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He's asking about the Rosary. I wouldn't come into a thread about someone asking how to use Jesus beads and try telling them to use the Divine Mercy chaplet instead.How are Jesus' words regarding how to pray not pertinent to helping the OP have a more fruitful prayer life?
He's asking about the Rosary. I wouldn't come into a thread about someone asking how to use Jesus beads and try telling them to use the Divine Mercy chaplet instead.
Again, I would seriously advise against hijacking the thread.
The gentleman's response was on point. If we seek to have a better relationship with God it would behoove us to heed His word.Is this just because God is calling me away from the general rosary to do more specific novenas & other prayers to saints? Or what's going on here?
Oh, no?I disagree with you that it is rooted in scripture, but I bid you a peaceful evening, good sir.
I disagree. The OP was seeking direction on whether he should continue or abandon the prayer- he wasn't asking for personal opinions about the legitimacy of the prayer.From the OP:The gentleman's response was on point. If we seek to have a better relationship with God it would behoove us to heed His word.
Well, the reason he should abandon it is because it's illegitimate, as per the fact that at no time does God instruct us to pray to anyone but Him alone.I disagree. The OP was seeking direction on whether he should continue or abandon the prayer- he wasn't asking for personal opinions about the legitimacy of the prayer.
Perhaps there is a difference in God telling us to pray in a different way and the normal man-made drivel trying to discourage praying the Rosary. What if this was the only prayer that had given him comfort and connection in the past? Would you similarly trash his efforts and possibly destroy his prayer life? Isn't it possible to steer him in a loving way into some suggestions for how you pray without backhanding the way he prayed before?Well, the reason he should abandon it is because it's illegitimate, as per the fact that at no time does God instruct us to pray to anyone but Him alone.
Perhaps we should stick with what God actually says.Perhaps there is a difference in God telling us to pray in a different way and the normal man-made drivel trying to discourage praying the Rosary.
Just because something give us comfort does not make it correct or in accordance with God's will.What if this was the only prayer that had given him comfort and connection in the past?
Interesting that you would characterize following God's will as destructive and backhanding. That speaks volumes. Thanks for your honesty.Would you similarly trash his efforts and possibly destroy his prayer life? Isn't it possible to steer him in a loving way into some suggestions for how you pray without backhanding the way he prayed before?
Interesting that you think you are so in God's pocket that your will perfectly coincides with His, even to giving offense and maybe causing other Christians to stumble based solely on this presumption.Perhaps we should stick with what God actually says.
Just because something give us comfort does not make it correct or in accordance with God's will.
Interesting that you would characterize following God's will as destructive and backhanding. That speaks volumes. Thanks for your honesty.
Does that mean that the legend of Mary giving the Rosary to St. Dominic is supposed to be God overriding all that he revealed in Scripture about prayer?Perhaps there is a difference in God telling us to pray in a different way and the normal man-made drivel trying to discourage praying the Rosary.
If God commanding us to pray to Him alone offends you, perhaps you should take it to Him in prayer.Interesting that you think you are so in God's pocket that your will perfectly coincides with His, even to giving offense and maybe causing other Christians to stumble based solely on this presumption.
Albion, No Catholic on this thread has stated that the Rosary is necessary. No Catholic has tried to denigrate others offering Scripture as an alternative. We see this as a valid and useful prayer discipline as well and I have studied Lectio Divina as a way of doing this. But the OP did not ask to have his praying the Rosary trashed by a bunch of knee jerk apologists that seem to think the soapbox is a good position to give effective counsel.Does that mean that the legend of Mary giving the Rosary to St. Dominic is supposed to be God overriding all that he revealed in Scripture about prayer?
Then it would appear that the problem our friend "Reverand Alex" brought to us is resolved.Albion, No Catholic on this thread has stated that the Rosary is necessary.
Do you mean Michie's post recommending the Divine Mercy Chaplet? I don't think there is a one size fits all way to pray. That is why Catholics, Orthodox, and Anglicans have embraced many different forms of prayer.Then it would appear that the problem our friend "Reverand Alex" brought to us is resolved.
He should not feel guilty or disloyal or anything like that if his prayer life consists of other methods of prayer. You would agree with Michie's post, then, I assume.
Perhaps, but you and I have been here long enough to have comprehended the entirety of the key verse that sends people out to do apologetics.I agree in principle with all of that. However, I don't also think that there was anything wrong with other posters suggesting that the Rosary may be a wrongful way to pray and that he should not feel reluctant to pray in other ways instead. That is one possible approach to take, just as the suggestions you made are deserving of his consideration. I recognize that he didn't throw his membership in the Catholic Church open for debate, but neither did he post his question to the Catholic forum here, choosing instead to address a larger audience.
There it is again- you're both giving your personal opinions about the Rosary, rather than answering the OP's question. It's extremely unhelpful. Your answers belong in a "Is the Rosary Scriptural?" thread, not a thread like this.Well, the reason he should abandon it is because it's illegitimate, as per the fact that at no time does God instruct us to pray to anyone but Him alone.
Take all my likes.Interesting that you think you are so in God's pocket that your will perfectly coincides with His, even to giving offense and maybe causing other Christians to stumble based solely on this presumption.
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