Silly Question RE: Penance

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Last week my confessor told me to pray a decade of the rosary for my mother & fiance as my penance. I’m still a newbie Catholic (baptized/confirmed last Easter Vigil), and I need to look at notes when I pray the rosary in it’s entirety. For my penance I prayed:

[sign of the cross]
Our Father
Hail Mary (x10)
Glory Be
Fatima
[sign of the cross]

Was that correct? Or should I have started with the Apostle’s Creed, and the First Mystery, etc.?

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You got it right.

The Fatima prayer is a very good practice, but not essential to the rosary.
 
To be sure, just say a whole rosary! it isn’t that much longer!
 
Aramis said:
To be sure, just say a whole rosary! it isn’t that much longer!
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Haha, I had actually just said before Confession! I had never prayed the rosary on a Thursday before, so I was excited to set aside some time to meditate on the Luminous Mysteries.

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For a decade you got it right, I add the Fatima prayer also, though it is still new to me, I also pray the Apostle’s creed when I pray the Rosary as opposed to the Nicene Creed, too, just out of habit, I guess. I do pray the Nicene Creed at Mass, though.
 
ForMary: Never pray out of habit. Jesus dosen’t like it when we serve Him out of habit. Pray and serve Him out of love.

EmBee: Remember that Mary prays the Rosary with you! 🙂
 
ForMary said:
For a decade you got it right, I add the Fatima prayer also, though it is still new to me, I also pray the Apostle’s creed when I pray the Rosary as opposed to the Nicene Creed, too, just out of habit, I guess. I do pray the Nicene Creed at Mass, though.
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I thought the Rosary consisted of the Apostle’s Creed only (no substitutions)?
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EmBee: Remember that Mary prays the Rosary with you! 🙂
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That makes me happy, thanks!

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ForMary: Never pray out of habit. Jesus dosen’t like it when we serve Him out of habit. Pray and serve Him out of love.
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I don’t believe the two are mutually exclusive.

And she isn’t praying out of habit, she’s using the Apostles’ Creed in place of the Nicene. Jesus doesn’t mind.
 
Aramis said:
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Are you kidding. One decade takes only a few minutes, but a complete Mystery takes about 15 - 20 minutes and a whole Rosary will certainly take more than one hour.
 
thistle said:
Are you kidding. One decade takes only a few minutes, but a complete Mystery takes about 15 - 20 minutes and a whole Rosary will certainly take more than one hour.
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The “whole” rosary as defined by Blessed Pope JP II for a given day is 5 decades, the creed, a pater noster, three hail marys and a hail holy queen. One set of mysteries. takes about 15-30 minutes, depending how fast one speaks/sings. 9:15-9:30 is typical for the semi-chanted rosary at St. Nick’s (Followed by Divine Praises of the 3rd hour, for canonical compliance).

To fully experience the Dominican Rosary as prescribed takes 3 sayings on 3 days; as amended 4 sayings on 4 days. once for each set of mysteries.
 
Aramis said:
The “whole” rosary as defined by Blessed Pope JP II for a given day is 5 decades, the creed, a pater noster, three hail marys and a hail holy queen. One set of mysteries. takes about 15-30 minutes, depending how fast one speaks/sings. 9:15-9:30 is typical for the semi-chanted rosary at St. Nick’s (Followed by Divine Praises of the 3rd hour, for canonical compliance).

To fully experience the Dominican Rosary as prescribed takes 3 sayings on 3 days; as amended 4 sayings on 4 days. once for each set of mysteries.
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That’s not correct. 5 decades is a whole Mystery, not a whole Rosary.
 
The Rosary is begun by saying the Apostles’ Creed on the Cross; not the Nicene Creed.

It takes about 15 minutes to say one Rosary (five decades) so why would one just say one decade.🤷

As to the Fatima Prayer; it was requested by our Blessed Mother herself in Fatima in the year 1917 (approved in 1930) so it is certainly not a new prayer.

Why would one not include it; it would certainly please Our Blessed Mother.:gopray2:

To say a “complete” Rosary you just continue around the Rosary after you complete each 5 decades (ending with the Doxology) and start with the new Mystery. There is no need to begin over with the Apostles’ Creed and the preparatory Our Father and 3 Hail Mary’s.

:amen:
 
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