Your rosary habits

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Confiteor_Deo said:
I don’t pray the Luminous Mysteries because it makes everything go out of order. In the traditional order, you complete the rosary twice in consecutive order of Joyful-Sorrowful-Glorious.
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I do pray the Luminous mysteries, but I also understand what you mean.

Sometimes I do this:

Sunday: Joyful
Monday: Sorrowful
Tuesday: Glorious
Wednesday: Joyful
Thursday: Luminous
Friday: Sorrowful
Saturday: Glorious

But I do miss having Sunday be appropriate to the liturgical season. So sometimes, I just pray whichever of the mysteries the Spirit moves me to. 🙂

And, like Philomina321 said, Pope St. John Paul II did say that the Luminous mysteries were optional. There is no disrespect to the life of Jesus or the Eucharist if you do not want to pray them. Jesus was a great teacher, and He graciously instituted the sacraments for us, but the biggest thing He did was be incarnated, die for us, and be resurrected. The sacraments are extremely important, but without His incarnation, death, and resurrection, they wouldn’t help us in the long run, because Heaven would still be closed to us. I appreciate the additional mysteries, but I don’t think we had an incomplete Rosary for hundereds of years before that, such that if you pray it the old way, you are doing something wrong.

Back to the original questions:

I generally say 5 mysteries a day… always during Lent and Advent, but frequently at other times. I say it by myself, usually walking a path around my apartment because the walking helps me to concentrate.

–Jen
 
It depends on my day. Ideally, I am able to pray that day’s Rosary and Mysteries in 20 minute blocks 3 times a day, either with Mother Amgelica on EWTN, by myself or with my mother (who tends to have a giggling fit around the 4th Mystery, regardless of the day of the week). But I also have days where I have to break it up and get my prayers in whenever I can.So it may take all day to get through each decade or even one decade.

I often pray my Rosary outside. I have a quiet little area set up just for my meditations, rain or shine. I also read my Bible there. I love being able to pray there and enjoy the majesty of God’s Beauty.
 
punisherthunder said:
Anyone have peculiar rosary habits in which they celebrate the Mysteries.?

Do you say just one mystery or do them all? Say it with family or by yourself? Are you prone to saying it slow, or very fast? Have a special place in where you say it?
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Everyday and I try not to do it too fast. Luminous mysteries included.
 
I pray at least one 5 decade mystery every day. Because putting the luminous mysteries on Thursday is jarring (to me) after the glorious mysteries, I go from glorious on Sunday to sorrowful on Monday and then proceed in order of events as they appear in the scriptures. This way the luminous are in their proper place when I get to Thursday. I’m of German descent. I need order!
If I don’t pray it with Fr. Mitch before the morning Mass broadcast, (on EWTN) I begin to pray it after the Prayers of the Faithful. I get to the 3rd mystery just as they start the Our Father in the Mass! So I can be praying that with the other viewers. Otherwise I pray it alone. On airplanes, buses, trains when traveling. In the car, especially if husband tunes in a talk show I’m not into!
Great question! Thanks for asking!
 
Crusaderbear said:
Does anyone else add thier own mysteries to make up an additional prayer set? i have a few from my life that I feel Jesus was particularly helpful/close and every once in a while I’ll meditate on those…basically a thank you set.
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I don’t necessarily add but extend some of the mysteries. For example on the baptism of Jesus I will extend it to include the 40 days of fasting and temptation by the devil.

Also with the assumption and coronation of the Holy Mother I add elements of what her life might have been like among the Christian community. Since we don’t have scripture accounts of either I tend to focus on her teaching children, giving comfort to the grieving and that kind of thing.
 
Partly because my morning commute is 25 miles, I pray the rosary while I’m driving, along with my Catholicity CD. It is sometimes harder to concentrate on the mysteries, but my road rage has greatly diminished. And I love starting my day off this way.

I also pray it at home on the weekends. I love taking a slower pace, and feeling the beads slide through my fingers with each prayer.
 
I don’t say the Rosary all that often, sorry to say. I have OCD (and can be scrupulous) and find the repetition challenging, along with saying the Hail Mary. I’ll say the 7th Hail Mary of a decade, get to the tenth and worry I didn’t finish the 7th and repeat it and so on.

Strangely enough I don’t find the same challenge with the Divine Mercy Chaplet.🤷
 
punisherthunder said:
Anyone have peculiar rosary habits in which they celebrate the Mysteries.?

Do you say just one mystery or do them all? Say it with family or by yourself? Are you prone to saying it slow, or very fast? Have a special place in where you say it?
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I pray all five decades, and do each mystery per decade according to the day.
I say it alone.
I say it slowly. (Actually, I don’t “say” it, I say it in my mind)
In my bedroom, at night, before going to bed. Other times, in the morning.

Small confession. I don’t say it every day, and have been a little lax lately. Also, I have trouble concentrating and find my mind unintentionally wanders. To keep this from happening, I look at the picture depicting each mystery as I recite it in my mind. It helps to keep my mind focused. It must be the repetition that does this.:rolleyes:🤷:o
 
The Rosary typically falls into my evening routine, although I am trying to either say the whole thing or a part of it in the morning. Just that first 10-15 minutes of the day is a little draggy.
I did once pray about 2 decades as soon as I woke up. My brain was like a mud puddle, so I didn’t think about anything but blank.

I generally like to include the Rosary within my daily prayer routine. It really helps me get my mind off worldly things (like a bad day), and onto the way of God.

Something else I’ve found is I start around 9-930pm. Generally takes me 45mins to an 1hr. I note the time on the clock when I finish, just to see if I should adjust my evening routine to get enough sleep. I have found that praying more carefully; i.e. focussing more intently on the mysteries, and each Hail Mary and not being distracted, while being a slower pace overall, seems to result in a quicker finish.
I know it sound contradictory; but seems true in my experience.
 
I have a couple of rsary apps. A lot of prayer apps have the rosary included, like Laudate.
 
I pray 5 decades of the rosary daily when I exercise, usually in the morning when I wake, but sometimes at night using the Dominican schedule. On days where I don’t exercise, I am sloppy and pray at night before bed, sometimes falling asleep mid-rosary. I need to pray daily and notice myself slipping into sinful behaviours or having nightmares if I haven’t prayed. Today, I was impatient at various points and should have started a few extra decades.

I pray alone, though DH and I occasionally pray together. Maybe we should start getting into the habit of praying together, as I know he doesn’t when left to his own devices.
 
alphawoman said:
I pray 5 decades of the rosary daily when I exercise, usually in the morning when I wake, but sometimes at night using the Dominican schedule. On days where I don’t exercise, I am sloppy and pray at night before bed, sometimes falling asleep mid-rosary. I need to pray daily and notice myself slipping into sinful behaviours or having nightmares if I haven’t prayed. Today, I was impatient at various points and should have started a few extra decades.

I pray alone, though DH and I occasionally pray together. Maybe we should start getting into the habit of praying together, as I know he doesn’t when left to his own devices.
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Although this is a thread about rosary praying habits, the best way to get a husband to pray with you is to pray a form of the Liturgy of the Hours. There are versions meant for lay people: Shorter Christian Prayer is very good and easy to use. Also, you can subscribe to Magnificat magazine, which contains the shortest approved version for lay people with one Psalm and prayers. Or you can pray only one Psalm using Shorter Christian Prayer, if you like. When prayed as a private devotion, the LOTH can be prayed however it is easiest/most beneficial for you. The rosary is great, of course, but the LOTH is the official daily prayer of the Church which takes us through the Church seasons and celebrates the feasts and solemnities, which the rosary doesn’t do. There’s a very easy version online, as well: divineoffice.org. Just a suggestion for you to consider. :tiphat:
 
I say it every night. I use the Laudate app, which has built in rosaries. On Fridays and weekends, I say chaplets, reserving Fridays for the souls in purgatory.
 
I say it on Sundays before mass. I follow the schedule (Glorious now for Sundays in Ordinary Time) and conclude with Hail Holy Queen
 
I try to pray the rosary daily. I follow the traditional weekly schedule from before the luminous mysteries were introduced. I used to pray the luminous and I still do sometimes. Lately I’ve been seriously considering adding the Fatima prayer into it as well.

Anyone else use the Fatima prayer during their rosary?

Its usually a night prayer before bed. Before mass sometimes also.
 
Mystrx said:
I try to pray the rosary daily. I follow the traditional weekly schedule from before the luminous mysteries were introduced. I used to pray the luminous and I still do sometimes. Lately I’ve been seriously considering adding the Fatima prayer into it as well.

Anyone else use the Fatima prayer during their rosary?

Its usually a night prayer before bed. Before mass sometimes also.
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I do the Fatima prayer at the end of each decade after the Glory Be. The version I use came from a book by Susan Tassone about saying the Rosary for the Holy Souls in Purgatory and so it says, “Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to Heaven, especially those who are in most need of thy mercy, and console the souls in purgatory, particularly those most abandoned.”
 
AKDee said:
I do the Fatima prayer at the end of each decade after the Glory Be. The version I use came from a book by Susan Tassone about saying the Rosary for the Holy Souls in Purgatory and so it says, “Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to Heaven, especially those who are in most need of thy mercy, and console the souls in purgatory, particularly those most abandoned.”
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That’s a nice version I like that.
 
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