[Desdemona]

More Mary worship.

No. Not at all. The Rosary consists of these prayers:

1. The Sign of the Cross
2. Apostle's Creed
3. Our Father
4. Hail Mary (which is a quote from Luke with a request of the Blessed Mother's Prayers)
5. Gloria Patri
6. Fatima Prayer
(Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins,
Save us from the Fires of Hell,
Lead all souls to Heaven,
Especially those in need of thy mercy.)

The Mysteries are:
JOYFUL
1. The Annunciation - humility
2. The Visitation - charity
3. The Birth of Our Lord
4. Presentation of Jesus
5. Finding Jesus in the Temple

SORROWFUL
1. Agony in the Garden
2. Scourging at the Pillar
3. Crowning with Thorns
4. Carrying of the Cross
5. The Crucifixion

GLORIOUS
1. The Resurrection
2. The Ascension
3. Pentecost
4. The Assumption of the Blessed Mother
5. Mary is Crowned the Queen of Heaven

Each mystery is there for reflection. Like the Crowning with Thorns is to remind us to reflect on interior mortification. The Carrying of the Cross, the crosses we bear.

Daily Repetition is very comforting. And there is no worship of Mary. Just a lot of prayer and reflective contemplation.

[Polycarp]

Thank you for your patient and charitable response to that FReeper. I've lost all patience towards them.

[biblewonk]

Daily Repetition is very comforting. And there is no worship of Mary. Just a lot of prayer and reflective contemplation.

Isn't there quite a few hail Mary's in there?

What worship consists up is the subject of many many debates here. Let's just say that your statement doesn't quite do it for me.

Does the verse in the bible about vain repetitions, or the verse that says God already knows what you are going to pray or the verse about the hypocracy of praying long prayers and much repetition mean anything? Why would God be interested in hearing what amounts to a chant? He wouldn't.

[Cvengr]

A bit beyond Nancy Drew and Sherlock Holmes.

[Barnacle]

Excellent post.