Another (shorter and easier) use for the rosary

Earlier both this weblog and the Chapel Chronicle offered a proposal for a feminine-language rosary devotion. Some, especially those who are not accustomed to the Latin-Rite Western (commonly known as the "Roman Catholic") use of the rosary, may find this to be rather too cumbersome. As a devotional practice, too much complexity may distract one from being in that contemplative state.

Here is a simpler one that I propose as an alternative, and this is based on the Eastern Orthodox use of prayer rope (the practice that predates the Western Church's use of the rosary).

1: At the fora (or the cross): In the name of the Holy Mother, +Holy Daughter and the Holy Spirit.

2: At the first leading bead:
Our Mother, which art in Heaven,
hallowed be Thy name.
Thy sovereignty come, Thy will be done
In earth as it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation;
but deliver us from evil.
[For Thine is the dominion, power and glory for ever.]

3: Prayer of the Heart (alt.) -- Repeated 10 times for each decade.
Virgin Mary, queen and mother of all, have mercy upon me.

4: Between decades:
Glory be to the Holy Mother, +Holy Daughter, and the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.

5. At the end of the fifth decade:
Oh my Lady, forgive us our sins,
save us from the fires of hell.
Lead all souls to Heaven,
especially those most in need of Your mercy.

or,
(Memorare)

Remember, O Most Gracious Virgin Mary,

that never was it known that anyone who fled to Thy protection,

implored Thy help or sought Thy intercession,

was left unaided.

Inspired by this confidence,

I fly unto Thee, O Virgin of Virgins, my Mother;

to Thee do I come, before thee I kneel, sinful and sorrowful.

O Mother of the Word Incarnate,

despise not my petitions,

but in Thy clemency, hear and answer me.

Amen.