Praying the Rosary Like Never Before: Encounter the Wonder of Heaven and Earth

Praying The Rosary Like Never Before by Edward Sri is a beautifully written book on the importance and relevance of the rosary. It is designed to encourage and enlighten those who find it arduous or quaint and to energize and bring new meaning to those who are faithful to this timeless devotion. Edward Sri encourages Christians and Catholics alike to encounter Our Lord through these biblical mysteries with the person who knows him best, His Mother. No matter where you are in your faith journey, Christ can be met in the holy mysteries of the rosary.The beauty of this book is its simplicity. It addresses all the concerns for those want to use this devotion, but feel they don’t have the time or are easily distracted. He explains how to pray it during your busy day by breaking it up into decades. With one decade taking only two to three minutes each, a decade can easily be accomplished while doing housework, cooking or riding in a car. Even on those hectic days when you can’t unwind and give it your full attention a rosary can always be said as the words that are being raised in prayer are biblical and holy.Edward Sri explains the importance of the rosary in history, especially in the life of St. John Paul II and the spiritual influence and joy it brought to his life and papacy. He explains how Mary helps us encounter Christ more profoundly than on our own. It also helps us honor Mary’s place in salvation history. The rhythm and cadence of the rosary is calming and allows your mind to contemplate Christ’s life and reach a deeper level of prayer and commitment of faith. In addition, this book takes the time to give a profound and beautiful account of each mystery (Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful and Glorious) taking the rosary into a deeper level of contemplation for those who pray this devotion daily and want to go delve deeper into the life of Christ. Whether you are a novice or a loyal patron of the rosary, Praying The Rosary Like Never Before is a book that will benefit everyone in their faith journey.I really loved and appreciated this little gem of a book. Its beauty and simplicity helped me realize on my worst of days I can still lift my heart and mind to prayer and on those days I have the luxury of time I can take this devotion deeper and open my heart and soul to the wonders of Christ’s life and his amazing Mother who journeyed with him along the way. I can honestly say this book has something for everyone and is different from other books I have read on the rosary. Each chapter addressed a concern or gave relevant information to help me take this devotion to a higher level. I really enjoyed the study questions at the end of each chapter too. I could take as long or as little time contemplating them and they helped review and address any thoughts I had on this prayer. It delved deeply, but uniquely into each of the mysteries and at the end of the book Edward Sri provides a Scriptural Rosary for deeper meditation that can be said at home, in church or at Adoration perhaps. All in all it was a wealth of beautiful information that did nor overwhelm, but enhanced my knowledge and desire to continue this practice.Praying The Rosary Like Never Before is worth the time and effort for every person who has an occasional devotion or a daily devotion in order to enhance and encourage knowledge of this beautiful prayer. It is meant to bring those who say the rosary to a higher and more consistent level of prayer and contemplation. It gives advice on how to fit a daily rosary into a hectic schedule and how to maximize the beauty of this prayer for those who are seasoned veterans. It is a book that will be cherished and savored and referred to again and again. It would make a great gift for a friend or family member who wants to learn more about the rosary or increase their knowledge and love for this beautiful devotion to Mary and her Son. You can’t help but be better for it.I want to thank Franciscan Media via NetGalley for an advanced reader copy of Praying The Rosary Like Never Before by Edward Sri for a fair and honest review.

I have been reading this book along with my faith sharing group. We love it and find that it is really helping us to understand and pray the rosary in a more meaningful way. It has made a difference for each one in the group. I recommend it wholeheartedly.

Inspired me to pray the rosary more often and helped me to get more insight in the mysteries.

This book is an excellent guide to the rosary-- especially for beginning and intermediate devotees. It also has some truly wonderful nuggets for those who are well-versed in this prayerful devotion--in particular as regards the "new" Luminous Mysteries.Of particular assistance for those who either are new to this christocentric prayer (and those who find the rosary daunting), is the permission/confirmation it gives to pray it in new and different ways than experienced corporately at funeral rosary-- which, in my youth was the least meaningful experience of this prayer (because of the lack of expressed meditational material and the rapid, lifeless recitation...ugh).Upon discovering rosary meditations as a young adult, the Rosary took on new life and a richness and depth I never could have imagined as a youngster.The Rosary will change your life, not just your spiritual life (for the two are inseparable). Dr. Sri provides a wonderful vehicle to carry the reader to new, profound heights of contemplation.On a final note, one, personal Rosary expression, that I engage in occasionally, is drawing from Scripture my own, alternative mysteries for meditation such as Jesus's miracles of physical healing or forgiveness (e.g. healing the blind man=> "Jesus, open my eyes so that I may see you more clearly...Hail Mary" "Jesus use the mud in my life to help me see myself/others/this situation as you see them...Hail Mary," etc.). Scripture provides an endless source of Mysteries to contemplate, to plumb, through the Rosary with Mary as your guide.Praise God for the Rosary and our Holy Mother!Mary, pray for us who have recourse to thee.

This is a wonderful book! A real encouragement for the times when we don't feel we have enough time to pray so efficiently, and also when we start feeling a little stale in our prayers.The only caveat is that the chapters aren't hot-linked, so you have to do a little extra searching to go back and forth in the book. It's not too hard to overcome this: I simply bookmark the first page of each of the chapters.I confidently recommend this book.

Edward Sri is one of my favorite Catholic authors. His way of being so substantively concise is accessible, eye-opening, and empowering. I recommend all of his books. This book in invaluable to anyone seeking to learn or teach about the Rosary, Mary, and the Christocentricity of both. His inclusion of St. John Paul II gives context to our times and the real implications of praying the Rosary. The biblical reflections on the mysteries of the Rosary are wonderful, taking the reader to a deeper understanding of their meaning in the context of the whole of Scripture, which challenging reflections as to how we apply what they invite us to in our lives. This book also introduced me to the Scriptural Rosary, which has become one of the varied ways I pray the Rosary.

This book very much helped me to pray the rosary. I recommend it to anyone who wants to go a little deeper into their prayer life. I keep it on my nightstand and read it often. 🙏🏻

This book allows the reader to dig deeper into the mysteries of the rosary. I read about each mystery before praying the decade.