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 + JMJ In the 80's a friend recounted how, prior to conversion from the Baptist, his Father had an issue with the Rosary because of a scripture verse that forbade repetitive prayer (Matthew 6:7). Over the decades, I've wondered what was actually in scripture and its true meaning.  Below are the Douay Rheims, Know and Haydock references 7 And when you are praying, speak not much, as the heathens. For they think that in their much speaking they may be heard. (Douay) Haydock :  Ver. 7.  Long prayer is not here forbidden; for Christ himself spent whole nights in prayer: and he sayeth, we must pray always; and the apostle, that we must pray without intermission, 1 Thess. v.; and the holy Church hath had from the beginning her canonical hours for prayer, but rhetorical and elaborate prayer, as if we thought to persuade God by our eloquence, is forbidden; the collects of the Church are most brief and most effectual. Aug. ep. 121. c. viii, ix, x. B. — Perseverance in prayer ...