The St. John Paul II method of praying the Rosary

[Victoria33]

This is open for a broad discussion on his method of praying the Rosary per the method of St. John Paul II. I do find this interesting.

3: He made the Rosary easier to pray.

My book outlines the practical suggestions St. John Paul makes for praying the Rosary.

One of my favorites: Instead of the Creed, he suggests opening the Rosary with a simple invocation from Psalm 70: “O God, come to my aid; O Lord make haste to help me.” We still say the Creed occasionally, but removing the long opening prayer makes the prayer a lot less daunting for my children — and for their dad, too.

I greatly empathize with this. Sometimes, saying those opening prayers while surely proper, I feel can seem to be a bit of labor to repeat. I know, we are often waiting just to get into the mysteries themselves.

The above quote is from this:

7 Ways John Paul II revolutionized the Rosary

And another article on the method from Our Sunday Visitor:

Contemplating the Rosary through John Paul II's method and model - Our Sunday Visitor.

Contemplating the Rosary through John Paul II’s method and model​

I caught a discussion on Catholic Radio on this a few weeks ago and it took me mostly by surprise.

 

[Cor_ad_Cor]

I’m more surprised to see this called St. John Paul’s method; religious orders have prayed the rosary this way for who-knows how long.

 

[Victoria33]

It probably has more to do with putting it in a book form to the public. I’m not even sure if St. JP II said this is his method. Maybe others did that but I do see it referred to in that manner.