Which Is Better? The Rosary vs. The Chaplet

The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 1 October 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

“What if I don’t have time to pray both The Rosary and The Divine Mercy Chaplet?”

Deciding how to spend your time in prayer can be difficult, especially when you’re deciding between two powerhouse prayers like The Rosary and The Chaplet. Let’s look at each of them.

The Chaplet of Divine Mercy was gifted to Saint Faustina during a vision of Jesus. In this vision, he listed 14 promises (https://www.divinemercy.org/elements-...) to those who pray the chaplet. In the chaplet, the prayers revolve around the concepts of mercy and holiness for the whole world, and reflect the prayers and promises we make during the Mass. It’s an extremely powerful prayer for not only our own souls, but the sanctification of the world.

On the other hand, we have The Rosary, which is an act of love toward the Mother of Jesus, who was given to us at the crucifixion. This prayer has been recommended countless times by almost every saint who’s ever lived—and by Mary herself in several apparitions! The Rosary is a reflection on not only Mary’s life, but the life and miracles of Jesus as well. It allows us to enter into those moments with Jesus, the apostles, and Mary by way of meditation.

So, should we spend time in prayer on The Chaplet—which probably takes about 5-10 minutes—or on The Rosary, which will take maybe 20-30 minutes?

Why not both?

If you don’t feel like you have enough time for prayer, that’s worth looking into. The reality is, you don’t have to pray The Rosary every day, and you don’t have to pray The Chaplet every day. But why not pray both as much as you can? These prayers are gifts God has given every willing Christian, and they are pathways to Heaven. So why not?

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0:00.0	Okay, long time no see here we are. That was good. Try to rhyme. I don't know. Good to see you. I don't see you right now, but
0:16.3	Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz and this is The Century Presents. So I was recently asked by someone who said,
0:21.4	okay, I have a dilemma. My dilemma is this. I
0:24.4	I
0:26.4	Pray the rosary and I pray the chaplet. I don't have time to pray both, but here's the problem. No, okay. Okay. Sorry before I go any further
0:31.6	What's gonna happen is you're gonna be like, oh, this is not a video that I need to spend any time with because like I don't have that dilemma
0:37.6	I'm not really into like rosary or chaplet like even you said the word chaplet and I'm kind of like
0:43.6	Maybe I know that rosary I've heard of those things. Maybe you don't think this applies to you. I
0:49.0	beg to differ the little backstory for everybody here watching this. There's this prayer called the rosary that is
0:53.8	Prayed on rosary beads typically. I know I pray it on the natural God-given rosary beads of my two hands basically
1:00.5	There's a series of our fathers and Hail Mary's where you meditate on the life of Jesus
1:04.4	There's another prayer called the chaplet of divine mercy that was given to a woman named St. Faustina Kowalska
1:10.6	Not too long ago by Jesus in in a in a private revelation and there are some promises associated with it
1:17.2	With the praying of the chaplet of divine mercy where you're asking the Lord to have mercy on us and on the whole world
1:23.2	Both prayers are pretty phenomenal
1:26.0	And this person who's asking me the question said which one do I do?
1:29.6	I don't have the time to pray both because this person was saying okay again
1:33.2	Here's their tension and I experienced the tension I totally understand this
1:37.3	Because the chaplet of divine mercy is probably one of the most powerful ways we can extend the sacrifice of the mass into the world
1:44.8	What I mean by that is what is the mass?
1:47.1	The mass is the offering of the it's the greatest sacrifice of Jesus to the Father
1:51.4	I mean it is the once-for-all
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