How long should it take to pray the Rosary? (And other questions).

[Michie]

Question: I saw an ad the other day: “Bring the family together for 15 minutes and pray the Rosary.” The Rosary always seems to be in competition with the clock. What is your view on the time needed to reverently pray the Rosary? Can one say a couple of decades in the morning and finish that evening if time is a factor? If Mother Angelica (and her sisters at EWTN) is the gold standard for reverently saying the Rosary, the time required would be 25 minutes.

— Name, location withheld

Answer: When one says “15 minutes,” it is not always meant in an exact way. The idiom (or expression) is often meant to convey a time period shorter than a half hour, usually 15-20 minutes. How quickly one is able to pray the Rosary is variable. Private Rosaries can be quicker; Rosaries recited by a group may be a bit longer. My own norm for private recitation of the Rosary is about 20 minutes. A group Rosary here at the parish usually runs about 22-25 minutes.

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[chevyontheriver]

Question: I saw an ad the other day: “Bring the family together for 15 minutes and pray the Rosary.” The Rosary always seems to be in competition with the clock. What is your view on the time needed to reverently pray the Rosary? Can one say a couple of decades in the morning and finish that evening if time is a factor? If Mother Angelica (and her sisters at EWTN) is the gold standard for reverently saying the Rosary, the time required would be 25 minutes.

— Name, location withheld

Answer: When one says “15 minutes,” it is not always meant in an exact way. The idiom (or expression) is often meant to convey a time period shorter than a half hour, usually 15-20 minutes. How quickly one is able to pray the Rosary is variable. Private Rosaries can be quicker; Rosaries recited by a group may be a bit longer. My own norm for private recitation of the Rosary is about 20 minutes. A group Rosary here at the parish usually runs about 22-25 minutes.

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How long should it take to pray the Rosary?

Long enough to profitably meditate on the mysteries?

 

[Lady Bug]

I pray slower therefore I take more than a half hour if I did the entire Rosary. If I say it any faster, the prayer will feel meaningless to me.

 

[Susie~Q]

For me, it depends on the "Mystery"if it a "joyful" one, then not as fast, but if it is a "sorrowful" one, then slower as I think on the events. My normal time seems around 15 to 20 minutes.

 

[Susie~Q]

Here are two photos of my dear mother's rosary, it was given to her as a gift before I was born, she was still carrying me when she received it.I am now 64, so it is at least 65 years old.

 

[Michie]

Here are two photos of my dear mother's rosary, it was given to her as a gift before I was born, she was still carrying me when she received it.I am now 64, so it is at least 65 years old.
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Very pretty! I’m sure you cherish it.

 

[Lady Bug]

Here are two photos of my dear mother's rosary, it was given to her as a gift before I was born, she was still carrying me when she received it.I am now 64, so it is at least 65 years old.
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I love the blue

 

[Ave Maria]

It usually takes me about 20 minutes to pray the 5 decades of the Rosary.

 

[Sword of the Lord]

It takes us 20-25 minutes to pray the Mysteries of the day (5 decades). I know this by accident and not because we're in a hurry to get it over with. The time shouldn't matter.

 

[WarriorAngel]

I can concentrate better if i go faster.
But then some days I sing it... which takes longer.

 

[Susie~Q]

Very pretty! I’m sure you cherish it.

I sure do, it makes me think of her when I use it. She loved this rosary, it was given to her from her mother (my grandmother)

 

[Susie~Q]

I love the blue

So do I, it is one of my favorite colors and this blue is so gorgeous.

 

[PeterDona]

Long enough to profitably meditate on the mysteries?

I have had it explained that the purpose is to meditate on the mysteries. At my conversion/assumption a dear sister gave me a rosary and a book with a bible text for each mystery. I think, following "our lady of Nicaragua" click

Here are the scriptures which are more or less the same as in the book she gave me https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/SpecialItems/SCRIPTURES_IN_ROSARY.pdf

With the scriptures I believe it takes 45 minutes. I have a preference for including the scriptures to make it more like a meditation. We read the scripture, followed by 1-2 minutes silence, and then the decade.

 

[Lady Bug]

With the scriptures I believe it takes 45 minutes.

I thought I was the only one for whom it can take 45 minutes. It drives me crazy when I see others say they finish in 20