5 Things to STOP Doing While Praying the Rosary!

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  • Опубликовано: 27 ноя 2024

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  • @paulhudson4254
    @paulhudson4254 Год назад +351

    I’m Orthodox but must confess the Rosary has completely changed my life. Jesus through Mary 🌺☦️🌺

  • @KSTrekker
    @KSTrekker 2 года назад +848

    Excellent points! I converted from being a Protestant to Catholicism and the Rosary has been a huge blessing in my life.

    • @BishopSheenRosaries
      @BishopSheenRosaries  2 года назад +18

      Thanks for sharing a bit of your story! Also, you are correct in saying we can lose sight of why we pray and it becomes a detriment rather than a blessing. But for the vast majority of us, praying is a wonderful spiritual exercise!

    • @susanguevarra5786
      @susanguevarra5786 2 года назад +8

      Thanks much for the information

    • @susanguevarra5786
      @susanguevarra5786 2 года назад +20

      Praying the rosary is already my habit n it's really help me n blessed me all through our lives with my kids

    • @tonyselmanah7411
      @tonyselmanah7411 2 года назад +13

      May the holy rosary keep blessing you for the rest of your life. Very smart decision.

    • @shanyeanie
      @shanyeanie 2 года назад +8

      God bless you and tq for believing in the rosary🙏

  • @katdunn7934
    @katdunn7934 Год назад +173

    Before covid on Halloween, I went to a cemetery and brushed off leaves from 50 different headstones as I walked to each one, I offered a Hail Mary for them by name as I went along. Then, at the end, I offered the entire Rosary to all souls in the Cemetery. I'd like to go back to doing that. It was so peaceful.

    • @leahwilson542
      @leahwilson542 Год назад +15

      What a BEAUTIFUL tradition!! Love this so much!!!

    • @katdunn7934
      @katdunn7934 Год назад +12

      @Leah Wilson thank you. I remember hearing how people have no one to pray for them when they are dead, and so I thought to individually pray for them by name. My goal was to go back for the next 2 days, but I was not feeling good. I'll try starting back up this year, even before Halloween.

    • @VinesThroughTime
      @VinesThroughTime Год назад +7

      i love praying for the dead.

    • @maureensullivan8718
      @maureensullivan8718 Год назад +7

      @@VinesThroughTime As Catholics we have a duty to pray for the deceased....They are so in need of our prayers....

    • @BishopSheenRosaries
      @BishopSheenRosaries  Год назад +8

      Love this! couple it with a Divine Mercy Chaplet for the poor souls in purgatory and that's powerful stuff

  • @clarisilwelch3242
    @clarisilwelch3242 2 года назад +42

    In a place where Catholicism is prohibited we usually use the fingers so that we can still pray the rosary

    • @IloveAutumn-b5p
      @IloveAutumn-b5p 9 месяцев назад +2

      clarisilwelch3242- which countries are those?

    • @Equinox_1746
      @Equinox_1746 2 месяца назад

      ​@@IloveAutumn-b5pprobably Islamic countries (I think in Saudi Arabia Christian religious expression is illegal not sure though)

  • @mamieberth8000
    @mamieberth8000 Год назад +183

    The Virgin Mary adopted me after I lost my mother. Since then I am more then blessed . We have become so close and I pray rosary 20 every day. I am so loved by Mary.

    • @BishopSheenRosaries
      @BishopSheenRosaries  Год назад +8

      Oh my! What amazing commitment to our Blessed Mother! Good on you!

    • @marietotan483
      @marietotan483 Год назад +4

      My day is imcomplete without praying the Rosary.

    • @doreenbayoa3829
      @doreenbayoa3829 Год назад

      Did u say 20 times a day how do u do that😮

    • @trinxty6099
      @trinxty6099 Год назад +1

      @@doreenbayoa3829 probably means 20 mysteries, so basically 4 rosaries a day

    • @gigiziggy2006
      @gigiziggy2006 Год назад

  • @mariadsouza2600
    @mariadsouza2600 Год назад +18

    Recently i had been to a garage sale I purchased a handbag to my surprise I found a beautiful white rosary inside nicely wrapped in a soft white paper. I was so touched.

  • @ram010992
    @ram010992 2 года назад +270

    I actually prayed the Rosary with my fingers during an MRI a few years ago. It's what kept me calm while I was in that loud tube for a half hour. Sure, it's nice to have an actual Rosary, but God gave us a built-in Rosary (your fingers), so I say use what He gave you.

    • @srsusansummers3070
      @srsusansummers3070 2 года назад +18

      I have a plastic rosary no metal at all and use it for MRI

    • @lyndatritten8146
      @lyndatritten8146 2 года назад +41

      I really don't think God, or Jesus or the Blessed Virgin Mary would care if we said the rosary with our fingers.

    • @mysticl8673
      @mysticl8673 2 года назад +3

      the tradcaths would disagree with you but I think it is just as good. They also claim that praying with plastic beads is al so wrong. I disagree, what do you think?

    • @tmach5565
      @tmach5565 Год назад +19

      I did the same during radiation treatment. It’s definitely easier with a physical Rosary, but just as effective.

    • @KathleenGoggins
      @KathleenGoggins Год назад +38

      I was taught by Dominican Sisters that if you don't have your Rosary handy, use your fingers.

  • @comali2212
    @comali2212 2 года назад +391

    The Rosary is a long and very beautiful prayer, be always prepared for it with meditation. Don't pray when you're tired or sleepy, don't start right away, just take time to relax and meditate before you start, other words give it the time needed, it's worth it.
    Pray each mystery offered to the Holy Virgin with deep respect and appreciation then when you start the our Father and the 10 Hail Mary, imagine yourself present at the scene of the mystery more than 2000 years ago, kneeling behind and at the feet of the most Holy Queen, offering hommage and compassion, imagine yourself right there for example at the scene on Golgotha where Jesus crucified on the cross, kneeling behind Mary who's standing beside the cross, and praying the Hail Mary with such a deep compassion to Her agony and sufferings. Compassion and appreciation, meditate on making Her feeling consoled from your prayers, if She's happy be jubilant for Her, if She's worried give Her comfort, if She's in sadness give Her consolation, that's what the whole Rosary is all about, pray it that way and you'll never get distracted nor bored and remember when you have compassion, love and appreciation for the Mother of God, you're having the same compassion, love and appreciation for Jesus, He love His Mother so much that whoever loves His Mother with all their hearts, they'll have a special place in Jesus's heart.
    May your prayers be heard.

    • @BishopSheenRosaries
      @BishopSheenRosaries  2 года назад +20

      God bless you too, Rick! What an amazing set of suggestions and great reflection you've done!

    • @yeshvaidjo2731
      @yeshvaidjo2731 2 года назад +4

      I agree with you.. my own experience

    • @suegz139
      @suegz139 2 года назад +10

      That's a beautiful way to pray the rosary, will take a lot of practice to get there but worth it, bless you!!!

    • @dorizkanan2638
      @dorizkanan2638 2 года назад +6

      Thank you
      So helpful

    • @PaningLadiong
      @PaningLadiong 2 года назад +4

      Amen’thank you Bishop Sheen for this informative Thing Dos and Don’ts while Praying the Holy Rosary.Mother Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary and our Mediator’Pray for Us and the Healing of our wounded world.Amen 🙏❤️🌹

  • @sleeplesshead602
    @sleeplesshead602 2 года назад +156

    Rosary was the first thing that led me to Catholicism. I'm happy to learn more about rosary every day. It is so powerful. Not yet baptism, but still in catechism class. Newbie in this prayer. Thank you for the video.

  • @MsEstela71
    @MsEstela71 2 года назад +152

    When I go running, I use my fingers to pray the rosary and I am able to keep track and pray. When I don't run, I use the rosary.

    • @BishopSheenRosaries
      @BishopSheenRosaries  2 года назад +8

      Little rosary keychains that are small, compact and less heavy can be useful for exercise too!

    • @Angela-vy5ok
      @Angela-vy5ok 2 года назад +22

      I use my fingers if I don’t have the rosary with me too.

    • @JustCallMeKen
      @JustCallMeKen 2 года назад +24

      @@BishopSheenRosaries I sometimes pray the Rosary while on an elliptical machine at the gym. A Rosary keychain can't really be used for that because I have to keep my hands on the machine's handles. So I don't (actually, can't) use actual beads in that case.
      Some people may also like to pray the Rosary while doing their gardening or working their factory job or something. They can keep count with their fingers, or (as I sometimes do) just mentally -- in which case, I alternate between praying the Hail Mary is English (1, 3, 5, 7, 9) and Latin (2, 4, 6, 8, 10) to help me keep count.
      In principle, yes, we should use beads while praying the Rosary whenever we can. But I think we can be flexible enough to acknowledge that in some situations, we can pray it without the beads. I doubt the Blessed Virgin Mary would mind.

    • @anthonylangford7797
      @anthonylangford7797 2 года назад +12

      I often use my fingers to count while driving to pray the Rosary.

    • @dianaclark5658
      @dianaclark5658 2 года назад +9

      I also, like some of the replies here, use my fingers during exercise. I walk my dog in the mornings and I find that it can be very meditative. It always sets my day perfectly. I think that as long as you are praying, with or without a rosary, you are still in communion with our Spiritual Mother Mary. Like any mother, I am sure she still appreciates a “phone call”from us.

  • @Toni-tx6ip
    @Toni-tx6ip Год назад +32

    My adorable Jesus,
    May our feet journey together.
    May our hands gather in unity.
    May our hearts beat in unison.
    May our souls be in harmony.
    May our thoughts be as one.
    May our ears listen to the silence together.
    May our glances profoundly penetrate each other.
    May our lips pray together to gain mercy from the Eternal Father. Amen.

    • @BishopSheenRosaries
      @BishopSheenRosaries  Год назад +5

      What a prayer! Thanks for sharing.

    • @Toni-tx6ip
      @Toni-tx6ip Год назад +4

      @@BishopSheenRosaries this prayer is called the Unity Prayer or The Jesus prayer It goes with the Flame of Love Rosary.

    • @patriciaoneil3006
      @patriciaoneil3006 Год назад +3

      This is the most beautiful beautiful prayer I love you sweet Jesus

    • @oridomillicent9208
      @oridomillicent9208 Год назад

    • @evelyncairo156
      @evelyncairo156 Год назад +2

      Sir,I have two rosary the beads is only six what is the prayer to be used in this beads.

  • @jimmellon4298
    @jimmellon4298 2 года назад +165

    I disagree with not using your fingers. I often do so because that is a physical action, which is great for remembering things in order. . If I don’t have my rosary with me, my fingers keep me on track.

    • @adamcamp3912
      @adamcamp3912 2 года назад +31

      It is great that we have a built in Rosary, isn’t it!

    • @francispootch3371
      @francispootch3371 2 года назад +6

      Next to Holy Mass, praying the rosary (with a blessed rosary in the hand), is the most indulgenced prayer of all. While praying the rosary using our fingers, I dont thinl that the same indulgences apply.

    • @adamcamp3912
      @adamcamp3912 2 года назад +3

      @@francispootch3371 interesting take, I’d have to do some more research on that!

    • @loveeight2123
      @loveeight2123 2 года назад +1

      Same here.

    • @adamcamp3912
      @adamcamp3912 2 года назад

      @@loveeight2123 Thanks for the feedback!

  • @alicevill2259
    @alicevill2259 Год назад +15

    Since I was little perhaps 7 or 8 I would see my great grandma pray the rosary and I used my fingers when she didn't have one and I would imitate every movement of her fingers. Now my 9 year old boy does this. This imagery and memory help me in my adult years that I needed to star praying the rosary.

  • @marthanjeri8216
    @marthanjeri8216 Год назад +2

    Sure it's has worked in My life....Asante Mama Mary....

  • @Heatwave7353
    @Heatwave7353 Год назад +25

    I accidentally came across this video. Thanks a lot for this beautiful video. I am 43 yrs old and I have been praying Rosary since I remember in my childhood. Always family Rosary in my home and after my marriage I continue in my house with my husband and my two teenage boys. It always helps in my family life and in spiritual life and in everything. I love my blessed Mother , she hold us firm with Jesus , she hold us firm with sacraments. I have even started praying 4 Rosaries daily with the grace of God since couple of years. I have seen wonders and miracles in my life. I always make sure ask for spiritual blessings more than physical and material blessings. I truly believe that if we have Spiritual blessings we have everything. God bless you dear brother in Christ and your great work you do for the love of God. Thank you blessed Mother. All glory , honour and thanks giving to Father , Son of Jesus and Holy Spirit.

    • @BishopSheenRosaries
      @BishopSheenRosaries  Год назад +2

      Thank you for the compliment and the encouragement! We're glad you found us!

  • @marykotalik7161
    @marykotalik7161 2 года назад +128

    Always carry a blessed rosary with you. Even when you're not praying it, which is most of the time, you still receive graces.

    • @Uhnawnimuss
      @Uhnawnimuss 2 года назад +3

      Nice tip, I will do that!

    • @shreyaqian4873
      @shreyaqian4873 2 года назад +14

      Always have my rosary with me ever since when I was in my early teens influenced/taught by a devout Catholic mother. It´s with me everywhere I go. In my handbag, in my pocket (if didn´t have my handbag with me). I felt at peace & safe knowing it´s close to me even if I´m not praying with it. I would like to share you this story - When I went to have my grocery shopping one day, and I come to the till to pay for my items, I couldn´t find my handbag where my wallet was, so that´s when I realized that I accidentally left my handbag in the shopping trolley outside but upon checking on it it was nowhere to be found but somehow despite of this, it seems I wasn´t that worried. So, I inquired at the shop´s customer service/lost & found if they have some handbag being put away & the staff asked me just ONE particular item in the handbag that relates to me and I said, there´s a little brown mini wallet in there which inside is my ROSARY. Needless to say, they hand me back my handbag!

    • @marykotalik7161
      @marykotalik7161 2 года назад +5

      @@shreyaqian4873 Thanks be to God! Thanks for sharing that beautiful story!

    • @shreyaqian4873
      @shreyaqian4873 2 года назад +2

      @@marykotalik7161 Amen🙏

    • @mariannebecker5132
      @mariannebecker5132 Год назад +2

      I have a rosary ring. I wear it all the time.

  • @rosehouse55
    @rosehouse55 2 года назад +48

    Something that has helped me more than any other tip is downloading several versions of each of the 4 rosaries with sacred art and chant music. You cannot help but meditate on each mystery when you have a visual in front of you of the agony in the garden or the crowning with thorns. And we are so blessed to be able to view the work of great masters of art and their depiction and interpretation of the life of Christ. I become an onlooker and place myself mentally in each scene and truly experience each mystery as it unfolds. Best rosary aid I have ever used.

    • @BishopSheenRosaries
      @BishopSheenRosaries  2 года назад +3

      A great tip; I love the Hallow app because it has the background music or white noise capability and you can pray the Rosary with the free version!

    • @lynnclendenin2988
      @lynnclendenin2988 2 года назад

      What are some of the rosaries you have downloaded?

    • @rosehouse55
      @rosehouse55 2 года назад +3

      @@lynnclendenin2988 I have all the videos that are with chant. Also the ones that say “with sacred art”. Volume 1 and 2 on each set of mysteries. I think I have at least 4 versions of each set of mysteries and they are all from utube. I just saved them to my playlist titled “Holy Rosary” which is right above my multiple versions of the Divine Mercy Chaplet. The best one of those is a 10 minute one with scenes from the Passion of the Christ. Very powerful.

    • @anairenemartinez165
      @anairenemartinez165 2 года назад +5

      I live alone, so youtube, I pray the rosaries with a video.

    • @conniedetevis2119
      @conniedetevis2119 2 года назад +2

      Where do you find videos of the Rosary with chant music?

  • @roz2655
    @roz2655 Год назад +2

    In Uganda my home country, thank you so much

  • @PiepenHaus
    @PiepenHaus 2 года назад +15

    Re your 4th "stop doing". I used to use a physical rosary when driving until the day it got caught in the middle part of the driver wheel hub. It was well and truly jammed in there, enough to make it difficult for me to turn. I learned my lesson: my fingers never get caught in anything when I count with them!

    • @Bork98
      @Bork98 Год назад +2

      I have a finger rosary for when I am driving. It is a ring with 1 decade of the rosary.

    • @deborahparise5566
      @deborahparise5566 Год назад

      Nothing wrong with a Rosary cd or audio or app doing the counting for you is there?

    • @MFV77
      @MFV77 Год назад +1

      That happened to me once too

  • @mssixty3426
    @mssixty3426 2 года назад +49

    Lifelong Catholic here, thanks for the explanation on the Fatima "Oh my Jesus" prayer and it's placement during the rosary, I always wondered why it wasn't prayed right after the Creed and Our Father!

  • @anthonylangford7797
    @anthonylangford7797 2 года назад +11

    I often use my fingers to pray the Rosary while driving. Never had problems like you mentioned, can't see why or how anyone would!

  • @marypatmuich2130
    @marypatmuich2130 2 года назад +88

    Sometimes the Holy Spirit calls us through distraction. When a distraction arises, mentally incorporate it into he mystery itself. My friend who is going through a painful divorce often comes to mind during the carrying of the cross. OR just by meditating briefly on rhe mystery, someone or something comes to mind; place that thought/ person into the mystery.

    • @BishopSheenRosaries
      @BishopSheenRosaries  2 года назад +9

      This is very important! And takes a lot of practice!

    • @mph1ish
      @mph1ish 2 года назад

      Great advice. Thank you!

    • @michelleguevarra7914
      @michelleguevarra7914 2 года назад +2

      I always Pray the Rosary while driving to work in the morning every day , but I used my fingers . Since I’m driving .

    • @blaisemacpherson7637
      @blaisemacpherson7637 Год назад +1

      Boom!!! This happens all the time. Think about someone during the visitation and realize you haven't seen them in years. Get self conscious about someone seeing you praying during the crowning of thorns. Think about your mom during the assumption of Mary. All the time.

    • @alexbrocklebank8821
      @alexbrocklebank8821 Год назад

      Mmmm, if you’re constantly distracted, that may be a sign you lack appropriate custody and control of thoughts - I’m skeptical it is the Holy Spirit (I don’t think it’s reasonable that the Holy Spirit would intentionally distract you during the Rosary of all things). We are told to hold all thoughts captive to Christ - you have to build mental discipline.

  • @nakabuyejustine8975
    @nakabuyejustine8975 2 года назад +14

    Thank You mother Mary for answering my prayers, i love You mother Mary

  • @maryanneevans9563
    @maryanneevans9563 Год назад +44

    I pray the Rosary every night with Mother Angelica on EWTN. It's wonderful to have visual art to help with meditation of the mysteries.

  • @David-wz9zn
    @David-wz9zn Год назад +5

    Almighty God, be merciful to us and bless us!🙏♥♥☺

  • @chandanaik3453
    @chandanaik3453 2 года назад +14

    We exactly commit these 5 mistakes when praying the Rosary. Time to correct. Thanks

  • @marysaladino8007
    @marysaladino8007 2 года назад +12

    I have to have my rosary In my hands to pray it. I feel our holy mother is holding my hand and praying with me! Love my rosary 🙏Amen🙏✝️🙏

  • @TheXone7
    @TheXone7 4 месяца назад +1

    Thank you, God bless you!

  • @margaretconnolly6686
    @margaretconnolly6686 Год назад +3

    I pray the rosary twice a day and I do do not see a fault with using your fingers when nerds be, I have cancer and have MRI brain scans twice a year gone down from four times a year, while in the scanner I have severe panic attacks before during and after MRI scan, I say the rosary with my fingers and I don't miss anything, like a previous person said god made us and made my fingers amen 🙏

    • @BishopSheenRosaries
      @BishopSheenRosaries  Год назад +1

      We have a video responding to comments just like this one! You're not alone

    • @taraelizabethdensley9475
      @taraelizabethdensley9475 4 месяца назад

      You can get plastic rosaries, my first rosary was a plastic one, I still have it, and it glows in the dark

  • @JonFoxie
    @JonFoxie 8 месяцев назад +1

    Thankyou for the guidelines, rosary is a seal of my daily walks... God is good through Mary and her son Jesus. Amen

    • @BishopSheenRosaries
      @BishopSheenRosaries  5 месяцев назад

      Excellent way to get some spiritual and physical exercise!

  • @Ronbarno
    @Ronbarno 2 года назад +12

    Thank you, love praying the Rosary, God is good.

  • @elizabethnassaazi7914
    @elizabethnassaazi7914 Год назад +2

    I am from Uganda and I love that you are doing some charity over there😊 May God bless you 🙏

  • @alexismical3
    @alexismical3 Год назад +8

    "From us, to you, through MARY👑🥰" 🙏🙏🙏

  • @ann132248
    @ann132248 6 месяцев назад +1

    Come upon your site. Thank You🐑

    • @BishopSheenRosaries
      @BishopSheenRosaries  5 месяцев назад

      So glad! Check out our website where there's tons of resources too.
      www.sheenrosaries.com/pages/mysteries

  • @rwaikonya8896
    @rwaikonya8896 Год назад +6

    After I lost my mother the only close relative i had, born without other siblings, i went to the statue of Mother Mary and asked her to be my Mother. The peace that ensued assured me that She had obliged. Since then I heve never experienced loneliness. And whenever I visit Adoration, or even a Marian Grotto , or Shrine i experience profound Peace.

  • @mertimus1017
    @mertimus1017 Год назад +1

    I just found your site l just started praying all 20 decades this month. I have a world Roseary l bought for 1 or 2 dollars that l bought for my mother on mothers day in 1954 it was blessed by Bishop Sheen at the time.

  • @elisabethb.2698
    @elisabethb.2698 2 года назад +17

    What I have learned is not to constantly check how many beads I still have to pray to finish one decade or the whole rosary. It distracts me from deep meditation on the mystery 📿

  • @rosalindasaenz8125
    @rosalindasaenz8125 8 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you for your help good to know this things.AMEN

  • @karenrich9092
    @karenrich9092 2 года назад +39

    These are great habits to remember. I forget to mention the intentions and sometimes I'll use my fingers to pray the rosary. I KNEW it was wrong to pray the Fatima prayer after the introductory prayers, but everyone else seemed to do that. Keep up the good work and I'll check out some more of your videos.

  • @shirleyaloysius4829
    @shirleyaloysius4829 Год назад +1

    I am praying the Rosary almost every night with mysteries. But your video help me a lot . Thank you 🙏🏿 and God bless you

  • @carrienowlin6601
    @carrienowlin6601 2 года назад +60

    I've found that people who pray too loudly and out of sync with the group are suffering from hearing loss; we should simply be grateful they can still join us during prayer ...

    • @BishopSheenRosaries
      @BishopSheenRosaries  2 года назад +7

      Sure that is sometimes the case; however, from experience, that is not always what happens! I know some people who just want to be louder or faster.

    • @alexbrocklebank8821
      @alexbrocklebank8821 Год назад

      Those with hearing loss can also speak softly, not loudly, distracting the rest of the parishioners.

  • @thecklaaknonero298
    @thecklaaknonero298 Год назад +2

    Thanks l pray the rosary almost every day. I agree with the Bishop Sheen Rosary of the 5 things I need to stop doing when praying the rosary. I will try to help others to follow these, too.
    I do notice some these happening.

    • @BishopSheenRosaries
      @BishopSheenRosaries  Год назад

      God bless! Thanks for your comment, these are common in most places

  • @sandomingue
    @sandomingue 2 года назад +26

    I just started praying the Rosary and the 2nd one is gonna be helpful for me down the road. Thank you so much! Christ’s Grace be with you always! 🕊🙏

  • @ninacastro4170
    @ninacastro4170 Год назад +1

    Thank you so much for the information ! God bkess you ! God bless us all!

  • @David-wz9zn
    @David-wz9zn Год назад +3

    And may our Heavenly Mother bless and protect all of you people and your families and your closest ones!🙏♥♥ AMEN!🙏☺

  • @theclapaolini4322
    @theclapaolini4322 Год назад +1

    Very good needed to be said.learn well teach all people you meet. YES NON CATHOLICS DO PRAY THE ROSARY. THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT ACT OF LOVE OF JRSUS AND MARY.

  • @hiromibajar-garcia1749
    @hiromibajar-garcia1749 Год назад +1

    Thank you so very much. Watching from Japan. God bless us all

  • @jesseszymcik3026
    @jesseszymcik3026 Год назад +7

    I find The Rosary to be one of the best forms of meditation. I have a wooden rosary with fluted decade markers. It really helps know when to change prayers and pictures.

    • @BishopSheenRosaries
      @BishopSheenRosaries  Год назад

      Super! I'd love to see a picture of something like that

    • @jesseszymcik3026
      @jesseszymcik3026 Год назад

      @@BishopSheenRosaries i get them at St. Joseph’s Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts.

  • @saviopinto65
    @saviopinto65 Год назад +1

    Thanks you sir for saying this. And i Pray rosary everyday Praise the lord Hallelujah Jesus

  • @FionaArat
    @FionaArat 2 года назад +6

    Thank you I use to listen to the rosary while I worked as a cleaner thinking that was good enough but now I will take the time to sit and pray properly with the rosary beads you have very beautiful ones that I will purchase for my family and I
    God bless 🙏🏽💕💐

  • @jlsjls6852
    @jlsjls6852 2 года назад +17

    Thank you for your advises. I am Greek Orthodox but i pray the rosary with my friends and i always have a problem with the #1!!! 🙂

  • @marilouomana2623
    @marilouomana2623 Год назад +1

    Praise God and Hail Mary

  • @elenbansil1267
    @elenbansil1267 2 года назад +4

    Thanks for the points in praying the Rosary. Let us pray 🙏 for peace

  • @sandrasaises7661
    @sandrasaises7661 2 года назад +8

    Thank you for the reminders. This will help us focus on praying the rosary better.

  • @tesfayemarimadlen4506
    @tesfayemarimadlen4506 2 года назад +3

    I Pray with my Fingers while I am on the road 🙏✝️🙏🏻🛐❤️💐🙏

  • @Jane_Snow_
    @Jane_Snow_ 2 года назад +39

    1 Praying faster than the group
    2 Praying the Fatima prayer after the introductory Creed, Our Father, 3 Hail Marys,
    Glory
    3 Not meditating upon the mysteries
    4 Using our fingers to prayer the rosary
    5 Not offering rosary intentions

  • @David-wz9zn
    @David-wz9zn Год назад +3

    May the Lord God give us strength and courage and may the Virgin Mary pray for us so that we take up and carry our cross every day!🙏🙏🙏♥☺

  • @mikeb9396
    @mikeb9396 Год назад +2

    I honestly did not know about the Fatima prayer. Thanks for clarifying.

    • @BishopSheenRosaries
      @BishopSheenRosaries  Год назад +1

      Totally, you're welcome! It becomes so habitual most people don't think about it!

  • @kimchan98
    @kimchan98 2 года назад +7

    Even in the car on the radio you can pray the rosary anywhere...with or without because your heart and mind need to be meditating on the misteries themselves...that is most important point.

  • @kenshattuck550
    @kenshattuck550 Год назад +2

    Often times I love to pray the rosary on RUclips with Fr. Peyton. The longer versions have wonderful meditations by Father, and he ends with the Litany of Our Lady. 😊

  • @aldorado123
    @aldorado123 2 года назад +25

    Dear Adam, thank you so much for this. It's very helpful; tip #1 especially. I see group prayer of the rosary to be like a chorus too and it's a helpful reminder to help one another enter into prayer too when we try to be in unison. About the rosary beads, for me, the physical rosary is at the end of the day an excellent tool one uses to pray the rosary and I find using my hands as just that, a tool which allows me to pray the rosary anywhere, anytime, at any moment, especially at times where I am not able to carry anything or I have no pockets. The actual rosary beads are super helpful, but I find entering into prayer using my fingers also as a means to enter into that prayer. Thank you so much for this ministry in glory of God! God bless you!

    • @BishopSheenRosaries
      @BishopSheenRosaries  2 года назад

      Thanks for your input Alison! Glad you agree :)

    • @josiezarudny551
      @josiezarudny551 Год назад

      That’s why God gave us ten finger to use as Rosary. No excuse not to pray the Rosary. God is good. When I’m driving I use fingers to pray the Rosary. Amen

  • @lourdesmacrohon7081
    @lourdesmacrohon7081 Год назад +1

    Thank you very much for reminding us. Rosary is really change my family life. Thank you mama mary for guiding us.

  • @David-wz9zn
    @David-wz9zn Год назад +6

    Glory to Christ!🙏♥♥

  • @theclaann8779
    @theclaann8779 Год назад +1

    I have been praying the Rosary for t decades but didnt know that we're not supposed to recite the Fatima Prayer on the first 3 beads of the Hail Mary!!! Thanks for sharing
    # Ave Maria

  • @maggieruedy7683
    @maggieruedy7683 Год назад +3

    Love to say the Rosary! Thank you for thepointers.

  • @pamelaschaefer3289
    @pamelaschaefer3289 2 года назад +14

    I quit praying after daily mass with a group because a lady joined us who prayer faster than everyone else. It totally distracted me where I was no longer at peace while praying. And yes she’s ahead of everyone else in mass responses.

    • @adamcamp3912
      @adamcamp3912 2 года назад

      That’s tough but yes the Rosary should be in some way fruitful for you!

    • @mattberg916
      @mattberg916 2 года назад +5

      Please return to the same group. Think of this as a small Sacrifice to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Never turn away from a suffering. Endure it in peace and offer it. It will make your prayers more valuable and if truly suffered in the Name of the Savior it will draw you closer to Him. Pray for that speedy person's intentions. Maybe they have an anxiety problem that they are suffering through, maybe they are just unaware of what they are doing.

    • @pamelaschaefer3289
      @pamelaschaefer3289 2 года назад +1

      Matt Berg That’s an interesting perspective that I had not considered. Thank you.

    • @mattberg916
      @mattberg916 2 года назад +1

      @@pamelaschaefer3289 God bless you

    • @kimherben7866
      @kimherben7866 Год назад

      If you go back with your group, and if it is your turn to lead, practice praying very intentionally and reverently, it will become the norm.

  • @ruthmartin6170
    @ruthmartin6170 2 года назад +5

    Great video on what not to do when praying the Rosary.

    • @BishopSheenRosaries
      @BishopSheenRosaries  2 года назад

      Glad you enjoyed it! Check out the rest of our videos too, please!

  • @madams.5976
    @madams.5976 8 месяцев назад +1

    I like listening and praying with Half Heart Family here on You Tube. They don’t go fast, which is a big peeve for me. I use their virtual rosary or fingers…so guilty of that. I find using the rosary a little distracting. I start playing with the beads and forget where I am, so I do follow with the virtual rosary. Sorry. I try to always pray and offer my rosary for the souls in purgatory and the welfare of my family. Thank you so much for all the STOP doings.

    • @BishopSheenRosaries
      @BishopSheenRosaries  8 месяцев назад

      Thanks for your comment, a lot of people pray with videos and recordings in todays day it seem!

    • @davidstewart2640
      @davidstewart2640 8 месяцев назад

      The Rosary has MAGNIFIED His Grace and my understanding of Jesus’s life, love and purpose. I listen to the Scriptural Rosary so that my meditations are directed by The Word of God. I am a changed woman due to it! ALL glory to God!!!

  • @mattberg916
    @mattberg916 2 года назад +9

    In a group it just makes sense to pace yourself with the group. I agree that the Fatima prayer was called to be said at the end of each decade, but is it a bad thing to beg for Mercy, I randomly do both. Most days I work my way through 15 decades, on my fingers. Is it imperfect? Absolutely imperfect. Is it better than not praying? Without a doubt. Do I stumble and repeat? Yes, actually if I find myself lost I'll do my best to re-pray what I think I may have messed up. I drive OTR Monday through Friday and typically pray through about 85% of my driving hours. Praying unceasingly is what we're called to do. In my prayers I call to mind the Scripture of the particular decade to the best of my knowledge and then my own personal intentions for that decade and try to meditate on those while praying that decade. I'm by myself so I pray everything out loud. We need guidelines for prayer because as broken creatures we really don't know what we're doing, but I feel in personal prayer throughout our busy days praying as much as possible and however you can. All in reverence, of course

    • @BishopSheenRosaries
      @BishopSheenRosaries  2 года назад +1

      I think most people can relate to something or all the things you said! Appreciate your comments, Matt.

  • @maryfarmer9460
    @maryfarmer9460 Год назад +1

    I also enjoy scriptural rosaries. There is a applicable scripture for each Hail Mary. Many beautiful ones on u tube.

  • @firstnamelastname3558
    @firstnamelastname3558 2 года назад +7

    #3 is a good one. Just hearing you say this has made me more focused on the meditations during the rosary.

    • @adamcamp3912
      @adamcamp3912 2 года назад

      Glad you are using the tips!

  • @lrtf838
    @lrtf838 3 месяца назад +1

    For the third one, I use the St Josemaria's meditations for each mistery, It has helped me a lot

  • @David-wz9zn
    @David-wz9zn Год назад +3

    Glory be to the Father,and to the Son,and to the Holy Spirit:As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.🙏♥♥♥☺

  • @christinegentilizo1934
    @christinegentilizo1934 10 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks for info,God bless you.

  • @stevenmelia7915
    @stevenmelia7915 2 года назад +3

    While driving, especially professionally as I would drive railroad crews across long distances, I would pray all four Mysteries of the rosaries and I would have to use my fingers because otherwise it would be unsafe to use actual rosary beads. Also, praying the Rosary while I'm driving helps me focus and concentrate on driving and I can still meditate on the Mysteries as opposed to letting my mind wander if I was not praying the rosary. If possible, using the Rosary beads is preferable but while driving, I always use my fingers. Thanks for all the other tips. Praise God.

    • @BishopSheenRosaries
      @BishopSheenRosaries  2 года назад

      Do you use a recording to help keep track instead? Thanks for your feedback!

    • @Bork98
      @Bork98 Год назад

      I have a finger rosary for when I am driving. It is a ring with 1 decade of the rosary.

  • @wakataki6564
    @wakataki6564 Год назад +1

    Thank you my father had family rosaries when I was young, seen my husband 5 months ago I have prayed with more

  • @sweetlemxnade2631
    @sweetlemxnade2631 2 года назад +5

    Thankyou so much for sharing😍Let us honor Our Blessed Virgin Mary praying the mysteries of her Holy Rosary to intercede for Our prayers to Jesus Her Holy Son for peace,unity,goodhealth for all😍

  • @devinewill789
    @devinewill789 Год назад

    Great information, these are all the things that happen in rosary groups,and I'm so glad you raised these points. It's so distracting when people pray ahead of the group rosary and chatting during mass plus during exposition of the blessed sacrament

  • @delynbakidan66
    @delynbakidan66 2 года назад +7

    On the feast of st. Cathrine Laboure whom Jesus asked the making of the miraculous medal, a priest taught us to say "oh Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee"" after fatima prayer.

    • @BishopSheenRosaries
      @BishopSheenRosaries  2 года назад

      Yes that is very common to add that devotion as well! Good!

    • @corazonsuos8541
      @corazonsuos8541 2 года назад

      I just pray at the end of my rosary. I ask the Blessed Mother to intercede for me to her son to grant my intentions and petitions I asked while praying the rosary.

  • @day1678
    @day1678 Год назад +1

    Love the Blessed Mother! Never, ever let go of her guiding hand that will lead us to Jesus. Pray the Rosary daily for her intentions. Love her!

  • @johannalograsso9056
    @johannalograsso9056 2 года назад +3

    Thank you and God Bless you 🙏♥️

  • @shanemariam7715
    @shanemariam7715 Год назад +2

    Im a group leader of St. Philomena Rosary Group, Pakistan . we are distribution free of cost rosaries and other sacramentals to the poor Christians of Pakistan. This video is very helpful to people to recite rosary in well manor. Please remember us in you prayers and if you have a group who help up to send free rosaries for the pakistani Christians.

  • @dantebucci5426
    @dantebucci5426 2 года назад +4

    Awesome to see this blowing up! Well deserved for an excellent channel. :)

  • @mathman2170
    @mathman2170 Год назад +1

    Love you! Yes, adding intentions now - but although using fingers is not smooth, works fine. 10 fingers, nice fit!

  • @sidtom2741
    @sidtom2741 2 года назад +43

    Current Protestant trying to find my path home in the church Jesus established at Pentecost. After being anti-Catholic for many years, I feel the Lord calling me into communion. The rosary, though I have mild difficulties with it and in focusing, has changed my life and behavior so much, I can't imagine how strong my relationship has been with Christ since.. ever.

    • @BishopSheenRosaries
      @BishopSheenRosaries  2 года назад +4

      Thank you so much for sharing! This is a wonderful comment to receive, God Bless

    • @elaineworobey9338
      @elaineworobey9338 2 года назад

      God-bless you and continue your search do not give up!! Sounds like you are moving forward... You say what many people say who come into the Catholic Church after being in other denominations it's that longing for that unity and the communion up with God to even greater depth you might want to look up Scott Hahn And his wife Kimberly and their conversion story they were stout presbyterians Arianne's and becoming Catholic was so out of the realm of what they ever thought that that they would be and what others thought start I've got it is beautiful they walk through and they answer many of the questions that protestants have when they come to the Catholic Church About the sacraments about Mary about saints and all of that so you might find looking him up on RUclips and listening to some of his talks... Again God-bless you And much love in Christ

    • @sidtom2741
      @sidtom2741 2 года назад

      @@elaineworobey9338 I’ve read his book Rome Sweet Home. Beautifully written and I learned so much from a former Presbyterian minister

    • @heatherzloty7143
      @heatherzloty7143 Год назад

      If you’re a Protestant then hopefully you accept the Bible ( non Catholic) as your foundation for faith and practice which is completely opposed to the false gospel of the Catholic Church! Study the Word my friend and seek God!

    • @sidtom2741
      @sidtom2741 Год назад +2

      @@heatherzloty7143 the specification of non Catholic is rather petty on your part. Plus, if you’d really studied the word, you’d know that the church is the pillar and foundation for faith according to 1 Timothy 3:15. Not the Bible

  • @restitutanjau2585
    @restitutanjau2585 Год назад +1

    Asante sana.Tanzania

  • @jaysonprades2705
    @jaysonprades2705 2 года назад +4

    Thank you for this faith-strengthening video, may I love Jesus' Mom by being faithful in praying ang meditating the Holy Rosary.

    • @BishopSheenRosaries
      @BishopSheenRosaries  2 года назад

      Absolutely! You are welcome, glad you appreciate our content!

  • @edavis6146
    @edavis6146 Год назад +2

    Thank you for this video. It's nice to hear others who also feel the same way about these issues.

    • @BishopSheenRosaries
      @BishopSheenRosaries  Год назад

      God bless! Scrolling through these comments helps get a feel for the average person's feelings for sure

  • @LisaKnobel
    @LisaKnobel 2 года назад +29

    I pray the Rosary however I can. I have a rosary ring, a rosary necklace and my ten fingers that God gave me. I'm not gonna say a rosary just because I don't have a set of beads on me. When I pray while doing yard work or other chores, my ten fingers work the best.
    I'm working on getting to the point that no matter where I am or what I am doing I can be praying.

    • @adamcamp3912
      @adamcamp3912 2 года назад +8

      God did give us 10 fingers! And no we shouldn’t neglect to pray and ask Our Blessed Mothers intercession just because we don’t have beads. :)

    • @john-paulgies4313
      @john-paulgies4313 2 года назад +5

      You are the beautiful illustration of the counter point. The use of sacramentals is efficacious but not necessary. Still, the point is that it is preferable to have a rosary in your hand if possible. It helps.
      ✝️
      🔥

    • @BishopSheenRosaries
      @BishopSheenRosaries  2 года назад +2

      @@john-paulgies4313 Thanks for that response, John-Paul! Well said!

    • @mysticl8673
      @mysticl8673 2 года назад +1

      Yes Lisa, but sometimes in Catholicism they get caught up in legalisms and etiquette. You pray and receive communion and recite the rosary with and from your HEART.

    • @maries1525
      @maries1525 2 года назад +2

      While I'm cooking I keep 10 spoons near by and after each Hail Mary I move one spoon to the right side and move them one by one to the left side for the next decade.

  • @guenetagonaferadfrese313
    @guenetagonaferadfrese313 Год назад

    Thank you for the useful advise!
    God Bless
    Ave Ave Ave Maria

  • @janetmariemccoll4098
    @janetmariemccoll4098 2 года назад +5

    Thank you for sharing. So true

    • @adamcamp3912
      @adamcamp3912 2 года назад

      You are welcome, were glad you appreciate!

  • @clarencealva4262
    @clarencealva4262 Год назад +1

    Hello there, thank most graciously for explaining, teaching, and instructing us how to pray the rosary. Every person does not learn everything from its mother's womb, but from our parents, teachers, elders. Friends and society. Though I always prayed with a rosary, but reflecting on each decade was unknown, akso to offer each rosary prayer to someone's intentions. Very profound and spiritually educative was your narration. Thanks for your teaching. God bless you. Amen.

  • @Titan500J
    @Titan500J 2 года назад +5

    Great video and I learned something!
    My Rosary takes about 45 minutes!

    • @BishopSheenRosaries
      @BishopSheenRosaries  2 года назад +1

      Wow! 45 minutes, may I ask how you go about meditating? Is that just one set of mysteries?

    • @kimherben7866
      @kimherben7866 Год назад

      Do you pray a Scriptural Rosary? I have 3 books of scriptural rosaries, and they will take longer than what is prayed in church, prior to Mass.

  • @southbug27
    @southbug27 Год назад +1

    I’m Protestant so I’ve only prayed the rosary at home with a RUclips video. I’m with you on slowing down with the rosary. I can’t do the rosary videos where they say the rosary in 15-19 minutes; rosaries at that pace are stressful & like you’ve turned your mouth into a machine gun. Why even bother if you’re going to speed through so quickly that the experience is miserable? I choose a rosary video that is in the 27-31 minutes range for the rosary by itself & up to 40 minutes if I pray the rosary with scripture. My favorite rosary is “The Rosary is a Place” with Fr Benedict Groeschel. It’s the first rosary I ever prayed, & it feels like you’re floating with angels or something; it just gives you that much of a sense of peace. They need to make more professional quality audio & video rosaries available for download.

    • @BishopSheenRosaries
      @BishopSheenRosaries  Год назад

      God bless you on your spiritual journey! Very few protestants I know would even consider praying the Rosary! Super cool

  • @billyhomeyer7414
    @billyhomeyer7414 2 года назад +19

    As an MIC Marian Helper I’ve learned that we may choose to have the Blessed Virgin, a Saint, or an angel choose our intentions for a rosary.

  • @cecilemarot2357
    @cecilemarot2357 Год назад +1

    I agree with you about people praying fast. I always want to tell them that this is not a marathon.

  • @theb3232
    @theb3232 9 месяцев назад +3

    God actually doesnt care about all these rules, what matters the most is to have a pure of heart, pray often and have a relationship with him

    • @BishopSheenRosaries
      @BishopSheenRosaries  9 месяцев назад +1

      Don’t look at them as rules, but ways to deepen your prayer! Thanks for the comment

  • @avemaria4063
    @avemaria4063 Год назад +2

    Just subbed. Thanks for these tips! I like to think that Our Lady is like any good mother who looks at our imperfect attempts and sees only the beauty of the love we try to convey to Her. She doesn't see where we "colored outside of the line", She sees our intentions and true devotion. She knows we will improve with our offerings if we're faithful and sends us teachers to help, like this channel.

  • @wadesmoke9726
    @wadesmoke9726 2 года назад +30

    If you are not Catholic or Episcopal can I still say the rosary. I am church of God but I believe it is good to honor the Trinity and for protection

    • @adamcamp3912
      @adamcamp3912 2 года назад +11

      Yes of course! It’s mostly just prayers asking for intercession and meditation upon scripture and lots of people misunderstand that!

    • @mattberg916
      @mattberg916 2 года назад +9

      We are spiritual children of Our Blessed Mother, she is over joyed when any of us would ask for Her prayers to Her beloved Son. God Bless

    • @Angel268201
      @Angel268201 2 года назад +4

      Please do❤. Go for it!

    • @cesarmananes4105
      @cesarmananes4105 2 года назад +2

      That's a yes.

    • @antonc2601
      @antonc2601 2 года назад +3

      Yes...in fact, try searching this in the internet - 15 Promises of Our Blessed Mother for Faithfully Praying the Rosary. You will be amazed🙏🙏🙏

  • @dj012001
    @dj012001 Год назад +1

    Interesting, thoughtful and informative presentation.
    Solid points. Although I have prayed the Rosary without using my Rosary my hope is it was still heard by our Blessed Mother and Jesus.

    • @BishopSheenRosaries
      @BishopSheenRosaries  Год назад

      Thanks for sharing! Lots of people have said similarly, you're not alone