In rosary, Lord's prayer & Hail Mary are repeated so often; therefore it appears monotonous.
One evening, a women,with her fiance met a priest.
She said "I would never become a Catholic. You repeat same words in Rosary and people who repeat same words again and again are never sincere and I would never believe anyone who repeats words & neither would God".
Priest pointing at her fiance asked "Does he love you?" to which the woman answered "Certainly he does...."
"Hmmm... How do you know? How do you know that he loves you?" Asked the priest.
She replied "He told me. He said he loves me".
So the priest asked "When was the last time he said he loves you?"
The woman replied "About an hour ago".
"Hmm... Has he spoken these words to you before that?" Asked the priest.
'Yes last night' answered the woman.
Priest asked again "What did he say? ",
"'I love you'. He tells me this every night" said the woman.
Priest smiled and said "Don't believe him. He's repeating words. Hence he is not sincere".
In reality there is no repetition in saying 'I love you', because there is new moment of time and place.
For example; A mother says to her son " You are a good boy". She would have said this 10,000 times before. But each time it means something different - something new. As a new historical circumstance summons forth a new outburst of affection.
One evening, a women,with her fiance met a priest.
She said "I would never become a Catholic. You repeat same words in Rosary and people who repeat same words again and again are never sincere and I would never believe anyone who repeats words & neither would God".
Priest pointing at her fiance asked "Does he love you?" to which the woman answered "Certainly he does...."
"Hmmm... How do you know? How do you know that he loves you?" Asked the priest.
She replied "He told me. He said he loves me".
So the priest asked "When was the last time he said he loves you?"
The woman replied "About an hour ago".
"Hmm... Has he spoken these words to you before that?" Asked the priest.
'Yes last night' answered the woman.
Priest asked again "What did he say? ",
"'I love you'. He tells me this every night" said the woman.
Priest smiled and said "Don't believe him. He's repeating words. Hence he is not sincere".
In reality there is no repetition in saying 'I love you', because there is new moment of time and place.
For example; A mother says to her son " You are a good boy". She would have said this 10,000 times before. But each time it means something different - something new. As a new historical circumstance summons forth a new outburst of affection.
The words do not mean the same as they did at a different time in a different place in a entire different moment.
LOVE IS NEVER MONOTONOUS IN THE UNIFORMITY OF ITS EXPRESSION, SIMILAR TO PRAYING ROSARY.
In Fatima (1917), Holy Mary reminded us 6 times to pray the Rosary daily
Are you praying Rosary?
Saying
"Never will anyone who prays rosary everyday be led astray. This is a statement that I will gladly sign with my blood".
St Louis De Montfort
GBU
Reference:
" The worlds first love" Fulton J sheen.(Page 180)
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