Rosary and adoration.......

[jason3477]

When I’ve been praying the Rosary lately I can’t seem to finish it becasue I fall asleep=almost into a deep sleep. Has something like that happened to any of you before? And why would that happen?

And today during my holy hour in our chapel of peperutal adoration, I felt like Jesus was telling me to close my eyes and to just rest in Him… so I did and not only did I feel a lot of peace but I felt like I could feel Him touching my heart/soul!!!

Anything like that ever happened to you during adoratoin?

 

[joel178]

this happen to me all the time
most of the time i just say a few prayers and fall asleep with it in my hand makes me feel safe

 

[Bernward]

HI Jason3477,
that sounds like a really profound experience, very beautiful - sometimes just being still in the presence of the Lord is the most perfect way to spend an hour - or a second - but we can become so conditioned to ‘doing’ and being seen to be ‘doing’ in our daily lives that it can make being still seem ‘unproductive’ to some people. You are obviously blessed.

It reminds me of the parable of Jesus where Martha is listening, and she gets scolded by her sister for not doing enough to help with the supper, but Jesus intervenes on her behalf.

I have found it difficult to ‘watch with Me for one hour’ sometimes, (as in the sorrowful mysteries) even when using the rosary, and found myself nodding off, but when I sing the rosary, this doesn’t happen, and several fellow devotees have also said that singing helps them to concentrate and stay awake.

God bless

 

[DoGodsBidding]

I struggle to stay awasy during Adoration and I have not had an opportunity to nap before I go. I get up at 4:30 am during the week and I have a scheduled time each Friday night from 11:00 pm to 1:00 am Saturday. It is so peaceful and comforting in our Adoration Chapel.

 

[AlanFromWichita]

When I’ve been praying the Rosary lately I can’t seem to finish it becasue I fall asleep=almost into a deep sleep. Has something like that happened to any of you before? And why would that happen?

And today during my holy hour in our chapel of peperutal adoration, I felt like Jesus was telling me to close my eyes and to just rest in Him… so I did and not only did I feel a lot of peace but I felt like I could feel Him touching my heart/soul!!!

Anything like that ever happened to you during adoratoin?

Yes, I’ve fallen asleep doing various types of prayers.

When I started with a spiritual director for the first time, 10 years ago, he told me of types of prayer I’d never heard of. One was called “contemplative prayer” aka “resting in God.”

Is it possible He was calling you to move into this deeper form of prayer and unity with Him?

Reference CCC 2700-2724.

The last paragraph of that article is:

2724:
Contemplative prayer is the simple expression of the mystery of prayer. It is a gaze of faith fixed on Jesus, an attentiveness to the Word of God, a silent love. It achieves real union with the prayer of Christ to the extent that it makes us share in his mystery.

Alan