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Posted: Thu Feb 22nd, 2007 12:47 pm |
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| I know the individual prayers ( well I am a little weak on the Hail Holy Queen and I am more familiar with the Nicene creed vs the Apostle) but I am trying to memorize the sequence because I find it distracting to read the prayers when i am saying the rosary- how did everyone else learn the recite the rosary and not get mixed up?
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Posted: Thu Feb 22nd, 2007 03:34 pm |
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kimdyuma wrote: I know the individual prayers ( well I am a little weak on the Hail Holy Queen and I am more familiar with the Nicene creed vs the Apostle) but I am trying to memorize the sequence because I find it distracting to read the prayers when i am saying the rosary- how did everyone else learn the recite the rosary and not get mixed up?
I think I learned the Rosary when I was about 3, so I might not be the right one to ask, but I know several of my RCIA participants have found saying the Rosary along with tapes, CDs, TV or radio has been invaluable in helping them to learn and concentrate.
If you don't already have the Rosary on tape or CD, you can get a free CD from the Mary Foundation. It also has the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. It's not the best audio version available, but it's probably the best available for free. Your local Catholic religious store will have several available, or you can get them online from places like GetFed or Aquinas And More, or wherever else you buy Catholic supplies.
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Posted: Thu Feb 22nd, 2007 03:50 pm |
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Well, I learned to say the Rosary when I was about 43. First I used a helpful little booklet with all the prayers printed in it. It was awkward at first. I tried to say as much as I could from memory then stop to refer to the booklet. Start, stop, start, stop - but with much practice, stumbling, and repetition, which was all prayerful, I finally got it. It just takes time and practice. It will come.
What I found more difficult was to meditate on the mysteries while saying the prayers at the same time. Talk about multi-tasking! - which I've never been good at.
But maybe Rick's idea of listening and saying it as you hear it might work the best for you.
Now I need to work on memorizing the Nicene Creed. I've only read it every Sunday for the last 35 years and I still don't "know" it. Embarrassing! I can memorize; I guess I've just never put my mind to it. Good reminder. It could be a Lenten project.
Anyway, I hope you figure out what works best for you with the Rosary.
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Posted: Thu Feb 22nd, 2007 05:46 pm |
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Now this would be ideal for ME and maybe others. Does anyone know of a booklet like this: It would have the Creed and prayers written out, naturally. For the mysteries, the pertinent Scripture passage would be written out, not simply referenced and on the facing page would be a beautiful art piece or icon portraying that mystery. Turn the page, next Scriptures and mystery in art... It would really help me.
I'm going to make myself one if I can't find one already made!
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Posted: Thu Feb 22nd, 2007 08:46 pm |
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JillD wrote: Now this would be ideal for ME and maybe others. Does anyone know of a booklet like this: It would have the Creed and prayers written out, naturally. For the mysteries, the pertinent Scripture passage would be written out, not simply referenced and on the facing page would be a beautiful art piece or icon portraying that mystery. Turn the page, next Scriptures and mystery in art... It would really help me.
I'm going to make myself one if I can't find one already made!
Jill
This page has the prayers written out in order, although it doesn't show 10 Hail Mary's for each decade and repeat all of the prayers over and over again.
This page has all of the mysteries with the accompanying scripture verses.
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Posted: Fri Feb 23rd, 2007 12:28 am |
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Jill, have you checked out a Catholic bookstore? That is where I got mine but that was about 15 years ago. I'm sure they would have something you might be able to use though. Mine is called Pray the Rosary by Rev. J. M. Lelen, Ph. D., Catholic Book Publishing Co. The preface is by Rev. Patrick Peyton C.S.C himself. Copyright 1973! Ancient! And first published in 1953.
But it does have all the prayers and a page for each mystery with pictures as you described. However, it doesn't give the Scripture sources; it just names the mysteries. It's about 5x3 inches. Perfect for purse or pocket. Mine is quite dog-eared by now.
I hope you find something you like.
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Posted: Mon Feb 26th, 2007 12:41 pm |
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This is the booklet I used:
http://www.catholiccompany.com/product_detail.cfm?ID=494&aid=1080&new=yes
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Posted: Mon Feb 26th, 2007 12:47 pm |
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Annie wrote: This is the booklet I used:
http://www.catholiccompany.com/product_detail.cfm?ID=494&aid=1080&new=yes
That's the one I use too, and I really like it. But it does not give all the words to every prayer connected to each mystery, and that was the original question.
What about having a bookmark that would give the words to all the prayers of the Rosary? That would be pretty easy to arrange. Kim, you posted the original question. Would that work? It might be something we could come up with pretty easily at a nominal cost.
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Posted: Mon Feb 26th, 2007 01:10 pm |
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I was seriously intimidated by the Rosary. I committed myself to learning it for Lent, and am dragging Quinten (6) along with me. So I bought this book for Quinten . . . .
http://www.getfed.com/displayproduct.cfm?JP=1055027
I know it's a book for kids, but it has proved to be tremendously useful to me as well. Everything is explained so a child can understand it - that means *I* get it, too! LOL It has all the prayers you need to go with it.
Actually, I really like all the St. Joseph picture books for kids. I've been buying a few more every month for our family, and my CCD kids. They are inexpensive to boot.
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Posted: Mon Feb 26th, 2007 09:40 pm |
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Posted: Tue Nov 6th, 2007 10:03 pm |
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It's just what I needed to know! Although I am 41 years old and a committed Christian in a non-denominational charismatic church, I am considering converting into Catholicism at the moment.
Now, I have recently started to learn praying the Rosary, and try to get the prayers in the right order, e.g. Signing of the Cross, Our Father, Hail Marys then Glory Be. I still find praying the Rosary very helpful, because it brings me closer to Christ as I often mediate on His life through the Scripture. It is so alive! 
I also pray the Bible, because God speaks to me through His Word. That is my general idea of being in a living relationship with Jesus Christ.
Although I do pray the Rosary, I do not have my own rosary beads! Is it necessary to own one? :?
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Posted: Tue Nov 6th, 2007 10:13 pm |
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crazy66coolie wrote: Is it necessary to own one? :?
No. You can count on your fingers or along with a tape or CD, or if you have an extra hour and some fishing twine, you can tie your own. You'll find the instructions here. It is extremely satisfying to pray to our Lady on a rosary you made yourself!
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Posted: Thu Dec 13th, 2007 01:23 pm |
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| Somewhere either on one of these forums or on a JH show someone happened to mention that they pray a decade of the Rosary every day- Do many people do this? Often I don't say a rosary because I know I will only have time for one or two decades.
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Posted: Thu Dec 13th, 2007 02:51 pm |
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kimdyuma wrote: Somewhere either on one of these forums or on a JH show someone happened to mention that they pray a decade of the Rosary every day- Do many people do this? Often I don't say a rosary because I know I will only have time for one or two decades.
Many people will pray a decade a day, or a couple, or whatever they have time for. There is no wrong way to pray! As a hospice chaplain, I used to occasionally pray a decade with a patient, and I often fall asleep at night after a decade or two of the rosary. It's also fine to pray a decade in the morning and the other decades spread through the day, especially at the five prayer times (like the Muslims do).
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Posted: Thu Dec 13th, 2007 03:07 pm |
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My dear wife bought me a "Pocket Rosary." It has a crucifix, one Our Father bead and ten Hail Mary beads.
At long red lights I can say one decade and it doesn't get tangled up in the gear shift lever.
My grandkids say, "Papa, it's not called a red light, it's a traffic signal."
They are still "red lights" to me, even when they are green! I can't help it - Southern to the bone!
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Posted: Thu Dec 13th, 2007 03:15 pm |
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JasPax wrote: They are still "red lights" to me, even when they are green! I can't help it - Southern to the bone!
Yeah, but you gotta be Cajun to cross the neutral ground to get to the banquette along the bateur so you can make groceries!
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Posted: Thu Dec 13th, 2007 03:18 pm |
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Rick, are you speaking in tongues now? 
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Credo Catholic wrote Rick, are you speaking in tongues now?
Tobasco tongue!
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