Actually if you do the Rosary the usual way there are 53 Aves, 6 Paters, 6 Gloria Patris, 6 Fatima Prayers and it all starts with the Apostles Creed.
The Dominican way you have 50.5 Aves, 5 Paternosters, 6 Gloria Patris.
But looking at the problem like this is silly, because the Rsary isn’t all we do. With Mass and the Matins, Lauds, Vespers, and Compline, then all the proportions change.
Well, Dawg, when I pray the Rosary, I am also thinking of the events in the life of Mary and Christ that are enumerated in the Mysteries.
I can rarely remember them in order anymore, though I used to be able to, so I keep a copy of the mysteries in front of me to refer to them, or use a DVD that states each part of each mystery before each decade.
Contrary to others’ opinions, I don’t find it difficult to 1)hold the beads, say the hail marry, and keep a mental picture of the mystery. I guess some people do.
I do keep the daily mass readings on the computer, so that when I can’t get to the mass, I can at least say the respnsorial psalm and read the scriptures. Yeah technology!
But looking at the problem like this is silly,
Sure is.