Praying?

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Em hotep, and hello!

I was raised Protestant, and I’ve been considering converting to Catholicism over the past year or so.
How is praying different between the two denominations (if you consider them that)? Do you need to have a rosary? Because I don’t have one 😊 and don’t know how to obtain one in such a fundamentalist Protestant family.

And what about saints? It’s all very new to me, as I haven’t had the chance to take classes yet.

Thanks and senebty,
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Hello. 🙂 You may know me from my answer on your previous post. 😉

You don’t need a rosary to pray the rosary. You can pray it with your fingers.

Praying isn’t usually different. Sometimes, we ask for the intercession of saints, but most of the time, we just pray to Jesus. 👍

Despite what some fundamentalist Christians will tell you, Catholics do not worship saints. We pray to them. By praying to them, they pray for us. It’s no different that asking a friend to pray for you.

I would suggest buying a Catechism and reading from it daily, to prepare for RCIA. 👍

God bless you. :blessyou:
 
Hello and hotep again! 🙂

How would you pray it on your fingers…and what do you say?
And where do you get one of those Cathechism things? (I can’t buy online)

Senebty!
Sema’ira
 
Semaira said:
Hello and hotep again! 🙂

How would you pray it on your fingers…and what do you say?
And where do you get one of those Cathechism things? (I can’t buy online)

Senebty!
Sema’ira
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You can get one at a Barnes & Noble.

As for the rosary, it is all explained here. You use you fingers to keep track of the Hail Marys. There are 10 Hail Marys, and you have ten fingers! 👍 I would explain it myself, but my fingers hurt from all the typing I’ve done today! 😃

Also note, that each day, there are different mysteries that you meditate on. There are the Glorious, Joyful, Luminous, and Sorrowful mysteries.

usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/devotionals/rosaries/how-to-pray-the-rosary.cfm

Also note that the prayer, "
Let us pray: O God, whose Only Begotten Son,
by his life, Death, and Resurrection,
has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life,
grant, we beseech thee,
that while meditating on these mysteries
of the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
we may imitate what they contain
and obtain what they promise,
through the same Christ our Lord. Amen."

isn’t required. The Hail Holy Queen is the last part of the rosary.
 
Hi Semaira,
What a pretty name 🙂 welcome to CAF!

Do you have access to a digital device like an iPod or similar? If so, may I recommend iPieta, which will probably overwhelm you but which will provide a lot of what will be helpful to you as time goes on.

iPieta has simpler catechism from the past, and when you have wifi access, you can read the official current Catechism of the Catholic Church. I find it heavy going, myself, but I am not very mystical and many people really like it.

A quick intro to the Catholic faith which is written as the testimony of a married couple is Home Sweet Rome by Scott and Kimberly Hahn. It explains a lot of Catholic ideas very clearly and from a Protestant perspective.

Additionally, there are many resources on the internet which you can access for free 🙂 The current Catechism is online, and there are resources for learning the Rosary.

We have often prayed the Rosary on our fingers in the car, so it is possible to pray it without an actual Rosary. I found that using an audio version most of the time helped me to learn it best, but I already knew the prayers, and others have mentioned reading the payers is also helpful.

I will post some links later… (hard to do on iPod).
 
Welcome! I’m very heartened to hear of (possible) new Catholic converts!

If you are ever in KC, there is a HUGE Catholic store that has a lot of books, statues, everything you would need if you choose to read or decorate or pray in a Catholic manner. It’s called I. Donnelly’s and it’s on Troost (it’s open during the day…not a place to be after dark! It’s near Rockhurst College, I think.) They have many, many rosaries of various prices.

Check your email here…I’ll be sending you some more information!

God bless!
 
The Catechism of the Catholic Church can be found online.

usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/what-we-believe/catechism/catechism-of-the-catholic-church/

You can pray exactly the way you have been praying. The Catholic Church has many more formulated prayers (for example the Rosary) which not only allow us to worship God but also teach us about our faith, however, personal prayer (which you are probably more used to) is strongly encouraged.

The biggest difference you will probably experience is the Mass. It has a lot of ritual (much of which is very ancient) and this is sometimes odd to people experiencing it for the first time. It will help to try and learn a little about the Mass before you attend your first one.
 
Mp3 audio Scriptural Rosary

A review of iPieta. Run a search for the version on your platform or search for it in your platform’s store if you want to get it.

Teacher’s edition of Baltimore Catechism which includes explanations

A page on which are linked the sections of several catechisms, including the current CCC, under the appropriate topic, so if you are studying one topic in one, you can easily find alternate explanations.

A note on the Baltimore Cathecism: this comes in several versions some of which are simplified for the use of children. I hope to find one page listing them all soon.

Radio Replies These were a series of collections of letters and answers to 2 Australian priests from the 1930s to the 1960s or so. These are excellent, and a bonus for me is I always feet like my mind has been sharpened up when I read them 🙂 Very thorough explanations of Catholic teaching, and often answering somewhat antagonistic questions and so an excellent resource for people who get a lot of questions about their Faith.

Sonitus Sanctus. A blog containing links to many online audio resources of interest to Catholics. Altho he has not posted very much since he married and had a baby, there was so much up there that it is also a wonderful resource.

Sermons in MP3 and podcast version on many Catholic topics. On the right, there are headings to where the sermons are sorted by topic, so this is helpful when learning.

Catholic ebooks, similar to Sontitus Santus above, only with Catholic e-books online.

Don’t be overwhelmed by all this; it is a list I have developed over the course of many years and should be considered as more of a library than a list of textbooks for one course.
 
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