Consider this Einstein. Some people may not read so well. Some people don't own their very own Bible that they can just haul all over creation. Some people stuck alone in a nursing home may not have the comfort of the Bible close by. If they do maybe some drugged, pierced, tattooed dike lesbo will beat them up if they read the Bible.
What about the family of a dying Alzheimer patient? They stood around his bed and said the Rosary. The man joined in. They did not even realize he was still conscience. Medically he should not have been able to talk.
The countless mothers I have know who said the Rosary on the babies fingers and toes while rocking and nursing?
Kids and parents praying the Rosary together while cooking or cleaning, sure cuts down on the noise level.
I have friends that do the Rosary in the car on long commutes, use a CD, cut down on the stress. I would doubt you would want them reading the Bible instead of driving?
If you have the free time to sit around and learn scripture all day long good for you! I mean it. But the rest of us have a lot on our plates.
“Memorizing scripture for what reason? To use it to beat other people over the head with? People spout Bible verse all the time. So what? People spout the Koran as well.”
yup- when i initially started in the insurance business 27.5 years ago our office was full of born again Christians; people who reminded us daily “we are going to Heaven because we’ve accepted Jesus into our hearts.” Scripture was often recited or as you stated, used to beat others over the head...
ironically these same people were some of the biggest crooks in the office; ripping people off, selling them things they didn’t need, getting fined by the state insurance commission for misdeeds, etc...
To overcome lust and temptations of course. Much of the Rosary is Scripture too. The important points are to pray and use scripture to overcome temptation.
You just reminded me of a woman I knew some years ago. Terrible stroke. Couldn’t say a word, not a syllable. But, no doubt through years of repetition, when her friends prayed the Rosary, she joined in loud and clear. What a joy that must have been for her!