The Rosary: Dealing with Distractions
All Things Catholic with Dr. Edward Sri
Ascension
5 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2019
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Does your mind wander when you pray the Rosary? Discover five keys to help you overcome distraction and encounter Jesus and Mary more in this powerful prayer. May is Mary’s month and a good time to reinvigorate our devotion to Mary.
In this episode, Edward Sri draws on insights from his book "Praying the Rosary Like Never Before"
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Edward Sree, and welcome to all things Catholic Catholic where real faith meets real life. |
| 0:19.1 | Do you ever get distracted when you're praying the Rosary your, your mind starts to wander, even though you tell yourself |
| 0:25.2 | I'm going to really think about that first joyful mystery, the angel Gabriel coming to the |
| 0:30.1 | Blessed Virgin Mary, but you find yourself two beads into the rosary and your mind's |
| 0:34.7 | wandering thinking about what you're going to eat for dinner that night or some project at work or a game |
| 0:40.0 | on TV or maybe something someone said to you earlier that day. |
| 0:43.7 | Huh, what did she mean by that? |
| 0:45.6 | Oh wait, I'm sorry Jesus, I'm supposed to be thinking about Gabriel and the Blessed |
| 0:49.3 | Virgin Mary and the Annunciation and you kind of feel bad about that does that ever happen to you I bet it does |
| 0:54.3 | because it happens to all of us I have talked to many people around the world about this |
| 0:59.2 | whether it's bishops with apostolic succession or priests or contemplative nuns and devout lay people. |
| 1:07.4 | I've talked to so many people all have admitted they struggle many times in the rosary. |
| 1:12.1 | They easily get distracted and they could easily fall into discouragement. |
| 1:16.7 | I've heard many people say, the rosary is just too hard, I'm not good at this, I don't know if I should even bother it takes too long I don't get a lot |
| 1:24.8 | out of it my heart's not in it if you've ever felt those emotions know that there are |
| 1:30.2 | many great heroes in our faith who have felt that but they persisted But they did not give up on the rosary and neither should you. Who is it that's putting those negative thoughts in your head? Who is it that's putting those negative thoughts in your head? who is it that wants you to stop even trying to pray the rosary? |
| 1:46.5 | Who is it that's saying, you're not good enough? |
| 1:49.1 | You stink at this prayer. |
| 1:50.7 | You don't get anything out of it. |
| 1:52.2 | It's not worth your time. It's the enemy, it's the devil. |
| 1:56.0 | He does not want you to pray this powerful prayer because he knows how much of an impact |
| 2:01.2 | it'll make in your own life and in your family and in the world. |
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