So it began- a daily Rosary and within a week we were failing and Mommy was angry. It was not until we started homeschooling and I was determined to do something to begin our day of school. I am usually one to overthink things entirely and viewed a Rosary as something that had to be said in one sitting or it would not be complete. However as life changes and time passes, we age and gain more wisdom – through prayer – and we are led to look into new avenues that we never believed were possible before. Leaving it up to God’s time, we just resolved that for us we would continue to say our prayers ourselves before and after our children were asleep and we just left it at that. After all it took us four years just to get our oldest son to weekly Mass consistently and eight years before our family was going to the same Mass each week without splitting up. I knew it could lead our family into a deeper union with Christ, but I also thought it might produce more anger in myself then should ever be present during a prayer. We were in the thick of meltdowns, even with perfectly planned schedules, and no room for error for our special-needs children.Īs time went on I kept pondering what if – and how a family Rosary could be possible for a family like ours. The kids are quietly sitting or toddling around present though not fully participating, but still that was not our reality. I watched, as many of you have, the YouTube videos of the family Rosary. However I was always curious how families could get their children to say a daily Rosary. Anything more than a few minutes of bedtime prayers and weekly Mass just seemed too daunting to conquer. It seemed all fine and well for my husband and me to enter into deeper states of prayer, but with our children included – not so much. For years, how it was possible to say an entire Rosary each day with children was baffling to me. Keeping our daily activities mindful of a greater good, though, can only move us into a deeper meaning in our lives. Just as I am not sure if an apple a day keeps the doctor away, I cannot prove that Satan is kept away by a Rosary said each day. Janele Hoerner shares 5 ways busy families can build up to praying a daily Rosary.
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