Question about when to pray the Rosary

[sidetrack]

I have a question about praying the Rosary and its a situation I’ve been in.Lets say that for some reason your praying the Rosary on a Friday close to midnight.Your on your forth decade but it’s midnight now.If you continue to say the Rosary is it still (out of lack of a better word) valid for the day of Friday even though it is a Saturday now?.I have a feeling that this might be a reason why it’s not good to say the Rosary so late at night.Thank you very much so for your time.

 

[Edward_Henry]

I believe that Prayer is conversation of a child with God. And a Parent always welcomes that conversation even if it is around midnight. Late conversation is better than no conversation at all. Of course, if you find yourself in that situation repeteadly, you can make adjustments to correct it, but I believe that Mother Mary will always be listening.


Blessed John Paul II, Pray for us!

 

[baltobetsy]

This question sounds like a very superstitious treatment of prayer, the Rosary in particular. A better reason to pray earlier is so that one can stay awake and finish it.

 

[po18guy]

I have a question about praying the Rosary and its a situation I’ve been in.Lets say that for some reason your praying the Rosary on a Friday close to midnight.Your on your forth decade but it’s midnight now.If you continue to say the Rosary is it still (out of lack of a better word) valid for the day of Friday even though it is a Saturday now?.I have a feeling that this might be a reason why it’s not good to say the Rosary so late at night.Thank you very much so for your time.

Actually, you may pray any set of the mysteries on any given day. The Church offers suggested mysteries for each day of the week, but you may pray any of them, according to what suits you. The point of the Rosary is not date or time, or matching the mysteries with a given day - it is contemplation of those mysteries. Of the various types of prayer, the Rosary is contemplative prayer, and so we care called to contemplate the mysteries of the Gospel as we meditate on them. Repeating the 10 hail, mary prayers has its own benefit, but their purpose in the Rosary is to lend structure to the more abstract contemplation of pure mystery.

Pray away!

 

[seagal]

I understand where you’re coming from Sidetrack, I think I also understand you name

Don’t let yourself get “sidetracked” by little details that don’t matter. It’s those kinds of things that can drive you crazy and make you forget the purpose of praying the rosary in the first place. If you’re concerning because you’re thinking “it’s Friday now so I should be saying the Sorrowful Mysteries but I’m stlll in the middle of the Luminous mysteries so do I switch or stay with what I’m doing?” the answer is “stay with what you’re doing”. If your concern is that you’re committed to saying a daily rosary and you’re wondering if it “counts” for Thursday or Friday since the day changed in the middle, the answer is it “counts” for the day you started it. The real answer to all of this is, when you’re praying the rosary concentrate on the prayer and meditating on the mysteries and put aside all other concerns. Prayer is not a formula to follow.

 

[BVM_1221]

I have a question about praying the Rosary and its a situation I’ve been in.Lets say that for some reason your praying the Rosary on a Friday close to midnight.Your on your forth decade but it’s midnight now.If you continue to say the Rosary is it still (out of lack of a better word) valid for the day of Friday even though it is a Saturday now?.I have a feeling that this might be a reason why it’s not good to say the Rosary so late at night.Thank you very much so for your time.

Pray whatever mysteries you want, any time of the day, any day of the week. Yes, there are suggestions for what mysteries per day, but these are just guidelines. Mother Mary is not a fussbudget. And I assume you mean the Dominican Rosary, not the Franciscan crown that I and many others recite.



And here is an idea that I sometimes use myself. Pray the Servite Rosary on FRiday, or at midnight on Friday, or in the wee hours of Saturday.

 

[puzzleannie]

I .Your on your forth decade but it’s midnight now.If you continue to say the Rosary is it still (out of lack of a better word) valid for the day of Friday even though it is a Saturday now?.I have a feeling that this might be a reason why it’s not good to say the Rosary so late at night.Thank you very much so for your time.

yes it is valid to say the rosary at any time of day or night, and yes your ordinarily continue meditating on the mysteries you have chosen until you complete the 5 decade rosary. When said in private it is entirely your own choice which mysteries you contemplate. There is absolutely no basis for thinking there is something wrong with praying late at night, that came out of left field. Who has been troubling you with such needless concerns?