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sowinskija
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When one prays the Holy Rosary, where do they add in prayer intentions? I have been doing this almost at random, but is there an official place?
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BGR_15
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There is no official place, the placing is up to you. You can do it between decades, at the beginning of the Rosary, or even for every bead if you want. Personally, I always state(or think of) my intention between the Fatima prayer and the Our Father before a decade. 
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TuAutem
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No official place, but it’s more a matter of how you want to mediate. If the whole rosary is prayed for one intention, it makes sense to declare that at the outset, and think on that intention in the light of each mystery. (For example, if I’m praying for persecuted Christians in Syria over the Sorrowful mysteries, I might think of how I hope those Christians will seek Christ, or be supported by Christ, as they face trials that mirror each of those mysteries.) Or, you might divide your intention into parts, and declare each at the start of each mystery, in order to meditate both on the intention and on that mystery together, so that the interplay between them might be used by God to give you new insights.
There’s no one way to do it, though. You could just as well designate your rosary for an intention, and then pray it, thinking only on the mysteries, and simply telling God that the grace you might merit for your meditations should be given to your intention instead.
Try different ways and see what seems most effective for you.
There’s no one way to do it, though. You could just as well designate your rosary for an intention, and then pray it, thinking only on the mysteries, and simply telling God that the grace you might merit for your meditations should be given to your intention instead.
Try different ways and see what seems most effective for you.
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Immacolata
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This subject has me curious - sorry if this is considered derailing but it’s slightly related so I thought I’d say it. Is one obligated to offer intentions during a Rosary? I have before, to help me stay away from sin, but mostly I pray to meditate upon the life of Jesus (and Mary) in the Mysteries and how we can apply the meaning to our lives. Have I been praying the Rosary wrong?
po18guy
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Offering an intention is a spiritual work of mercy. You may meditate on the mysteries for your own edification, but offering the Rosary for the intention of another is a 2’fer.
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Immacolata
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I see; perhaps I should start doing this for others. Thank you!
po18guy
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It is precisely the same with your suffering. It is best put to full use, since it is unavoidable. Offering your suffering helps others, both in time as well as purgatory. Offering your meditation can help in the same way. Either way, you are giving of yourself, which is Christ-like.
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ilySHJ
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How beautiful! Nothing wrong with praying in order to honor God.
Prayer:
1st. Adoration
2nd. Thanksgiving
3rd. Contrition or reparation
4th. Petition or supplication
We’re not required to go through all four. Very frequently, I don’t make it all the way to four.
po18guy
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In his book Celebrating the Holy Eucharist, Francis Cardinal Arinze inserts a fifth honor that God is due from us:How beautiful! Nothing wrong with praying in order to honor God.
Prayer:
1st. Adoration
2nd. Thanksgiving
3rd. Contrition or reparation
4th. Petition or supplication
We’re not required to go through all four. Very frequently, I don’t make it all the way to four.
- Adoration
- Praise
- Thanksgiving
- Propitiation for our sins
- Petition
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