{"id":4339,"date":"2011-03-26T11:02:46","date_gmt":"2011-03-26T15:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregandjennifer.com\/?p=4339"},"modified":"2014-11-03T21:24:48","modified_gmt":"2014-11-03T21:24:48","slug":"praying-too-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregandjennifer.com\/praying-too-fast\/","title":{"rendered":"Praying Too Fast"},"content":{"rendered":"

Listener Mike writes:<\/p>\n

Thank you for a great radio program!<\/p>\n

I’d like to ‘vent’ just a bit, if you can bear with me.<\/em> <\/p>\n

Our local parish, like many others, “recites” the Rosary before daily and Sunday Mass.\u00a0 Someone will start, and the rest of us gathered finish the prayer.<\/em> <\/p>\n

Please don’t get me wrong, these are loving and dedicated Catholics and I cherish their attendance at Church…………but<\/em> <\/p>\n

It seems that they are in a speech-race to finish the prayers:\u00a0 “HailMary fullagrace theLordbewityou.\u00a0 Bless-aareyou amonwomen, and Blessisthefruit ofThywombJesus”<\/em> <\/p>\n

I would rather they say the prayer in the spirit of Saint Gabriel:\u00a0 “Hail Mary!\u00a0 Full of Grace!\u00a0 The LORD is with thee!\u00a0 Blessed art thou amongst women!\u00a0 And Blessed is the Fruit of Thy Womb, JESUS!”<\/em> <\/p>\n

What a wonderful exclamation to the mother of our Lord.<\/em> <\/p>\n

If we wish to pray the Rosary at all (and I believe it a beautiful prayer), why not take the time to pray it reverently?<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We have audio Rosaries available at our Rosary Army<\/a> website and we’ve been accused of praying too fast on those.\u00a0 Other (most) people say the cadence is just right.<\/p>\n

While I get frustrated when people say the Rosary TOO fast, I’m just glad when people pray it.\u00a0 Is it the speed or intention that matters?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Listener Mike writes: Thank you for a great radio program! I’d like to ‘vent’ just a bit, if you can bear with me. Our local parish, like many others, “recites” the Rosary before daily and Sunday Mass.\u00a0 Someone will start, and the rest of us gathered finish the prayer. Please don’t get me wrong, these […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"libsyn-item-id":0,"libsyn-show-id":0,"libsyn-post-error":"","libsyn-post-error_post-type":"","libsyn-post-error_post-permissions":"","libsyn-post-error_api":"","playlist-podcast-url":"","libsyn-episode-thumbnail":"","libsyn-episode-widescreen_image":"","libsyn-episode-blog_image":"","libsyn-episode-background_image":"","libsyn-post-episode-category-selection":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_thumbnail":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_theme":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_height":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_width":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_placement":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_download_link":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_use_download_link_text":"","libsyn-post-episode-player_custom_color":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-explicit":"","libsyn-post-episode":"","libsyn-post-episode-update-id3":"","libsyn-post-episode-release-date":"","libsyn-post-episode-simple-download":"","libsyn-release-date":"","libsyn-post-update-release-date":"","libsyn-is_draft":"","libsyn-new-media-media":"","libsyn-post-episode-subtitle":"","libsyn-new-media-image":"","libsyn-post-episode-keywords":"","libsyn-post-itunes":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-number":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-season-number":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-type":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-title":"","libsyn-post-episode-itunes-episode-author":"","libsyn-destination-releases":"","libsyn-post-episode-advanced-destination-form-data":"","libsyn-post-episode-advanced-destination-form-data-enabled":"","libsyn-post-episode-advanced-destination-form-data-input-enabled":false,"libsyn-post-episode-premium_state":"","libsyn-episode-shortcode":"","libsyn-episode-embedurl":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1193],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\nPraying Too Fast - Greg and Jennifer Willits<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Podcasting since 2005 & Married 10 years longer than that. 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