Those who say the Rosary as quickly as possible

Saint Louis-Marie Grignion of Montfort:

“The second big fault a lot of people make when saying the Holy Rosary is to have no intention other than that of getting it over as quickly as possible!

This is because so many of us look upon the Rosary as a burden which is always heavier when we have not said it, especially if it is weighing on our conscience because we have promised to say it regularly or have been told to say it as a penance more or less against our will.

It is really pathetic to see how most people say the Holy Rosary, they say it astonishingly fast and mumble so that the words are not properly pronounced at all.

We could not possibly expect anyone, even the most unimportant person, to think that a slipshod address of this kind was a compliment and yet we expect Jesus and Mary to be pleased with it!

Small wonder then that the most sacred prayers of our holy religion seem to bear no fruit, and that, after saying thousands of Rosaries, we are still no better than we were before!”