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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.
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.
SHOWNOTES
Biblical Roots of Repetitive Prayer
Matthew 6:7-8 – And
when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they
will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for
your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
Matthew 26:44 – So, leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same words.
Daniel 3:29-34 –
“Blessed art thou, O Lord, God of our fathers, and to be praised and
highly exalted for ever; And blessed is thy glorious, holy name and to
be highly praised and highly exalted for ever; Blessed art thou in the
temple of thy holy glory and to be extolled and highly glorified for
ever. Blessed art thou, who sittest upon cherubim and lookest upon the
deeps, and to be praised and highly exalted for ever. Blessed art thou
upon the throne of thy kingdom and to be extolled and highly exalted for
ever. Blessed art thou in the firmament of heaven and to be sung and
glorified for ever.
Revelation 4:8 –
And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of
eyes all round and within, and day and night they never cease to sing,
“Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to
come!”
Biblical Roots of Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be
Matthew 6:9 –
Pray then like this: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy
name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our debts, As we also
have forgiven our debtors; And lead us not into temptation, But deliver
us from evil.
Luke 1:26-28 –
In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of
Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was
Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. And he
came to her and said, “Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you!”
Luke 1:39-45 –
In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a
city of Judah, and she entered the house of Zechari′ah and greeted
Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe
leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit* and
she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed
is the fruit of your womb! And why is this granted me, that the mother
of my Lord should come to me? For behold, when the voice of your
greeting came to my ears, the babe in my womb leaped for joy. And
blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfilment of what was
spoken to her from the Lord.”
Practical Application
- Break it up – Pray a decade several times throughout the day, instead of trying to do it all at once.
- Take a small step – if you don’t pray the Rosary daily now, just do one decade everyday for a month and see what it does in your life.
Resources in this Episode
- Praying the Rosary Like Never Before by Dr. Edward Sri
- Pocket Guide to the Rosary
- The Biblical Roots of the Hail Mary
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