Rosary

[sowinskija]

I currently try to pray one Rosary per day by going decade by decade, one when i wake up, one before lunch, and so on. Is the Rosary being prayed correctly and effectively in this manner, or is it more powerful when said at once?

 

[poptown]

I don’t think it’s a good idea. At least when people talk about praying Rosary throughout the day, they are usually talking about the full Rosary, i.e., whole four mysteries in 20 decades.

 

[nuntym]

+JMJ+

I don’t think it’s a good idea. At least when people talk about praying Rosary throughout the day, they are usually talking about the full Rosary, i.e., whole four mysteries in 20 decades.

On the contrary, I think sowinskija’s method is great.

I believe praying is not about how much, but how well you pray, which is another way of saying how much love you can give in praying. Some people may express that love in sacrificing by praying the whole Rosary (20 decades) in a day, but some other people express that love by praying only a few decades each day, but full of attention and devotion.

It really all depends on one’s disposition and duties in life, and to pray according to those is actually loving God. For you see, it is through God’s providence and will that you are who you are and where you are, and thus to pray according to the available time and energy you have is obeying God’s Will.

Be at peace, sowinskija, by knowing you are doing His Will if how you are praying the Rosary is according to the time available you have

 

[Phaedra777]

It is certainly acceptable to pray the Rosary in separate decades throughout the day.

However, if you would like to gain an indulgence for yourself or a Holy Soul in Purgatory, 15 decades must be prayed at one time with the usual other obligations as noted here: catholic.com/quickquestions/do-the-indulgences-granted-for-praying-the-rosary-require-that-all-of-the-mysteries-a You could do that when you have time.

Again, it is absolutely acceptable to pray the Rosary the way you have been… **The important thing is to pray the Rosary every day. ** If now, you can only devote specific blocks of time because of work requirements, that’s ok. Like the rest of us “old folks”, we have time now to pray it all at once but did **exactly **what you’re doing when work and kids hanging onto our ankles prevented us from devoting long blocks of time.

 

[Christine85]

Hey I looked at the link and it said to gain an indulgence 5 decades must be prayed consistently. If done in a Church or group it’s a plenary indulgence… Criteria for indulgences must be met - Confession in the past 8 days, Communion on the day, to be in a state of grace and have the aim of obtaining an indulgence. Also there must be a detachment to sins even venial , and you need to pray for the Pope. I offer an Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory be for him and his intentions when I am trying to obtain a plenary indulgence.
I think praying the 5 decades consistently at home alone for instance you can receive a partial indulgence. I am not sure what the requirements for that is.

Happy praying. The Rosary has changed my life.
You should join the Rosary Confraternity - rosary-center.org/
And read “The Secret of the Rosary” by St. Louis de Montfort. I think the Confraternity website has part of that book on their site.

God bless

 

[mommy_k]

The way I see it is instead of giving Mary an entire spiritual bouquet at once, you are giving her a flower at a time. -I am sure this is appreciated.
Mommyk

 

[Delaine75]

I usually try to pray a full rosary first thing in the morning, but on mornings where I’m being rushed around here and there, I do exactly as you do - a decade here and there throughout the day. At least it’s getting done, right?!

 

[HillbillyHermit]

Any prayer is effective when you focus on Jesus, His Mysteries, and love Him and His Mother.

The Rosary’s very beginnings, if I recall correctly, were from the laity wanting to pray something along with the monks but couldn’t read or memorize the Psalms in the Liturgy of the Hours. Seeing that the LOTH is done throughout the day to sanctify it, why not the Rosary too?

There are times when I pray a decade or two here and there throughout the day. It’s like my life preserver. There could be much worse things on the mind and lips than what’s contained in the Rosary, whether it’s said all at once or throughout the day.
Pray it as you can, and pay no attention to the naysayers.

 

[Radyj]

I would like to take a moment to take a moment to say how pivotal The Holy Rosary was not only in my conversion story (still in process) but in my physical and mental well being. It was introduced to me by a Catholic Chaplin at a V.A. hospital while I was in patient for mental health care. I look forward to every opportunity that I have to pray and can almost feel in times of trouble the loving arms of our Lady warped around me.

As to the OP, I’m just repeating what I have heard said several times on CA live that the most important part of prayer is the intent to pray.

 

[thistle]

I currently try to pray one Rosary per day by going decade by decade, one when i wake up, one before lunch, and so on. Is the Rosary being prayed correctly and effectively in this manner, or is it more powerful when said at once?

As the Rosary is a private devotion you may pray it however you want.