Idea for spreading devotion to the rosary

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Hi! I have an idea that has been inspiring me for a day or two now and I feel the need to get it off my chest. Here’s my idea. I would like to spread devotion to the Most Holy Rosary to all Christian denominations. I know it may sound far fetched and a little odd, but what if, through God’s grace it worked? Most Protestants love the Word Of God. Though their interpretations of it may not be entirely correct compared to the way the Catholic Church reads the Bible. They being familiar with the Gospel and sacred scripture is a really solid ground to build on when trying to get them familiar with the rosary, since the prayers of the Rosary and the 20 Rosary mysteries are based entirely off the Gospel. I know spreading devotion to the Rosary to other Christian denominations might be a little difficult because of their views on the Blessed Mother, but even the Hail Mary Prayer is taken from scripture. Without making this too long, I wanted to just put this idea out there. This idea of spreading devotion to the Rosary to them would, I hope, bring about Their salvation and hopefully they would convert to Catholicism after careful consideration and meditation on the mysteries of God.
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Great idea! I’ve noted that there are always a couple Protestants responding to Youtube Rosary videos. Why not make one specifically for them?
 
Do you mean like a version of the Rosary specifically for protestants?
 
There is no version of the Rosary for Protestants. I’m suggesting a video with a title of Why Should Protestants Pray the Rosary or something like that. Then explain why and how to say the Rosary.
 
That’s what I thought you meant lol. I think the hardest subject to try and explain is devotion to Our Blessed Lady. I think that the Rosary is a prayer for all Christians, but I think the hardest part for people to accept is that us Catholics venerate Mary in the Rosary and that is why they don’t pray it. I also don’t think the video should be about “Catholics” trying to get “Protestants” to convert to Catholicism right away. It should be about spreading devotion to the Rosary and helping Them understand that the Rosary is a prayer entirely centered on Jesus Christ.
 
You are welcome to try but you have to be prepared for VERY uncharitable responses from Protestants. That is my experience.
 
Don’t many Protestants also have a problem with rote prayer…other than the Our Father?

While I think you have a lovely idea, I just don’t see it being accepted. They do not pray through Mary and may view it as a sneaky way to evangelize Catholicism whether it’s your intention or not. If they would view it that way, it would do exactly the opposite of your idea.
 
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I think the hardest part for people to accept is that us Catholics venerate Mary in the Rosary and that is why they don’t pray it.
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I know a few Rosary-praying Protestants. I’m one myself. I think the shared “entrance” into the Rosary was realizing how Biblical and Christ-centered it is.

Praying the Rosary fosters intimacy with Our Lady, but I think it’s not a bad thing that it develops naturally along the way, rather than putting that upfront - “Now venerate Mary and pray a Rosary”. Better say “let’s meditate on Jesus’ life alongside with Mary.”

ETA: Clausulae. They’re a great tool for people who need help in keeping the mystery at the forefront. I have a minister friend who is just getting started with the Rosary and he loves clausulae so much, because they help him keep focused on Christ and see him through Mary’s eyes.
 
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let’s meditate on Jesus’ life alongside with Mary.”
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This is a wonderful way to suggest reciting the Holy Rosary to someone who is hesitant to recite it out of fear of offending God. Also the Clausulae is a wonderful way to recite the rosary!
 
There are tons of Jesus-focused “Scriptural Rosaries” out there. Anyone interested in doing a Scriptural Rosary has many options to choose from, lots of them free on the Internet.

I agree that the hurdle is going to be getting non-Catholics to understand how a prayer associated with Mary is actually worshipping God (NOT “worshipping Mary”) and is Christ-centered.
As shown by this forum alone, there are even Catholics who have a “Mary problem”, not just Protestants.
I could also show you Protestants, or Protestant converts, who don’t have a “Mary problem”, including my late father and some other Protestant converts I met at Rosary prayer groups, but they usually don’t need encouragement to pray the Rosary.

The ol’ “vain repetitions” hangup a lot of them have is also an issue.

Perhaps one could simply encourage Protestants to recite the 150 Psalms. That’s the devotion that predated the Rosary.
 
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The question of “Vain Repetition” doesn’t really make a good excuse to not recite the holy rosary. People recite scripture verses and recite the psalms over and over again but it doesn’t count as “vain repetition”? Why should the Rosary be counted as A prayer with vain repetition if the prayers that are recited are taken from the gospel? The Hail Mary and the Our father are prayers based off scripture and the “Glory Be” is a prayer praising the Holy Trinity. I don’t see how that is “Vain Repetition” since the prayers themselves are scriptural.
 
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The question of “Vain Repetition” doesn’t really make a good excuse to not recite the holy rosary. People recite scripture verses and recite the psalms over and over again but it doesn’t count as “vain repetition”? Why should the Rosary be counted as A prayer with vain repetition if the prayers that are recited are taken from the gospel? The Hail Mary and the Our father are prayers based off scripture and the “Glory Be” is a prayer praising the Holy Trinity. I don’t see how that is “Vain Repetition” since the prayers themselves are scriptural.
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It isn’t. As said, it’s hangup, and an incorrect one. But good luck telling anti-Catholics that.
 
I don’t see it as Vain Repetition either. I’m just saying that is how many non-Catholics who were encouraged to do freeform prayers of their own see it.

If you want to get an idea of the reasons why some Protestants resist praying the Rosary, you can search out and find threads on here using forum search or Google where they constantly say stuff like this. This is what you’ll run into when you encourage them to pray Rosary. I think it’s silly but it’s what they will say.
 
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