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bluezone7
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Do you get emotional when praying the Rosary?
…I’m not very good at praying it, but better that I pray it just because I think it is a good thing to do, than to not pray it at all.
Then you are to be commended, since this is a start and you have built in determination. If you find yourself distracted, stay on the bead until you can refocus. This does 3 things. It sends a message to the temptor, 1/ "If you hang on, I'll make it a hell(literally) for you", 2/ it sends additional roses to Our Lady 3/ it allows you time to refocus while still not breaking the chain of prayers.
But the answer is to make every prayer count from the start, and you do this by *listening* internally to your own words and their meaning, as well has focusing on the particular Mystery of that decade. The Rosary is contemplative prayer and they go hand in hand. More info at:
[www.theholyrosary.org](www.theholyrosary.org)
AndyF
No I don’t or well haven’t yet, but back in the summer in the privacy of my own livingroom, I could smell roses.Do you get emotional when praying the Rosary?
Me too! I cry thorugh most of the rosary, through a lot of the Mass too and now I have started crying when I try to do my daily reading from the Bible! I am not a very emotional person and can usually keep good control of my emotions but not in these situations. I’m not sad at all but feel joy, hope and excitment but keep crying! Why?I was surprised to see the first option in this poll, because this keeps happening to me – as I am praying the rosary I will find tears coming out of my eyes, even though I am not feeling sad.
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I’m reading this book at the moment and would recommend it to one and all.Nope. I actually get distracted a lot while praying it. I’m not very good at praying it, but better that I pray it just because I think it is a good thing to do, than to not pray it at all.
To you and the person that they quoted … I agree … I am usually not a very emotional person but while praying the rosary (or other chaplets/prayers but especially the rosary) I get very emotional. It seems like at that moment I put it all on the cross … I feel like (or I notice) that Jesus, Mary, the saints, and the angels are all there with me and for me. It feels amazing and awesoming! When people talk about all the Hail Marys said during the rosary and say it’s all about Mary they are so wrong … everytime I pray the rosary and focus on the mysteries I sense Jesus everywhere! Remember Mary said do whatever Jesus tells you to do! With every saint I see … I always see Jesus.Me too! I cry thorugh most of the rosary, through a lot of the Mass too and now I have started crying when I try to do my daily reading from the Bible! I am not a very emotional person and can usually keep good control of my emotions but not in these situations. I’m not sad at all but feel joy, hope and excitment but keep crying! Why?
Gearoidin
Here’s a quote from St. Thomas Aquinas - well, a paraphrase actually becuase I don’t remember it exactly but here goes…Nope. I actually get distracted a lot while praying it. I’m not very good at praying it, but better that I pray it just because I think it is a good thing to do, than to not pray it at all.