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 20 decades every day if you can, that way you'll cover for those days you can only get in 5, 10 or 15 decades.
20 decades? Do you pray the Luminous Mysteries?


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We absolutely see God's Hand in this.  ….. 
The closer we get to God the more we see His hand in everything. I can't say how many times a day a see his hand in my work, when I figure something out, have an idea that solves everything or when I didn't take an eye out, or lose a finger in my daily home maintenance/yard/tree/car work/driving. My guardian angel has had a full time job keeping me whole.


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20 decades? Do you pray the Luminous Mysteries?
No, never. I will leave it at that.
Personally, I normally like to pray them in order, so I start with the Joyful mysteries, then Sorrowful, then Glorious. If I pray more decades after that, then it's whatever. For me, I have prayed only the Glorious mysteries since Easter and will do that until Ascension Thursday, then go back to praying them in order after that.
"But Peter and the apostles answering, said: We ought to obey God, rather than men." - Acts 5:29

The Highest Principle in the Church: "We are first of all under obedience to God, and only then under obedience to man" - Fr. Hesse

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No, never. I will leave it at that.
Personally, I normally like to pray them in order, so I start with the Joyful mysteries, then Sorrowful, then Glorious. If I pray more decades after that, then it's whatever. For me, I have prayed only the Glorious mysteries since Easter and will do that until Ascension Thursday, then go back to praying them in order after that.
Nice. How do you make time for it? 

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I usually try to say most before I get out of bed in the morning. Doesn't always work, but when it doesn't, then I often do it the Fr. Hesse way. Just listen for about 90 seconds starting at about the 6:30 mark. 

https://youtu.be/VF6jK8_Pr7I?t=4
"But Peter and the apostles answering, said: We ought to obey God, rather than men." - Acts 5:29

The Highest Principle in the Church: "We are first of all under obedience to God, and only then under obedience to man" - Fr. Hesse


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I usually try to say most before I get out of bed in the morning. Doesn't always work, but when it doesn't, then I often do it the Fr. Hesse way. Just listen for about 90 seconds starting at about the 6:30 mark.  

https://youtu.be/VF6jK8_Pr7I?t=4
Before you get out of bed in the morning? You mean you pray lying down on the bed?
I've thought about praying it just like "Fr." Hesse says there, but it never felt right to me. You barely concentrate and I just think it's not that effective nor respectful.
I would not take anything Hesse said seriously, since he believed and said such outrageous things, errors and falsehoods.
You seriously can't set aside 25-60 minutes each day to pray with all your intent and devotion? Do you live by yourself?
If the Muslim infidels set aside time to pray with all their attention and devotion, someone who calls himself Catholic sure as hell should take care to do the same, at the very least.

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Before you get out of bed in the morning? You mean you pray lying down on the bed?
I've thought about praying it just like "Fr." Hesse says there, but it never felt right to me. You barely concentrate and I just think it's not that effective nor respectful.
I would not take anything Hesse said seriously, since he believed and said such outrageous things, errors and falsehoods.
You seriously can't set aside 25-60 minutes each day to pray with all your intent and devotion? Do you live by yourself?
If the Muslim infidels set aside time to pray with all their attention and devotion, someone who calls himself Catholic sure as hell should take care to do the same, at the very least.
Thess 5:17 Pray without ceasing! How do you know Muslim infidels pray with attention and devotion?
Help of Christians, guard our land from assault or inward stain,
Let it be what God has planned, His new Eden where You reign.

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Before you get out of bed in the morning? You mean you pray lying down on the bed?
I've thought about praying it just like "Fr." Hesse says there, but it never felt right to me. You barely concentrate and I just think it's not that effective nor respectful.
I would not take anything Hesse said seriously, since he believed and said such outrageous things, errors and falsehoods.
You seriously can't set aside 25-60 minutes each day to pray with all your intent and devotion? Do you live by yourself?
If the Muslim infidels set aside time to pray with all their attention and devotion, someone who calls himself Catholic sure as hell should take care to do the same, at the very least.
Yours isn't, but my concentration is fine in the morning - and prayer is always good no matter the time or place. For me, I always start with my morning offering first, then rosary, it's the best possible way for me to start my day. Also, I usually set aside more than 25-60 minutes each day, but for me prayer and meditation starts when I wake up.  I don't think that most sedes like Fr. Hesse, nor do those lacking faith, but I have found him to be quite edifying, not quite as edifying as Fr. Wathen, but still a very, very good teacher who most certainly preaches the Catholic faith. It works for me.

For those who don't, praying 15 decades daily is life changing as long as you keep doing it. Hopefully the OP will take heed. I think that those who pray the 15 decades daily know what I am talking about, those who don't, can't know what I am talking about. Just do it, whether on your knees or while washing your car, pray, pray, "pray without ceasing" is what matters - there is nothing in this world easier to do than pray.
"But Peter and the apostles answering, said: We ought to obey God, rather than men." - Acts 5:29

The Highest Principle in the Church: "We are first of all under obedience to God, and only then under obedience to man" - Fr. Hesse


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Thess 5:17 Pray without ceasing! How do you know Muslim infidels pray with attention and devotion?
That  passage is not literal, obviously, and what I meant about Muslims is that they pray with attention and devotion according to their beliefs, not in actual fact of course. In their minds they're giving it their all and they are not ashamed of going to the side to prostrate to pray etc.; they don't do their prayers while they do something else but instead give it their full attention. 

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That  passage is not literal, obviously, and what I meant about Muslims is that they pray with attention and devotion according to their beliefs, not in actual fact of course. In their minds they're giving it their all and they are not ashamed of going to the side to prostrate to pray etc.; they don't do their prayers while they do something else but instead give it their full attention.
Who says it's not literal? It most certainly is literal, obviously.

And don't bring Muslims into the mix at all, the devil requires them to pray to him that way. You never see Catholics praying like that - never, not ever - even when we have Almighty God Himself right before us in the Blessed Sacrament we don't pray the way that the sons of the devil pray to their god, and we never have and there's a very good reason for that., Why you might ask? Just look what praying that way did to the Muslims.  Get it?
"But Peter and the apostles answering, said: We ought to obey God, rather than men." - Acts 5:29

The Highest Principle in the Church: "We are first of all under obedience to God, and only then under obedience to man" - Fr. Hesse

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Who says it's not literal? It most certainly is literal, obviously.
The Bible commentaries, oh but you’re a Feeneyite, so you interpret the Bible in your own way. 


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Everyone is different.  My mind is most alert and clear in the morning.  I struggle late at night.  I also really don't like saying the Rosary while driving.  Just bothers me somehow.

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When Scripture says “pray without ceasing” that is very literal.  We know this because the saints have explained how to do it.  Praying is not always verbal or mental; it can be, as St Therese explained, doing daily tasks and out daily duty.  This was her “little way”.  

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When Scripture says “pray without ceasing” that is very literal.  We know this because the saints have explained how to do it.  Praying is not always verbal or mental; it can be, as St Therese explained, doing daily tasks and out daily duty.  This was her “little way”.  
I don't know why Nadir brought that passage up since it has nothing to do with the issue. The issue here is the notion that "there's no time" to set aside 20-60 minutes each day to pray the Rosary exclusively and give it your full attention, so you must resort to praying the Rosary WHILE you do anything else, and hence you'll never pray it giving it your full attention. It's ridiculous and anyone who says they "have no time" to do it simply isn't making time for it.
Hesse claiming he never had time to pray with full attention just gives you an idea of the kind of person he was. 

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Hesse claiming he never had time to pray with full attention just gives you an idea of the kind of person he was.

Yes, NOT a good sign at all.