I’ve never been good at rote memory. To this day, I can not tell you the five mysteries in each category. I can tell you some of them but I’m not sure whether this one is glorious or joyful. But I do like the Rosary.
Personally, I pray the first decade asking Mary to give glory, honor, and worship for me to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, as if each “Hail Mary” was a white rose laid at Their feet. The second decade, to take my prayers of thanksgiving for all He has given me. The third decade, in sorrow for my sins, the fourth, prayers of petition for others - people who needs prayers for their own needs, or prayers to watch over and guide them, and the last decade, for my own intentions. I never mention them other to say that God knows my needs before I even ask. Fifty white roses, laid at the feet of her son on my behalf. That’s my rosary prayer.
The rosary for me is my statement of my belief in the living church, in the fact that Mary is Mother to all of us, and she intercedes for us with Her Son.
It works for me. If others think it “defeats the purpose” that their problem, not mine.
