WHEN YOU have asked the Holy Spirit to help you pray well, put yourself for a moment in the presence of God and offer up the decades in the way that I am going to show you later.
๐ฝ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ฅ๐๐ช๐จ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ค--๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ช๐ฅ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ข๐ช๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ซ๐--๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฎ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ค๐ง ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐๐.
Always be sure to ask of Almighty God, by this mystery and through the intercession of the Blessed Mother, one of the virtues that shines forth most in this mystery or one of which you stand in particular need.
Take great care to avoid the two pitfalls that most people fall into during the Rosary.
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐ค๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ก๐ก, so that if some people were asked their Rosary intention they would not know what to say. So, whenever you say your Rosary, be sure to ask for some special grace. Ask God's help in cultivating one of the great Christian virtues or in overcoming one of your sins.
๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ช๐ก๐ฉ ๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐จ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐จ ๐ฆ๐ช๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐จ ๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐จ๐๐๐ก๐!
This is because so many of us look upon the Rosary as a burden which is always heavier when we have not said it--especially if it is weighing on our conscience because we have promised to say it regularly or have been told to say it as a penance more or less against our will.
It is really pathetic to see how most people say the Holy Rosary--
they say it astonishingly fast and mumble so that the words are not properly pronounced at all. We could not possibly expect anyone, even the most unimportant person, to think that a slipshod address of this kind was a compliment and yet we expect Jesus and Mary to be pleased with it!
Small wonder then that the most sacred prayers of our holy religion seem to bear no fruit, and that, after saying thousands of Rosaries, we are still no better than we were before!
๐ฟ๐๐๐ง ๐พ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐จ, ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐๐จ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฉ๐ค๐ค ๐๐๐จ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ช๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐จ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐จ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ง๐ฎ.
I have placed a cross at each pause, as you will see:
Our Father Who art in Heaven, ✞ hallowed be Thy name, ✞ Thy kingdom come, ✞ Thy will be done ✞ on earth as it is in Heaven. ✞ Give us this day ✞ our daily bread ✞ and forgive us our trespasses ✞ as we forgive those who trespass against us, ✞ and lead us not into temptation ✞ but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Hail Mary, full of grace, ✞ the Lord is with Thee, ✞ blessed art thou among women ✞ and blessed is the Fruit of Thy womb, Jesus. ✞
Holy Mary, Mother of God, ✞ pray for us sinners, now ✞ and at the hour of our death. Amen.
At first, you may find it difficult to make these pauses because of your bad habit of saying prayers in a hurry; but a decade that you say recollectedIy in this way will be worth more than thousands of Rosaries said all in a rush--without any pauses or reflection.
⚜ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ข๐ณ๐บ
๐๐ต. ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ช๐ด ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต
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