Question about the rosary

[Skyrmir]

I decided to become catholic only a little while ago (I went to my first Mass ever last Sunday), so forgive me if I sound silly, but I got a question about meditating on the mysteries.

This website lists off the 5 glorious mysteries:
rosary-center.org/glorious.htm

But, on the website, each of the 5 glorious mysteries has 10… umm… sub-mysteries. My question is, when praying the 10 Hail Mary’s, should I contemplate the glorious mystery in general, or should I contemplate the 10 “sub-mysteries”?

 

[John_Russell_Jr]

I decided to become catholic only a little while ago (I went to my first Mass ever last Sunday), so forgive me if I sound silly, but I got a question about meditating on the mysteries.

This website lists off the 5 glorious mysteries:
rosary-center.org/glorious.htm

But, on the website, each of the 5 glorious mysteries has 10… umm… sub-mysteries. My question is, when praying the 10 Hail Mary’s, should I contemplate the glorious mystery in general, or should I contemplate the 10 “sub-mysteries”?

Dear friend

A big welcome to the church. Gods family.

With the mysteries you can just do your own meditation whilst saying the 10 hail Mary’s or mediate on each little one of the 10 meditations that go along with the 10 hail Mary’s - this is a scriptural rosary usually. If you ever have trouble meditating which can come and go then it’s ok to just try and concentrate real hard on what your saying whilst praying. It’s the love you put into it that givves it value in the end.

God bless you and pray for me please:thumbsup:

John

 

[Big_Ro]

I think Russell gives very good advice. Today’s Meditation on the daily readings talks about how we can sometimes place too many burdens on ourselves. I think we Catholics can easily do this to ourselves and sometimes place undue burdens our our fellow members in the Faith.

Herer’s a link: wau.org/meditations/current/?month=11&day=17&year=2008

Remember to let God. Let his strength be your strength. Let his faith be your faith. Let his Love be your Love. Blessed are we who are weak of flesh and poor in spirit. It is we for whom Jesus came. And, as the Apostle Paul said, if he would sacrifice a terrible death on the cross while we were in sin, how much more will he give us when we walk ever more fully in Faith. God Bless. Be stout of heart.