[Magdalen] Hit and Run Devotion?

[Lynn Ronkainen]

>From the time I was a child up well into my 30s the communal recitation of 
the rosary was a seeming 'Borg like' rendition (star trek reference) to me 
and something I 'left' when I left the RC church.  It was not until I began 
to understand the meditative (in heart/spirit) nature of the very aspects 
that befuddled me, that I began to see *how* that facet of rosary praying 
had such a niche in one's prayer life.

My grandmother prayed the rosary daily, one time for each of her children 
and their families, and the families of the great-greats when they came 
along.  She was a French Canadian RC and I understand from friends in that 
part of the country and ours (New England states, where many settled) that 
their brand of RC ran deep.

Lynn

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When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

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Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Hit and Run Devotion?

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> In a message dated 9/14/2015 11:57:40 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> scottknitter at gmail.com writes:
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> heard  them talking and wondered, "Who comes into a quiet church to
> gab?" Then I  realized they were praying the Rosary in  Spanish.>>>>>>>
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> About 1947, one of my uncles died.  He had been married for more
> than 20 years to a Roman Catholic at a time when it was shocking for
> Protestants (he was a Lutheran) to marry Catholics.
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> After a long while going to separate churches, my uncle converted,
> causing another shockwave.  I was first introduced to the Rosary  during
> his wake, and as a small town Methodist, I was astounded with the
> nasal chanting and clanking of beads associated.  I couldn't have  been
> more dumbfounded by a Martian liturgy.
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> David Strang.
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