Is there anyone here who has some misgivings about the rosary?
Has anyone had any negative or scary prayer experiences while praying the rosary?
Does anyone have doubts about the rosary being an acceptable form of prayer given its repetitive nature?
Does anyone have doubts about praying to Mary?

I would like to hear what your thoughts are.

Also, what interest do you think the devil has in the rosary if any?
Would the devil want people to pray the rosary or not pray the rosary.  And if he doesn't want them to pray it, why?

If I'm not mistaken, Pope Leo XIII wrote at least 6 Papal Encyclicals on The Rosary. That should answer your question.

http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Leo13/l13ro3.htm

COMMENDING DEVOTION TO THE ROSARY
LAETITIAE SANCTAE

Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII promulgated on September 8, 1893.

To Our Venerable Brethren the Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, Bishops, and other Ordinaries, having Peace and Communion with the Apostolic See.

Venerable Brethren, Greeting and Apostolic Benediction.

The sacred joy which it has been given to Us to feel in attaining the fiftieth anniversary of Our Episcopal Consecration has been deepened by the knowledge that it was shared by the people of the whole Catholic world, and that as a father in the midst of his children We have been consoled by the touching testimonies of their loyalty and love. We gratefully accept it and record it as a fresh proof of God's special providence, and one which is markedly full of bounty to Ourselves, and of blessing to the Church.

2. At the same time We love to offer Our thanks for this signal benefit to the august Mother of God, whose powerful intercession We feel to have been exercised in Our behalf. For hers is the loving kindness which, during the length of years and the vicissitudes of life, has never failed Us, and which day by day seems to draw nearer to Us than ever, filling Our soul with gladness, and strengthening Us with a confidence of which the surety is higher than the things of time. It is as if the voice of the heavenly Queen made itself heard to Us, at one moment graciously consoling Us in the midst of trials; at another guiding Us by her counsel in directing the great work of the salvation of souls; at another, urging Us to admonish the Christian people to advance in piety and in the practice of every virtue. For Us it is once more a joy as well as a duty to respond to her inspirations. Amongst the happy results which have already rewarded Our exhortations which were due to her prompting, We have to reckon the remarkable impulse given to the Devotion of the Most Holy Rosary. This awakening has made itself felt in the increased number of Confraternities instituted for the purpose, the voluminous literature of pious and learned works written upon the subject, and the manifold tributes which Christian art has not failed to bring to its service. And now, as if for yet another time, listening to the voice of the same zealous Mother, who calls upon Us to "cry out and cease not," We rejoice once more to address you, Venerable Brethren, upon the subject of the Rosary, standing as We do upon the eve of that month of October which, by the award of special Indulgences, We have deemed it well to dedicate to this most popular devotion. Our appeal to you, however, will not be directed so much to add any further recommendation of a method of prayer so praiseworthy in itself, nor yet to press upon the faithful the necessity of practicing it still more fervently, but rather to point out how we may draw from this devotion certain advantages which are especially valuable and needful at the present day.

3. For We are convinced that the Rosary, if devoutly used, is bound to benefit not only the individual but society at large.

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  An answer to the objection that rosary is repetitive:
http://www.fisheaters.com/vainrepetitions.html

SJB I am looking over the docuмents you gave me, thanks.  I will reply if any questions come up.
Gladius Veritatis I have read that book. Thanks.
Spouse of Jesus I read the page you gave me but it didn't reassure me because of the weight of Jesus's words and the fact that all of the examples that page gives precede the rosary, such as the bible and St. John Chrysostom, meaning, they do not address the rosary but all vain prayers,under which category the rosary could very well fall.

From the webpage they say:
That Christ Himself prayed in repetitions. Matthew 26:44: "And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words". Mark 14:39 reads: "And again he went away, and prayed, and spake the same words."

That is not praying in repetitions, this is from the Douay-Rheims

And going a little further, he fell upon his face, praying, and saying: My Father, if it be possible, let this chalice pass from me. Nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. [40] And he cometh to his disciples, and findeth them asleep, and he saith to Peter: What? Could you not watch one hour with me?

[41] Watch ye, and pray that ye enter not into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh weak. [42] Again the second time, he went and prayed, saying: My Father, if this chalice may not pass away, but I must drink it, thy will be done. [43] And he cometh again and findeth them sleeping: for their eyes were heavy. [44] And leaving them, he went again: and he prayed the third time, saying the selfsame word.

If I come into a room and say a prayer, then leave the building and go down the road and converse with people there, then depart and go back and say another prayer..etc.. that is not a "repetitious" prayer.

A repetitious prayer is saying the same thing over and over again without stopping.  It is not to say that you cannot say the same prayer several times in one day or one hour.  It is to say that you should not repeat the same sentence over and over thinking that by saying it 5 times instead of 1 time you are having more effect on God.

The Rosary is the heavenly sent compedium of the holy Mysteries of our faith and the mirror of all virtues as exemplified in Our Lord and His most holy Mother: the best of what we ought to believe and to imitate are to be found in the Holy Rosary. Herein lies the great efficacy and excellence of this great prayer.

Don't take my word for it. Listen to Rev. Father Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O. P., the sometime Professor of Dogma and Mystical Theology at the Angelicuм. This is from his book The Mother of The Savior and Our Interior Life, translated by Rev. Father Bernard J. Kelley (Dublin: Golden Eagle Books, Ltd., 1948; Imprimatur: + John Carol, Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland, 8 Dec. 1948).

Thank you Hobbledehoy.

The encyclicals are bringing up more questions.  For instance, how did Christians pray for 1200 (or 1300?) years before the rosary?

And secondly, if Mary is indeed our "Mother" as Christ is our "Father and brother" (from Adiutricem) then why is there no records of Mary's life after Christ was crucified?  If she was so important to the apostles and the early communities how come we don't know anything about the rest of her life or her role in the spreading of the gospel?

7. It is impossible to measure the power and scope of her offices since the day she was taken up to that height of heavenly glory in the company of her Son, to which the dignity and luster of her merits entitle her. From her heavenly abode she began, by God's decree, to watch over the Church, to assist and befriend us as our Mother; so that she who was so intimately associated with the mystery of human salvation is just as closely associated with the distribution of the graces which for all time will flow from the Redemption.

Of course its impossible to measure!

Doesn't all grace come from God?

How does he get all that from Christ telling his mother "Woman, behold thy son." And to his disciple: "Behold thy mother."?

I will continue to read the encyclicals for answers.  If anyone knows the answers to how Mary became so closely associated with the distribution of graces from heaven, please chime in.

8. The power thus put into her hands is all but unlimited.

Unlimited power!  wow.

From http://orthodoxwiki.org/Theotokos

1. Adoption at the Third Ecuмenical Council

As a title for the Virgin Mary, Theotokos was recognized by the Orthodox Church at Third Ecuмenical Council held at Ephesus in 431. It had already been in use for some time in the devotional and liturgical life of the Church. The theological significance of the title is to emphasize that Mary's son, Jesus, is fully God, as well as fully human, and that Jesus' two natures (divine and human) were united in a single Person of the Trinity. The competing view at that council was that Mary should be called Christotokos instead, meaning "Birth-giver to Christ." This was the view advocated by Nestorius, then Patriarch of Constantinople. The intent behind calling her Christotokos was to restrict her role to be only the mother of "Christ's humanity" and not his divine nature.

Nestorius' view was anathematized by the Council as heresy, (see Nestorianism), since it was considered to be dividing Jesus into two distinct persons, one who was Son of Mary, and another, the divine nature, who was not. It was defined that although Jesus has two natures, human and divine, these are eternally united in one personhood. Because Mary is the mother of God the Son, she is therefore duly entitled Theotokos.

Calling Mary the Theotokos or the Mother of God (Μητηρ Θεου) was never meant to suggest that Mary was coeternal with God, or that she existed before Jesus Christ or God existed. The Church acknowledges the mystery in the words of this ancient hymn: "He whom the entire universe could not contain was contained within your womb, O Theotokos."

The title "Theotokos" continues to be used frequently in the hymns of the Orthodox Church.

I am not understanding the logic.  Mary is the Mother of God.  Does this mean that Mary is above God?  Or equal to God? Or not in any way equal to God?

I understand that she is the Mother of Jesus who is the Son of God and part of the trinity, but when Mary is said to have "unlimited" power I find this very confusing.

Mentally, if I ascribe to Mary unlimited power then she is on par with God, and how can that be?  She is not part of the trinity and Jesus did not pray to Mary when he was on the cross.  He doesn't even say to pray to Mary.

I apologize if my questions irritate some Catholics.  But it doesn't make sense to me.

I understand that Mary is special.  I understand that she is a saint.  But I don't understand her as being unlimited in her powers.  I can understand how Jesus is the Son of God because of the Resurrection and all the miracles he performed and all his teachings.  But Mary didn't come back from the dead. Mary didn't preach the gospel, she didn't heal the sick?

How is it she has unlimited powers?  I simply do not understand this.