Rosary questions

[fish90]

Hello,

I came into a few problems that I hope can be answered regarding the rosary.

1.) Is it wrong to tell Mary your intention without telling God as well? Also, is it okay to tell them both why you are offering this rosary?
2.) Are intentions okay?
3.) What do you do when your mind drifts?

Best,
fish90

 

[DianaCC]

1. It’s not wrong to tell Mary without telling God, but, what if Mary keeps your intention to herself and never tells God? Then God will never know what you’re praying for.
2. Intentions are never okay. When you pray, you should never ask for anything, especially your daily bread, forgiveness for your sins, not to be led into temptation, or for the prayers of Mary now or at the hour of your death.
3. If you catch your mind wandering while praying, stop dead in your tracks and fret over it for at least twenty minutes. Under no circumstances should you return to your prayers as if nothing happened.

Hope this helps

 

[Jacob50]

[edited]

First of all I don’t think Mary will “keep” your intention to herself without telling God. She always does and she’s good at it. Its okay to only tell Mary about it, but I think it would be good if you were to tell both God and Mary.

Secondly Intentions are okay and recommended…When you pray you should ask for whatever you need, for it is written: “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” Matt 7:7

Third simply try to not get distracted when praying but it happens at times

 

[Della]

Hello,

I came into a few problems that I hope can be answered regarding the rosary.

1.) Is it wrong to tell Mary your intention without telling God as well? Also, is it okay to tell them both why you are offering this rosary?

You cannot keep anything from God even if you tried. And it’s perfectly fine to tell both of them but it’s not necessary. God and Mary are not in competition for our prayers. When you tell Mary you are telling God because she is our intercessor in heaven with her Son, who is God.

2.) Are intentions okay?

Absolutrly. Why wouldn’t they be?

3.) What do you do when your mind drifts?

Best,
fish90

You just go back to praying and forget it ever happened. The more you follow this way of dealing with distractions, the fewer you will have. It’s a matter of disciplining your will not a matter of sin. You could also try using a supplement, such as a Rosary meditation booklet to help you. There are any number available online and in Catholic bookstores.

 

[Phaedra777]

1. It’s not wrong to tell Mary without telling God, but, what if Mary keeps your intention to herself and never tells God? Then God will never know what you’re praying for.
2. Intentions are never okay. When you pray, you should never ask for anything, especially your daily bread, forgiveness for your sins, not to be led into temptation, or for the prayers of Mary now or at the hour of your death.
3. If you catch your mind wandering while praying, stop dead in your tracks and fret over it for at least twenty minutes. Under no circumstances should you return to your prayers as if nothing happened.

Hope this helps

The OP asked the question in all innocence. Your remarks are snide and sarcastic and could be taken mistakenly as “how Catholics do stuff” by a newcomer. I actually looked up all your posts as I thought you were the recently banned “Oppressor” back again in a more subtle form.

 

[BornAgain2010]

1. It’s not wrong to tell Mary without telling God, but, what if Mary keeps your intention to herself and never tells God? Then God will never know what you’re praying for.
2. Intentions are never okay. When you pray, you should never ask for anything, especially your daily bread, forgiveness for your sins, not to be led into temptation, or for the prayers of Mary now or at the hour of your death.
3. If you catch your mind wandering while praying, stop dead in your tracks and fret over it for at least twenty minutes. Under no circumstances should you return to your prayers as if nothing happened.

Hope this helps

whered you hear that?

as for number three, that sounds more like your personal opinion. me personally, I just try to redirect back to whatever Im praying about.

I admit I was rather shocked about your answers. or are you simply being sarcastic. not sure.

 

[FreeSpirit1]

1. It’s not wrong to tell Mary without telling God, but, what if Mary keeps your intention to herself and never tells God? Then God will never know what you’re praying for.
2. Intentions are never okay. When you pray, you should never ask for anything, especially your daily bread, forgiveness for your sins, not to be led into temptation, or for the prayers of Mary now or at the hour of your death.
3. If you catch your mind wandering while praying, stop dead in your tracks and fret over it for at least twenty minutes. Under no circumstances should you return to your prayers as if nothing happened.

Hope this helps

This is a preposterous, bizarre, absurd and wild reply.
If you were ‘only joking’, you should put a smiley expression your humour, like:
If you are not joking, then you should be seriously put aside for a “charitable speak”, but I doubt from your sarcasm that you make you change your ways…

[SIGN]May God have Mercy on you[/SIGN]

 

[Blenderx]

[edited]

OP:

1. We are offering God our prayers and intentions. We are just doing so through and with Mary. There is no barrier here. Everything we are offering is merely passing through her (blessed) hands, you see?
2. Intentions are encouraged.
3. Bring it back to the topic gently. Its perfectly natural to suffer distractions, its just how the mind works. Even the great master of prayer, St. Teresa of Avila, for many years was unable to focus her mind on any one subject as she would have liked in prayer. We just quietly and gently return our focus to our prayers. If we do this 1,000 times in prayer faithfully, we are actually gaining greater merit than if we had perfect attention with no effort at all.

 

[FreeSpirit1]

1. We are offering God our prayers and intentions. We are just doing so through and with Mary. There is no barrier here. Everything we are offering is merely passing through her (blessed) hands, you see?
2. Intentions are encouraged.
3. Bring it back to the topic gently. Its perfectly natural to suffer distractions, its just how the mind works. Even the great master of prayer, St. Teresa of Avila, for many years was unable to focus her mind on any one subject as she would have liked in prayer. We just quietly and gently return our focus to our prayers. If we do this 1,000 times in prayer faithfully, we are actually gaining greater merit than if we had perfect attention with no effort at all.

Now that’s a credible answer from a true friend!

Thank you!

On my way to the other side

 

[willofgods]

[edited]

1. At the wedding in Cana:
   [BIBLEDRB]John 2:3-4[/BIBLEDRB]
   Verse 4 lets us know she told Jesus this, not because she wanted more wine to drink for herself, and not because He had requested more wine to drink. So we must assume it’s because she overheard someone, or even that someone asked her to persuade her Son to help(by this time Jesus already had disciples, so people may have begun to believe in Jesus already).
2. [edited] prayers found in Church teachings (e.g., the Lord’s Prayer, & the Ave Maria) include intentions.
3. Here we see what I would describe as the greatest distraction (sleep) affecting even Peter:
   [BIBLEDRB]Mark 14:37-41[/BIBLEDRB]
   At first, Jesus would have them pray for focus, but after sleep wins out a third time He finally tells them to rest.
   I feel that the same might go for praying the Rosary; if you get distracted a little, pray quickly “Lord GOD, help me focus”, and continue praying the Rosary. If it persists, take a break and pray at a later time.