Is the Rosary Biblical?

All Things Catholic with Dr. Edward Sri

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🗓️ 8 October 2019

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

We’ve talked about the Biblical roots of the Hail Mary, but what about the Rosary? What makes this prayer so powerful that St. Padre Pio called it “the weapon for these times”?

Dr. Edward Sri explains why the Rosary is not “vain repetition”, points to the Biblical source of each prayer in the Rosary, and gives practical advice on how we can better incorporate this impactful prayer into our daily lives.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Edward Sree, and welcome to all things Catholic where real faith meets real life.
0:07.0	This week the Catholic Church celebrated the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary and
0:18.3	that's why in this special Marian month of October you may hear a lot about the
0:22.1	power of the Rosary. It could change your
0:24.6	life, it could change your soul, it could save your family. The family that
0:28.9	praised the Rosary together will stay together. The Rosary could change the culture, it could save Russia.
0:35.3	There's all these amazing stories about the Rosary, but if we're honest, for most of us,
0:40.6	our own personal experience with this devotion is a lot different.
0:45.0	Some of us approach the rosary with a little dread.
0:49.4	We know this is an important prayer, we get that, but we're often just so distracted. It's hard to pay attention.
0:55.9	Our mind wanders and we're restless. We can't wait for this prayer to be over and we feel bad about that. We wish we were just more devoted to it but we have to be
1:05.7	honest our heart's not always in this prayer and you know it's like the marathon of all
1:10.3	Catholic devotions it just keeps going on and on, and I'm busy,
1:14.3	I don't have time for this.
1:15.5	And sometimes our Protestant brothers and sisters
1:18.5	may have questions about the rosary and wondering,
1:20.9	you know, is this biblical?
1:21.9	Where does the Bible talk about the rosary? And, you know, is this biblical? Where does the Bible talk about the rosary?
1:24.0	And, you know, there's all this repetition.
1:26.0	Didn't Jesus condemn vain repetition?
1:28.0	Those questions often come up.
1:29.2	And we ourselves as Catholics may sometimes wonder, well, you know, there is a lot of repetition.
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