Rosary

[wwjd32]

I have heard that the rosary is a sin and blasphemy. That you should only pray to God or Jesus( and I’m not sure if you can pray to the Holy Spirit) and I thought that the rosary was a prayer to Jesus through Mary. The bible says stuff against repetition of prayers and stuff like that. What should I believe, I don’t want to commit blasphemy or sin.

 

[Sandalwood]

The Rosary IS Scripture. It is the Life of Christ. We are asking Mary to pray for us. We are not praying TO her but asking for her to pray for us. As you learn the Rosary, you will learn and grow in your love for Christ and His Life and what He did for us.

Hail Mary Full of Grace, The Lord is with thee, Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, Jesus. These are the words of her cousin Elizabeth as John leapt in her womb upon the sound of Mary’s voice. These are the words of the Angel Gabriel as he announced to Mary that she would bear the Savior.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. We are simply asking the Mother of Jesus to pray for us, much as we ask one another to pray for us.

When I was first Catholic, I was very concerned about the Rosary but the good people here really helped me and my sponsor taught me how to really pray and appreciate the Rosary. Now I pray it quite frequently and always carry my Rosary with me.

 

[Erich]

From The Scandal of the Decades:
…If it were wrong to use repetitive prayers, Jesus certainly would not have done it. Yet in the garden of Gethsemane, he spoke the same prayer three times: “Leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same words” (Matt. 26:44). We cannot think of this repetition as anything but heartfelt.

Similarly, in the Old Testament, parts of Psalm 118 are structured around the repeated phrase “His steadfast love endures forever,” and the book of Daniel presents the three men in the fiery furnace constantly repeating the phrase “Sing praise to him and highly exalt him forever” (Dan. 3:52–88). God looks favorably on their prayers and answers them in their time of need (Ps. 118:21; Dan. 3:94–95).

In the New Testament, the book of Revelation describes how the very worship of God in heaven includes words of holy praise that are repeated without end. The four living creatures, gathered around God’s throne, “never cease to sing, ‘Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!’”(Rev. 4:8). Although trying to manipulate God by vain repetition is always wrong, proper repetitious prayer is very biblical and pleasing to God. …

 

[ESMDHokie77]

Jesus repeated prayers. The key is not to be vain in your repetitions.
And
In the Book of Revelations, the Saints and Angels present prayers to God.

Peace,
Phil

 

[Spencerian]

I have heard that the rosary is a sin and blasphemy. That you should only pray to God or Jesus( and I’m not sure if you can pray to the Holy Spirit) and I thought that the rosary was a prayer to Jesus through Mary. The bible says stuff against repetition of prayers and stuff like that. What should I believe, I don’t want to commit blasphemy or sin.

A rosary is simply a tool to pray to God by asking someone of whom has great favor with the Lord to pass on our prayers to Him. Only He can make our prayers into action.

Others have given good advice on the nature of the rosary.

Remember that the term “prayer” isn’t the same as “worship.” We Catholics (as with all other Christians) worship *only *God. But all Christians ask other living Christians to pray for each other for help in our daily lives. We aren’t “worshipping” each other, of course. Our prayers to each other are sent to God.

Statues of Mary (since we haven’t photographs), rosaries, the Holy Eucharist…these help focus our thoughts on God, just as prayer seems “stronger” in groups of friends in, say, a Bible study or prayer circle.

The idea of praying to saints is the same as praying for each other. The Body of Christ, the family of good people on earth and those in heaven, stay linked to God through our prayer for each other.

Just as we will pray for you on your journey in Christ.

 

[beth40n2]

I have heard that the rosary is a sin and blasphemy. That you should only pray to God or Jesus( and I’m not sure if you can pray to the Holy Spirit) and I thought that the rosary was a prayer to Jesus through Mary. The bible says stuff against repetition of prayers and stuff like that. What should I believe, I don’t want to commit blasphemy or sin.

This is the second forum you have written today with sarcasm in your questions. Are you serious about learning the faith? Or are you trying to make fun of our beliefs?

 

[Sandalwood]

This is the second forum you have written today with sarcasm in your questions. Are you serious about learning the faith? Or are you trying to make fun of our beliefs?

wow. I read both their posts and didn’t see ANY sarcasm! I’m not sure where you saw it at all!

 

[wwjd32]

This is the second forum you have written today with sarcasm in your questions. Are you serious about learning the faith? Or are you trying to make fun of our beliefs?

no I and your believes are my believes I plan on concert to Catholicism once I leave my parents cause it would be weird to do it when they go to one church but I’d go to another and im sorry if it seems this way but im truly just want to learn about catholicism and the person,sandalwood, I’m not sure if you were kidding but if your not thank you

 

[Sandalwood]

no I and your believes are my believes I plan on concert to Catholicism once I leave my parents cause it would be weird to do it when they go to one church but I’d go to another and im sorry if it seems this way but im truly just want to learn about catholicism and the person,sandalwood, I’m not sure if you were kidding but if your not thank you

No, I was not kidding. I saw no sarcasm at all. Keep asking your questions, that’s how we learn!

 

[I_love_rocks]

Its not a vain repetition. It’s the most beautiful Litany known to man. And for those who have gone to Jesus, holding Mary’s hand, it’s comfort and strength. Like when I was little and my mother would smooth my hair back behind my ear with a touch filled with love. She did it gently, repeatedly.It let me know I was loved. It calmed me. It made me feel secure. It comforted my heart. We comfort the Lord’s heart and offer great consolation when we offer Him this prayer, so loved by His gentle and Holy mother. We love her. She loves us. Mary is never the end or the goal. Jesus is. And even if you tried to make her the goal, it would never work. She ALWAYS takes her children and leads them to Jesus - always. She speaks wisdom… “Listen to Him. Do whatever He tells you.” Jesus is Mary’s God too. Even the Angels in the old testament yelled at the men they would appear to if they fell on their faces to worship them, as they are not God. Mary is the Queen of ANgels. She would absolutely NEVER tolerate anyone giving to her what can only be given to God. You can certainly pray to the Holy Spirit and you should. He’s God. The third person in the Holy Trinity. The fountain of all wisdom. The promised Paraclete. Our Love, Our Creator. There is no sin in worshipping God. Only in worship of ANYTHING that is not God. And every time you glorify the Son, you glorify the Father and the Holy Spirit. They are eternally and indivisibly One. If you have worshipped Jesus, you have worshipped the Holy Spirit, and that is as it should be. So, be at peace. Latia (worship) = for God alone. Hyper dulia (the highest veneration) for the Great Mother of God, Mary most holy. Dulia (respect / veneration) for Saints. Dulia and Hyper dulia are not worship. Worship happens in the heart and no man can read the heart of another. I kneel at my bed to pray. I do not worship the bed. I hang pictures of my family in the hall and when I miss them, I look at them and think of them and give them a call. Respect… devotion… not worship. But, we DO worship the Holy Eucharist - Immanuel, God with us, His body and blood, soul and divinity, truly and physically present in the Eucharist. And that is also good, right, and correct so never worry about that because we are called to worship Him.

 

[Celticnovice]

The rosary is one of many ways we can pray unceasingly ( 1 Thess 5: 17) as we have been commanded to do throughout the day. (Note: we have been commanded to pray unceasingly, not necessarily to pray specifically the Rosary)

The summit of the Hail Mary is the name of Jesus, which according to Catholic teaching is a prayer in of itself…

Read Psalm 136, now would you consider that repetition?

 

[beth40n2]

no I and your believes are my believes I plan on concert to Catholicism once I leave my parents cause it would be weird to do it when they go to one church but I’d go to another and im sorry if it seems this way but im truly just want to learn about catholicism and the person,sandalwood, I’m not sure if you were kidding but if your not thank you

I am sorry for what I said. I am really glad that you are truely looking into Catholocism. It is just that there have been so many people on here making fun and they get banned.

If you need anything let me know. Also check out the room listed on my signature, lots of good info for you.