Hi all!

As requested, here are the alternative rosary prayers ( from the Mystic Rosary Yahoo group files!)

ECCLESIASTES 3 ROSARY

ON CROSS: In the name of the Farher and Mother, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit...

1st bead, Gayati- "You who are the Source of all Power, whose rays illuminate the wolrd, also illuminate my heart so that it, too, can do your work."

Next 3 beads-Light of God chant:
"The light of God surrounds me; The love of God enfolds me; THe power of God protects me; the presence of God watches over me. Wherever I am, God is"

FIfth(and each separator bead between decades);
"Holy Abba make these words a lamp unti my feet and a light untio my path."
Think about birth and death as part of a circle, not opposite ends of a life. Think of how similar the very young and very old are as they are almost at the same point on the circle.

Say on decade beads between the separator beads:
1) To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven;
2) A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to reap;
3) A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4) A time to weep, and a time to luagh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance.
5) To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.
6) A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing.
7) A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
8) A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
9) a time to love, and a time to hate, a time of war; and a time of peace.
10) To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.

On the separator beads, think about:
-joy and sorrow and how the things that cause sorrow are often linked to the things that cause joy.
-gain and loss-joy of gain, pain of loss. Sometimes we gain things we need to lose.
-creativity and destruction. How does destruction sometimes make room for the creative force to do its job?
-order and chaos. Is order always good? Is chaos always bead? Each has its place. WHere do you need more order in your life? Where would a little chaos be beneficial?

End with the same "GLory be" as begun with.