Rosary ... with an intention?

[esieffe]

Greetings Catholic family,
I pray the Rosary daily. On some occasions, I follow this up with prayers of personal concerns. [family, friends, co-workers etc]

Do people dedicate Rosary prayers with a specific intention? If so, how is this done or spoken?

Thanks!

 

[blanc10]

Nothing is set in stone on where you should say your intentions. Many people say their intentions at the beginning of the rosary and some say each one at the beginning of each decade. It really doesn’t matter as it’s a personal devotion. Our Lady probably understands either way.

I do it both ways. I just say “Mary, I offer you this rosary with the intention…” and I just speak to her like I was normally speaking to my mother.

i’m not sure if this answered your question or not, but I look forward to reading other people’s responses.

 

[Bruised_Reed]

Greetings Catholic family,
I pray the Rosary daily. On some occasions, I follow this up with prayers of personal concerns. [family, friends, co-workers etc]

Do people dedicate Rosary prayers with a specific intention? If so, how is this done or spoken?

Thanks!

I say, “**I offer this rosary for **the souls in purgatory (or mothers considering abortion, etc.)” One can offer a single decade too, one decade for each family member, for example.

 

[esieffe]

Thank you!!

 

[tawny]

I’ll start with I offer this rosary for (state intention). Then I will offer an intention for each decade.

 

[judynurse]

I always have offered the Rosary as an Intention as this is what I was taught to do. I grew up in my Grandparent’s home, they were Protestant. However, my Grandma’s sister was Catholic (converted at age 15 when she married a Catholic in the 1890’s.). She taught me the Rosary, took me to Mass early, then Grandma took me to her church later in the morning! I was surrounded by the fact of God existing, night and meal prayers (both Catholic and Protestant) and converted at age 9. My Great-Aunt taught me to pray either each decade or a whole Rosary either for my own Intentions or for others (family at that age) when I was about 4. The first prayer I learned from Grandma was “Now I lay me down to sleep…” and God bless >>>(family names), and from Great Aunt “Hail Mary…”. I said both each night at bedtime. Sounds like a confused childhood, but they made it work, and never argued religion in front of me, although 20 years later I found out that was the one subject the two loving sisters fought over a great deal! So offer your Intentions with your Rosary. The Rosary is an Indulgenced and very powerful prayer and gets amazing results sometimes!