Trouble praying the Rosary

[brigid12]

For me, being the visual person that I am, for a long time I used whatever books or pamphlets on the Rosary I could find. You know how they almost always have a picture (some have a really beautiful painting) to go with each mystery. Well, that picture/painting would keep me focussed on the mystery (and if I left out or blanked out on some words, they were right there too). It really helped me and I did it every day for 6-7 years!

 

[Edgar76]

You are right, the images and the beautiful paintings are such a great help. There are a couple of paintings that are burned in my memory every time I pray the sorrowful mysteries.

 

[brooksiefan]

Because the Rosary is structured in such a way that it’s recitation allows for the free flow of the prayers, WHILE meditating on the mysteries.

The repetition of prayers in the negative way that you state was for show, not for meditation. That’s what made them empty prayers.

This is a most perfect and important observation! You are not trying to cause an impression on anybody by showing how well or who fast you can recite the prayers. Do not forget that you pray on different levels of consciousness, so that you only keep the mysteries on the foreground. When a child starts praying, he or she doesn’t understand all the words, and even so the capital of sanctification, grace and protection of these holy words remain the same!