THE POWER OF PRAYING THE ROSARY

them1ghtyhumph



I understand for some people prayer can be a real chore. but The Holy Rosary is spiritual gold but many don't see it. basically they say The Holy Rosary is the highest form of personal prayer there is and I tend to agree

but one can't look at prayer as trying it a handful of times and when things don't instantly get better, they just give up. one should view prayer as a slow to very slow accent towards God that works slowly over a period of time, like look at it in terms of months/years/decades. plus, there are going to be times when you pray and you feel consolations etc and other times it's a chore, but you got to keep on going regardless of all of that.

bottom line... The Holy Rosary (and general prayer) is more beneficial than it seems like it is ; I realize this requires some faith and all as not everything we pray for we get (I don't usually pray too much for myself anyways) and I would assume a lot of it's benefits are sort of a 'behind-the-scenes' sort of thing in that we can't always see the benefits but, rest assured, God's using them for someones benefit be yourself or some random stranger etc

p.s. after confession... I typical have something minor for penance but I usually will do a additional rosary on top of what they say as sort of a thanks to God


@eddyhops



Well technically, one is not required to pray The Holy Rosary daily so I am totally in the clear missing one here and there. it's just wise to pray it daily

but like I was basically saying, some level of regular prayer (as in daily prayer) is required if one is going to grow closer to God and avoid sin etc. that's one area I think a lot of people who claim to be Christian ignore (but usually these types only have a basic belief in God but that's about as far as it goes which is simply not enough(I am not trying to dis these people but you get the gist)) which is critical and it's not asking for much for say even 5 minutes of prayer each day as no one is THAT busy to where they can't spare at least that much. basically I am sure all of the saints would agree that without prayer, you got basically ZERO chance at being a saint because you could sort of equate it to oxygen for the lungs as prayer is for the soul. I am not saying I will be a saint, as playing the odds, it's slim for me, but you get the gist

but anyways to give you a answer to your question... No. but... it's not surprising because missing a day or two here and there it's not going to have any noticeable negative effect but if I suddenly just stopped prayer all together, I am sure I would notice that as the months/years/decades pass as I would likely start to become more worldly and more susceptible to sin etc. basically prayer works slowly over a period of time as it's not something that's instant, generally speaking.


Rodney Farber



Only someone without faith would say that.

sure, people still need to physically do stuff when they can to help others and all but prayer is much more effective than the common Christian would give it credit for.

but before I go, ill add this... The Holy Rosary is tied to the Battle of Lepanto from Oct 7th 1571... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lepanto ( catholicinsight.com/islam-the-rosary-and-the-battle-of-lepanto/ etc) ; a little quote "The Holy League credited the victory to the Virgin Mary, whose intercession with God they had implored for victory through the use of the Rosary."