Question: Read the Bible or Pray the Rosary?

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Say a prayer before (to help you more fully understand the word of God) you read scripture then say a prayer at the end. 😁
 
I’m going to come at it from the angle of saying whichever one you actually do is going to be the most benefit. As in commit to something and then follow through properly. I tell my kids they can read three chapters a day if they want to put a tick in the box. Or they can read one verse with attention and really squeeze the juice out of it. Same with the rosary. Rattle one superquick with no thought, easy enough. Meditation? Much more worthwhile.

*Note: I am not digging at people who read lots of chapters or are able to pray a chaplet quickly!🙂
 
I would say do both but if I had to chose, it would be bible all the way
 
Well, if they’re part of the mysteries I can see that. The Mysteries were given, some may not believe it, to Blessed Alan from Mary herself.
 
You can meditate on the Eucharist during the finding in the Temple.

I personally don’t do the optional ones, but stick with the 15, holds the Mary’s Psalter part up still and I believe that Mary truly did give the Mysteries to us.
 
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One thing he raised was (what he sees) as the Church’s lack of emphasis on reading scripture.
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Yeah, because the fact that every single Deacon, every Priest, every Bishop, every Sister and Nun, and every Brother and Monk, plus millions of laity, pray a dozen Psalms every day, readings from Mass, plus lectio divina everyday.

Pray the Liturgy of the Hours everyday, and go to daily Mass, and you’ll literally be steeped in Scripture.

The charge that Catholics don’t read the Bible is patently absurd if you know what the spiritual life of a devout Catholic emerged in the Sacred Liturgies of the Church consists of.
 
If you only have 20 minutes and you’re in your car… say the rosary… because you will be studying the Bible at the same time. The rosary is very rich in Biblical verses. It makes you think of the Father in Heaven and Jesus teaching the Our Father to his apostles… It makes you remember when the angel came to Mary to tell her she would be the mother of Jesus… It makes you think of Mary running to Elizabeth as she was expecting John the Baptist AFTER the angel talked to her husband in the temple… and you can give glory to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, thinking of Jesus telling the apostles to go and baptize in their name…

If you have 20 minutes in your house and you already said your rosary… read your Bible!
 
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what would be of more benefit to me; reading the Bible or praying the rosary?
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Reading the Bible is very useful and you will feel God is talking to you directly because that’s His word, and praying the rosary is also a great because you are talking to God as well as you seek help from Our Mother which is a great help especially fro purity.

This got me thinking… if you’re a bookworm or a person who loves to read, read the Bible, I suggest you read Psalms 110, it’s very long but very beneficial.
 
you should be hearing from the holy spirit.

At some time in your life of personal dedication.
But if you can’t prophecy correctly in your own life and prayer times.
Of what God’s will is.
Does create confusion
The answer of:

"This is what God wants me to do.
"Does clear up the confusion

That would be a good starting point!
 
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Read the Bible for twenty minutes. Pray the Rosary while you are washing the dishes. The Rosary is not beads. It is a prayer that can be prayed anytime, anywhere, doing anything.
 
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Depending on which one you like. I would say meditation of certain passages of the Bible in a regular prayer time would be very beneficial for you.

God bless.
 
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Let’s say I have 20 minutes for devotional time, what would be of more benefit to me; reading the Bible or praying the rosary?
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What @UpUpAndAway said. As for many, the rosary and the Bible is not an either-or proposition for me. Still, I know people who pray the rosary daily and never crack open a Bible. I also know people who have read the entirety of Scripture multiple times over but never pray the rosary.

Like your friend, I am a convert married to a cradle Catholic. I learned to pray the rosary and I do it occasionally, but not nearly as often as my wife does. Conversely, my wife reads the Bible sometimes – she has read the whole of the NT, for example – but not as often as I do. Can it be said that either of us is doing the wrong thing? I don’t think so.
 
If you don’t have time to do both on the same day then alternate. Bible today rosary tomorrow.
 
Rosary is a beautiful prayer both mental and vocal ,since even children can join in its all the more wonderful
 
Whatever will deepen his faith and meet his spiritual needs more. If he has twenty minutes a day, he could alternate. Or read the Bible five days a week and pray the rosary twice. Or pray the Rosary every day. Or read scripture every day. A little bit of time each week reading scripture would be nice, at least from the new testament.

But it’s hard to insist on a should.
 
Following the idea of those who mention alternating praying the rosary with reading the Bible. As mentioned in my first post, I follow the recommendation of St. John Paul II which incorporates Scriptural passages with praying the rosary. Each decade begins with a Scriptural passage. A person could easily follow the recommended Monday through Thursday recommendation of praying the rosary while meditating on the mysteries of the day. That is what I do.
That still leaves Friday, Saturday, and Sunday for reading and meditating on Scripture. It takes 15 minutes per day of reading three chapters each day to read the Bible in its entirety over the course of a year.
What I am presenting is not my entire prayer routine. It does answer the question posed in a way that brings both the rosary and reading the Bible into a person’s weekly prayer schedule for the week.
The New Testament is the fulfillment of the Old Testament. While praying the rosary, we meditate on the Gospel message. Reading the Bible over the days when the rosary is not prayed gives a person an opportunity to see the connection between the Old Testament and the New Testament.
 
Ask the Holy Spirit which He’d rather you do. He knows what would benefit you the most in that moment.

Graces flow from both though so either way you can’t go wrong. It’s a win-win situation.
 
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The Scriptural rosary is so inspiring to me and it’s the rosary and scriptures all in one. Give it a try I think you’d like it.
 
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