How Many Times Can You Say The Rosary?

[dominicansoul]

[quote name='VeniteAdoremus' post='1901992' date='Jun 26 2009, 04:26 AM']Then he would go to his room and stand next to his bed and pray until he passed out.[/quote]



HE SURE WOULD! I love Papa!!

[VeniteAdoremus]

[quote name='dominicansoul' post='1902693' date='Jun 27 2009, 06:16 PM']

HE SURE WOULD! I love Papa!! [/quote]

He is such an inspiration - that someone with his incredible intellect still totally depends on God, on prayer and humility.

I need that example, otherwise I get the insane idea that I can do things myself

At Compline, the Sisters add ...to Blessed Dominic, our father... in the penitential rite. I needed to get used to it, but he's really becoming a spiritual father to me

[Thomist-in-Training]

[quote name='DominicanPhilosophy' post='1901232' date='Jun 25 2009, 11:19 AM']As far as saying the Rosary myself, I have trouble even getting through one Rosary when not in a group. Praying the Rosary alone, I get so distracted mentally, and it's hard to keep saying the same things over and over with conviction. It's not that I don't love Our Lady, but it's just one of the ways that original sin affects me, personally, I think.
+JMJD[/quote]

I know what you mean... for some reason, the easiest ways for me are in a group or while walking. Sitting makes it really hard for some reason. I read that the rosary is really well-adapted to man's distractable nature because you can move back and forth between focusing on:

The words of the prayers
The mysteries
Your intention
Those whom you address: God and Our Lady

That helps me! Something else that's [i]really [/i]great if you have a hard time focusing is this little book:

[url="http://www.aquinasandmore.com/index.cfm/title/Fr.-Peytons-Rosary-Prayer-Book---Soft-Cover/FuseAction/store.ItemDetails/SKU/2159/"]Father Peyton's Rosary Prayer Book[/url]. ISBN: 0898709822.

[VeniteAdoremus]

Oh, yes, walking rosaries are the best!

I don't know whom I got the custom from, but I imagine with every Hail Mary that I'm giving an actual rose to Our Lady. (I don't know what she does with them, they never rise to the level that she disappears.)

I actually prefer solo rosaries. That way I can take off and forget about the world for a while. And there's less stress to get the counting right

[rosamundi]

[quote name='VeniteAdoremus' post='1903450' date='Jun 28 2009, 09:38 AM']I actually prefer solo rosaries. That way I can take off and forget about the world for a while. And there's less stress to get the counting right [/quote]

One of my rosaries has eleven beads in the fourth decade. I did not discover this for the longest time, because I don't often pray the rosary in a group.

[VeniteAdoremus]

[quote name='rosamundi' post='1903616' date='Jun 28 2009, 07:16 PM']One of my rosaries has eleven beads in the fourth decade. I did not discover this for the longest time, because I don't often pray the rosary in a group.[/quote]

Did you buy it from an infomercial?

[rosamundi]

[quote name='VeniteAdoremus' post='1903635' date='Jun 28 2009, 06:34 PM']Did you buy it from an infomercial?[/quote]

No, I bought it from the PCPAs in Arizona. Every time I use it, the extra Hail Mary is for them.

[Vincent Vega]

[quote name='Lil Red' post='1901239' date='Jun 25 2009, 10:44 AM']+J.M.J.+
isn't rosary just one mystery (like the Joyful)
but Rosary is all four?[/quote]
Correct.
(Or all [i]three[/i], depending on your persuasion.)

[Resurrexi]

[quote name='USAirwaysIHS' post='1903708' date='Jun 28 2009, 12:17 PM']Correct.
(Or all [i]three[/i], depending on your persuasion.)[/quote]

The Rosary is three sets of mysteries.

Edited June 28, 2009 by Resurrexi