Does Jesus DISLIKE Repetitive Prayers, Like the Rosary? w/ Jimmy Akin

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In this clip, Matt asks Jimmy about repetitive prayers, like the Rosary... Doesn't God disapprove of those, according to Scripture? If so, why do Catholics continue to pray the Rosary?
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[@jenflstar7]

I know 1st hand the Rosary is a powerful weapon. After suffering from depression and anxiety for years and contemplating suicide, I attempted to pray the rosary and thought why not, I tried everything else. That night I slept with it in my hand and something evil tried to rip the rosary out of my hands. I have been praying the rosary everyday since and was woken up (had a conversion). Thank you Mother Mary for leading me to your son Jesus! God bless!

[@danp.torreja2777]

That is a wonderful experience.

[@josephzammit8483]

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[@jenflstar7]

@@josephzammit8483 Thank you for the video.

[@josephzammit8483]

@@jenflstar7 You're welcome. Pray a lot!

[@geraldinereilly5931]

Jen L that's beautiful 🌺. I experienced the rosary as protective as well. Nearlly twenty years ago I woke up after some kind of satanic attack where this being was trying to persuade me not to go to the church in the evening..it was too dark. He appeared at first at first as a handsome man and spoke softly, I debated with this being that I left the church no later than 7:30( blessed sacrament) even if it was dark and this person whole physical appearance changed, drastically and kept screeching at me"not to go to that church'...I woke up saying one of the prayers we say at mass. I was shaken and grabbed my rosary to pray and felt back asleep...another night I woke up in the middle of the night around 3 and I felt a strong urge to pray the rosary. The following day a girl I knew that had depression had attempted suicide years before, I was visiting and she mentioned to me she had got up in the middle of the night and she thought about cutting her wrists and she said something stopped her. I felt someone was praying for me I said nothing but it confirmed the need to pray for someone in the middle of the night could be important. I was prone to depression myself. Not too long after that girl converted to Catholic faith. There is power of protection there.

[@peterkelemen1157]

Regular good confessions, praying the Rosary daily, and receiving the Eucharist as often as I can erased my addictions, my depression, my sleep disorder, my anger management issues, my ineptitude of maintaining a relationship. I am catholic, married and father to a beautiful child, serenity and peace reigns supreme in my family, my parents are thinking about converting to Roman Catholicism. All Glory be to God the Almighty, the most precious Blood of Jesus and the unending Love of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

[@danp.torreja2777]

The Rosary is a mini bible contemplating the life of Jesus from Conception to Resurrection.

[@mikaelserviam7329]

I had that kind of meditation too. I was saying "Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus." While thinking about the scourging of Jesus at the pillar. It just happened while I was praying the rosary and that reflection/meditation struck. It was a powerful image that was in my mind at that time. Other times, if I can't do them both (because I'm distracted etc.), I pause every after each mystery to meditate, then proceed with the prayers and meaning them as I say them.

[@creatoremterrae7933]

Pray the Rosary everyday 🙏 it will solve all your problems. God Almighty is Great .

[@josephzammit8483]

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[@WiltonGal]

Thank you for this explanation. As a lifelong Protestant who converted to Catholicism less than a year ago, the Rosary is the one thing I have struggled with, exactly for what I learned from my Protestant training all these years. Thank you for shedding light on this issue.

[@Bullcutter]

@YAJUN YUAN There is no need for escaping anything! As explained in the video, repetition in prayer is not forbidden, but exists in the OT, as in Psalm 136! The Apocrypha is not inspired and is not used in matters of faith and doctrine.

[@leeenk6932]

@@Bullcutterwait...what? I was just telling someone else in This comment section that if they want to know what Catholicism teaches, do not go to the average catholic, go to the offical teaching of the church (the catechism) because people differ in their opinions. I rest my case The catholic catechism says the deutercanonicals, not apocrypha IS inspired scripture . You can't have it both ways. II. INSPIRATION AND TRUTH OF SACRED SCRIPTURE 105 God is the author of Sacred Scripture. "The divinely revealed realities, which are contained and presented in the text of Sacred Scripture, have been written down under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit."69 "For Holy Mother Church, relying on the faith of the apostolic age, ACCEPTS as sacred and canonical the BOOKS of the OLD and the NEW Testaments, WHOLE AND ENTIRE, WITH ALL THEIR PARTS, on the grounds that, written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, they have God as their author, and have been handed on as such to the Church herself."70 106 God inspired the human authors of the sacred books. "To compose the sacred books, God chose certain men who, all the while he employed them in this task, made full use of their own faculties and powers so that, though he acted in them and by them, it was as true authors that they consigned to writing whatever HE WANTED WRITTEN, AND NO MORE"71 107 The inspired books teach the truth. "Since therefore all that the inspired authors or sacred writers affirm should be regarded as affirmed by the Holy Spirit, we must acknowledge that the books of Scripture firmly, faithfully, and WITHOUT ERROR teach that truth which God, for the sake of our salvation, wished to see confided to the Sacred Scriptures IV. THE CANON OF SCRIPTURE 120 It was by the apostolic Tradition that the Church discerned which writings are to be included in the list of the sacred books.90 This complete list is called the canon of Scripture. IT INCLUDES 46 BOOKS FOR THE OLD TESTAMENT (45 if we count Jeremiah and Lamentations as one) and 27 for the New.91 The Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings, 1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah, TOBIT, JUDITH, ESTHER, 1 and 2 MACCABEES, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, the Song of Songs, the WISDOM OF SOLOMON, SIRACH (ECCLESIASTICUS), Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Baruch, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zachariah and Malachi. The New Testament: the Gospels according to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, the Acts of the Apostles, the Letters of St. Paul to the Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 and 2 Thessalonians, 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, the Letter to the Hebrews, the Letters of James, 1 and 2 Peter, 1, 2 and 3 John, and Jude, and Revelation (the Apocalypse). The Old Testament 121 The Old Testament is an indispensable part of Sacred Scripture. Its books are divinely inspired and retain a PERMANENT VALUE,92 for the Old Covenant has never been revoked. Notice the offical teaching of the catholic church regards the DEUTERCANONICALS TO BE INSPIRED AND AUTHORITATIVE.

[@Bullcutter]

@@leeenk6932 If you go to Catholic Answers, an official apostolate, and search for apocrypha, you will read the situation behind deutrocanonical books! It plainly says that the Catholic Church cannot admit that non canonical books cannot be used to derive doctrine! It's like the errors in one of the Catholic Bibles that they can't admit! We must thank the Protestants that brought all these issues to light! As a result, the counter Reformation got to work to reverse some of the wrong ways of the Catholic Church, like the Priest's position on the communion table! The morale of the story: don't believe everything you read in Catholic Church documents without checking it with another Catholic Church document! To save its inerrancy dogma, they cannot admit error!

[@Bullcutter]

@@leeenk6932 Here's another error in the Cathechism that Catholic Church cannot admit that it is erroneous: 121 the Old Covenant has never been revoked! Yes it has! In Lord Jesus, the Old Covenant has been replaced! That's why the Apostles teach that we are under grace not law! Don't have a heart attack, Mark Anderson!

[@leeenk6932]

@@Bullcutter I don't care what catholic apologists say, its what the church itself says, their catechism makes it clear. When protestants deny the inspiration of tbe deutercanonicals, then catholic apologists argue for them, and apparently when confronted with an obvious contradiction they a I guess deny them. I do not trust catholic apologists. Not trying to sound rude, but I get so tired of this back and forth type of argumentation and double standards used by catholics. Its one way or the other. I guess i would ask, so can we chuck out 2 Maccabees 12:38-46 about praying for the dead? Its not authentic scripture right? So then this cannot be used as a proof text for doctrine?

[@effjay416]

This might be odd, but as I'm praying a decade of the Rosary I often think about physically walking with Mary, say, in the woods. or in the darkness of my church or another cathedral or expiatory temple I've visited. I realize this is not expressly scriptural, but it helps with my meditation.

[@philipward8242]

Stop Coding & Decoding Just Read , practice, and Obey The Word Of GOD ALMIGHTY.

[@theviperman1947]

The rosary has no power. When you pray the rosary it is vain and repetitious. It is an empty trinket. We are told in the Bible to pray to the Father in Jesus Christ name through the Holy Spirit. The Bible also tells us not to communicate with the dead. Mary cannot hear you, and she cannot intercede for you. Give me biblical scripture that supports Mary being our intercession. Give me biblical scripture that supports the rosary. Jesus Christ is the truth, the way, and the life. No one reaches the Father except through Christ. Christ alone saves, not Mary. Matthew 6:7-13 King James Version 7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. 8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. 9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

[@fujikokun]

I’m not Catholic (I’m Lutheran) and I don’t ask the saints for their intercession, but there is a clear Biblical defense of it. First, those who are in Christ are not dead, they are alive, and in Christ with us. Matthew 26-27 “And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not God of the dead, but of the living. You are quite wrong.” As for intercession, it’s found in the book of Revelation. Revelation 5 6-8 “And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. And he went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne. And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.” Revelation 8 1-4 “When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne, and the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel.” There are many treasures in Revelation. It’s really worth studying it in depth :)

[@Littlemermaid17]

The Rosary is a such beautiful and powerful gift from Heaven - I feel truly sad for those who are hateful toward it 😩✝️

[@JP-lv4st]

To Jesus through Mary, praying the Rosary daily totally transformed my (Catholic) faith, led me to close relationship with Jesus, the Holy Spirit and our Heavenly Father. Mary desires us to know and love her Son, his sacrifice and mercy, to be obedient to God’s will, with the help of the Holy Spirit. I pray the Rosary with specific reflections for each Hail Mary, they can be found by Googling, this focuses your prayer and eliminates distraction. Also, praying on your knees in reverence adds a whole other dimension.

[@hiimdominic3780]

I think praying the rosary has helped my brain because I noticed I can think about three different things at the same time. The words, the mysteries and whatever my brain starts to wonder off to 🧠😅

[@marelucas]

Psalm 135, not 136, in case anyone wants to look at what he referenced. Hope this comes in handy. God Bless!

[@ICXC-NIKA4642]

Yeah it gets confusing as it is 136 in KJV (using masoretic numbering) but Septuagint/Vulgate numbers it as 135. Arrrgh!

[@isaiah3872]

@@ICXC-NIKA4642 This gets me every time when discussing the Psalms with family & friends! We're Catholic but more familiar with the Masoretic numbering for some reason

[@the_funnychristianmodel]

So glad I learned about this. I've become completely comfortable with praying a rosary. If you think about it , how many times do we repetitively tell someone we love them you know. But in that moment , do we actually meditatively mean it? Of coarse we love them, but I think we can all say we've told some one we love them out of habit. So technically isn't that in vain? I've found repetitive praying helps me to really focus on what I'm praying.

[@your_catholic_guy3604]

Imma be honest, at this moment, I would love to have a pint with Matt and just talk about our Christian faith.

[@Bullcutter]

@YAJUN YUAN No, the Apocrypha is not considered inspired and is not used in matters of doctrine! Furthermore, we have scriptual mandate to use repetitive prayer, as in Psalm 136!

[@isaiah3872]

@YAJUN YUAN Didn't Jesus repeat a particular prayer in the garden three times (I believe the Gospel of Msrk says explicitly "using the same words") while the apostles eventually fell asleep instead of keeping watch?

[@christopherplonka5948]

Mr Jimmy Akins explained it beautifully! I will picture myself with Mary

[@MichaelA82828]

Thank you Matt and Jimmy!

[@curtisjordan9210]

That really sunk in for me too. Keep up the good work!

[@johnpglackin345]

The Rosary came from the Blessed Lady when she appeared to Saint Dominic. Our Lady cannot act on her own. Even though Our Blessed Lady gave the Rosary prayers to Saint Dominic it ultimately came from Our Lord Himself. So when Mary ask you to pray the Rosary it's also Our Lord asking us to pray the Rosary.

[@josephzammit8483]

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[@YamamotoJennifer]

Thanks for this much needed clarification ❤️🙏

[@margaretoconnor7077]

@YAJUN YUAN GET OFF CATHOLIC FORUMS TROLL!!!

[@scottcraig77]

Beautiful. Well said at the end.

[@Elizjim03]

Thank you! Jimmy Akin always explains things in a way I can understand. As someone with Fibromyalgia, I have bad brain fog. I think his method will work for me 😊

[@ShoJ369]

The words of the Rosary I use like a mantra, I mean every word I say, However, it is also mediative and we focus on each individual mystery as we pray. I'm so lucky, we all are lucky to be Catholic 🙏

[@christislord7003]

Jesus asked peter. Do you love me? Peter said yes. Then Jesus asked him again the same question twice. Moreover when Jesus was in garden of getsemani Jesus prayed the same words three times. That debunks the accusations of protestants!

[@michaelkaiser8694]

Fantastic approach to the rosary!

[@sthabisozibani]

I love both your beards, reminds me of St Scholastica's pius bro...God bless you both Mr Fradd & Mr Akin.

[@batmaninc2793]

I actually watched a video of his from nine years ago about this same subject only yesterday.

[@FavianShields]

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[@batmaninc2793]

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[@FavianShields]

@@batmaninc2793 you're the best.

[@apracity7672]

Thats insane, same thing with me. This exact question popped up in my head yesterday and so I went on youtube and saw his older video on the subject and then this popped up today

[@isaiah3872]

That video really was an eye-opener for me when I started praying the rosary for the first time in a long time.

[@user-gh8sl7iu3y]

Love Jimmy Akin! When I pray my rosary I also say the prayers to Mother Mary or sometimes I try putting myself into the scene of the mysteries. It’s life changing.

[@nicoleyoshihara4011]

I love the rosary! I feel so much peace ❤

[@iqgustavo]

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:17 *📖 Jesus' critique on prayer focuses on empty stammering, not repetition.* 01:01 *🎶 Repetition in prayer is evident in divinely inspired Psalms.* 02:07 *🙏 Jesus warns against lengthy prayers aimed at impressing God, emphasizing sincerity over length.* 03:01 *❓ The Rosary's encouragement to meditate on mysteries while reciting prayers raises questions about focusing on the words.* 03:16 *💭 Combining recitation with meditation, such as envisioning scenes from the mysteries, can enhance the Rosary experience.* 03:44 *🤔 Imagining Mary's presence during each mystery deepens the meditative aspect of the Rosary.* 04:14 *🌟 Reflecting on the Rosary in this manner can offer new insights and deepen spiritual connection.* 04:14 *👍 Enriching the Rosary practice with meditation enhances personal prayer experience.*

[@hglundahl]

3:18 It is not a stupid goal. The words of the prayer are the drum beat, the meditations on the mysteries the melody.

[@hglundahl]

Btw, there is a way to combine it, second method of St. Grignon de Montfort, adding a relative clause after the name Jesus, and it has to do with the mystery. Joyful : "whom thou oh virgin ..." Sorrowful : "who for us sinners ..." Glorious : "who ..."

[@philsdon8932]

The rosary, (and the prayer rope) have the effect of pulling me into a wordless experience of God. It stills my mind and makes me receptive to what Christ or Mary wants to communicate to me.

[@miguelposadas5893]

Thanks

[@ElizaDolittle]

When I pray, I make my petitions known to God, then I always pray either the Rosary, The Divine Mercy Chaplet, The Chaplet of St. Michael, etc. but my mind does ALWAYS wander while I'm praying them. I get so upset with myself. It makes me wonder if my praying them is effective.

[@biblealone9201]

The words of the first part of the Hail Mary are words addressed to her by the angel Gabriel and her relative Elizabeth. The second part is merely a request for the mother of God to pray for us. But most important of all: the whole point (the context) of the Hail Mary is not Mary but the incarnation of Jesus. Without the incarnation, we would have no Our Father. If Jesus had not taken flesh in her womb, we would necver have heard of her. So whenever we pray the Hail Mary, we are professing our faith in Jesus, the Word made flesh. As she said to Elizabeth, her soul magnifies the Lord; everything about her speaks of God. Have you ever listened to the words of the most used Marian prayer of all, the Hail Mary? *** "Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee." *** This is nothing more than the salutation of Gabriel in Luke 1:28. *** "Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb (Jesus)." *** That is Elizabeth's greeting to Mary in Lk 1:42. ***"Holy Mary, mother of GOD." *** She is a saint which makes her holy, and she is the Mother of GOD, because Elizabeth calls her the 'Mother of Our Lord' in Lk 1:43. Also if you take Jn 1:1 "...and the Word was GOD', and add it to Jn 1:14, "...and the Word was made flesh", GOD was made flesh, and who was His mother? Mary! *** "Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen." *** This is nothing more than petitioning Mary to PRAY FOR US, just like in the Bible verses I presented. Do we 'pray to' Mary, or are we only petitioning her to pray for us? Rom 15:30, "...help me by your prayers to GOD for me." Col 1:9, "This is why we too have been praying for you unceasingly." 1Thes 3:10, "Night and day we pray more and more..." 2Thes 1:11, "To this end we pray always for you." 2Thes 3:1, "In conclusion brethren, pray for us..." Jam 5:16, "...and pray for one another that you may be saved." Rev 8:3-4 "...that he may offer it with the prayers of all the saints..." According to Scripture, are the saints in Heaven dead or alive? Now the next question is, 'Yes, but it is repetitious (the Rosary) and that is forbidden by scripture'. (Mt 6:7) OK, look at the entries listed above which have the asterisk (*) in front of them. Are not Col 1:9, "This is why we have been praying for you unceasingly...", 1Thes 3:10, "Night and day we pray more and more...", and 2Thes 1:11, "To this end we pray always for you...", repetitious? Is this one of those so called 'Bible Conflicts' you hear about from time to time? No, not at all. The answer is that the Bible refers to two types of prayer repetition '(V)ain', in the manner of heathens, and '(U)seful', NOT in the manner of heathens. The Rosary is not vain repetition. Here is a list of some in each category that you can check in your Bible. (V) 1King 18:25-29, (U) Isa 6:3, (U) Dan 3:52-90, (V) *Mt 6:7, (U) Mt *26:44, (U) *Lk 6:12, (U) Lk 18:1,9-14,*21:36, (U)*Col 1:9, (U) 1Thes 3:10,5:17, (U) *Jam 5:16, (U) **Rev 4:8 Many non-Catholics have the false belief that praying to "dead" people is useless. This is a mis-interpretation of what Holy Scripture teaches us, for the Blessed Virgin Mary and others who have gone on before us are not dead but live forever.

[@dahudge9]

The words are partly there to take up the propositional space of your mind. Try thinking of any arbitrary sentence when you pray the rosary. It's almost impossible to do both at the same. Without the propositional (taken up by the prayer) the mind instead deals with images, emotions, experiences, and memories. As far as repetition in the bible goes, I particularly like Daniel 3:51-90

[@thirdeaglebooks]

The Parable of the Persistent Widow is my favorite response to scoffers.

[@mileseton5248]

Thank you ! Deus gratia !

[@josephzammit8483]

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[@isaiah3872]

Deo gratias*

[@tayh.6235]

As a protestant, I don't have a problem with recited or rote prayer per se. For instance, reciting the Psalms is also recited prayer. I've found St. Patrick's lorica very helpful during times when I am too overwhelmed to have my own words or just in need of peace. I've also been known to simply repeat "please, please, God, please, etc" when something horrible happens and other words just won't come. I don't think there's a problem with any of that. The issue I see is when people recite prayers but do not pray their own words freeform as well at other times, or when the repetition becomes mindless, or if they believe that specific wording will make God hear them when their own words wouldn't do that. As long as those traps are avoided, recited prayers in themselves are just fine.

[@val9833]

convert to the catholic faith the only true church🙏🏼

[@joeylabarinto2772]

A prayer that is said wholeheartedly repetitious or not is always perfect in God's ear. He is all-knowing for one’s intentions.

[@markiangooley]

Thoroughly Protestant composer Heinrich Schütz did a few settings of that Psalm. See SWV 45.

[@BlessedisShe]

Love the rosary! 🙏

[@dokoramaplayz8558]

Rosary prayer is very important in our life especially in our spiritual world because in every Hail Mary's we recite represent an angel of God to be our armies against the invisible spirits which cant be seen in our own eyes.Yes,as the one who spoke this lines"Hail Mary ,full of grace the Lord is with,blessed are you among women,and blessed is thy fruit of your womb Jesus" was from Angel Gabriel the messenger of God.

[@annafarago2271]

I love praying the daily rosary.

[@kynesilagan2676]

I made a rule of thumb before that if our Rosary lasted below 30 min mark. It is way too fast. Jimmy's tip is on another level. Imo. We do pray the rosary without leader and responder. We pray it as one family, simultaneously; except litany and lamb of God. I hope it becomes the norm..

[@josephjackson1956]

Also in Revelation, the angels in Heaven repeat “Holy Holy Holy is the Lord”.

[@mrsgoemans-leith]

@YAJUN YUAN I'm interested to know what the difference is from your point of view? 🤔

[@yeahssir]

@YAJUN YUAN in the Bible it doesn't specify that this warning against repetition applies only to the types of prayer you mentioned. "Holy, holy, holy..." Is a *prayer* of worship. Furthermore, they warn against vain repetition: saying empty words over and over *for the sake of habit* and making big, impressive sounding sentences, thinking it gives more value to one's prayers when really this is just superficial (hence the word vain). It's the motives here that are warned against, not repetition itself.

[@mrsgoemans-leith]

@YAJUN YUAN ok, so let's say "Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty" doesn't count as a prayer because there's no supplication involved... Does that mean if my prayers have no supplication then they are not prayers? More to the point, if I ask God repeatedly for something I want, is that vain repetition? Should I ask God once and then never ask him again?

[@mrsgoemans-leith]

*wants

[@mrsgoemans-leith]

@YAJUN YUANI was correcting a typo of mine in my last comment, where I wrote "once" instead of "wants"...sorry for any confusion

[@crusaderlatin732]

ALL PRAYERS MUST BE SAID FROM THE HEART 💓 ESPECIALLY REPETITIVE PRAYERS.

[@mattberg916]

Lord, Jesus Christ, have Mercy on us poor sinners. Possibly one of the most repeated prayers.

[@danp.torreja2777]

Revelation 4:8 This heavenly and not vain repeatition; Day and night they never stop saying: "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come." "You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being."

[@christeeleison9064]

Boom

[@au8363]

ACCEPT JESUS AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR AND REPENT JESUS LOVES YOU HE DIED FOR YOU SO YOU COULD BE FORGIVEN ASK GOD FOR FORGIVENESS AND REPENT!🙏🙏 AMEN.’!!!!

[@cyberpunkworld]

Oh yes.... I did forget the basics. :))

[@tarynray6362]

The Holy Rosary is from our Mother of our God ✝️. Through apparitions. If the Holy Mother intercedes and asks something from us, you listen. Don’t let Satan corrupt your mind from this protection away from him and all evil. Evil /Satan, hurt, laziness, lies, deceit sin takes you away from God. Repent your sins. Pray the Rosary according to our beautiful Holy Mother. God bless all in the Name of Jesus Christ our Savior our Messiah Amen. God bless all in the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit Amen ✝️

[@mikepoulin3020]

Matthew 26:44 So, leaving them again, He went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same words. ...

[@sparkrain3580]

Also found in Mark 14:39.

[@thegracecast40]

As a prot I found this pretty lit

[@eduardohoover2127]

To emphasize a statement in Hebrew the same word or words are often repeated. Repetitive prayer is a prayer that emphasizes our plea to God. When I was Protestant and going through a horrible separation in my marriage I used to fall asleep watching old movies on the Catholic Channel and I would hear the Divine Mercy Chaplet being prayed in song while asleep. I had little idea what the song meant, "Eternal Father, I offer the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly Beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, for atonement for our sins and those of the whole world, for the sake of His Sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world, Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world," but it made me glad the Catholic Church was praying for the whole world. I found myself humming the tune and gnawing on the meaning of the words when I woke in the morning. I gained a little more understanding after seeing "The Passion."

[@Brad-Harris]

What's the Greek term he says for vein repetition? It's too hard to hear for me.

[@chomperthefirst533]

I do not know the verse in the Bible, but there is a story encouraging us to persevere in prayer. Jesus tells a story where a servant woman will not quit requesting something from her master so he at last he gives it to her - simply because of her tenacity? Am I remembering or interpreting this incorrectly? Comments please!

[@JohnAugustine-Music]

Luke 18:1-8, for those wondering.

[@tayh.6235]

I believe that passage is making the point that even an unjust judge could be worn down, do do we really think our loving Father would ignore us? So it's not saying God is like that judge, but that he is the opposite and so will always hear us so we shouldn't give up

[@chomperthefirst533]

@@tayh.6235 Thanks Tay H. I probably needed that clarification about Jesus NOT being like the Judge.🙏🏻✝️

[@missintrovert1404]

Wen I was small I used to pray rosary everyday personally ...not for any condition to be fulfilled ..just like that...I lived in peace those days...now im changed..I cant even say one decade without distraction...even if I pray ..I pray only wen the exams r closer ...or wen my parents r fighting...I hv changed so much ...m not a good girl now..watching porn,running away from godly things, ignoring human interaction, firing my parents,(they too r not that good...they r also all the time)...my parents say that im good for ntg..and I will suffer in my whole life...I will suffer to hell....I live in a small one room house so I don't hv any option to escape from the noise created wen my parents fight....

[@dtastic6599]

Godbless you please pray! I promise it will get better before it gets worse

[@daughterofchrist1775]

If we don't need attempt to grind Him down with incessant pleading and repetitive praying to make our requests known to Him because He already knows our needs before we say them in prayer, and He already does care about us, then being in prayer all day long, making my life a prayer, is this then a waste of precious time that could be spent doing other things like works of mercy, acts of love and sacrifice, offering it up and so on?

[@daughterofchrist1775]

@@margaretboyle8719 Thanks so much, your kindness brings tears to my eyes. As a new convert, I did not remember that prayer for others was not just saying prayers, but that it was also something else too-an actual work of mercy. May God bless you abundantly with grace today for helping me and others who read this.

[@itahayes6165]

To understand the insane power of the rosary, you have to look up Fr Don Calloway’s description of the history and power of the Rosary,

[@wilsonsclips_]

I would argue that the passage from Matthew 6:4-9 emphasizes the importance of sincerity and humility in prayer, rather than prescribing a specific duration or form of prayer. The rosary, while it may take longer than some other forms of prayer, is not inherently against God's will if practiced with genuine devotion and humility. The rosary is a meditative prayer that helps Catholics contemplate the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ while seeking the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It encourages believers to enter into a deeper spiritual communion with God and to reflect on the mysteries of salvation. Furthermore, the Catholic Church does not teach that the rosary is the only acceptable form of prayer or that it is necessary for salvation. Rather, it is one among many devotional practices that Catholics may choose to engage in as part of their spiritual life. Ultimately, what matters is the disposition of the heart during prayer, as Jesus himself emphasized in Matthew 6:6. If someone prays the rosary with genuine love for God and neighbor, seeking to deepen their relationship with God, it is not contrary to the teachings of Scripture.

[@danp.torreja2777]

Luke 1:42 and she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! (This verse is part of the Rosary. Question: Is this verse of the Bible a babble?

[@stangajewski8391]

yet St Paul said pray without ceasing

[@ElCid48]

do not read the St James edition of the Bible. go to the source

[@josephzammit8483]

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[@rickazar9261]

Also lection divina , the four steps that leads to the goal of 'rest' in contemplation. Favors repition. Rosary is a ' noisy ' form of real contemplation

[@margaretoconnor7077]

@YAJUN YUAN why are you on Catholic forums! You are doing the work of the devil, trying to cause trouble. Get off Catholic forums TROLL!!! YOU ARE NOT. WANTED HERE; go onto Muslim forums, maybe they'll listen to your babble.

[@southernlady1109]

Not when you meditate on the Mysteries of The Rosary, the different events of His Life, Passion, Death, Resurrection and Ascension.

[@rolandovelasquez135]

Come on guys. Comparing Psalms 136 to saying the Rosary is a pretty, pretty far stretch. There are 26 distinct phrases in Palms 136. One for each verse, relating and praising the goodness of the Lord God Almighty in delivering Israel from their Egyptian Captivity. The Rosary on the other hand is repeating the exact same prayer fifty times!

[@basedleechaobla]

No the rosary is a meditation on scripture. You are actually supposed to meditate and let Mary lead you through the life of Jesus, as she was ALWAYS with him, during his birth, life, death, and witnessed his resurrection. The repetition of prayer is important but it’s meant to lull you into a spiritual calmness where you can think more clearly about scripture. As some priests say it, the Hail Mary and such of the rosary is the background music to the profound lyrics of the gospel. Hope this helps, if not watch father Chris Alars video on the rosary and it’s importance. I guarantee it will answer most of your concerns and questions.

[@beadoll8025]

​@@basedleechaoblaMary is nor omnipresent or omniscient You're praying to a woman who is not God This is idolatrous. She cannot hear the prayers from over a billion Catholics. Stop deifying this woman she is not God. Pray to Jesus even the Bible states that He is our only intercessor not this woman.

[@propriusly]

One must, must, think about the words. Also, remember that the prayer has two part. The first is praising and venerating the uniqueness of the Theotokos. She is the source of our salvation in that without her selection and acceptance to be the means of Incarnating the Word of God to become the Christ, death and sin would still reign. She held within her womb the "uncontainable", namely God. The second part of the prayer is asking Mary to intercede for us, to help us attain God's mercy. She is the Mother of God and holds great influence the King of our lives-Jesus Christ, as did the Mother of all ancient kings. Not to think on these words makes the Rosary a difficult chore that is devoid of magnifying the Mother of Mercy and the refuge of sinners.

[@mrsgoemans-leith]

@YAJUN YUAN Just so you know, Catholics don't accept the Apocrypha. Sirach is one of the Deuterocanonical books. The Apocrypha is a collection of books such as the Gospel of Thomas which are not accepted as Scriptural Canon by pretty much any Christian...

[@jeanieshafer9714]

Why would Mary tell the children of Fatima to pray the Rosary every day if it's not a good thing!?

[@healhands5760]

Psalm 136 is a repetition prayer by the way if you want a literal "repetition". take note on that Anti-Catholics and read it 😊

[@christopherplonka5948]

From what I understand it’s the vain, insincere repetitious prayers of pagans

[@kinghoodofmousekind2906]

Both seem like good explanations: babbling on and on would be focusing more on your prayer as something worth of praise in itself ("See how creative and how much I have to say!"), and thus also insincere and repeating things without real reason, real devotion behind them.

[@nothingness55]

Dislike is not in Jesus vocabulary.

[@betanialacoste7945]

You can watch videos of the Mysteries and listen to the angelic salutation chanted, instead of chanting them, yourself.

[@Beanbag777]

……Oh boy here comes the prods to tell us what they think 😆 (on a catholic channel)

[@Th3BigBoy]

What is that mean?

[@annievautour9069]

@@Th3BigBoy protestants

[@Th3BigBoy]

@@annievautour9069 I don't know what that means either. Protestors? I'm so confused I am trying to learn.

[@leeenk6932]

@@Th3BigBoy "Protestant" is a term that Catholicism labeled to those who protested against the abuses and corruption that was going on in the middle ages. It was meant as a derogatory term, but has been retained by many non catholics. There is a new protestant revolution today protesting the abuses and corruption of the current papacy, called traditionalist, or the more extreme Sedevacantist. Although they will deny it, they are nevertheless protesting Francis. Protestants were excommunicated by Rome because they found certain practices to be an affront to the gospel, Rome responded with an eventual excommunication by those who would not recant themselves. My advice, if your searching, stay off the internet as it is filled with a cesspool of insanity among religious people. You will drive yourself to exhaustion as people bicker amongst themselves. If you want to know what Catholicism actually teaches, look at their official, and binding teaching in their Catechism. Same with protestantism, look at what their particular church teaches in their confessions. DO NOT look to the average catholic or protestant for CERTAIN and DEFINITE answers, because they all will have differing opinions in both camps. Take what they say with a grain of salt. Look to the scriptures, look to someone who is actually learned in academics, Doctors of theology, or looking at offical church council's, perhaps a priest, or pastor who knows how to read Hebrew and Greek. Be careful of apologists because they usually are more like damage controlers, and are good at arguing technicalities, and twisting things to fit their beliefs. Thats their job. They will argue and warp things to fit into the way they see it. So look to the catholic catechism, their councils, like Trent, Vatican 1, Vatican 2. Look to a learn priest. Look to offical confessions in protestantism. Talk to a knowledgeable pastor in the original languages, and look to scripture.

[@billyg898]

​@@Th3BigBoy Protestors in a sense. The Protestant Reformation was an event that happened in the 1500s that lead to the widespread rejection of Church authority, and the embrace of ideas such as sola scriptura and sola fide. Besides the Catholic church and the Eastern Orthodox church, every other church (Baptist, Anglican, Reformed, Evangelical, etc) is a protestant church which arose some time in just the last 500 years.

[@Jacob-cz4rq]

also the cherubium angels repeatedly say holy, holy, holy and nothing else in the bible while they encircle God's throne and God never rebukes them for it.

[@jamesbeebe]

I think Jesus would rather I pray the rosary or a Psalm over and over instead of listening to bad music or watching the same empty shows of Hollywood over and over. I want to do what brings me peace.

[@oceanbeach5990]

Ok, so it’s not “vain” mumbling to pray to Jesus’ mother. What about getting on your knees and praying to anyone other than Elohim, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit? Is that okay with GOD? I don’t think so. If GOD could text you, He would, but He sent me who knows how to do it with material fingers. And the Hand of GOD is way too big anyway- just good for miracles.

[@larryluch8178]

Souls in Heaven are able to join us and help us with prayer to rhe Father. Jesus mentions prayer to Father Abraham in the parable of the rich man and Lazarus. The prayer is to the Father but put into the hands of a willing helper. Behold your Mother are the words of Jesus to John from the cross. Mothers pray for their children. But all power is with God. The church on earth and the saved in Heaven are all one cooperating family loving God. Blessings

[@josephjackson1956]

If God can send angels to help us, then surely He can send the saints in Heaven, who are like the angels, to help us. This includes Mary.

[@oceanbeach5990]

@@josephjackson1956 Absolutely correct! Sovereign GOD CAN DO whatever He wills and He does in an ordinary human life when He willed that my car (with a broken tie rod that should have prevented me from steering) get me home safely even though once I turned off the engine, my car was ready to be towed! Perhaps He did send angels to lift my car off the ground slightly. But I think Mary had better things to do - after all, Jeremiah 44 calls her The Queen of Heaven - or did that title come later after she was Resurrected too?

[@beadoll8025]

These people are pagans they would rather pray to this woman instead of praying to Jesus Christ what they are doing is completely unbiblical and idolatrous

[@ianmackenzie686]

Proddies are ignorant, prideful and arrogant. Not all repetition is vanity Not all vanity needs to be repetitive.

[@PIANOPHUNGUY]

The queen of heaven Semiramis also likes cake offerings.

[@georgerichwine1864]

Please don't do your ending. Every-time I hear that familiar sound I am no longer in control.

[@roisinpatriciagaffney4087]

The Rosary is necessary in order to obtain from Almighty God the miraculous graces that we need so desperately in our life. These graces come through the intercession of the Mother of God, the Mother of Divine Grace. Pax Christi.

[@josephzammit8483]

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[@healhands5760]

THE ROSARY IS A MINI BIBLE: 🔥 5 Joyful Mysteries: 1. The Annunciation of Angel Gabriel to Mary. 2. The visitation of Mary to Elizabeth. 3. The birth of Jesus in Bethlehem. 4. The presentation of Jesus to the temple. 5. Finding Jesus at the temple. 🔥 5 Sorrowful Mysteries 1. Agony at Gethsemane 2. Scourging of Jesus. 3. Crowning of thorns. 4. Jesus carries the cross. 5. Jesus crucified and death on the cross. 🔥 5 Glorious Mysteries 1. The ressurection of Jesus. 2. The ascension of Jesus to heaven. 3. The descent of Holy Spirit during pentecost. 4. Assumption of our Lady in heaven. 5. The crowning of our Lady in heaven (Revelations 12). So will you pray the rosary and meditate the life of Jesus? The answer is YES!

[@tessalogan586]

Only if you pray it for attention

[@josephzammit8483]

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[@WithGodAllThingsArePossible982]

I like the prayers in the rosary but always disliked its length.

[@jendoe9436]

Well, the Rosary in its length came about because non-monks saw monks praying the Psalms and wanted to pray devoutly as well. There are 150 Psalms, so that’s how many the monks prayed daily. However, most people were poor and illiterate, so they didn’t know all of them as well. So, people instead prayed Out Fathers and Hail Marys, with the eventual evolution of stones, knots, string, and eventually beads to keep count. The root of the word ‘bead’ is actually ‘prayer.’ The current form of 1 Our Father, 10 Hail Marys, and 1 Glory Be per Decade times 5 per Mystery times 3 main Mysteries is attributed to St. Dominic and his fight against Gnosticism. So yeah it is quite a bit, but learning about the history of the Rosary kinda helps it move along. If the time is getting to ya, maybe focus on a few Mysteries at a time or take up the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. Same length, but the prayer time is usually quicker. 😇

[@jendoe9436]

@YAJUN YUAN naw, I quite like having beads and asking my Holy Mother for her powerful intercession. My best meditations are when I follow her during her son’s life, death, and resurrection. The Rosary in it’s current form is attributed to numerous miracles, changes of heart, and a general sense of peace. Why would I give up such a beautiful devotion that doubles as a sword against Satan? No matter what you say, I will never give it up. The Rosary has been vital in my spiritual life and giving it up will be akin to slicing off my hands. And what does being literate have to do with prayers anyway? The fact that anyone can do a Rosary no matter literacy level shows how widespread God’s desire for communion is. I pray the Rosary with all the Hail Marys because Mary knew Jesus best and helps lead me to him. Without Mary’s devotion and trust in God, salvation history would be quite different. Some of the greatest and holiest people were illiterate, and had a strong, beautiful devotion to Jesus and Mary. Those are who I rather follow, not someone working to disarm me against the devil.

[@hglundahl]

For context what pagan prayers that "stammer" are like, take a look at one from the sixteenth year of Tiberius, end of Velleius Paterculus' Roman History, book II. He ends it with a prayer and he really can't make up his mind which divinity to adress and what exact words to use. B U T there are no verbatim repetitions in it.

[@hglundahl]

It's not particularly long either. Wordy, yes, long, no. The Vulgate has "many words" ...

[@hglundahl]

But yes, explanations like to potentially unfriendly strangers, that is there in Velleius' prayer to the gods.

[@hglundahl]

@YAJUN YUAN It does not say "repeat not a prayer" but "repeat not the word in thy prayer, more especially "deuteroo" means specifically doubling - not tripling. And since all repeated prayers are repeated to make a minimum of three occurrences, and since it's only angels (and the Church citing them) that repeat a single word (holy said three times, not just twice), we are fair on this one. By the way, I disagree about "lengthy" it is about wordy. The point being if a pagan had written Our Father, it could have omitted petitions about forgiveness and protection from temptation and still been twice as long as the actual Lord's Prayer from all explanations given to back up the requests, but it would not have been as lengthy as repeating Our Father ten times. I think both injunctions are about speaking with confidence, like no _"as ... ? ... as we forgive"_ and so on. Lengthy per se and repetition of whole prayers are not mentioned.

[@hglundahl]

The Haydock comment seems to mean one should not de facto repeat by synonyms _"as we forgive and pardon"_ and so on ...

[@hglundahl]

@YAJUN YUAN Revelation 4:8 is a prayer _because_ it is an act of praise and worship. Exactly as the rosary. The context of Sirach is not filibustering the godfearing assembly and not being wordy in prayers of petition. While the rosary includes petitions, it is foremost an act of worship, which is the highest form of prayer. In Our Lord's prayer it corresponds to the petition "hallowed be thy name".

[@batmaninc2793]

“It has an antifa...” *TRIGGERED*

[@icxcnika9399]

Antiphon

[@batmaninc2793]

@@icxcnika9399 Yeah; I know what he meant.When he repeats it, at 1:14-ish, it sounds like he was saying AntiFa. Edit: 1:17

[@freshboots_77]

Vain repetition not repetition

[@peepeenuggerman5717]

I have been praying the Vatican 1 mysteries (without the luminous mysteries) in the order of Joyful, sorrowful, and glorious. This order has enlightened me as the sorrowful and joyful mysteries both really parallel one another. The saying yes and trusting the Lord, first from Mary and then from Jesus, at the beginning of the Joyful (annunciation) and the sorrowful (agony) mysteries. These were the first yeses, one of sorrow the other of joy, that would lead to infinite glory and salvation.

[@PIANOPHUNGUY]

They changed the Greek ? Catholics repeat and count the prayers like the heathen do. Just like Muslims and Buddhists and followers of Krishna

[@savedbygrace8337]

The rosary is vain repetition, You are praying to HIS dead mother who cannot hear you , Because she is physically dead, And if she could hear you and actually answer your prayers, She would be all-knowing and omniscient which are traits of GOD ALMIGHTY ALONE !

[@sutchfish572]

No she’s alive in heaven :)

[@beadoll8025]

​@@sutchfish572but is she omnipresent and omniscient like God the answer is no and what you are doing is idolatrous

[@darrenmcclung3550]

When I was a practicing Roman Catholic as a boy and young man going to confession, I remember receiving penance of reciting prayers. I recited the prayers the given amount of times from memory as fast as I could with the belief that my sins were absolved. Now I realize that this could never absolve me from my sins. It was all in vain. Now I believe that the Bible is the final authority and everything I need for spiritual instruction can be found in it. The Lord taught the disciples how to pray with the Lords Prayer. Matthew 6:9-13 and Luke 11:2-4. This prayer is an outline of the way we should be praying. It tells us to whom we should be praying, to pray for his will, to pray for our needs and the needs of others, to confess our sins and ask for forgiveness, to forgive others, and for His protection from evil. I see nowhere in scripture that we should pray to anyone but God. All of our spiritual experiences should be measured by the teaching of the Holy Scripture so we will not be led astray.

[@TheChunkyCrusader]

First

[@Mkvine]

Well of course, you *are* the First See, so it’s fitting you get the first comment.

[@TheChunkyCrusader]

@@Mkvine of course, of course. 🙂😁

[@icxcnika9399]

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last.

[@Wonderpattypatty]

Matt, so disappointing that you continue to bring Jimmy Akin…… 🤦🏻‍♀️ I don’t understand your jump from Ralph Martin & Scott Hahn to him… 😣

[@Elizjim03]

Why?

[@amondzer2047]

Thing is, Buddhism had prayer beads before the church started using them, we see the church copying paganism all the time, halos come from aura as well. And in no scripture you will find that it is somehow acceptable to talk/pray/honor Mary. Sorry but this wasn’t convincing. The church could be so much more, these beautiful churches and traditions is something Protestants don’t have and these mega churches disturb me, and the lack of strong male leader ship, Even Christ overturned tables and whipped the men using the temple as a market, it’s time for A new Christendom, not one of weakness and religiosity bordering obsessive compulsive disorder, but one of Strong men of God, our God is a warrior and as should we be.

[@tryingnottobeasmartass757]

Whether or not Buddhism had prayer beads before Christians did is irrelevant. Pagans had temples before the Jews did. Because two things are similar, it doesn't mean they come from the same source, and no, we *don't* see the Church copying paganism all the time. In fact, we don't see it once, despite the damnable lies you have been told.

[@wowojeejee]

NO! Because he does not exist!

[@tryingnottobeasmartass757]

sO eDgY

[@aiweeable]

Why Hail Mary when you can just say hail Jesus. Jesus should be the only intercessor in our prays and that is well with my soul. Plus rosary was already a pagan Roman cultural thing.

[@tryingnottobeasmartass757]

The rosary was not a pagan Roman cultural thing, and I Timothy 2:1 commands that all Christians make intercession, that is, be intercessors, for all men.

[@margaretmcgarry7796]

Who knows what Jesus likes

[@johnp.6043]

Repetitive Prayers detaches your heart to Jesus. Saying the rosary you think of other things. Pray beads only came in the fifteen century from a vision to St. Dominic. “ Red Flag” besides pray beads have been a part of the Muslim practice for centuries, Was that apparition to St. Dominic Mary?

[@jerome2642]

Really? Let me ask: Do YOU pray the Rosary? Because I find your comments strange. When I pray the Rosary, I don't think about "other things". Instead, my mind focuses ON JESUS CHRIST. You may not know this, but the Rosary is not only about SPOKEN WORDS. It also has several MEDITATION points (called mysteries) which focus on key aspects of the life of Jesus Christ eg His conception in Mary's womb at the annunciation by Angel Gabriel, the moment of His birth, the moment of the presentation of the baby Jesus in the temple, His moment of agony in the garden of Gethsemane, His journey to calvary while carrying His cross and His crucifixion, etc. Every time the Rosary is prayed, we meditate and focus our minds and hearts on several points in the life of Jesus Christ. Let me also say that any "similarity" between the physical structure of the Rosary prayer beads and the Muslim prayer beads is purely coincidental. It is NOT proof that the Catholic Church COPIED the design of the Rosary beads from the Muslims. Anyone making that allegation is simply trying to mock the Catholic Church. Just because a physical resemblance exists between two things DOESN'T mean that they are the SAME THING or that one was COPIED from the other. For instance, do you know that historically Christianity began several centuries AFTER Hinduism (The religion of Hinduism existed before Christianity) ? Do you also know that there are SIMILARITIES between certain aspects of Christianity and Hinduism. For instance, both of them practice the act of fasting from food, and both of them have their respective Holy Books or scriptures (BIBLE for Christianity and SHRUTI/SMRITI for Hinduism). Wouldn't you agree with me that all these similarities are mere COINCIDENCE? Would you say that we christians COPIED anything from the Hindus?? Of course not.

[@johnp.6043]

@@jerome2642 When I was Catholic I must of said a million Rosaries, I don’t think I ever got through one rosary without for a moment or two my mind would drift on other things. You seem more focused then i was. It must be my A.D.D. Lol Today I get my meditation and prayers from reading the scriptures. The Psalms is good. I had read ( Not Sure) the apparition that St. Dominic had from this angel said instead of reading Psalms recite on these prayer beads. Galatians 1:8 We know in the scriptures when the disciples asked Jesus how do we pray and he recited the Art Father who Art in heaven to them. ( Notice it is an outline to pray from). Example: gives us our daily bread, we should forgive others, Lord help me to forgive. Ect… Jesus wants heart felt prayers. When Jesus prayed in the garden to the Father for his hour was upon him. He prayed his heart out. This is how I want to pray. No thanks to repetition. Besides I personally feel closer to the Lord today then ever when I was a Catholic.

[@jerome2642]

@@johnp.6043 Well, I am sorry if no one taught you how to say the Rosary properly while you were still a "Catholic". I don't have any problems with distractions while saying the prayer. Infact it gives me a unique sense of closeness to the Lord. Some ignorant people describe the Rosary as "another gospel" (Galatians 1:8) probably because they couldn't find the word "Rosary" written in any of the four gospel books of the new testament. Well, I guess they fail to realize that the Rosary is simply a prayer during which we meditate and reflect on the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Essentially, it focuses my attention on Christ Himself and all that He did for my salvation -- is THIS not what the gospel message is all about? The gospel message is centered around Jesus Christ Himself and it is on HIM that our mind and heart are focused during the Rosary, and so for goodness sake how is the Rosary all about a "different gospel" ? Even the very words that are said during the Rosary are gotten from the Gospel books of the new testament (Luke 1:28; Luke 1:42; Luke 11:2 - 4). I think that those who end up quoting Galatians 1:8 anytime the Rosary is mentioned are simply suspicious of ANY message that comes through an apparition or vision from heaven. They believe that any message received during a heavenly apparition or vision which cannot be LITERALLY found written in the Bible MUST be from the devil. This is simply not true

[@johnp.6043]

@@jerome2642 People have to be careful with apparitions. 1COR 1:22 For the Jews require A SIGN, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: But WE PREACH CHRIST CRUCIFIED. Joseph Smith said s beautiful Angel appeared to me to tell me the scriptures are corrupted, and there are some true writings on tablets under a rock made of gold. Occultism. In the gospel of luke when the angel appeared to Mary to give her the good news that she is a chosen vessel to carry and bring our savior into the world. For what little was mentioned about her in scripture she was awesome and obedient. When Jesus was preaching in Luke a woman yells out and said to Jesus what about your blessed Mother who raised you. ( if Jesus wanted Mary to be a co mediator this was his moment) ,but he said yea rather Blessed are those who hear the word of God and obey it. Jesus also said my Mother, Brother and Sisters are those who hear the word of God and obey it. Acts, Mary the the Mother of Jesus was with one accord and supplication with the disciples in prayer. ( Mary was not elevated in this prayer service. ) A lot of the rosary is biblical, except for the unbiblical part for her to be mediator. When the scriptures says in 1 Timothy. That Jesus is our only mediator. And he said NO ONE Comes to the Father except through me. I believe in prayers from the heart instead of repetition. The scriptures have so much more information then reading In Luke fifty times a day in a repetition manner of The angel saying Hail Mary ( Hello Mary) your full of grace, the Lord is with thee.Ect.. Jesus also has bestowed his grace on us. Acts 4:33 and power was given to the apostle and GREAT GRACE was upon them all. Psalms1:2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. Jesus told John when he was dying on the cross to behold his Mother and Mary to behold your son. Jesus asked John to take care of Mary. Normally that would of been next of kin to have that role, but John and Mary had fellowship about Jesus Christ. Iron sharpens Iron. Jesus said to yoke with believers. The early church never elevated Mary to be co redeemer until the fifteen century. Mary is a created being and a fellow servant of Jesus Christ. She is not to be knelt before or elevated as a mediator according to scripture. Isaiah 42:8 KJV I am the Lord: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, my praise to graven images. Not my words or my opinion ,but what God is saying in his Holy words. Unfortunately the Catholic Church denies the scriptures alone. For they shall believe a lie then.

[@jerome2642]

@@johnp.6043 1) No need to worry. As Catholics, we are NOT foolish enough to simply believe absolutely ANYONE who claims to have seen an apparition from heaven because we know that Satan can disguise himself as an angel of light (2 Corinthians 11:14). That is why the leadership of the church has to carefully study such claims so as to determine which apparition is from God and which is from the devil. In the case of the apparition in which the Rosary was revealed to Saint Dominic, the church carefully studied it and realized that it didn't CONTRADICT the gospel and so approved the Rosary for the whole church 2) when that woman declared that the woman who bore Jesus is BLESSED (Luke 11:27), she was NOT trying to say that Mary is a "co - Redeemer" or "co - mediator" or anything like that. The word '' Blessed" doesn't mean any of those things. You have simply given that Bible passage an "anti - Catholic" interpretation 3) What do you mean by saying that the disciples didn't ELEVATE Mary when she joined them in prayer prior to Pentecost (Acts 1:14) ? Do you mean that they didn't honour her or give her any special attention as a result of her being the Mother of Jesus? Once again, you are giving this Bible verse (Acts 1:14) an "anti Catholic" interpretation. I believe You are trying to tell me that the apostles had NO special regard for her and did not HONOUR her the way the Catholic Church does today. But who told you that? Acts 1:14 has only told us what happened between the apostles and Mary during the period when they awaited the Holy Spirit (i.e they prayed together with her). That passage doesn't tell us EVERY detail of how the apostles treated Mary THROUGHOUT her lifetime on earth. So you can't use Acts 1:14 as evidence that the apostles NEVER gave any form of special honour to Mary 4) The greeting "Hail" in the Bible means MUCH MORE than just "Hello". It was a salutation commonly given to people in position of authority or royal power (eg Kings, Queens, Governors, Emperors). This was why those soldiers mocking Jesus were saying to Jesus: HAIL, king of the Jews (Mark 15:18). It was common practice in the ancient Roman empire for soldiers to salute kings using the word "Hail". If "Hail" simply means "Hello" why haven't we seen it used as a social greeting between two people anywhere in the Bible? Apart from Mary, has an angel of God ever greeted anyone else using the word "Hail" ?

[@lolas185]

Jesus dislikes the democratic party.

[@JohnAugustine-Music]

Jesus dislikes some policies of the Democratic Party and the behavior of individual Democrats, and He dislikes some policies of the Republican Party and the behavior of individual Republicans. Jesus is the King of Kings.

[@feeeshmeister4311]

@@JohnAugustine-Music Correct, both are sinful, often in different ways, but also in many of the same ways.

[@lolas185]

@@JohnAugustine-Music No really He just is not that into them .

[@JohnAugustine-Music]

@@lolas185 I have a sneaking suspicion He prefers their methods of caring for those who cannot care for themselves (seeing as that was a primary duty of the king of the Israelites) and their policies on immigration. Certainly, He doesn't like their policies on abortion or LGBT+ issues, but you could point to elements of the Republican platform that He wouldn't like either. One side is not wholly for God while the other side is wholly against Him.

[@beadoll8025]

Jesus is nor a Republican or Democrat what a ridiculous statement none of these parties are decent

[@theviperman1947]

The rosary has no power. When you pray the rosary it is vain and repetitious. It is an empty trinket. We are told in the Bible to pray to the Father in Jesus Christ name through the Holy Spirit. The Bible also tells us not to communicate with the dead. Mary cannot hear you, and she cannot intercede for you. Give me biblical scripture that supports Mary being our intercession. Give me biblical scripture that supports the rosary. Jesus Christ is the truth, the way, and the life. No one reaches the Father except through Christ. Christ alone saves, not Mary. Matthew 6:7-13 King James Version 7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. 8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. 9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

[@rolandovelasquez135]

Not real sure what kind of prayer Jesus dislikes but, more to the point, I do know what kind of prayer Jesus does like. He's very clear on that in his Word ( the Bible); In both the Old and the New Testament, all Believers always pray DIRECTLY to God the Father. And in the New Testament it's always directly to God the Father, "in the name of Jesus". In fact when the disciples asked Jesus himself how to pray he said: "... your Father knows what you need before you ask Him. Pray, then, in this way: ‘Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come..." Matthew 6:8‭-‬9 And... "But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you." Matthew 6:6 "Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it." John 14:13‭-‬14 And in God's Word Jesus himself intercedes for us, not his human mother. This is exactly what it says: "Therefore He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them." Hebrews 7:25 "Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us." Romans 8:34 And the Holy Spirit: "In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words..." Roman 8:26 That's good enough for me. So, in conclusion, in the Bible the idea is NOT to go to the Son's human mother (or to anyone else), who then goes to the Son, who then goes to the Father with your request. No, your Heavenly Father's wish and desire is that you go DIRECTLY to Him with all your prayers and petitions. I'm not kidding. Check it out for yourself. So why go in little circles when the Father wants, and even commands, that we come directly to Him. So I humbly submit to you, in the Name above all names, in the name of Jesus, God's Holy and Perfect Word on this subject.

[@veredictum4503]

Oh man, superficiality that make the Kardashians look intellectual. Let's see (merely a sprinkle off the cuff) - Wedding at Cana. Jesus seated right there in their midst. Not that he didn't care. Just that saving weddings is not part of His Mission. And not only did the groom nor wine steward ask for help, no one did. But the Blessed Mother noticed, and asked. If that is not intercession, what is? The paralysed man - did he even open his mouth? We don't even know if the sick man asked his friends for a favour to see Jesus, or whether it was the friends' idea "hey I heard about this miracle worker". We don't know. But the man was silent. And lowered from the roof. And bible says, Jesus watched them, and "seeing THEIR faith" (**not** the sick man's faith, THEIR faith, in climbing up the roof). That's intercession. How about the dead girl? Try telling a dead girl "you have to pray directly to Jesus". She's dead. It was her mother. That's intercession. The centurion and his sick servant. That's intercession. The sisters of Lazarus. That's intercession. Yes, I know what you are going to say - "but it was Jesus who did the miracles". Of course it was. We all know that. ALL power and authority comes from God. No one is silly enough to say something else. The point of intercession is - SOMEONE ELSE is asking / praying / carrying the stretcher on your behalf. The sick man, the dead girl, the sick servant, the blind man. The "other people" who bring Christ to them, or them to Christ, and who add their prayers to the mix. Even (or especially) the Apostles who preached to the pagans - those pagans sure won't praying for themselves. Intercession is nothing more than a person praying for another. But "the prayers of the just man avails much" (James 5:16) - and that means Catholic Saints are more powerful than your average beer drinking TV watching friends who need to don't pray because "once saved always saved" already.

[@sparkrain3580]

​@@veredictum4503 Nicely done.

[@jondoe6271]

Wrong. God, wants a relationship with you. Talk to God. He is real and listening. The rosary is a pagan tradition. God does not like it. Repetitive prayer is like banging your head against a wall. It is not love, not listening, and not true appreciation of our beautiful Father. Mary, and saints are not to be prayed to. Come out from the wicked Catholic church. The hour is late.

[@tryingnottobeasmartass757]

Everything you wrote after "He is real and listening" is unbiblical, antichrist nonsense. Repent of your false teaching. Repent of your slander of the Catholic Church. The hour is late and Hell is hot.