Former Protestant Pastor talks about the Rosary

Jesus criticized the pagans for praying with "vain repetitions". Does this mean the Rosary is bad? In this video, former protestant Pastor Keith Nester continues his series "10 Awesome Unexpected Things About Being Catholic" with number 6- The Rosary.

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[ErnestoIbarra]

I've been praying the Rosary every day. It helps a lot with depression and anxiety. I love it.

[AndrewKendall]

Yeah, as a protestant, I've heard repetition is a bad thing. But as a degreed Bible guy, I think I see pretty easily and pretty quickly that "vain" is the issue in the "vain repetition" statement by Jesus. The angels in Isaiah cry "Holy holy holy is the Lord God Almight" on repeat... like, real repeat. So, that which is in vain or is a matter of vanity in religious practice? That's the issue. Oh, and I'm discovering that praying the Rosary is indeed a strong spiritual weapon.

[Catholic]

There was Bishop in Africa where the Muslim was taking peoples and little childrens away, the Bishop went to Adoration and pray about it, and Jesus appear in a vision giving him a flaming sword, the Bishop went to grab it, it's turn into a Rosary. He told everybody to pray the Rosary all the childrens was returned home safely🙏

[rozchristopherson]

I am a Catholic convert. One of the things that drew me to the Catholic church was the structured prayers which took my focus off of the things of this world that I want or even need. Moving away from prayers focused so much on myself was a relief. God bless you.

[Alexander-frkk]

I love praying the rosary when I’m driving distance, hiking in the woods, sitting in my deer stand... it’s peaceful, powerful and beautiful!!!

[tesschavit]

God bless you Keith for defending our catholic faith. God bless you.

[BookButterflyKait]

I'm in RCIA and I honestly believe the Blessed Mother has been drawing me toward her Son's church and watching out for me my whole life. Once I got over the feeling that I was doing something wrong by praying the rosary (raised Protestant) I fell in love with the prayers. I pray it daily now and it has changed my life!

[BDDBDD-xpcx]

“The Bible on Beads” – commemorating fifteen mysteries of the life of Jesus. Praying the rosary is praying the bible.

The main prayers come right from scripture. The Our Father comes right from the mouth of Jesus as recorded in gospel of Matthew. Two of the three lines of the Hail Mary come right from St Luke's gospel. Praying the rosary is praying the bible.

For daily meditative and contemplative prayer the rosary is impossible to beat. Fr. Donald Calloway’s book The Champions of the Rosary is a must reed.

[hectoribanez]

Keep up the good work. CATHOLIC LIFE IS SO BEAUTIFUL, AMAZING, AND GLORIOUS. I'm so happy that you became catholic and didn't stop trying to teach those who don't know.

[paddydiskin]

When the Israelites carried the Ark of the Covenant before them into battle they never lost.
In the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary, one of the beautiful names she is called is Ark of the Covenant.
Yes, the Rosary is the weapon of the Ark of the Covenant. If we use it, Satan will be defeated.

[fintan]

I’m beginning to pray the 20 decades of the rosary - throughout the day - this is day three. I need a tremendous spiritual boost!
🕊🔥🙏

[christophergrillo]

How timely, about to kneel down and pray my daily rosary. I pray it in Latin as I ponder the mysteries of our Lord. The power of tradition and repetition is very meaningful in all we do as Catholics.

[maryellenrose]

I started the rosary 5 years before I came back to the church. Our Mother brought me back.

[jacksonrodrigues]

Month of Rosary too. I’m trying say all 3 mysteries this October. May Our Lady watch over us

[glendamendoza]

i love the talk of Father Don Calloway.. i pray the rosary 4 to 5x a day and i am so in love with it..
🙏🙏🙏

[jellojenna]

You are right; what a lot of Protestants don't realize is that the rosary contains "mysteries" that take us through the life of Jesus. I was scared to start praying the rosary because I was not Catholic yet, but honestly after my first rosary I was hooked!

[joholly]

I can understand your reasoning as a Protestant about Rosary...I was born and raised as Catholic but during my early age, I never understand the importance and power of praying Rosary. It was about five years ago when I invited to join the Fatima group then I learned to pray the daily Rosary, it was a struggled for me at first bc I don't see the benefits but little by little I noticed the big impact in my life and I changed from being lukewarm becoming devout Catholic. I would say it is really a great decision for me to pray the Rosary with sincerity and devotedly...Thanks to our Blessed Mother and praised God for this transformation!

[jacqueline]

I can’t thank you enough for this. As a new Catholic with nobody else in my family sharing my faith I often struggle with issues such as this. Hearing you share is so refreshing because you speak my language! The language of a former Protestant! I give thanks to God that he brought me hear to listen to some of your talks today.

[harrypotterification]

Thank you for that encouragement, brother. I have been struggling on whether I should pray that every day, and as someone who has been an Evangelical all my life, it's hard to adjust. Every time I pray it, however, I definitely feel the power of the Holy Spirit, and I can also recognize our mother Mary reaching out to me in a sense.

[GravInducedSleepTrac]

I pray the rosary everyday. There are many times I feel unmotivated but I fight that feeling by reminding myself that MOTHER MARY ASKED US TO DO THIS FOR SAKE OF THE WORLD. FOR REPENTANCE & CONVERSION OF HEARTS ALL OVER THE WORLD. I stay faithful to our Heavenly Mothers request. GOD BLESS & thanks for another wonderful video. :)