Rosary veterans - question

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Rosary veterans - I have a question for you. Have you memorized all the mysteries and what days they are for so when you pray the Rosary alone, you don’t need anything but the beads? Or do you use a book or a list of the mysteries of some type?

I love the Rosary as corporate prayer when someone announces the mysteries… but when I am alone having to stop for each decade to look at the mysteries really interrupts the flow for me.

I want to make a Marian Consecration for the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in July and I would really like to stumble less with private Rosaries by then.

Any advice is appreciated.
 
Yes, I know the decades and the days that are recommended for each decade.
What I did in the beginning was keep a small list with the 5 decades written on it and I’d look at that list before each decade. You can determine what decade you want to pray before you actually start, so all you need then are the 5 decades that you will be praying.

After praying the rosary for some time, you will find that you will memorize them without a lot of effort on your part. Same with the prayers that you may pray after the 5th decade of the rosary to bring it to a close.

Another way is that you can buy DVDs or CDs of the rosary and can pray with others in your own home. I have a bunch of these and still use them when I feel like I want to pray with someone at home. 🙂

Good luck!
 
Yes, I have the mysteries and days to recite them memorized, but I’ve been at it for 50+ years! There are little pamphlets and even holy cards with the info printed on the back, if you look online or at a religious goods store, so you aren’t flipping through a book.

And…if you decide to or accidentally mediate on some other event in Christ’s life other than the traditional mysteries…I don’t think the Lord or our Blessed Mother will mind!
 
I memorized them as a child, but my husband learned them recently as we both decided to become dedicated to praying the rosary daily. (We consecrated ourselves to Mary on January 1st, The Solemnity of Mary.)
Blessings to you,
RC 😉
 
Cant remember the days, but that’s what the free Laudate iphone app is for, I do remember almost all of the mysteries, only have been praying the Holy Rosary a lot for about 4 months though. The Holy Rosary is incredibly beneficial and can help so much.
 
I was a little kid when I learned the Rosary & a Nun Taught me. Her name is Sister Antoinette. Just one of the sweetest Sister ever. My suggestion is to contact a religious Catholic Store and ask them for a Rosary cd. Either that or get in touch with a friend and ask if they would help you to learn the mysteries and that you need help on learning. Heck, if you are in the USA, I could pray it with you every day. I Would like to have a Rosary Prayer Partner. It’s up to you. Another idea is to youtube the mysteries as well. But seriously I’d love to help if you want.
 
Like others above, I have the Mysteries memorized and know which days are suggested for praying them.

When I first started praying the rosary daily (years after I first learned how to pray it 😊), I prayed with Mother Angelica and the nuns of Our Lady of the Angels Monastery during their broadcast on EWTN Radio. After a while, I switched to ComePrayTheRosary.org so I wouldn’t be bound to the EWTN Radio broadcast schedule. The benefit of both of these and similar resources is they automatically run the appropriate Mystery set for the day so I didn’t have to look it up myself. After a couple of months of this, I knew each Mystery set and the suggested day(s) of the week to pray them because I had heard them so many times!

God bless 🙂
 
I have been praying the Rosary I guess for about two weeks or just a bit more. I am using an app that is just awesome. It is really helping me learn. By tomorrow night my Rosary I ordered should be here. I know I will continue to use the app to help me along, especially with learning the Mysteries. Here is the site with info on the app

thedivinemercy.org/apps/

The Divine Mercy app is great too!!!
 
Thank you all for your great suggestions. I have tried praying with CDs, podcasts, etc and I personally don’t like it - I would rather pray in a group or by myself. I will just knuckle under and work and memorizing those mysteries!
 
How to remember what mysteries to say on what day of the week is easy.

I only say the Joyful, sorrowful, and glorious.

Monday is the childhood of Jesus, joyful.
Tuesday is the manhood of Jesus, sorrowful.
Wednesday is the end of Jesus’ life, glorious.

Then this cycle starts over.

Joyful - Thr
Sorrowful - Fri
Glorious - Sat

Sunday is alway glorious, since Jesus rose on sunday.
 
I’ve been saying the rosary for a long time, since I came back to the church. I sort of know the mysteries but often need to look to make sure. But I prefer to pray along with an audio version or on the computer or online. I use this website a lot: rosary-center.org/howto.htm They also have a booklet for use while praying. I like their website and booklet because they give items to reflect on when saying the rosary, for each bead. Also, I’ve been doing the scriptural rosary on the laudate app lately and I love that one as well, she gives a brief phrase to reflect on before each our father and hail mary.

Good luck!
 
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