pray the rosary everyday

I’d love to be able to do this, pray the rosary every night without fail. Good luck me!

Vatican, Oct. 8, 2007

At his Angelus audience on Sunday, October 7, Pope Benedict XVI encouraged Catholics to pray the Rosary “for peace in families, nations, and the entire world.”

Noting that he was speaking on the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, the Holy Father reminded the faithful in St. Peter’s Square that in her apparitions, the Virgin Mary as “insistently recommended the daily recitation of the Rosary as a means of ending war.”

I try to say at least a decade before going to sleep. I must be completely awake otherwise the rosary turns into verbal melatonin for me. I like this form of meditation the best.

What are the What are the Mysteries of the Rosary?

http://www.catholiccompany.com/How_to_say_the_Rosary.pdf

The Mysteries of the Rosary are designed to help focus our prayers on the life, ministry, and Passion of Our Lord. It is recommended that you meditate on the mysteries of the rosary based upon the days of the week.

The Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary (Monday and Saturday)

The Annunciation of Gabriel to Mary (Luke 1:26-38)

The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth (Luke 1:39-56)

The Birth of Our Lord (Luke 2:1-21)

The Presentation of Our Lord (Luke 2:22-38)

The Finding of Our Lord in the Temple (Luke 2:41-52)

The Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary (Tuesday and Friday)

The Agony of Our Lord in the Garden (Matthew 26:36-56)

Our Lord is Scourged at the Pillar (Matthew 27:26)

Our Lord is Crowned with Thorns (Matthew 27:27-31)

Our Lord Carries the Cross to Calvary (Matthew 27:32)

The Crucifixion of Our Lord (Matthew 27:33-56)

The Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary (Wednesday and Sunday)

The Glorious Resurrection of Our Lord (John 20:1-29)

The Ascension of Our Lord (Luke 24:36-53)

The Descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost (Acts 2:1-41)

The Assumption of Mary into Heaven

The Coronation of Mary as Queen of Heaven and Earth

The Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary (Thursday)

The Baptism of Our Lord in the River Jordan (Matthew 3:13-16)

The Wedding at Cana, when Christ manifested Himself (Jn 2:1-11)

The Proclamation of the Kingdom of God (Mark 1:14-15)

The Transfiguration of Our Lord (Matthew 17:1-8)

The Last Supper, when Our Lord gave us the Holy Eucharist (Mt 26)

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To help this very important goal / desire I asked for a Prayer Kneeler for Christmas, and my wife got it fo me!

I took Jan 1, off to watch the Rose Bowl, however I will begin to break it in tonight.

I am at something of a spiritual crossroads. Perhaps the ROsary might be in my future as a regular prayer, perhaps not. Frankyl, I doubt it. I doubt it is very helpful to me. Maybe I will return to it. Maybe not.

i pray the rosary every night but then fall asleep.

I new a special time each day for prayer and reading the Schriptures.

I need to get busy on this important life long goal.

After pondering as to when I’m going to take this off my list, I’ve decided that I can officially take it off the list when I pray every day until Pentecost. By then, I’d officially covered the last couple weeks of Lent, and the entire Easter season. That’s definitely enough time to get a good habit going.

I’ve been praying the rosary everyday this past week (and I plan to continue to do so). I’ve been doing the 5 decades at a time, not the full blown 20 decades at a time. And to help me learn Spanish, which is another goal on my 43things, I recite the rosary in Spanish on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.