The Rosary

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I try and say the Rosary daily. I always say 5 decades using the Mystery assigned for that day. Is this the correct way or do I need to be saying 20 decades using all of the mysteries?

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One 5-decade set is perfectly fine. If you want to say all 4 sets of mysteries (20 decades) that is wonderful but one does not have to say the 4 sets (or 3 sets without the optional Luminous ones) in order to say what is considered a Rosary.
 
Whichever way you prefer.

Remember, praying the Rosary with reverence and zeal is more important than quantity.

Keep praying!
 
God looks down, sees you making an effort to spend time with him in prayer and contemplate the life of Christ, and he says:

“What, only 5 MYSTERIES!?!”

Just kidding. What do you think a loving father would say to a child who wants to spend time talking to him? He’d LOVE it.

Sometimes I take myself too seriously, too.
 
I wear the brown scapular and have permission from my priest to pray the rosary every day instead of the Little Office of Mary and so I try to pray the 5 decade rosary each day with the mysteries that are appropriate for that day. 🙂

If you want to pray the 20 decade rosary everyday, go ahead. Personally, I don’t want to do that because it would take so much time. It would take over an hour, probably around 2 hours.
 
I pray the 5 decade rosary daily as well. I haven’t done the full rosary yet. I am a bit embarrassed to admit it, but I just haven’t been able to find the time. :o
 
Snugglebugmom said:
I pray the 5 decade rosary daily as well. I haven’t done the full rosary yet. I am a bit embarrassed to admit it, but I just haven’t been able to find the time. :o
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Eh, don’t feel too bad about that. :hug1: I can’t seem to find the time to do it either even though I know that I have the time if that makes any sense at all. What I mean is that I have the time but I just don’t want to use that much of my day to pray the entire rosary. 😊
 
If you do want to pray the enitre Rosary, get yourself in practice. On Sunday pray the whole thing seperately, 5 decades at different times during the day. After you do that for awhile you may be able to ‘sit still’ long enough to pray them all together. Or you may not feel a particular call to do that. If you find it spiritually rewarding, YEAH!! But don’t push it so that it becomes a chore rather than a time of peace that you look forward to.
 
Praying even one decade a day is a blessing! I think the majority of lay people understanding “saying the rosary” to mean the 5 decades that complete one set of mysteries.

Praying all 15-20 at once would take me about 1.5 to 2 hours. Considering that I also want to say morning and evening prayer and spend a bit of time reading the Bible or other spiritual reading, I simply don’t have time every day for that.

As a lay woman who is married with a family, my duties are first to my husband and family. I may love the idea of spending 3 hours or so in prayer every day, but that is not going to fit in my schedule.

Praying one mystery a day (5 decades) is great! and very appropriate or the Church would not have assigned the mysteries out one set to a day! 😛 By trying to do too much, we sometimes end up doing nothing at all. I would stick to the routine you have made for yourself. I am sure God is ready to shower you with graces for your faithfulness.
 
Not strictly on point, but let me offer a short thought for meditation on each mystery. Often I have found the long expositions usually found on each mystery too, too. In reaction to that, I’ve adopted the following list for meditation/petition based on the Theological virtues and wisdom:

Annunciation: Grant me Faith like Mary’s to act on God’s call.

Visitation: Grant me Faith like Elizabeth’s to see Christ in others as Elizabeth saw Christ in Mary.

Nativity: Grant me Faith like the shepherds to hear God’s word.

Presentation: Grant me Faith like Simeon’s to trust in God’s promise.

Finding the Child in the Temple: Grant me Faith like Mary and Joseph to know when I am separated from Him I can always find Jesus in his holy temple.

Agony in the Garden: Grant me Hope in mental anguish.

Scourging at the Pillar: Grant me Hope in physical pain.

Crowning with Thorns: Grant me Hope in humiliation.

Condemnation to death: Grant me Hope in my walk through this life.

Death on the Cross: Grant me Hope at the time of my death.

Baptism of the Lord: Grant me Wisdom to know You are the Triune God.

Wedding Feast: Grant me Wisdom to know you always answer our prayers and give us the best.

Preaching the Word: Grant me Wisdom to understand your Holy Word.

Transfiguration: Grant me Wisdom to know I, too, can become like You.

Eucharist: Grant me Wisdom to understand that You are always here with us in the Eucharist.

Resurrection: You Love us so much You rose to destroy death.

Ascension: You Love us so much You returned to prepare a place for us.

Pentecost; You Love us so much You sent the Spirit to always be with us.

Assumption: You Love us so much You assumed your Mother into heaven prefiguring our bodily resurrection.

Crowning Queen of Heaven: You Love us so much You crowned Mary Queen of Heaven prefiguring the crown of glory you offer to us.
 
:)THANK you johnnykins – I’m adding these to my rosary. Thank you very much. I copied and printed them out to put in my scriptural rosary book. :):):):):)👍👍
 
Snugglebugmom said:
I pray the 5 decade rosary daily as well. I haven’t done the full rosary yet. I am a bit embarrassed to admit it, but I just haven’t been able to find the time. :o
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From what I’ve read, there’s no reason why you can’t break up the Rosary during the day.
 
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