Posted on 03/14/2014 2:09:54 AM PDT by markomalley
Luke 18:1-8.
The widow and the unjust judge.
And I wonder whether he spends that half hour actually praying himself. It’s easy to criticize how others pray. Back when that was written, the pagans actually did babble out words that they did not understand and that had no meaning. In Tibet, they have words that they don’t understand written on paper and fluttering in the wind and call that prayer. Most Protestants don’t understand that the Rosary is a meditation on biblical events and that 90% of it is directly quoted from the Bible.
Its not.
The article is really just spiritual milk.
Just pray for understanding from Jesus by the holy spirit and go read the bible.
How about Matthew chapters 5-6 in context and you will get more out of that than this article or this thread.
I used to get involved with extensive prayers but these days I open the conversation, trust that He knows my thoughts and trust Him to know the difference between what i want and what the situations calls for. I usually close a short prayer with "Your will be done and help me to rest easy when Your answer isn't as I would have it".
When Catholics pray the Rosary they pray the life of Jesus.
Joyful Mysteries: Annunciation, Visitation, Nativity, Presentation, Finding The Child, Jesus in the Temple — all biblical!
Luminous Mysteries: Baptism of Jesus, Self-Manifestation of Jesus at the Wedding at Cana, Proclamation of the Kingdom of God and the Call to Conversion, Transfiguration, Institution of the Holy Eucharist — all biblical.
Sorrowful Mysteries: Agony in the Garden, Scourging at the Pillar, Crowning with Thorns, Carrying the Cross, Crucifixion — all biblical!
Glorious Mysteries: Resurrection, Ascension, Descent of the Holy Spirit, Assumption, Coronation of Mary — all but two are in the Bible!
These incidents in the life of Christ are what we meditate on when we say the Rosary.
Question for all.......many people repeatedly say the Our Father. Is that babbling to repeat it?
The answer is found in the Lord’s Prayer.
“Thy will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven.”
It’s never a bad thing to pray for God’s will to be done in each of our circumstances, and that we might be given the gift of discernment to realize the manifestation of the Divine will.
I pray for others. Very rarely for myself but for guidance.
bfl
If we draw near to God, He will draw near to us (James 4:8).
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The rosary is an excellent way to draw near to HIM. I suspect from your post that you don’t really understand how the rosary is prayed. It is very powerful. No matter how much we meditate on the story of salvation via the rosary, we always gain new insights when praying. Today is Friday...so the Sorrowful Mysteries are what we focus on. I can’t tell you how many insightful perspectives the Lord has gracefully shared after simply thinking about the conversation between Jesus and Pilate during the rosary on this day. The mysteries of the rosary are fully based on Sacred Scripture...so there is always a wealth, a treasure we gain from saying the rosary. It is anything BUT empty babbling.
Try it. :-)
Thank you for the prayers and the novena.
Amen, sir....amen!
I appreciate the clarification. But I’m still confused as to why you chose my post to deride selfishness in prayer. Was it praying for love that concerned you?
FWIW, I wasn’t clear that I was referring to Christ’s love and forgiveness. I have never prayed for love that would be given by another person, but I could envision a child praying for the love of the parent perceived to be indifferent.
My prayers include virtually every soul on the planet including the unborn. I try to be technically correct in how I pray, but no doubt the wording and phrasing is far from perfect as I’ve demonstrated here.
Thanks for the reference.
15 promises your lady gave for praying the Rosary
Whoever shall faithfully SERVE ME (MARY) by the recitation of the Rosary, shall receive signal graces.
I promise MY ( MARY) special protection and the greatest graces to all who shall recite the Rosary.
The Rosary shall be a powerful armor against hell; it will destroy vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies.
It will cause virtue and good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God; it will withdraw the hearts of men from the love of the world and its vanities, and will lift them to the desire of eternal things. Oh, those souls would sanctify themselves by this means.
The soul which recommends itself to ME (MARY) by the recitation of the Rosary, shall not perish.
Whoever shall recite the Rosary devoutly, applying himself to the consideration of its sacred mysteries, shall never be conquered by misfortune. God will not chastise him in His justice, he shall not perish by an unprovided death; if he be just he shall remain in the grace of God, and become worthy of eternal life.
Whoever shall have a true devotion for the Rosary shall not die without the Sacraments of the Church.
Those who are faithful in reciting the Rosary shall have during their life and at their death the light of God and the plenitude of His graces; at the moment of death they shall participate in the merits of the saints in paradise.
I (MARY) shall deliver from purgatory, those who have been devoted to the Rosary.
The faithful children of the Rosary shall merit a high degree of glory in Heaven.
You shall obtain all you ask of ME ( MARY) by the recitation of the Rosary.
All those who propagate the holy Rosary shall be aided by ME ( MARY) in their necessities.
I ( MARY) have obtained from My Divine Son ( some Greco Roman diety with the similaritynof Tammuz) that all the advocates of the Rosary shall have for intercessors the entire celestial court during their life and at the hour of death.
All who recite the Rosary are MY ( MARY) sons, and brothers of My only Son Jesus Christ. ( greco roman substitute for the Lion of Judah)
Devotion to MY (MARY) Rosary is a great sign of predestination.
Lots of I, me, my from YOUR LADY...
Roman Catholics are in denial... sad substitute anti messiah cult calling themselves the One True church of the Elohim of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob...
Matthew 6:7
“When you pray, don’t babble on and on as people of other religions do. They think their prayers are answered only by repeating their words again and again.”
Pray in the name of Jesus (John 14:14) and give thanks in all circumstances (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18). If we draw near to God, He will draw near to us (James 4:8).
It is good to see that you have a basic understanding of the Rosary. If you want to receive the full benefit of praying the Rosary, I recommend the following web site for further guidance -
http://www.rosary-center.org/howto.htm#loaded
I especially find the 10 meditations that are suggested for each of the mysteries to be very helpful. For example, the following suggestions are offered for the First Joyful Mystery:
The First Joyful Mystery
THE ANNUNCIATION
1. The time for the Incarnation is at hand.
2. Of all women God prepared Mary from her conception to be the Mother of the Incarnate Word.
3. The Angel Gabriel announces: “Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with thee.”
4. Mary wonders at this salutation.
5. The Angel assures her: “Fear not . . . you shall conceive in your womb, and give birth to a Son.”
6. Mary is troubled for she has made a vow of virginity.
7. The Angel answers that she will conceive by the power of the Holy Spirit, and her Son will be called the Son of God.
8. The Incarnation awaits Mary’s consent.
9. Mary answers: “Behold the handmaid of the Lord. Be it done unto me according to your word.”
10. The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.
Spiritual Fruit: Humility
While I always pray in the name of Jesus, I also pray in the name of the Father and the Holy Spirit.
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