tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post5459057384732020926..comments2024-03-25T17:14:03.066-07:00Comments on The New Theological Movement: Three sets of five tips for the Family RosaryFather Ryan Erlenbushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07557817305024750902noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-11527567967578223562012-10-08T15:20:37.147-07:002012-10-08T15:20:37.147-07:00If your wife does not wear a burqa, thank a Cathol...If your wife does not wear a burqa, thank a Catholic.<br /><br />If you do not have to descend to a prayer mat five times a day, thank a Catholic<br /><br />If you do not have to pay the Jizya, thank a Catholic.<br /><br />If you do not have to make the Hajj, thank a Catholic.<br /><br />If you do not think that Mahomet was a prophet, thank a Catholic for it wasn't the protestants or the Jews who stopped the Mahometans<br />Mick Jagger Gathers No Mosquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12879499915093940176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-2929794731966447222012-10-08T11:16:47.824-07:002012-10-08T11:16:47.824-07:00The rosary demands a lot of attention from attenti...The rosary demands a lot of attention from attention-challenged little kids, 'tis true. I prefer the chaplet of Divine Mercy. Even that can be difficult, because it is repetitive, but it doesn't take too long.<br /><br />When doing the rosary with my young son, usually I will only do a decade or two. If we are driving in the car on the way to school, I will announce the mystery number, and ask if he can name it. 'The fifth glorious mystery is?" And then, just a brief scriptural or liturgical quote or prayer, now that he understands what the particular mysteries refer to, e.g.: 'O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.'<br /><br />The most wonderful thing about being a father is getting to pass on the faith, in my opinion. It is more satisfying than anything else I can think of that I do.<br /><br />yanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-53315452477370632912012-10-07T10:51:11.671-07:002012-10-07T10:51:11.671-07:00Whats your opinion on the scriptural rosary with K...Whats your opinion on the scriptural rosary with Kids? Do you think that it extends the time too much?Noah Moerbeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01429351174719821413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-44363722146269625862012-10-07T10:34:37.330-07:002012-10-07T10:34:37.330-07:00"The early morning, especially, is a time whe..."The early morning, especially, is a time when the children will be quieter and less apt to horse-play." I agree, this is probably the way to go.<br /><br />My memory of the family rosary as a child: Having a great time playing outside with my friends in the summer twilight only to be called in to say the Rosary. Sad to say, it rendered the Rosary obnoxious to me for years. As a result, in raising my own children the family rosary was not part of the program- for fear of turning them off on the Rosary and the faith.<br /><br />However, in the evening we did read the Chronicles of Narnia ( or some other good secular literature) for half an hour, a good book length life of a saint for half an hour, and studied the Baltimore Catechism for 20 minutes. After that, the Salve Regina or the Shield of St. Patrick and off to bed you go. We had a prayerful, peaceful, quiet home . . . and Our Lady was part of it. <br /><br />Also, until the kids were about ten or eleven, every time they wanted to go out to play, we would pray with them a spontaneous prayer asking for their physical safety and then would take the opportunity to load them down with blessings from here to eternity. It would happen two or three times a day, their running up to us and saying, "Daddy, Daddy, Daddy, would you pray with me? I want to go out to play!"<br /><br />All of this I say by way of indicating to young parents that saying the family Rosary is not the only way to go. It may be the best, but there is such a thing as letting the best become the enemy of the good. Better a steady rhythm of prayer in the home than sporadic, ill-thought-out attempts at the family rosary. Lee Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16506547355314136320noreply@blogger.com