While we say the rosary, we are meditating on various biblical events, Annunciation, Nativity, Agony in the Garden, Resurrection etc.
2007-04-12 15:50:22 · 18 answers · asked by Shirley T 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I don't know but I think the rosary is a wonderful way to pray. My favorite mysteries are the sorrowful. I don't know why, they just REALLY get to me.
With love in Christ!
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2007-04-12 15:54:33 · answer #1 · answered by Jennifer 4 · 6⤊ 2⤋
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2016-12-29 06:10:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some do. The Anglicans have their own form of the Rosary, and I have met a couple of people from other denominations who say the Rosary and appreciate its beauty.
Sadly, too many people feel that it's "vain repetition," not realizing that if that was the case, then why would Christ have taught us to pray the Our Father? That certainly doesn't qualify as vain repetition! And we meditate on the events in Christ's life as we pray, so the Rosary is like a miniature Bible.
I pray the Rosary every night if possible. It is a beautiful way to end the day and give thanks to God.
2007-04-12 16:16:06 · answer #3 · answered by Wolfeblayde 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is a mystery that others don't. I found this article of history which may help those lacking this tradition in their faith.
The 150 Davidic Psalms (the Psalter of David) have always been prayed by Old Testament Israel, post-Temple Jews, and by Christians for personal prayer, communal prayer, lamentations, praise, thanksgiving, and, in the case of Christians, to demonstrate the fulfillment of prophecy.
They came to form a large part of the Divine Office sung at the various canonical hours by religious. Lay people who didn't have copies of Scripture or the Breviary and lay people and religious who were illiterate would substitute 150 Pater Nosters (Our Fathers) or Aves (Hail Marys) in place of the 150 Psalms they could not read.
The prayers were originally counted by transferring pebbles from one bag to another, but soon enough Christians began to tie a rope with knots on which to count. This evolved further into using beads or pieces of wood in place of the knots, and this soon came to be called the "Psalter of the Laity." Around the end of the first millennium, Rosaries contained the present five decades (sets of ten beads), with the Ave beads shaped like white lilies for the purity of the Virgin, and the Pater beads shaped like red roses for the wounds and Passion of Christ.
2007-04-12 16:10:33 · answer #4 · answered by cashelmara 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Rosary is a beautiful meditation. Those who claim it is vain repetition would do well to study a little more about the many forms of meditation.
Thank you for attempting to educate others.
2007-04-12 16:17:16 · answer #5 · answered by Pablito 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I believe that the amount of faith that Catholics put into their objects of prayer (statues, churches, rosaries, etc) imbues them with sacred energy. The objects of themselves have no value - but the prayers and faith create positive energy around that objects/places, that can then be felt by other people. God bless.
2007-04-12 15:58:49 · answer #6 · answered by Trying to protect my emails 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
No. I knew it was a prayer tool. If you are using it to pray to Jesus, how could it be harmful? If you are thinking about biblical events, how could those be considered to be harmful thoughts? I don't agree with the complete workings of your church. I don't see anything harmful with this tool. Thanks for the insight as to its purpose.
2007-04-12 16:03:00 · answer #7 · answered by mythos_equidae 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I knew that.
I'm even a Satanist who was raised Baptist.
But I believe that knowledge and learning are important and I do not celebrate ignorance unlike most conservative Protestants.
2007-04-12 16:02:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think it is used in the Greek Orthodox religion. You could ask someone who is a member of that faith.
2007-04-12 15:59:23 · answer #9 · answered by spanner 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most likely. They like to believe that we don't follow the Bible.
God bless,
Stanbo
2007-04-12 16:07:06 · answer #10 · answered by Stanbo 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋