Where to start with non-Catholic Christians

[spauline]

Curiously, as a Lutheran, I have prayed a good portion of the Rosary. The invocation, Apostles Creed, Our Father, first part of the Hail Mary, and Glory be to the Father. Once one gets past the notion that repeated prayers are somehow unscriptural, it is a great aid in prayer.

God Bless you, Jon!

Keep it up, it only gets better!

Your brother in Him,
scott

 

[vern_humphrey]

Curiously, as a Lutheran, I have prayed a good portion of the Rosary. The invocation, Apostles Creed, Our Father, first part of the Hail Mary, and Glory be to the Father. Once one gets past the notion that repeated prayers are somehow unscriptural, it is a great aid in prayer.

The Rosary is not repetitive prayer – it is meditative prayer. The repetition is to bring one to an appropriate meditative state so one can let one’s mind roam freely on the Mysteries.

 

[JustaServant]

Besides the ECFs, a great area of study for non-Catholic Christians is the Sacraments. And it is a study that will take them directly to the Bible. The Scriptures are full of Sacraments and Sacramentals.

 

[JonNC]

The Rosary is not repetitive prayer – it is meditative prayer. The repetition is to bring one to an appropriate meditative state so one can let one’s mind roam freely on the Mysteries.

That is what I am discovering. But many non-catholic view it as simply repetitive prayer, which to many sounds like works reighteousness. It takes a little to get past that. I started looking at it and saying to myself, “I repeat these things in church weekly, and it adds to my approach to worship. Why not do it at other times, as well?”

 

[vern_humphrey]

That is what I am discovering. But many non-catholic view it as simply repetitive prayer, which to many sounds like works reighteousness. It takes a little to get past that. I started looking at it and saying to myself, “I repeat these things in church weekly, and it adds to my approach to worship. Why not do it at other times, as well?”

Most people will believe what they choose to believe.

But the rosary, in a quiet time, is a wonderful exercise in meditative prayer.

For myself, the classic mystery is the Agony in the Garden. What must it have been like for Him as God to know perfectly the suffering to come, and as man to fear it? With His perfect knowledge, was not knowing the same as actually experiencing it – the scourging and crucifixion – before it happened?

How great His love must be to go through that for us!

 

[JonNC]

Most people will believe what they choose to believe.

But the rosary, in a quiet time, is a wonderful exercise in meditative prayer.

For myself, the classic mystery is the Agony in the Garden. What must it have been like for Him as God to know perfectly the suffering to come, and as man to fear it? With His perfect knowledge, was not knowing the same as actually experiencing it – the scourging and crucifixion – before it happened?

How great His love must be to go through that for us!

Thanks, Vern