. Some have a different translation that they might understand better than what the Pastor may be reading from

 

[KathleenElsie]

I would not be upset. I will pray the Rosary prior to Mass or after, never during. But, if I were told to not use my Missal I would be more upset.

 

[lak611]

I would not be upset. I will pray the Rosary prior to Mass or after, never during. But, if I were told to not use my Missal I would be more upset.

Even if I could not use my Missal, I would still be comfortable, since I know the order of the Mass.

 

[Icarus210]

I have to agree with the majority of threads, I read it wrongly… now I have read what it really meant, i wouldnt be irate, because I never say a rosary during Mass… we all say it before…

So take one off Irate, and add it on “unconcerned” lol

 

[Cat]

I don’t think there is any comparison.

The Rosary is not a part of the Mass, so it really doesn’t matter if a Catholic has a Rosary during Mass. (And as others have pointed out, it’s not the beads that are important, it’s the prayer, which can be prayed without a string of beads.)

But the entire point of a non-Catholic ecclesial community (AKA Protestant) worship service is to worship God through STUDY OF THE BIBLE. The sermon, assuming that the pastor isn’t a “liberal,” is supposed to be an exposition on the Word of God, the Holy Bible.

Even the SONGS are supposed to be Biblically-based and often the musician will cite a Bible passage. And if someone stands and gives their personal testimony, they will often cite a Bible verse or passage and ask the congregation to please look it up in their Bibles.

When I was evangelical Protestant, I and everyone else, including children, brought our Bible to church and turned to the Scripture passages during the readings. Then during the sermon, which was about the Scripture readings, we followed along in our Bibles.

Often the pastor would ask us to mark a certain passage in our Bibles, and sometimes, he/she would ask us to write a little note alongside of the passage. My old NASB is full of such notes and underscores. (It makes it very easy for me to find passages of Scripture even without a concordance.)

Many of us also took notes during the sermons. Many times, pastors will cite other Bible verses and passages in his/her sermon, and we would write down the references to look up later.

And most importantly, we would STUDY those notes and the Scripture passages throughout the week and try to incorporate them into our lives.

Many members of non-Catholic ecclesial communities (AKA Protestant) take the Scriptural injunction to “examine all things” very, VERY seriously. They bring their Bibles, sometimes multi-translation Bibles (and even Greek versions) to “keep watch” on what the pastor is saying. They don’t want the pastor to feed them anything that isn’t really in the Bible. So they check up on him/her by following carefully in their Bibles.

I did this for almost a year in the Catholic Church out of habit. I have only recently begun taking my Bible into Mass and reading out of it during the Readings. A Catholic priest at a Catholic Family Conference urged Catholics to carry their Bibles to Church, because the Catholic Church is a BIBLICAL church. Sounds good to me.

IMO, asking a member of a non-Catholic ecclesial community (AKA Protestant) to not bring their Bible to church would be like asking them to just skip church. The whole point is Bible study. Without the Bible, you are studying only the words of a man/woman.

 

[lak611]

I did this for almost a year in the Catholic Church out of habit. I have only recently begun taking my Bible into Mass and reading out of it during the Readings. A Catholic priest at a Catholic Family Conference urged Catholics to carry their Bibles to Church, because the Catholic Church is a BIBLICAL church. Sounds good to me.

Unless I am just going to Sunday school at my parish (if I had gone to the Vigil Mass on Saturday), I take my Bible with me to Mass on Sunday. I need it anyway for Sunday school after Mass. I also take it to church if I go to Adoration because I pray from the Bible at Adoration. I will take it to Confession too because my priest frequently gives me some Bible reading for my penance.

 

[TraditionalCath]

i wouldn’t react. i’d simply say its my choice to pack my rosary. the only time i’d ever quit doing it is if the Supreme Pontiff said so. he wont, so there you go…

 

[brianwalden]

I thought that we are not supposed to pray the rosary (or any private devotion) during mass? Is this not the case? Does this not apply to the TLM?

This pole is confusing. Is the underlying assumption that traditionalists pray their rosary during mass? This seems to be a faulty presumption. I’m sure that some do, but so does my grandmother who goes to NO mass. I think its more of a generational thing than a TLM vs. NO thing.

Even if in some alternate universe all traditionalists prayed the rosary during mass this pole still doesn’t make sense because protestants are encouraged to follow along in the bible during the service but Catholics are not supposed to pray the rosary during mass.

Given these facts, under normal circumstances I would be extremely upset if I were told not to take my rosary to mass. It’s an absurd request, what’s wrong with having a rosary in your pocket or purse during mass? The one time where such a rule might be prudent is if there was a parish where many people obstinately persisted in praying the rosary during mass. If, after requests to stop were ignored, the pastor decided to not allow anyone to have a rosary with them at mass I would support the priest.

 

[m134e5]

If you were told to: “Stop taking your Rosary to Mass”

I would ignore the person who told me that. If it were my pastor, I would particularly remember him in the rosaries I say.

 

[Chris_Jacobsen]

I would make sure I brought my rosary and said it before, during, and after Mass. (And by the way, there are times during the Mass for private prayer.)

In the post-Vatican II Catholic Church, victory comes through disobedience.

A priest who is opposed to the rosary is probably also a priest who disobeys the laws and regulations of the Catholic Church.

A priest who really believes what the Catholic Church teaches would not be opposed to people bringing a rosary to Mass. A priest who is opposed to the rosary is probably also a priest who does not believe everything the Catholic Church believes and teaches.

 

[passivesquid]

sorry i have read the whole trhead i just would like to throw in my 2 cents.

though i havent beena rosary prayer very long i now carry 1 with me at all times.i dont know what id do with out it. i guess the first thing to do is ask why no rosary?

 

[orgel_maestro]

How interesting. The dominican sister at my parish, was telling me how she remembered one of the things she didnt like was prior to vatican II, a lot of people prayed the rosary while at Mass. Maybe missals were not as popular? I’m glad though, all the TLM people I see at Mass dont pray the rosary, except maybe one or two during Low mass. Were missals just not as available back then, and thats what hindered congregational participation? Without a missal, one can get lost…not all though…

 

[lak611]

How interesting. The dominican sister at my parish, was telling me how she remembered one of the things she didnt like was prior to vatican II, a lot of people prayed the rosary while at Mass. Maybe missals were not as popular? I’m glad though, all the TLM people I see at Mass dont pray the rosary, except maybe one or two during Low mass. Were missals just not as available back then, and thats what hindered congregational participation? Without a missal, one can get lost…not all though…

I would not say that Missals were not available. The difference is, nowadays, most NO parishes have paper missalettes in the pews. Back before Vatican II, people had to purchase their own personal Missal, there were none in the pews. But usually a Missal was given as a First Communion or Confirmation gift anyway, so most people had their own Missal. My parents both had them, and so did my grandparents.

 

[Gottle_of_Geer]

If you were told to: “Stop taking your Rosary to Mass”

The Rosary is not part of the Liturgy. I would no more pray the Rosary during the Liturgy, than I would watch a darts match during a Papal audience - that is not what one goes to a Papal audience to do.​

The Rosary is (hideous word) para-liturgical - it’s a devotion related to the corporate public worship of the Church, but is not properly speaking part of that worship. As it is not part of the CPW of the Church, to say it during Mass is even less appropriate than to pray Compline during Matins, or to keep the feast of Martyr Bishop rather than of Virgin & Doctor.

Besides, to pray the Rosary at Mass is symptomatic of wilful disregard of what the Church is praying - this is the same kind of indiscipline & self-will of which “cafeteria Catholics” are accused; it differs by being on a different part of a spectrum of self-will, but it not different otherwise. Disobedience dressed as piety is still disobedience. Even apart from the directives of the Council, to pray the Rosary is a wilful (& so, voluntary) distraction - & is therefore sinful

 

[passivesquid]

bit of a dumb question but, could yoiu please clarify for me the concept of the missal i kow that my church has them in the pews but who decides what passages go in the missal and when and for what day ect?

ps i dont pray my rosary during mass i just have it with meand pray after