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Is this novena said with the rosary ? I am just beginning to look at the rosary and want to start by saying one of the 5 decades a day. Can you start out like this? And if one is in mortal sin are they fogiven? I think Mary promised the soul shall not perish.
 
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Is this novena said with the rosary ? I am just beginning to look at the rosary and want to start by saying one of the 5 decades a day. Can you start out like this? And if one is in mortal sin are they fogiven? I think Mary promised the soul shall not perish.
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Yes, use the Rosary for when praying the Novena. Yes, 5 decades is the full Rosary. I do not know about the question about sin. I have not read, but could be totally wrong, that the Rosary takes away sin.
 
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And if one is in mortal sin are they fogiven? I think Mary promised the soul shall not perish.
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Do you mean if you pray the Rosary, then your sins are forgiven? If that is what you mean, no. Only God can forgive sins and thru the priest who sits in persona Christi has the power thru the Holy Spirit to do this.

I think that if we are in mortal sin and we pray to Jesus thru Mary, then our prayers are heard and can be answered because she perfects what we lack.

One of the reasons that Jesus instituted the Sacrament of Confession was so that we would know for sure that our sins were forgiven; We no longer have to wonder if we are. So if you are in mortal sin, then no your sins are not forgiven, unless you have
repented and gone to confession with a Catholic priest. Make an appointment to go to confession if you feel too embarrased to go to regular confession.

You could always even right now ask God to forgive you and of course He will. Thru the Sacrament of Confession, our sins are absolved by the priest who sits in the person of Jesus and thru the grace of the Holy Spirit and we do not bring them with us into Heaven.

This link has helped me praying the Rosary. I hope it helps you:

marian.org/mary/rosary/luminous.php

Good luck and peace.
 
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Do you mean if you pray the Rosary, then your sins are forgiven? If that is what you mean, no. Only God can forgive sins and thru the priest who sits in persona Christi has the power thru the Holy Spirit to do this.

I think that if we are in mortal sin and we pray to Jesus thru Mary, then our prayers are heard and can be answered because she perfects what we lack.

One of the reasons that Jesus instituted the Sacrament of Confession was so that we would know for sure that our sins were forgiven; We no longer have to wonder if we are. So if you are in mortal sin, then no your sins are not forgiven, unless you have
repented and gone to confession with a Catholic priest. Make an appointment to go to confession if you feel too embarrased to go to regular confession.

You could always even right now ask God to forgive you and of course He will. Thru the Sacrament of Confession, our sins are absolved by the priest who sits in the person of Jesus and thru the grace of the Holy Spirit and we do not bring them with us into Heaven.

This link has helped me praying the Rosary. I hope it helps you:

marian.org/mary/rosary/luminous.php

Good luck and peace.
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What about this untier of knots? Does this go with the rosary ?
 
billcu1 said:
Is this novena said with the rosary ? I am just beginning to look at the rosary and want to start by saying one of the 5 decades a day. Can you start out like this? And if one is in mortal sin are they fogiven? I think Mary promised the soul shall not perish.
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What is the novena?

Yes, you can start as you wish or what you can…and then, slowly build up to the 5 mysteries per day.

And no, the rosay does not forgive mortal sins, you need to go to confession to your priest for that. But the rosay can certainly help you lead to contrition and repentance…when you meditate while you pray the rosary.

As for the novena, some tidbit…the 9 day Novena is 9 days and is based on the 9 days from the Ascension to the coming of the HS or Pentecost…👍
 
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What about this untier of knots? Does this go with the rosary ?
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From what I read from the link provided by TwinMommy (by the way, a very nice link), the knots are those things that separate us from God.
Read the following from the link:

“But what are these knots?
There are the problems and struggles we face for which we do not see any solution … knots of discord in your family, lack of understanding between parents and children, disrespect, violence, the knots of deep hurts between husband and wife, the absence of peace and joy at home. There are also the knots of anguish and despair of separated couples, the dissolution of the family, the knots of a drug addict son or daughter, sick or separated from home or God, knots of alcoholism, the practice of abortion, depression, unemployment, fear, solitude…Ah, the knots of our life! How they suffocate the soul, beat us down and betray the heart’s joy and separate us from God.”]

So my understanding of Mary being the untier of knots is that we have to remember that God is Holy and cannot be around sin. So if we are in a state of mortal sin, I guess visulize like a barrier between you and God. That barrier would prevent you from receiving God’s grace (His Love and Blessings) and therefore God can not grant you prayer request but if we pray to Jesus thru Mary, she being holy and perfect takes our prayer and perfects it as she presents our prayer request before the throne of God.

I once heard a beautiful woman describe praying the Rosary something like this:

Imagine that you are praying the Rosary and that you are praying to God for something in your life that needs help. Now imagine, Jesus sitting before you, listening to you…standing behind Jesus, is His mother, Mary. Imagine she is standing behind a curtain and she cannot be seen. She is listening to your prayer request as well for she loves you too. She steps out from behind the curtain and approaches her son, Jesus and says to Him, “Please, if not for them, for me.”

Hope this helps.
 
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