Questions tagged [rosary]
For questions relating to subject of the Rosary.
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Help me understand the role of "friendship with Jesus" in Catholic spirituality in relation to Salve Regina
Having sang What a friend we have in Jesus since childhood, sharing with Jesus my griefs (verse 1), my struggle with temptation (verse 2), and my toiling in life (verse 3) is natural for me. But when ...
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Is the Rosary primarily a Gospel contemplation on the Five Mysteries , done a short time with vocal prayers added to it?
I've been trying to understand the Rosary but it just confuses me.
The most popular way is to recite one Pater Noster, ten Ave Marias, one Gloria Patri and perhaps one O my Jesus while at the same ...
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What is the official stand of Catholic Church on Luminous Mysteries of Rosary?
In the 16th century, Pope Pius V established a 15-Mysteries Rosary comprising of Joyful, Sorrowful and Glorious Mysteries. In the year 2002, Pope John Paul II added five Luminous Mysteries depicting ...
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How should we interpret this quote from Pope Pius XI?
I just read a quote from Pope Pius XI:
“If you desire peace in your hearts, in your homes, and in your country, assemble each evening to recite the Rosary. Let not even one day pass without saying it,...
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What are some of the reasons why Catholics would feel more drawn to focus on pius devotions than the Psalms?
It seems to me that most Catholic lay people do not focus on the 150 Psalms (found in the Bible) in their daily prayer life.
It seems that many focus on pious devotions instead.
I have always felt ...
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Does this mean that Pope Paul VI thought that the Rosary is more important than the daily examen?
Pope Paul VI wrote in his 1974 Apostolic Exhortation Marialis Cultus (paragraph 54):
But there is no doubt that, after the celebration of the Liturgy of the Hours, the high point which family prayer ...
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Is it OK to pray any five decades of the Rosary or do they have to be in the specific set of mysteries?
I'm working on setting up a guide book for a Eucharistic procession for Corpus Christi and I was told that it's not exactly traditional to pray the Rosary during one of these processions, but we ...
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How do Protestants explain the benefits of Marian devotion and praying the Rosary experienced by Catholics?
It's common sense knowledge that millions of Catholics pray the Rosary and make devotion to Mary an integral part of their everyday spirituality. See for example this answer to the question According ...
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Why the English version of rosary doesn't insert the mysteries in the Hail Mary prayer?
In many languages, countries when people pray rosary they insert the mysteries in the Hail Mary after saying "Jesus". It is used officially in public places by everyone.
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Hail, ...
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What is the purpose of the ten Hail Marys in the Rosary if you should not focus on them?
Many Catholics pray the Rosary every day. This is very good. They are meditating on the holy Mysteries. What I don't really get is the ten Hail Marys. I am not saying that it's vain repetition. That's ...
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Are blue rosary beads based on blue ribband (tzitzit) from Numbers 15?
Are blue rosary beads based on blue ribband (tzitzit) from Numbers 15?
Numbers 15:38-39 (KJV):
"38 Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of ...
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Is praying the rosary, heard when our attention is difficult to maintain?
If someone is 90 years of age and believes that they have an Attention Deficit issue, is their prayers heard?
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How to pray and meditate while saying the rosary?
What to think about when praying the rosary? If one thinks about the mystery (e.g. sorrowful mystery) while praying, then one can not pay attention to the words of Hail Mary but if one concentrates on ...
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What do the Catholics say about Isaiah 29:13? [duplicate]
Isaiah 29:13 NLT reads:
... And their worship of me
is nothing but man-made rules learned by rote.
I come from a Catholic background. And we are taught the Rosary and many such prayers by ...
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Does Pope Francis want Catholics to pray both new prayers at the end of the Rosary or just one or the other?
So this question might be rather meaningless in a few months, but I figured I might as well ask here in case someone can parse the Pope's meaning
The Holy Father said:
I am also providing two ...
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