I’m a Protestant but, I’ve always admired Catholicism I’ve heard mass a few times the one thing I still think is cool is you can go to church everyday, most Protestant denominations unless it’s a potluck or a special baptism, we only get to go on Sunday so Godspeed y’all and keep the faith.
Ooo, if would listen to Traditional Priests such as Father Chad Ripperger, Father Robert Altier, Father James Mawdsley, Father Mike Rodriguez and others who are don't remember their name right now you would be so amazed.
People sing a song over and over again like their favorite worship song. For me it’s the rosary that’s my favorite so I say it over and over. Ever since praying the rosary my spiritual life has improved greatly.
@@edm-london1660 I would argue Mary is infinitely closer to God than we are to God, considering she had God in her womb. Also every Catholic has venerated Mary the Theotokos since the time of Christ.
@@edm-london1660 So you're going against Church teaching? This is protestant arguments. So either you need to learn the True Church and hopefully you come more in line with Christ's teaching, or you're actually a protestant. Mary intercedes for us and is the Queen of heaven.
Yes, the Rosary is a meditation on the Life of Jesus which happens to include the Blessed Mother. Thank you Fr. Mike for explaining this. Your explanation makes the best sense. BTW, PLEASE wear Sunscreen, Keep yourself safe as you are always in my Prayers with all the clergy of the Church and our Pope Francis. May you ALWAYS be inspired and led by the Holy Spirit in all the Fine Details. 🙏✝️
I really needs this today. I lost my job in March & have not been able to secure a new one. I’ve been praying more, asked my mom & friends/family to pray, nada! I now realize I have a good God who knows what I need & when I need it! To you God all the glory, te entregó mi familia Señor y Dios Mío Amén 🙏 Grisel Sánchez
When I lost my job, I made a novena to St. Joseph, patron saint of workers, and also a novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I got a new job on the 9th day.
Amen Father Mike! When I pray my daily Rosary, I feel so relaxed and at peace. I ask for the same thing: the strength to walk in the footsteps of Jesus and a heart overflowing with love, forgiveness, and peace for everyone I will come in contact with this day. I dearly love my Heavenly and holy family. Thank you for your phenomenal videos.
Oh I love the rosary! Each mystery is a meditation on various aspects of our Lord's life. Such a beautiful way to pray with Mary to grow closer to Jesus!
Thank you Fr. Mike, this passage interests me a lot as I used to take it literally meaning that I thought that I shouldn't talk too long in prayer and that scared me because I have trouble forming clear sentences without uttering and pausing, this helps clears a lot of misunderstanding I had before, turns out those warnings had context to the people who prayed to pagan gods. Now when I pray to God I will imagine as if I am talking to a friend in a nice cozy place, where we get to pour heart to heart. God bless you all brothers and sisters
Meditation on the life of Our Savior Jesus Christ is a wonderful blessing🙏 Although the rosary might seem repetitive to those who do not genuinely know the rosary, as it does have beautiful prayers, but it is all about the life of Jesus as it touches our hearts beyond compare.🙏
Yes! GOD is GOOD. Prayer to rosary is so good because we meditate on the life Jesus and I am humbled. Always. Because God is Good. It truly is that simple.
@@BenjiDiMaggio Yes, sadly I see too much of that happening as well. There is so much peace and good in praying the rosary, I get sad when I see some people abuse it. That should not influence us to stop tho. I have a beautiful framed photo in my house of Mary holding baby Jesus. They are together. As it should be.
The Rosary is a meditation in the life of Christ. What is your problem if they pray in front of Mary statue. You and your divisive group made the pastor remove the Mary state and now they Rosary group doesn't pray anymore. Maybe it's because of you. You are hurting people's devotion to Jesus Christ. You are the problem. Not them.
When you're in emergency situation we can't even think how to pray in a proper way.. catholic used to pray the repetitive prayers exmp.. our father.. holy rosary and divine mercy .. all of that prayers are powerful...
The Rosary comes directly from the Gospel of Luke. Dear Jesus please help my words to You be words of Love and Hope. Help me be consistent and concise. Thank you for the prayer of the Rosary. Help me to not Babble. Amen. Thank you, Father Mike.
I have learned so much from your videos. You have helped me grow my faith. In my youth group, we are learning about the 4 marks of the church, I would love to see a video about them! Thank you :)
Bless you, Father. Thank you for your videos. Your information and explanations are very helpful. You are so full of energy, of spirit, but sometimes you speak so fast it's hard to keep uo with what you are saying. 😊👍🙏
God hears our prayers and knows our hearts. I think that is more important than any words we say. Sometimes I can hardly even get the word out, but I know he know my thoughts and needs. Sometimes I pray for others I don’t even know their names, but he also know them, their names and specific needs. That is what I depend on.
Always great listening to you, Father Mike. You are so interesting and clever. I'm glad you are speaking on this topic, because when I say the rosary daily, I feel like I'm babbling. You cleared this up for me here. Thank you! You're great.
Fr Mike, thank you for helping me with something i struggle with. When someone outside the Catholic faith criticizes our Beautiful Church, i get extremely angry and hateful. Youre teaching me how to defend our faith with love and scripture and truth
@@darth-gerry6659 You worship where you’re comfortable, I know exactly how you feel and hey freedom of religion is needing to be stressed more as a nation, I’m a believer too but I don’t think we need The Ten Commandments in a public school, of course they’re a blessing and great mantras of daily practice living but, not everyone hast to believe the same way we do but yeah, I know ow exactly what you mean, peace be with you….
Thank you Father Mike for this today! I was just thinking about this topic today, as an x-Catholic friend, who now leans Protestant, called the rosary "vain repetition" when speaking to me. Now I know how to respond.
I only started taking prayer a bit more serious a few months ago and to me, I’m terrible at it. I lose my thoughts, I don’t know what to say, I think I’m not praising Him enough, I repeat myself… I hope God doesn’t see me as a phony, because that’s how I see myself. I don’t want to be a fake.
I think it’s normal for thoughts to stray. When that happens to me, I say a Hail Mary. It doesn’t always work, but usually brings me back to my prayers
I am a Protestant attending Catholic mass twice a week out of respect for my wife. I'm enjoying it quite a bit for all sorts of good reasons. However, I do find it difficult during the various prayers to understand what is being said as the priest is typically reciting prayers very quickly and with very little variation in tone and with very little if any emphasis on any word or phrase. At first I thought it might just be this particular priest that I was listening to, but in the last couple of years I think I've heard seven or eight different priests giving masses and I believe every single one of them spoke in this very fast unemphasised manner. It is also the case with the prayers that the congregation says together or in response. The pace is always hurried I join in on the Lord's prayer but it's difficult to keep up with everyone else. The creed is also spoken very quickly and various other prayers that I know are standard and named but I don't know the names of. Sometimes some priests seem to sort of sing part of a prayer and I like that as the singing seems to require better enunciation. I know the Lord hears us all, but, in that these prayers are said out loud and often as a congregation, I think there would be value if these were said in a way that it was easier for the ear and mind to discern the meaning.
There should be a book "Missel" in the pew that has the Hymns that are sung but also has a section where you should be able to follow along with the readings and prayers.
I would recommend on TH-cam, Explaining the faith Father Chris Alar he's done probably 100 videos on a plethora of different topics. Im a cradle catholic and still learning from him. He's a great speaker. Funny and tells it like it is
Revelation 4:8 and the four living creatures had each of them, six wings; and round about, and within, they are full of eyes. And they rested not day and night saying: holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who will to come. “They rested not day or night, (repeating) holy, holy, holy“ How come no one is concerned with their vain repetition? Perhaps some courageous soul would be willing to go take it up with them. I’ll stand back here and watch. 🍿🫣
Father as there are devotion for so many. My belief is there should be a very large devotion to Jesus and made by Pope Francis direction, to all Clergy. I believe Jesus is not getting the world wide attention as others saints. Think this, Jesus wants to be Loved above all and must be. 🙏, a year devotion by the Catholic Church to Jesus alone.
That's the best way I've heard it explained, what do you Protestant listeners think about that? Does it make more sense now? I haven't heard it explained that way and that's so well put❤
Repetitive prayer, like the Rosary, can offer great spiritual benefits by fostering a deep sense of meditation and focus. As Father Mike explains, it allows us to reflect on the mysteries of Christ's life and build a rhythm that can anchor us in faith, especially during moments of distraction or anxiety. The repetition helps us internalize key spiritual truths and invites us into a state of contemplative prayer, where we can connect more deeply with God. But balancing repetition with intentionality is essential for making repetitive prayer spiritually enriching rather than empty. Thank you, Father.
Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is pure, dwell on these things" is a verse from the Bible, Philippians 4:8. Guard your heart, out of which is the problems of men. Proverbs 4:23 These are what encourages me to pray the rosary
Babbling like the pagans means for example meditating on meaningless sylables being repeated over and over again while believing that is your prayer to an idol or to the gods plural. We Christians including from the Roman Catholic worship rite believe that the only way to our father in heaven is through Jesus Christ. Praising the human mother of Jesus Christ who gave birth while still a virgin requires being humble enough to acknowledge in prayer that Jesus Christ is god made flesh through her.
I’m Catholic, but have recently questioned why we pray to Mother Mary, saints, and angels. Like you said in the video, we don’t have to compete for God the Father’s love and attention. So why not just pray to him directly?
@@crorioga God the Father is beyond human comprehension. I don’t think we can necessarily compare Him to human limitations. It’s my belief that he wants us to become spiritually closer to him, which to me means praying to Him directly. And I’m not just talking about reciting the Our Father. I’m talking about having a dialogue with Him and to be guided by the Holy Spirit. He may not have a conversation with us, like you and I have conversations, but I do believe He indirectly responds to our prayers… in His time and when it’s His will. It’s up to us to recognize His response and to either accept it or ignore it. Anyway, I think I’m getting off topic, lol… my point is, don’t underestimate your goal of becoming closer to God. Pray to Him, and strengthen your faith and relationship with Him. God Bless. 🙏🏽
@@JohnDAlmonte Exactly. By my human limitation I can't fully comprehend God, or His answers to my conversations. Good thing there are beings who no longer have those limitations. Are you trying to stop me from asking for their help?
My Father says to just think about the person you want to pray for and that's all you need to do. I use transcendental meditation to pray myself most of the time. I think Jesus might of been talking about people showing off praying excessively in some cases too. Imho, Jesus was all about praying on the down low if you catch my drift. Thanks! Be blessed!!
I think about the times when misbehaved students wrote on the blackboard, " I will pay attention in class" repeated 100 times. What did the teacher do everytime.....he/she would erase it as soon as class ended. Doesn't the Lord our God do the same with meaningless repeated words. He wants what is in the heart not repeated words....
Wonderful talk Father. Although that their real objection is most often more with respect to the need for penance or sacrifice. Acknowledging that would expose the lie of their belief system.
The Bible DOES say “Don’t recite the same prater over and over as the heathen do, who think prayers are answer only by repeating them again and again” Mt 6:7-8. However, I think this refers to the repetition of empty words as opposed to repetition of a Hail Mary during the recitation of the Rosary, meant to help you meditate on the mystery you are praying. Also, by entering in this meditative state we allow the Holy Spirit to enter and move within us, producing the fruits of the HS, as opposed to just repeating thoughtless words. IMHO. Gob Bless
Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you; and I will instruct you in the good and the right way. - 1 Samuel 12:23
Jesus said: When you pray, there is no need to use many words. Your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Pray like this: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Jesus did not condemn repeating prayers or using prayer beads like the rosary. He was condemning "babbling like the pagans" - the practice of the pagan religions to try to get the attention of their many gods through lengthy, repetitive prayers. Jesus himself repeated prayers, such as in the Garden of Gethsemane, and as a Jew would have frequently prayed the Psalms, which involve repetition. The pagan religions believed their gods were capricious and uncaring, so they had to try to appease them through elaborate rituals and incantations. In contrast, Jesus teaches that we can approach God the Father directly, knowing that He loves us and wants our attention, not the other way around. When Catholics pray the rosary, the goal is not to convince an indifferent God, but to meditate on the life of Jesus with the help of His mother Mary. The rosary and other repeated prayers allow us to approach God as a loving Father, not as pagans trying to get the attention of uncaring deities.
As someone who's been looking into Catholicism, and has prayed the rosary many times, this one still gets me. The phrase "But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do" is from the KJV. While I wouldn't suggest the KJV is more reliable than modern translations, in this case it seems to be a closer translation than the NAB as the Greek literally translates to "When you pray, use not useless repetition as the ones of (the) nations [i.e., heathens/pagans]: for they think that they shall be heard for the much saying of them." The phrasing "babbling like the pagans" seems to confuse the issue when that verse really is talking about repetition and not what we would think of today as babbling.
My neighbor's way of communicating with me consists in repeating the same 5 sentences 50 times. It never works. Actually, I hide from him when he opens his mouth now.
Jesus said don’t use repetition because He wants us to understand that our Father hears what we say the first time. We only need to pray once for Him to hear us, just like in any good relationship.
A lot of protestants say, "Just pray through Jesus". Y'all should know that Catholics do pray to God through Jesus. We also meditate on his life, through the rosary. It's not like we just sit around and say Hail Mary's and pray for intercession from saints all day. We also read the Bible, and every Mass is Christ centered with more read from the Bible than any protestant church I've gone to. We are encouraged to read the Bible and pray. Also the ones that believe "faith alone", even the demons know that Christ is Lord. You still have to live out the Christian life. It's not a one and done sinners prayer. Believing is obviously important, but it's not all that you need for salvation.
Couldn't this ("babbling," "repeating") also refer to just saying "the words" from memorization without thinking about them or feeling them? Sometimes, when I pray, I must consciously slow myself down to consider what I'm saying or thinking. I remind myself that I need to understand and mean it with intention (as best as I am capable). It's not just to do it, to get through it, as if a chore or checking off a box.
Ignore those people, they do the work of the one who hates and fears Our Lady. Saint Pio of Pietrelcina says the Rosary is his weapon. Against whom you ask? The evil one. All you need to know…. In particular I have learned to say the ‘Hail Mary’ in French. Whenever I have a tough task, I start saying ‘Je vous salue Marie …’ and before you know it.. the task is done. Not mindless as I have to concentrate on translating from French to English in my mind in order for it to be truly meditational, if that makes sense. Our Blessed Mother intercedes on our behalf to her Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Saying prayers like these including Our Father back to back, can keep the evil one from intruding in our thoughts imo. Spiritual warfare… Thanksgiving for this presentation! Viva Cristo Rey! Ave Marie! 🙏🙏🙏🌹🙏🙏🙏
On each Hail Mary and Our Father recitation, there is a deep conversation with God and with our Blessed Mother. For instance, in the second Joyful Mystery, the Visitation of our Blessed Mother to her cousin Elizabeth. We ask our Lady to visit us along with Her Son, our home, places, countries, churches, and any areas in our spiritual lives we need to most help with. I mean, the list is endless. We also meditate and contemplate the Mysteries of our Lord. Another example: we asked our Lord the Blood Which flew from His head Crowned with thorns to flow on aborted babies' Souls, in purgatory, in our wounds, etc. The secret: stay still and stay focused. I'm very confused about how it could be a repetition to anyone. It's just unlimited how the Holy Spirit can inspire us. Like many other prayers, the Holy Spirit is the One who inspired you on what to say during the recitation of the Holy Rosary. Which is the importance of staying still, and calm and focusing our imagination and whole being on God, Blessed Mother, Saints, and the Heavenly Hosts. It's a such Powerful Weapon because of how we pray for long periods of time although repeating the same prayer. There are so many fruits from the recitation of the Holy Rosary. Be still and have your mind & heart ❤ on God while praying it like any other prayers. The Recitation of the Holy Rosary is everything to me. If I accidentally leave it at home, I won’t be at ease until I go back to get it. The Holy Rosary is my Heart❤️and never without it. Always with me and it's my little companion 🌟. Our minds and imaginations could wander if only we stay still and let the Holy Spirit🕊🕊🕊 lead us through the entire Holy Rosary or prayers. I hope people learn how to say the Holy Rosary the right way and start to see the benefit of it! 🙏
I have no idea how doing so benefits me. Could you explain what those benefits are? If I knew what they were, I might better be able to tell if I was experiencing them.
@@markantonelli53 While any form of prayer is a response to God's invitation. When you pray, you are inviting God into your souls and you become one with Him. You open your heart ❤️ to Him about things that worried you, your concerns and joys etc. In fact, you are giving your concern to God to work on your soul and on our Hearts ❤️ even if you don't see the benefits immediately. We won't become spiritually mature in one day but it is a daily disposition and response to God's invitation. It is a matter of the quality of the amount of time we spend with God whether is during the Holy Bible Reading, Holy Rosary, or sporadic gaze on Him during our busy day (work, car, crowd, bus etc), Angelus prayers etc. and any form of prayer. The more we spend time with Him, the more we know Him, the more we love ❤️ Him and eventually, we become more like Him.
Praying for you Father Mike and everyone here in my Rosary! Happy Feast Day of Saint Gerard Majella (patron saint of pregnant women, childbirth, children, mothers, falsely accused people, good confessions, lay brothers, and unborn children). I prayed to Jesus for help with healing for those who lost the priceless precious gift of life, and I prayed for Jesus' help with protecting and defending the dignity of life from the moment of conception onward through the intercession of Saint Gerard Mejalla. Bible verses bringing to mind the dignity of life- Isaiah 49:15-16 Can a mother forget her infant, be without tenderness for the child of her womb? Even should she forget, I will never forget you. See, upon the palms of my hands I have engraved you; your walls are ever before me. Psalm 34:19 The Lord is close to the brokenhearted, saves those whose spirit is crushed. 1 Samuel 16:7 But the Lord said to Samuel: Do not judge from his appearance or from his lofty stature, because I have rejected him. God does not see as a mortal, who sees the appearance. The Lord looks into the heart. When Mother Mary was pregnant with Jesus, she went on an about eighty mile joyous journey to visit her cousin Saint Elizabeth (patron saint of expectant mothers and pregnant women) in her hour of need, Elizabeth said referencing her tiny child in her womb John the Baptist who was conceived when she was in old age: Luke 1:41-45 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said, “Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled.” Hope you have a light-filled peaceful joyful blessed day!
It’s hard for me to believe that Jesus liked when the Saints did extreme penances and hurt themselves so badly. Is this true? Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Please help me understand. It seems like self harm and do to others as you would do to you golden rule. We wouldn’t hurt someone else. Also Jesus calls us to love our neighbor as ourself loving ourself doesn’t seem like we would hurt ourself but I guess that’s teaches self control and that’s needed to get to Heaven. I still don’t understand physical harm anywhere to anyone including yourself I think it’s abuse. Any Catholic thoughts on this? Please share
It's only vain if it's vain. It's not a devotional panacea. Some people cannot avoid the distraction of the repetition and it IS to them vain. But not everyone. Some have such busy minds, they need the focus of repetition, especially in this distracting day.
Started saying the rosary Since July 2020 daily. Haven't stopped since.
I strive to have that discipline
Pray for me that I and my family may pray the rosary more regularly. Your testimony is very good and encouraging.
Remain blessed
For the last few months I have been praying the rosary daily and it has changed my life in amazing ways
Amen. ❤
Amen💜🙏
I’m a Protestant but, I’ve always admired Catholicism I’ve heard mass a few times the one thing I still think is cool is you can go to church everyday, most Protestant denominations unless it’s a potluck or a special baptism, we only get to go on Sunday so Godspeed y’all and keep the faith.
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You are most welcome, there is so much more!❤❤❤
You can try to go to Holy Mass anytime you want.
@@gloriahancock998 God bless you, have an AWESOME day.
@@kimberlysmiley0033 Amen! “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” Matthew 18:20
Father, Catholic content like yours, Bishop Robert Baron's, and Father Leo's make me grateful for TH-cam.
Ooo, if would listen to Traditional Priests such as Father Chad Ripperger, Father Robert Altier, Father James Mawdsley, Father Mike Rodriguez and others who are don't remember their name right now you would be so amazed.
@robpetrone Yes!!! Amen to that!! ❤🙏🏻
For someone who's struggle with distraction during prayers, rosary is a great spiritual exercise
People sing a song over and over again like their favorite worship song. For me it’s the rosary that’s my favorite so I say it over and over. Ever since praying the rosary my spiritual life has improved greatly.
Mine also. When I feel uptight or upset about something, I say the rosary, and suddenly a peace and clarity comes over me. It's miraculous.
@@edm-london1660 I would argue Mary is infinitely closer to God than we are to God, considering she had God in her womb. Also every Catholic has venerated Mary the Theotokos since the time of Christ.
@@edm-london1660 So you're going against Church teaching? This is protestant arguments. So either you need to learn the True Church and hopefully you come more in line with Christ's teaching, or you're actually a protestant.
Mary intercedes for us and is the Queen of heaven.
I have seen that person here before, always attacking catholics in a harsh way
"When We "Pray" Daily, We Are "Talking" To Our 'One, True, Living, And Loving,' "God" 'Through, With, And In' "Jesus Christ." Amen."
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Yes, the Rosary is a meditation on the Life of Jesus which happens to include the Blessed Mother. Thank you Fr. Mike for explaining this. Your explanation makes the best sense. BTW, PLEASE wear Sunscreen, Keep yourself safe as you are always in my Prayers with all the clergy of the Church and our Pope Francis. May you ALWAYS be inspired and led by the Holy Spirit in all the Fine Details. 🙏✝️
I was going to suggest some moisture surge by Clinique... I just had this convo with my 34 year old son last weekend... lol
bro was frank about it
I really needs this today. I lost my job in March & have not been able to secure a new one. I’ve been praying more, asked my mom & friends/family to pray, nada! I now realize I have a good God who knows what I need & when I need it! To you God all the glory, te entregó mi familia Señor y Dios Mío Amén 🙏 Grisel Sánchez
When I lost my job, I made a novena to St. Joseph, patron saint of workers, and also a novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I got a new job on the 9th day.
Amen Father Mike! When I pray my daily Rosary, I feel so relaxed and at peace. I ask for the same thing: the strength to walk in the footsteps of Jesus and a heart overflowing with love, forgiveness, and peace for everyone I will come in contact with this day. I dearly love my Heavenly and holy family. Thank you for your phenomenal videos.
Thank you for the explanation Fr. Mike
Oh I love the rosary! Each mystery is a meditation on various aspects of our Lord's life. Such a beautiful way to pray with Mary to grow closer to Jesus!
I’m so lucky and happy to be Catholic!
Father Mike is such a great teacher! 👏🏽I’m enjoying my daily devotions in Hallow with Father Mike…thank you God for Father Mike and his guidance 🙏🏽
Praying the rosary is so important. Thank you for the video. 😊.
Thank you Fr. Mike, this passage interests me a lot as I used to take it literally meaning that I thought that I shouldn't talk too long in prayer and that scared me because I have trouble forming clear sentences without uttering and pausing, this helps clears a lot of misunderstanding I had before, turns out those warnings had context to the people who prayed to pagan gods. Now when I pray to God I will imagine as if I am talking to a friend in a nice cozy place, where we get to pour heart to heart. God bless you all brothers and sisters
Bellissima spiegazione, il rosario con i suoi misteri è una preghiera cosi profonda ,basta recitare dal profondo del cuore .
Meditation on the life of Our Savior Jesus Christ is a wonderful blessing🙏 Although the rosary might seem repetitive to those who do not genuinely know the rosary, as it does have beautiful prayers, but it is all about the life of Jesus as it touches our hearts beyond compare.🙏
❤🙏🏼 prayers for you Father Mike. Thank you so much for your wisdom and love.
Thanks for the clarification, Fr. Mike ❤
Thank you. I cried with relief throughout this.
@@lawrence01www I did to 😭 and hey, we can always be thankful that we serve a living God
Thank you Father Mike, i always hear that from non-catholics. God bless you Father Mike! ✝️🛐❤️
Sadly some Catholics don't know their religion.
@@equine2020Very true.
With all things in God.
How committed are we too him.
More we are..the more we want to know.
AMEN
Same. Especially on social media sites where they start talking about The Blessed Mother and I find myself defending my Mother.
@@BenjiDiMaggiowhat utter nonsense you’ve come out with and satan has deceived you.
@@BenjiDiMaggio I highly doubt that you are Catholic.
Yes! GOD is GOOD.
Prayer to rosary is so good because we meditate on the life Jesus and I am humbled.
Always.
Because God is Good.
It truly is that simple.
Thank you Father Mike. I pray you continue spreading God's word and the great news of his love to all with ears to listen.
He's spreading the word of a false religion.
I didn’t even realize this was a concern. I am not Catholic, but I repeat myself in prayer quite often.
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Protestants love making issues where there isn’t one
Yes, a big concern. Protestants and anti-Catholics call the rosary "vain repetition". But they don't read the next sentence, as Fr. Mike describes.
@@BenjiDiMaggio Yes, sadly I see too much of that happening as well. There is so much peace and good in praying the rosary, I get sad when I see some people abuse it. That should not influence us to stop tho. I have a beautiful framed photo in my house of Mary holding baby Jesus. They are together. As it should be.
The Rosary is a meditation in the life of Christ. What is your problem if they pray in front of Mary statue. You and your divisive group made the pastor remove the Mary state and now they Rosary group doesn't pray anymore. Maybe it's because of you. You are hurting people's devotion to Jesus Christ. You are the problem. Not them.
God bless Father Mike.
This is such great testimony!!! I could always tell you were a very talented Priest. But, wow, this video was just amazing! Good job, bro!!!
When you're in emergency situation we can't even think how to pray in a proper way.. catholic used to pray the repetitive prayers exmp.. our father.. holy rosary and divine mercy .. all of that prayers are powerful...
Hello Fr. Mike Schmitz, I have returned to the Church after 14 years (Recently turned 27), thanks to your wonderful Bible in a Year Podcast
I love the rosary! Especially in conjunction with Hallow!
I agree wholeheartedly! Hallow has changed my prayer life and give it more structure and devotion.
The Rosary comes directly from the Gospel of Luke. Dear Jesus please help my words to You be words of Love and Hope. Help me be consistent and concise. Thank you for the prayer of the Rosary. Help me to not Babble. Amen.
Thank you, Father Mike.
thank you so much for these hopeful words you provide me to carry on on the path of the truth. Mother Mary bless you
I have learned so much from your videos. You have helped me grow my faith. In my youth group, we are learning about the 4 marks of the church, I would love to see a video about them! Thank you :)
Your explanation on the babbling pagans reminds me of Elijah on Mt Carmel in 1 Kings 18:16-45! Thank you 🙏🏻
Trust Jesus and pray….God is listening 🙏✝️🙏❤️
Thank you fr. Mike, for all your lessons. May God continue to bless you.Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱 👍🙏🙏🙏
Love this!!! Thank you Father Mike!! ❤🙏🏻
Bless you, Father. Thank you for your videos. Your information and explanations are very helpful. You are so full of energy, of spirit, but sometimes you speak so fast it's hard to keep uo with what you are saying. 😊👍🙏
God hears our prayers and knows our hearts. I think that is more important than any words we say. Sometimes I can hardly even get the word out, but I know he know my thoughts and needs. Sometimes I pray for others I don’t even know their names, but he also know them, their names and specific needs. That is what I depend on.
Thank you so much for taking the time to explain this. ❤
Thanks, Fr Mike, for clarifying this for us. We don't always think through these ideas. God Bless. Claire.
Always great listening to you, Father Mike. You are so interesting and clever. I'm glad you are speaking on this topic, because when I say the rosary daily, I feel like I'm babbling. You cleared this up for me here. Thank you! You're great.
Fr Mike, thank you for helping me with something i struggle with. When someone outside the Catholic faith criticizes our Beautiful Church, i get extremely angry and hateful. Youre teaching me how to defend our faith with love and scripture and truth
@@darth-gerry6659 You worship where you’re comfortable, I know exactly how you feel and hey freedom of religion is needing to be stressed more as a nation, I’m a believer too but I don’t think we need The Ten Commandments in a public school, of course they’re a blessing and great mantras of daily practice living but, not everyone hast to believe the same way we do but yeah, I know ow exactly what you mean, peace be with you….
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What does your answer have to do with the comment you’re responding to?
@@MarilynBoussaid-yd1vk I don’t remember, let me scroll back and see.
Thankyou for the detailed insights Fr.Mike...🙏🙏🙏
You are the best Father Mike. Thank you. 🙏🏻
I am one of the OrthoBros but I love Father Mike Schmitz’ explanations on stuff
What is an orthobro?
Thank you Father Mike for this today! I was just thinking about this topic today, as an x-Catholic friend, who now leans Protestant, called the rosary "vain repetition" when speaking to me. Now I know how to respond.
Beautifully said Father, thank you 🙏
Thank you 🙏 Father Mike
Praise to you God and lord Jesus Christ😇🙏❤
Father Mike! Can you do a video on what Catholics think of the modern practice of "speaking in tongues"?
THIS!!!!!
I only started taking prayer a bit more serious a few months ago and to me, I’m terrible at it. I lose my thoughts, I don’t know what to say, I think I’m not praising Him enough, I repeat myself… I hope God doesn’t see me as a phony, because that’s how I see myself. I don’t want to be a fake.
I think it’s normal for thoughts to stray. When that happens to me, I say a Hail Mary. It doesn’t always work, but usually brings me back to my prayers
You can ask Him for help in prayer. Ask him for everything you need!
I am a Protestant attending Catholic mass twice a week out of respect for my wife. I'm enjoying it quite a bit for all sorts of good reasons. However, I do find it difficult during the various prayers to understand what is being said as the priest is typically reciting prayers very quickly and with very little variation in tone and with very little if any emphasis on any word or phrase. At first I thought it might just be this particular priest that I was listening to, but in the last couple of years I think I've heard seven or eight different priests giving masses and I believe every single one of them spoke in this very fast unemphasised manner. It is also the case with the prayers that the congregation says together or in response. The pace is always hurried I join in on the Lord's prayer but it's difficult to keep up with everyone else. The creed is also spoken very quickly and various other prayers that I know are standard and named but I don't know the names of. Sometimes some priests seem to sort of sing part of a prayer and I like that as the singing seems to require better enunciation. I know the Lord hears us all, but, in that these prayers are said out loud and often as a congregation, I think there would be value if these were said in a way that it was easier for the ear and mind to discern the meaning.
There should be a book "Missel" in the pew that has the Hymns that are sung but also has a section where you should be able to follow along with the readings and prayers.
@smithterrielou you took the words out of my fingers.
I would recommend on TH-cam, Explaining the faith Father Chris Alar he's done probably 100 videos on a plethora of different topics. Im a cradle catholic and still learning from him. He's a great speaker. Funny and tells it like it is
I have to remind myself that my soul purpose is I'm there for the Holy Eucharist. ❤
It can be a bad habit to pray familiar prayers quickly...we need to be reminded to slow down and savour the words and meanings
Revelation 4:8 and the four living creatures had each of them, six wings; and round about, and within, they are full of eyes. And they rested not day and night saying: holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who will to come.
“They rested not day or night, (repeating) holy, holy, holy“ How come no one is concerned with their vain repetition? Perhaps some courageous soul would be willing to go take it up with them. I’ll stand back here and watch. 🍿🫣
I love your comment! That’s a great one! Thanks!
The Rosary is the Bible on Beads! Our Lady of Fatima- PRAY FOR US ❤🙏🏻
Thank you, Father!
For "Bible alone" folks: Psalm 136 is pretty darn repetitive.
Father as there are devotion for so many. My belief is there should be a very large devotion to Jesus and made by Pope Francis direction, to all Clergy. I believe Jesus is not getting the world wide attention as others saints. Think this, Jesus wants to be Loved above all and must be. 🙏, a year devotion by the Catholic Church to Jesus alone.
Now I don't doubt it's wrong to pray the rosary, I'll watch this video twice, thanks.
Perfect timing ❤
That's the best way I've heard it explained, what do you Protestant listeners think about that? Does it make more sense now? I haven't heard it explained that way and that's so well put❤
Excellent video!
Repetitive prayer, like the Rosary, can offer great spiritual benefits by fostering a deep sense of meditation and focus. As Father Mike explains, it allows us to reflect on the mysteries of Christ's life and build a rhythm that can anchor us in faith, especially during moments of distraction or anxiety. The repetition helps us internalize key spiritual truths and invites us into a state of contemplative prayer, where we can connect more deeply with God. But balancing repetition with intentionality is essential for making repetitive prayer spiritually enriching rather than empty. Thank you, Father.
Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is pure, dwell on these things" is a verse from the Bible, Philippians 4:8.
Guard your heart, out of which is the problems of men. Proverbs 4:23
These are what encourages me to pray the rosary
Because of you gathering have become closer to Jesus
Ty for sharing 😃
Babbling like the pagans means for example meditating on meaningless sylables being repeated over and over again while believing that is your prayer to an idol or to the gods plural. We Christians including from the Roman Catholic worship rite believe that the only way to our father in heaven is through Jesus Christ. Praising the human mother of Jesus Christ who gave birth while still a virgin requires being humble enough to acknowledge in prayer that Jesus Christ is god made flesh through her.
"God is in heaven and you are on Earth, therefore let your words be few." -Ecclesiastes 5:2
How many times is "few" ? 5 ? 10 ? 200 ? How can you know for sure if the words of the Rosary are "few" or "many" ?
I’m Catholic, but have recently questioned why we pray to Mother Mary, saints, and angels. Like you said in the video, we don’t have to compete for God the Father’s love and attention. So why not just pray to him directly?
Is someone stopping you from praying to God directly?
@@crorioga no
@@JohnDAlmonte What did you do the last time your car broke down? Did you call the company directly, get the parts and fix it yourself?
@@crorioga God the Father is beyond human comprehension. I don’t think we can necessarily compare Him to human limitations. It’s my belief that he wants us to become spiritually closer to him, which to me means praying to Him directly. And I’m not just talking about reciting the Our Father. I’m talking about having a dialogue with Him and to be guided by the Holy Spirit. He may not have a conversation with us, like you and I have conversations, but I do believe He indirectly responds to our prayers… in His time and when it’s His will. It’s up to us to recognize His response and to either accept it or ignore it. Anyway, I think I’m getting off topic, lol… my point is, don’t underestimate your goal of becoming closer to God. Pray to Him, and strengthen your faith and relationship with Him. God Bless. 🙏🏽
@@JohnDAlmonte Exactly. By my human limitation I can't fully comprehend God, or His answers to my conversations. Good thing there are beings who no longer have those limitations. Are you trying to stop me from asking for their help?
Amen thank you father
My Father says to just think about the person you want to pray for and that's all you need to do. I use transcendental meditation to pray myself most of the time. I think Jesus might of been talking about people showing off praying excessively in some cases too. Imho, Jesus was all about praying on the down low if you catch my drift. Thanks! Be blessed!!
I think about the times when misbehaved students wrote on the blackboard, " I will pay attention in class" repeated 100 times. What did the teacher do everytime.....he/she would erase it as soon as class ended. Doesn't the Lord our God do the same with meaningless repeated words. He wants what is in the heart not repeated words....
“Yea, hath God said, ‘Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?’”
If Jesus didn't want us to repeat prayers, he wouldn't have taught the Our Father.
Yes,, but he didn't say pray it over and over again.
@@BeholdAndLo-f4v He also didn't say only pray it once.
Wonderful talk Father. Although that their real objection is most often more with respect to the need for penance or sacrifice. Acknowledging that would expose the lie of their belief system.
Meditation on scripture. Beautiful
The Bible DOES say “Don’t recite the same prater over and over as the heathen do, who think prayers are answer only by repeating them again and again” Mt 6:7-8. However, I think this refers to the repetition of empty words as opposed to repetition of a Hail Mary during the recitation of the Rosary, meant to help you meditate on the mystery you are praying. Also, by entering in this meditative state we allow the Holy Spirit to enter and move within us, producing the fruits of the HS, as opposed to just repeating thoughtless words. IMHO. Gob Bless
Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you; and I will instruct you in the good and the right way. - 1 Samuel 12:23
well said father
Thanks!
Jesus said:
When you pray, there is no need to use many words. Your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Pray like this:
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
My problem is my mind goes blank sometimes when I pray so rambling helps me jump start my brain back up in what I pray for.
fr you are so good
Jesus did not condemn repeating prayers or using prayer beads like the rosary. He was condemning "babbling like the pagans" - the practice of the pagan religions to try to get the attention of their many gods through lengthy, repetitive prayers.
Jesus himself repeated prayers, such as in the Garden of Gethsemane, and as a Jew would have frequently prayed the Psalms, which involve repetition.
The pagan religions believed their gods were capricious and uncaring, so they had to try to appease them through elaborate rituals and incantations.
In contrast, Jesus teaches that we can approach God the Father directly, knowing that He loves us and wants our attention, not the other way around.
When Catholics pray the rosary, the goal is not to convince an indifferent God, but to meditate on the life of Jesus with the help of His mother Mary.
The rosary and other repeated prayers allow us to approach God as a loving Father, not as pagans trying to get the attention of uncaring deities.
As someone who's been looking into Catholicism, and has prayed the rosary many times, this one still gets me. The phrase "But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do" is from the KJV. While I wouldn't suggest the KJV is more reliable than modern translations, in this case it seems to be a closer translation than the NAB as the Greek literally translates to "When you pray, use not useless repetition as the ones of (the) nations [i.e., heathens/pagans]: for they think that they shall be heard for the much saying of them." The phrasing "babbling like the pagans" seems to confuse the issue when that verse really is talking about repetition and not what we would think of today as babbling.
My neighbor's way of communicating with me consists in repeating the same 5 sentences 50 times. It never works. Actually, I hide from him when he opens his mouth now.
I've been told...Next to The Holy Mass, The Rosary is the highest form of prayer. I believe it.
Jesus said don’t use repetition because He wants us to understand that our Father hears what we say the first time. We only need to pray once for Him to hear us, just like in any good relationship.
You can pray to God through Jesus Christ alone...
Yes, of course, Amen! There is no condemnation in praying in communion with The Saints in Heaven! Holy Holy Holy Lord!
A lot of protestants say, "Just pray through Jesus". Y'all should know that Catholics do pray to God through Jesus. We also meditate on his life, through the rosary. It's not like we just sit around and say Hail Mary's and pray for intercession from saints all day. We also read the Bible, and every Mass is Christ centered with more read from the Bible than any protestant church I've gone to. We are encouraged to read the Bible and pray.
Also the ones that believe "faith alone", even the demons know that Christ is Lord. You still have to live out the Christian life. It's not a one and done sinners prayer. Believing is obviously important, but it's not all that you need for salvation.
A prayer is from the heart not a prayer you know by heart.
It can be both depending on your devotions.
Couldn't this ("babbling," "repeating") also refer to just saying "the words" from memorization without thinking about them or feeling them? Sometimes, when I pray, I must consciously slow myself down to consider what I'm saying or thinking. I remind myself that I need to understand and mean it with intention (as best as I am capable). It's not just to do it, to get through it, as if a chore or checking off a box.
Prayer from memory and out of obedience is great!
I pray my Hail Mary's in bed, in the dark, minutes before going to sleep.
Ignore those people, they do the work of the one who hates and fears Our Lady. Saint Pio of Pietrelcina says the Rosary is his weapon. Against whom you ask? The evil one.
All you need to know…. In particular I have learned to say the ‘Hail Mary’ in French. Whenever I have a tough task,
I start saying ‘Je vous salue Marie …’ and before you know it.. the task is done. Not mindless as I have to concentrate on translating from French to English in my mind in order for it to be truly meditational, if that makes sense. Our Blessed Mother intercedes on our
behalf to her Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.
Saying prayers like these including Our Father back to back, can keep the evil one from intruding in our thoughts imo.
Spiritual warfare… Thanksgiving for this presentation!
Viva Cristo Rey! Ave Marie!
🙏🙏🙏🌹🙏🙏🙏
On each Hail Mary and Our Father recitation, there is a deep conversation with God and with our Blessed Mother.
For instance, in the second Joyful Mystery, the Visitation of our Blessed Mother to her cousin Elizabeth.
We ask our Lady to visit us along with Her Son, our home, places, countries, churches, and any areas in our spiritual lives we need to most help with.
I mean, the list is endless.
We also meditate and contemplate the
Mysteries of our Lord.
Another example: we asked our Lord the Blood Which flew from His head Crowned with thorns to flow on aborted babies' Souls, in purgatory, in our wounds, etc.
The secret: stay still and stay focused.
I'm very confused about how it could be a repetition to anyone.
It's just unlimited how the Holy Spirit can inspire us.
Like many other prayers, the Holy Spirit is the One who inspired you on what to say during the recitation of the Holy Rosary.
Which is the importance of staying still, and calm and focusing our imagination and whole being on God, Blessed Mother, Saints, and the Heavenly Hosts.
It's a such Powerful Weapon because of how we pray for long periods of time although repeating the same prayer.
There are so many fruits from the recitation of the Holy Rosary.
Be still and have your mind & heart ❤ on God while praying it like any other prayers.
The Recitation of the Holy Rosary is everything to me.
If I accidentally leave it at home, I won’t be at ease until I go back to get it.
The Holy Rosary is my Heart❤️and never without it.
Always with me and it's my little companion 🌟.
Our minds and imaginations could wander if only we stay still and let the Holy Spirit🕊🕊🕊 lead us through the entire Holy Rosary or prayers.
I hope people learn how to say the Holy Rosary the right way and start to see the benefit of it! 🙏
I have no idea how doing so benefits me. Could you explain what those benefits are? If I knew what they were, I might better be able to tell if I was experiencing them.
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While any form of prayer is a response to God's invitation.
When you pray, you are inviting God into your souls and you become one with Him.
You open your heart ❤️ to Him about things that worried you, your concerns and joys etc.
In fact, you are giving your concern to God to work on your soul and on our Hearts ❤️ even if you don't see the benefits immediately.
We won't become spiritually mature in one day but it is a daily disposition and response to God's invitation.
It is a matter of the quality of the amount of time we spend with God whether is during the Holy Bible Reading, Holy Rosary, or sporadic gaze on Him during our busy day (work, car, crowd, bus etc), Angelus prayers etc.
and any form of prayer.
The more we spend time with Him, the more we know Him, the more we love ❤️ Him and eventually, we become more like Him.
@@JovaniF-fj3mc but God always ignores my invitation, so there’s no point continuing to offer it.
@@JovaniF-fj3mc opening my heart makes no sense because it was rejected when I did that. No point opening my heart to God when God doesn’t want it
@@markantonelli53 God is the one inviting each one of us into a prayer.
We often don’t attend to it. Please read very well.
Praying for you Father Mike and everyone here in my Rosary! Happy Feast Day of Saint Gerard Majella (patron saint of pregnant women, childbirth, children, mothers, falsely accused people, good confessions, lay brothers, and unborn children). I prayed to Jesus for help with healing for those who lost the priceless precious gift of life, and I prayed for Jesus' help with protecting and defending the dignity of life from the moment of conception onward through the intercession of Saint Gerard Mejalla.
Bible verses bringing to mind the dignity of life-
Isaiah 49:15-16 Can a mother forget her infant, be without tenderness for the child of her womb? Even should she forget, I will never forget you. See, upon the palms of my hands I have engraved you; your walls are ever before me.
Psalm 34:19 The Lord is close to the brokenhearted, saves those whose spirit is crushed.
1 Samuel 16:7 But the Lord said to Samuel: Do not judge from his appearance or from his lofty stature, because I have rejected him. God does not see as a mortal, who sees the appearance. The Lord looks into the heart.
When Mother Mary was pregnant with Jesus, she went on an about eighty mile joyous journey to visit her cousin Saint Elizabeth (patron saint of expectant mothers and pregnant women) in her hour of need, Elizabeth said referencing her tiny child in her womb John the Baptist who was conceived when she was in old age:
Luke 1:41-45 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said, “Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled.”
Hope you have a light-filled peaceful joyful blessed day!
It’s hard for me to believe that Jesus liked when the Saints did extreme penances and hurt themselves so badly. Is this true? Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Please help me understand. It seems like self harm and do to others as you would do to you golden rule. We wouldn’t hurt someone else. Also Jesus calls us to love our neighbor as ourself loving ourself doesn’t seem like we would hurt ourself but I guess that’s teaches self control and that’s needed to get to Heaven. I still don’t understand physical harm anywhere to anyone including yourself I think it’s abuse. Any Catholic thoughts on this? Please share
# Ask ascension presents, would really like a video on how to cope with loneliness, especially when it overwhelms you.
AMEN 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
It's only vain if it's vain. It's not a devotional panacea. Some people cannot avoid the distraction of the repetition and it IS to them vain. But not everyone. Some have such busy minds, they need the focus of repetition, especially in this distracting day.