Repetitive Rosary

[Jeanne_S]

The rosary is optional not obligatory. Does not help me so I do not pray it. I see no virtue in any one way of prayer. or in continuing when you are aware that it is of no benefit to you. It can become obsesssional

What makes you think it is of no benefit to you?

 

[Catholic1954]

I just did the Rosary for the first time in a long time. This is the first time I have done the entire Rosary at once since I left atheism for Catholicism. The problem is that I didn’t feel anything. It started to seem repetitive towards the end. Why do you think this is? I have been going through a slight period of dryness lately. Could that be it? I was hoping praying the Rosary would help me during my spiritual dryness.

Don’t give up praying the rosary, even though it feels weird and nothing is happening. Remember, it’s not about the Hail Marys, it’s about meditating on the different mysteries. It might help if you read up on the mysteries, in the bible, before you begin to pray.

 

[CatholicGeek1]

I too have issues sometimes with feeling that it is repetitive, and I have this problem with prayer in general at times. I feel like I am just saying the same thing over and over again without there really being any meaning behind it, or because I think that I should and not really because that I want to.

I look at these things as challenges that I have to overcome. Meditating on the mysteries helps a lot, however, I sometimes find it difficult to think about the mysteries and repeat the Hail Mary at the same time. I also find my mind wandering from time to time.

As I said, I think that these are challenges that I have to overcome. We all have our own skills and weaknesses, focus during prayer is certainly one of my weaknesses, but that just means that it is an opportunity for improvement and something to focus on as I try to bring myself closer to Our Lord.

 

[Russ_of_Tokyo]

The rosary is optional not obligatory. Does not help me so I do not pray it. I see no virtue in any one way of prayer. or in continuing when you are aware that it is of no benefit to you. It can become obsesssional

If by “no benefit” you mean, no immediate gratifying feelings, then yes, that can be the case a lot of the time. But there are great benefits from praying the Rosary whether you realize it or not. Just do a search for the Fifteen promises of the Rosary for specific examples.

Here are four people who have presented the case better than I can:

“The Rosary is the most excellent form of prayer and the most efficacious means of attaining eternal life. It is the remedy for all our evils, the root of all our blessings. There is no more excellent way of praying.” -Pope Leo XIII

“The Rosary is a powerful weapon to put the demons to flight and to keep oneself from sin…If you desire peace in your hearts, in your homes, and in your country, assemble each evening to recite the Rosary. Let not even one day pass without saying it, no matter how burdened you may be with many cares and labors.” -Pope Pius XI

“Among all the devotions approved by the Church none has been so favored by so many miracles as the devotion of the Most Holy Rosary” -Pope Pius IX

“Some people are so foolish that they think they can go through life without the help of the Blessed Mother. Love the Madonna and pray the rosary, for her Rosary is the weapon against the evils of the world today. All graces given by God pass through the Blessed Mother.” -St. Padre Pio

 

[perro_sarnoso]

To pray “the entire Rosary”-that is, all 20 mysteries in one sit (in one kneel in my case) is a daunting spiritual and physical task even for the most reverent and devout of catholics.

Know your limits in both areas-spiritual and physical. I’ve been praying the Rosary everyday without fail for…I can’t remember how many years. I have always prayed 5 mysteries in one kneel.

I find that I am able to concentrate, meditate and reap spiritual benefits this way. And, because I pray it everyday, all 20 mysteries are prayed in a span of 4 days.

It has become part of my day-so much that I have been able to add the Divine Mercy Chaplet and a chanted psalm to my daily life of prayer and life of the spirit.

Not all in the same kneel. Again, the Rosary in one kneel; the Divine Mercy Chaplet in a later kneel and the “Benedicite” in a procession of sorts. All over a daily period of about 1 and half to 2 hours.

I can’t remember when it happened but, I made it a point to learn all of these in Latin and, nowadays I do pray all three in Latin. Doing everything in moderation made it easy to transition from Spanish/English to Latin.

Give it a try and I promise you your spiritual dryness will soon disipate and you’ll enjoy a deeper life of prayer and life of the spirit.

Crux sacra…in hoc signo vinces.