Praying Rosary with Fingers?

[BobDanners]

No, thank you. But thank you for offering. But like I said above, my mom checks the mail.

Well I could send ya one and you could say it’s a Lutheran rosary

Believe it or not, they actually exist. Lutherans call them prayer beads I believe, but Luther was very fond of Mary.

 

[bben15]

Well I could send ya one and you could say it’s a Lutheran rosary

Believe it or not, they actually exist. Lutherans call them prayer beads I believe, but Luther was very fond of Mary.

Yes, some High-Church Lutherans pray the Rosary using the pre-Trent version of the Hail Mary. “Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.” Others replace the Hail Mary with the Jesus Prayer

I could ask for Anglican prayer beads, but they only have four decades. Plus, she would probably know something is up.

 

[Zooman77]

I only recall having not prayed the rosary without the beads once, but of course their is nothing wrong with this. I was hiking in state park and out of the blue decided to pray the rosary in my head. I didn’t use anything to count the decades I just remembered what # I was on and meditated as usual. You are in my prayers!

 

[BobDanners]

Yes, some High-Church Lutherans pray the Rosary using the pre-Trent version of the Hail Mary. “Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.” Others replace the Hail Mary with the Jesus Prayer

I could ask for Anglican prayer beads, but they only have four decades. Plus, she would probably know something is up.

Would she know a Rosary ring? It’s only one Decade, but hey…it’s sumthin

Also if ya big Rosary man, make sure ya get a Scapular as Our Lady of Fatima said they are inseperable.

Someone said something great about the two sacramentals. Where the Scapular is the shield, the Rosary is the sword.

 

[Elizium23]

I am shocked and dismayed at how many people, even Catholics, are suggesting that this child disobey his mother and own a rosary. He is forbidden from owning a rosary. Honor thy Father and Mother. These are not difficult rules to understand. Thanks be to God that he is not forbidden from praying the rosary, because that would be more problematic.

I am praying for the OP and the conversion of his mother’s heart.

 

[minkymurph]

I once read the story of a priest placed in solitary confinement in Nazi Germany who prayed the Rosary every day on his fingers. He also enacted the Mass alone.

Have you ever read the story of St. Bernadette? According to the story she lost a set of Rosary beads and was very upset. She learned in time it was not the beads that were important but the prayer. As a consequence she often gave Rosary beads away - to remind her it was the prayer that was important.

I like using beads, I have very special beads I bought in Lourdes and they were blessed at the Holy Grotto and by the bishop of the diocese. But on many an occasion I have prayed the Rosary without them and used my fingers. Sometimes I make mistakes in the sequence using my fingers, but I don’t think God minds.

 

[Deltadeliquent]

Google “Rosary Army”. They give out rosaries for free and they are the soft knotted kind.
Easy to hide, and no noise! I use one at night so I don’t disturb my husband.

You might try a rosary bracelet too. They look just like a beaded bracelet. You can get them on Etsy and take the crucifix off. Or learn some beading techniques and make your own!

You can find all the info you need on the net. Even the Rosary Army offers a free PDF of intructions for their knotted kind. You can use any sort of string…even cotton kitchen twine.

 

[SMA_12]

There are also Rosary Cards. They are little credit card sized plastic cards with raised bumps that help you follow along. Pretty cool and easy to carry around for someone who prays the Rosary so often!

amazon.com/Credit-Card-Rosary/dp/B001NJVQI2/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1374817022&sr=8-3&keywords=rosary+card

 

[SMA_12]

I am shocked and dismayed at how many people, even Catholics, are suggesting that this child disobey his mother and own a rosary. He is forbidden from owning a rosary. Honor thy Father and Mother. These are not difficult rules to understand. Thanks be to God that he is not forbidden from praying the rosary, because that would be more problematic.

I am praying for the OP and the conversion of his mother’s heart.

And what if the parents did forbid the OP from praying the rosary? Should he obey then? I’m sure the parents aren’t keeping her from owning a rosary because they don’t like beads… I’m quite sure it’s because they don’t want him praying it.

Honoring thy father and mother doesn’t mean you obey them when they lead you into error

 

[Michael57]

I’ve heard of that website before. Thank you for suggesting it. But, my mom is the one who checks the mail, so ordering a free rosary would be useless.

You could make a cord rosary. Go to rosaryarmy.newevangelizers.com/rosary-making-info/rosary-making/ and they can show you how. My wife and I each have one of these, and they are great when traveling.

God bless you. Some times when I don’t have mine with me, I use my fingers to count decades as someone else posted here.

I will keep you in my prayers.

 

[Michael57]

I am shocked and dismayed at how many people, even Catholics, are suggesting that this child disobey his mother and own a rosary. He is forbidden from owning a rosary. Honor thy Father and Mother. These are not difficult rules to understand. Thanks be to God that he is not forbidden from praying the rosary, because that would be more problematic.

I am praying for the OP and the conversion of his mother’s heart.

I am more shocked and dismayed at the treatment this young man is getting from his parents.

He already indicated that if there was a way to get a rosary, he would have already. He is obeying God’s call and his parents are preventing him from following his faith.

He sounds like he has good judgment in following his parents from what he’s posted already. He will probably use that good judgment in acting, or not acting on the advice he gets here.

God bless him.

I wish I had a son like him.

 

[Brendan_64]

You can say the rosary without rosary beads. Rosary beads simply make the process of counting easier, so you can focus on the prayers rather than be thinking, “Is that number 9 or number 10?”. A rosary said without rosary beads is just as worthy.

 

[Bergon]

When the Irish were forbidden to use rosaries by the occupying English

Hello Falco! Do you have a reference to support this claim?

 

[Bergon]

The OP has to honour his mother and father. They say he can’t own a set of Rosary beads. Therefore he can’t own one. If they were ordering him to commit a mortal sin or to commit a criminal offence he could refuse to obey. Not owning a set of Rosary beads is not a sin so he must do what his parents say until he’s an adult. Obeying his parents is part of the truth of the Catholic Faith. We should all pray for the conversion of his parents’ hearts rather than trying to find ways of him secretly getting a Rosary. He doesn’t need one. He can pray the Rosary without the beads. As one poster said I’m sure God won’t mind if he says one too many or too few Hail Marys.

 

[Brendan_64]

As one poster said I’m sure God won’t mind if he says one too many or too few Hail Marys.

 

[BobDanners]

The OP has to honour his mother and father. They say he can’t own a set of Rosary beads. Therefore he can’t own one. If they were ordering him to commit a mortal sin or to commit a criminal offence he could refuse to obey. Not owning a set of Rosary beads is not a sin so he must do what his parents say until he’s an adult. Obeying his parents is part of the truth of the Catholic Faith. We should all pray for the conversion of his parents’ hearts rather than trying to find ways of him secretly getting a Rosary. He doesn’t need one. He can pray the Rosary without the beads. As one poster said I’m sure God won’t mind if he says one too many or too few Hail Marys.

2222 Parents must regard their children as children of God and respect them as human persons. Showing themselves obedient to the will of the Father in heaven, they educate their children to fulfill God’s law

2217 As long as a child lives at home with his parents, the child should obey his parents in all that they ask of him when it is for his good or that of the family. "Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord."22 Children should also obey the reasonable directions of their teachers and all to whom their parents have entrusted them. But if a child is convinced in conscience that it would be morally wrong to obey a particular order, he must not do so.

As they grow up, children should continue to respect their parents. They should anticipate their wishes, willingly seek their advice, and accept their just admonitions. Obedience toward parents ceases with the emancipation of the children; not so respect, which is always owed to them. This respect has its roots in the fear of God, one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit.(CCC)

The 4th Commandment is not absolute and therefore the child has reached an age of reason and has decided he wants to be closer with Christ’s Church. If he wanted to play Satanic music, then okay and I would applaud the mother for putting her foot down. But she’s against him from owning a Rosary, which can infer she’s against him from praying the Rosary (even though Martin Luther himself prayed to Mary) CCC #2217 is explicit. A child must obey their parents when it is for their good or that of the family…to imply that the mother is right in forbidding his journey to Catholicism is to imply Catholicism is not good which is wrong.

We are not in error for wishing to encourage and help this young man on his journey back to the One True Faith. We are not telling him to hate his mother or berate her, we are just simply offering to help him pray to Blessed Mary

 

[Bergon]

The 4th Commandment is not absolute and therefore the child has reached an age of reason and has decided he wants to be closer with Christ’s Church. If he wanted to play Satanic music, then okay and I would applaud the mother for putting her foot down. But she’s against him from owning a Rosary, which can infer she’s against him from praying the Rosary (even though Martin Luther himself prayed to Mary) CCC #2217 is explicit. A child must obey their parents when it is for their good or that of the family…to imply that the mother is right in forbidding his journey to Catholicism is to imply Catholicism is not good which is wrong.

We are not in error for wishing to encourage and help this young man on his journey back to the One True Faith. We are not telling him to hate his mother or berate her, we are just simply offering to help him pray to Blessed Mary

I’m not saying it’s wrong for him to want to be a Catholic. But, our parents do have a certain control over us until we reach the age of majority. Heck, even now though I’m well beyond the age of majority I try to do things my mother likes rather than to do the contrary. There’s nothing wrong in that. I didn’t say that obedience to parents is absolute. We don’t have to obey our parents if they tell us to something that’s a sin. He’s being forbidden to own a Rosary. He doesn’t need a set of beads to pray it. He should obey his parents. The only easy road leads to damnation. His obedience to his parents is good for his soul. I commend him for his obedience. It would be far better to pray for his parents’ conversion of heart than to encourage the OP to disobey his parents.

 

[Pug]

quoted from the CCC quote above:
But if a child is convinced in conscience that it would be morally wrong to obey a particular order, he must not do so.
That’s the key. It is perfectly okay and legitimate to not own a set of rosary beads. Thus, our OP need have no concern that they have been given an immoral order. They haven’t. I can think of legitimate reasons a non-Catholic parent could order this, say for preventing problems with their other children. Rosary beads are bright, pretty, festive looking items, attractive to children. It is even conceivable that the parents in question don’t want the attractiveness and coolness of the idea of beads to be the attraction for the OP. Perhaps they want it to to be that prayer itself, and not a trapping, to be what attracts their child. That is a fair enough order, IMO.

 

[Deltadeliquent]

Maybe you could send off for one and have it sent to a friend?
The local church might have some for free, and you could get it blessed there too!
Just stop in quickly on your way home from school.
If you are interested in the Church, it wouldn’t be a bad thing to get a little aquainted with your local parish.

 

[Bergon]

Maybe you could send off for one and have it sent to a friend?
The local church might have some for free, and you could get it blessed there too!
Just stop in quickly on your way home from school.
If you are interested in the Church, it wouldn’t be a bad thing to get a little aquainted with your local parish.

Why should this young man disobey his mother? He doesn’t want to disobey her. He doesn’t want a Rosary contrary to her wishes. He wanted to know if it’s possible to pray the Rosary without beads. I honestly can’t understand why people are trying to find ways for him to be disobedient.