(October 28, 2016 at 3:35 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote:That too, although I'm wondering if it will still have the same effect if you already (like my Nanna) pray into a Rosary every day anyway just because. Can you pray too much? Like would you need to do an extra 10 rounds of the Rosary to make it even more special if 1 is "normal"?(October 28, 2016 at 1:59 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: That would explain it, since my family are Catholic. I actually never questioned why we had the evening before, It's the only funeral I've ever been to and assumed it was normal.
The way it was explained to me that the reason Catholics pray a rosary for a dead person is that supposedly it helps the dead person get into Heaven easier/faster.
Idiocy. She's a sweet old woman and I'd feel bad telling her she's been conned, but I think it's all she has sometimes, especially since my Grandfather died.
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