Is reciting the Rosary an acceptable devotional practice for nonCatholics?
Originally posted by niwde
the rosary is the MOST powerful prayer against EVIL,it is said using the fingers,hearts and mouth.
there was this report about two sisters who said the rosary,one said it fervently,the other just brush through it,Mary appeared to the first,in vibrant and beautiful colours,she appeared to the latter in sack cloth,dirty and rugged
i heard that when i was young
another thing is about praying the rosary everyday
mary,she herself ask us to pray the rosary everyday for the conversion of russia then and the conversion of sinners,for the souls in pugatory,and for her many children who are going to hell if they do not repent and beg for god's mercy
in all apparations,either lourdes,fatima,medjudgorje,akita and many more places which i can't remember,she never ceased to ask her little children to keep on praying the rosary, in the same time lead a life pleasing to god,
IF HER MESSAGE WERE LEFT UNHEEDED,GOD'S WRATH WILL COME UPON THE EARTH.THINGS WORSE THAN WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW WILL HAPPEN.
Originally posted by niwde
IF HER MESSAGE WERE LEFT UNHEEDED,GOD'S WRATH WILL COME UPON THE EARTH.THINGS WORSE THAN WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW WILL HAPPEN.
Originally posted by lambslove
Why would non-catholics want to pray to Mary a hundred times in a day? That's what praying the rosary is. It's a chain of beads to help you keep track of how many times you've said the "Hail Mary" in a single session.
If you feel it's appropriate to pray to Mary, and to pray the same prayer over one hundred times in a single day, then I suppose it's okay for you to pray the rosary.
But that won't improve your prayer life or your relationship with God. Try conversationally talking to God throughout the day. It WILL help you become closer to God and be a more effective way to communicate with Him.
Originally posted by humblejoe
Au contraire... it has, in fact, brought me closer to God. When each set of Hail Mary's, a decade, is prayed, a "mystery" is contemplated. These "mysteries" are events from the life of Christ. It is essentially a meditation on the Gospel, based in Scripture.
And I do, in fact, talk conversationally with God on a perpetual, most of the time hour-to-hour basis. That's another thing that the Rosary does for me. Whenever I see, hear, feel, etc my Rosary in my pocket, I am reminded to pray to God, asking Him to grant my requests and sanctify my soul.
Originally posted by Reformationist
Maybe you should pray that God will give you a hunger for His Word and a discernment in your understanding so that you will not need anything but His Word to remind you to pray without ceasing.
God bless
Originally posted by humblejoe
I don't believe that the Rosary can somehow change the will of God or affect His actions. What I do believe is that it helps one to understand what went through Mary's heart as she viewed the life of her Son and thus helps one to meditate on the life of Christ.
I figure that she was probably the closest one to Jesus by reason of their mother-son relationship.
And when I get to Heaven, I'm sure one of the things Jesus will say to me is, "Dude, have you met my mom?"
If Christians are all family, then surely we have a special connection with the mother that bore the Christ within her womb for nine months.
Originally posted by Reformationist
And you don't feel that you could "contemplate" these mysteries without first saying the rosary?
Maybe you should pray that God will give you a hunger for His Word and a discernment in your understanding so that you will not need anything but His Word to remind you to pray without ceasing.
God bless
Originally posted by Reformationist
The rosary does that for you? But the rosary doesn't say anything about "what went through Mary's heart as she viewed the life of her Son." The prayer isn't about Mary.
Is this supported biblically? How did you come to this conclusion? Is it because of your own relationship with your mother?
Reeeaaally?
Of course we do. She's our sister in Christ. Does that make us Jesus' uncles and aunts?
Originally posted by humblejoe
How would you suggest I go about it? I haven't found any protestant mechanisms that would facilitate such a practice to such a degree.
There is nothing as powerful and elegant an image as the Rosary. Would a "cross in my pocket" work better? Perhaps a WWJD bracelet? These remind me that God exists, yes, but I do not feel as though they explicitly impress upon my heart the spiritual urgency of daily, continual prayer.
Originally posted by humblejoe
It seems to me that a mother would have a special love and a special mourning over Christ's life and death.
So the disciples and others were closer, emotionally, to Christ than Mary, His own mother?
Well goodness... wouldn't He? She carried Him in her womb for 9 months, bore Him, nurtured Him, fed Him, clothed Him, took Him to the Temple, etc, etc.
No... the reason why I would view her as a mother is because she is the mother of Christ, with which I have been made coheir, yes? And if Christ considers her his mother, why should I not do the same?