Respectful or disrespectful; Rosary

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I’m a protestant who is learning about the RCC, and am learning about y’all’s different manners of praying; contemplation, meditation, etc… and know that the Rosary is a valuable tool in learning to pray in those ways. Would it be disrespectful to pray the Rosary with different chaplets that, for now, I know better and am much more comfortable praying? For example, using the Our Father, Glory Be, and the Jesus Prayer?

Basically I’m asking if it is disrespectful for me to use a rosary to pray something other than the basic set of prayers while meditating on the mysteries?
 
Then it wouldn’t be the Rosary. The rosary is a prescribed set of prayers.
If you pray the Jesus pray on beads, that’s not a Rosary.
If you like those prayers, go for it, but it’s not a Rosary.
Peace.
 
pianistclare said:
Then it wouldn’t be the Rosary. The rosary is a prescribed set of prayers.
If you pray the Jesus pray on beads, that’s not a Rosary.
If you like those prayers, go for it, but it’s not a Rosary.
Peace.
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Oh, I was of the understanding that there are several sets of prayers that can be prayed on the five decade Rosary, for example the Divine Mercy Chaplet, which is different than the standard Rosary.
 
Clare is correct. The “rosary”, properly speaking, is a set of specific prayers. But most people do use the term interchangeably with the physical rosary beads.

There are many different prayers said on rosary beads. The Divine Mercy Chaplet is one such prayer. You use a rosary to pray it. There are others, too

If you want to use the rosary beads to say a different set of prayers, then you can do so. It’s hard to imagine Mary feeling disrespected that you are praying. 😉
 
Joe_5859 said:
Clare is correct. The “rosary”, properly speaking, is a set of specific prayers. But most people do use the term interchangeably with the physical rosary beads.

There are many different prayers said on rosary beads. The Divine Mercy Chaplet is one such prayer. You use a rosary to pray it. There are others, too
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Ah, I see. And, yes, that is what was a little confusing, I know I’ve seen rosaries used to pray various chaplets, but I see what you mean on Rosary vs. Beads. Thank you for clarifying!
If you want to use the rosary beads to say a different set of prayers, then you can do so. It’s hard to imagine Mary feeling disrespected that you are praying. 😉
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:o I hope not…
 
Kliska said:
Oh, I was of the understanding that there are several sets of prayers that can be prayed on the five decade Rosary, for example the Divine Mercy Chaplet, which is different than the standard Rosary.
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Divine Mercy yes, but many of the Chaplets are based on particular sets of bead, fro example 9 sets of 3, 10 sets of 3, etc.
Have fun!
Clare
 
There is nothing wrong with using rosary beads to count other prayers. I think God appreciates you praying. If you are asking Mary to present your prayers to God, I am sure that Mary will be glad to do it.

Perhaps you might alternate your prayers between your method on one day and the traditional rosary prayers on the other day. The rosary is a very powerful prayer that brings many blessings into a persons life. I can vouch for that.

Check out the writings of St. Louis de Montfort. He has some short treatises on the power of the rosary that are easy to understand and quick reads. (They are about 30 to 40 pages of large font long.) He says the reasons why a person should incorporate the rosary into their prayer life better than I ever could.)

But using the rosary to count prayers other than the traditional rosary prayers is perfectly acceptable and not disrespectful. (At least as far as I am aware of)
 
pianistclare said:
Divine Mercy yes, but many of the Chaplets are based on particular sets of bead, fro example 9 sets of 3, 10 sets of 3, etc.
Have fun!
Clare
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WJeffrey said:
There is nothing wrong with using rosary beads to count other prayers. I think God appreciates you praying. If you are asking Mary to present your prayers to God, I am sure that Mary will be glad to do it.

Perhaps you might alternate your prayers between your method on one day and the traditional rosary prayers on the other day. The rosary is a very powerful prayer that brings many blessings into a persons life. I can vouch for that.

Check out the writings of St. Louis de Montfort. He has some short treatises on the power of the rosary that are easy to understand and quick reads. (They are about 30 to 40 pages of large font long.) He says the reasons why a person should incorporate the rosary into their prayer life better than I ever could.)

But using the rosary to count prayers other than the traditional rosary prayers is perfectly acceptable and not disrespectful. (At least as far as I am aware of)
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Thank you both for your (name removed by moderator)ut!
 
I use my rosary beads to pray the Rosary, the Divine Mercy Chaplet, and also to say the Jesus Prayer (I like to do the Jesus Prayer while waiting in line for confession). I had thought to get a Chotki for the Jesus Prayer but they’re expensive and I already have a set of rosary beads.
 
AKDee said:
I use my rosary beads to pray the Rosary, the Divine Mercy Chaplet, and also to say the Jesus Prayer (I like to do the Jesus Prayer while waiting in line for confession). I had thought to get a Chotki for the Jesus Prayer but they’re expensive and I already have a set of rosary beads.
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