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Helping People to Pray the Rosary

There is only one rule in prayer, and that is ‘pray as you can and not as you can’t’. Some people like to use the rosary as vocal prayer, others for intellectual meditation, others in contemplation, and yet others with a sort of amalgam of all three. And all are correct - if we offer people any particular way of praying we must be ready to reassure them that they are perfectly free to explore other ways if they find ours not to their taste.

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Fr. Jerome Bertram is a Catholic priest of the Oxford Oratory. He regularly preaches retreats to religious communities in England as well as overseas. He has published several books about prayer, the sacraments, and the spiritual life. His new book, Jesus, Teach us to Pray has just been published by Ignatius Press.

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