If you think about it, the sorrowful mysteries don’t focus on Mary much, although you could think of her watching him (except in the garden) Again, you don’t have to meditate on each one, do what’s comfortable for you. Sometimes I even take ones from different mysteries to concentrate on depending on things I’m going through.
One thing you have to remember with prayer, was something Father Serpa told someone on these boards (or EWTN) You can’t think of prayer like “intruction manuels”., A poster was upset that her novena was disrupted, did she start again, pick up and miss a day, etc. He said the 9 days could be said anytime, if you missed a day, just pick up then, that she was losing the point of the novena, it wasn’t a magic thing, depending on a certain concoction, it is to teach us to pray, to put our minds on the right things, and to show devotion. Father Levi also put down prayers that for some reason mention times, (before 11 on Tuesdays) type of thing. Those used to make me crazy because I’d always remember at 12…can you imagine though, a prayer or saint wanting something like that? Somehow, along with prayer chain letters, prayers can become something their not.
Just keep praying, God loves it, Mary loves it, the saints love it, and the devil HATES it.
