Rosary in Latin?

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Do any of you pray the Rosary in Latin? And, if I decided that I wanted to learn to do this, which is the best resource to do so?

Peace be with you…
 
I try sometimes, but so far I really only partly know how to say the words of the Hail Mary in Latin.

I have a Rosary CD (2-CD set) that Pope John Paul II did to help raise funds for the holy year. The Rosary Mysteries are in English, and the prayers are in Latin (and inside in a small booklet are the words printed in Latin).

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The 2-CD set does not include the Luminous Mysteries which were added later.

The 2nd CD includes other prayers. It is easy to pray along in English even though the prayers are in Latin. And while the CD is playing I can do pretty good with the Hail Mary in Latin.

In praying the Rosary, I think the attitude of our hearts is much more important than choosing which language to use. And the decision to pray the Rosary often is more important than choosing which language to use. The Rosary is of a very great value to us – yet many do not see its value and do not pray it very often. So pray the Rosary the way it is more comfortable to you. And sometimes pray it in Latin if that helps you.

I think the Rosary is mainly a gift to us, a gift that we should give back often to Mary our Mother. We should not neglect this great gift.

jmm08
 
I wish I knew how…

looking at all these prayers it seems to be a very meditative language to use, more so than English. English has too many strong consonants and abrupt word endings. The thing I love about Latin is that it is flowing. That’s why the Romance languages sound so beautiful and ‘romantic’ to the ear: they come from a beautiful language. (sorry about the two cents on Latin!)
 
jmm08 said:
The 2-CD set does not include the Luminous Mysteries which were added later.
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All four sets of mysteries (and more) are available online from the Vatican as audio: [post=1751341]LATIN: Language Study Resources[/post].

tee
 
Here’s an online site that has the prayers in Latin with audio, both slow and fast, so you can hear clearly pronounced each word. Also, if you hold your mouse over the words it’ll give you the English translation under the prayer.

lphrc.org/rmk/Rosary/index.html
 
I intend on learning how to do it; but then I question my motives. Who am I trying to impress? Myself? Mary?? God??? :confused:

The Good Lord made me an English-speaker, and lucky for me, both He and Mary are multi-lingual! 😛
 
Epistemes said:
I intend on learning how to do it; but then I question my motives. Who am I trying to impress? Myself? Mary?? God??? :confused:

The Good Lord made me an English-speaker, and lucky for me, both He and Mary are multi-lingual! 😛
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I agree. Although I’ve been praying the Rosary for over two years, I am still learning the prayers in English.

Go ahead and ask – how can that be?

I still haven’t fully integrated the “Our Father” into my daily life. I’m pretty far off, if I’m honest with myself.

Perhaps I’m a little farther ahead with the “Hail Mary”.

The “Glory Be” – I still don’t really understand very well at all how to apply this prayer in my life. If anyone knows, I’d like to hear.
 
I intend on learning how to do it; but then I question my motives. Who am I trying to impress? Myself? Mary?? God???
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I can understand that. I’m trying because I believe Latin prayers are part of the heritage of The Church, and that Latin is a unifying part of our Church. Sometimes I also use Latin if someone is sitting near me, to make the prayer just between Me, Mary, and God. Other times I use Latin if I’m having a hard time concentrating; helps me concentrate on the prayers and mysteries better.
 
I use Latin for concentration, like Rawb, in some moments of emotional distress or upheaval when my voice would falter. Then again, if it’s a calamity happening, I don’t use any foreign language but the one I was born with and I allow my voice to falter. It’s just those moments when I want to keep my composure and the vernacular doesn’t really work.
 
Rawb said:
I can understand that. I’m trying because I believe Latin prayers are part of the heritage of The Church, and that Latin is a unifying part of our Church.
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Not only can I understand that, I can understand Latin. 😉

Both the current Holy Father and his predecessor, John Paul II of Blessed Memory, encourage that the faithful should know some common prayers in Latin. Myself, I pray in Latin to exercise that knowledge. :twocents:

tee
 
chevalier said:
I use Latin for concentration, like Rawb, in some moments of emotional distress or upheaval when my voice would falter. Then again, if it’s a calamity happening, I don’t use any foreign language but the one I was born with and I allow my voice to falter. It’s just those moments when I want to keep my composure and the vernacular doesn’t really work.
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Using latin could help us to return to the “roots” -even if the first apostles didn’t pray with it. I know some hymns in latin, which I like because using latin can be helpful to “connect” our spirits to God. It’s solem, and precious!

I think the Church could do a little more promoting the use of latin between lays, like common prayers and hymns, as well as their meaning, because that can be a reminder of how important is the moment of pray and worship to the Lord. It’s sad that now there is a lot of rejection towards the use of latin because it is “boring” and it’s a factor of “exclusion” between the “educated and non educated people”. That’s not true, not for me at least, because gregorian chant is related to arts too :).

But when I am in trouble and don’t have a clue about the right step to make, I just pour before God my thoughts and feelings, because there are some points in our lives that we really need to show ourselves exposed and vulnerable in order to receive God’s love and comfort.

It’s sad that many protestant brothers and sisters say that the Rosary, gregorian hymns and other prayers are just vain repetition. I don’t share that impression because, even if God is more interested in the disposition of our hearts than the “quality” of our prayers -I say quality refering to elegant words mostly-, those prayers helps us to “disconnect” from this world’s troubles and connect to God instead, and after that we are capable to make a real prayer.

Many blessings to you all!
Isa.
 
Thanks for all the responses. I am going to give the Rosary in Latin a try, and will post my progress in the future.
 
I decided to integrate it slowly so as not to disrupt my prayer experience. Lately, I’ve been saying all the Our Fathers in Latin. It’s different, that’s for shure, but I like the flow of Latin better than English. Hopefully I can ‘practice’ enough so it seems natural, then I plan to do Hail Marys (the big leap into the deep end!:o )!

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Sometimes I will vary from day to day, one day in Latin, one day in English. The rosary is an excellent way to learn those prayers in Latin–the Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be, and the Hail Holy Queen. The repetition of the rosary means that you will have those prayers memorized, you can pray them with ease, and allow you to enter into a meditative rhythm. Sacred languages are nice to use every now and then because you pray with a special language that you have reserved for God–there is a little transcendence there.
 
Rawb said:
Here’s an online site that has the prayers in Latin with audio, both slow and fast, so you can hear clearly pronounced each word. Also, if you hold your mouse over the words it’ll give you the English translation under the prayer.

lphrc.org/rmk/Rosary/index.html
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Awesome! Thank you for the link. I book marked it and plan on using it often. I would love to learn to pray it in latin. It just sounds so beautiful!
 
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