Christ has no body now on earth but yours, no hands but yours, no feet but yours; yours are the eyes through which to look at Christ's compassion to the world, yours are the feet with which he is to go about doing good, and yours are the hands with which he is to bless us now." 

                                                                                                                               - St. Teresa of Avila

This Rosary is done by having a leader read the "leader" part and the rest of the group reciting the "response" part.  If done alone, read all parts.  When all five responses are read, begin the decade and do the "Our Father" and the "Hail Mary" in the usual way.

Begin by having an intention in mind for the rosary. This intention may be stated as part of the following prayer.

Prayer of Intention

We who gather to pray this rosary do have in our minds and hearts the following intentions: (Here a few moments of silence allow all to clarify their intentions). We ask that these intentions may bring forth the results desired, according to Your will. Amen.

General Instructions

1. Holding the cross in the right hand (if right handed), with the rest of the rosary in the left hand, bless yourself with the Invocation:

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.

2. Holding the cross in the right hand (if right handed), and with the rest of the rosary draped across the left hand, begin with this version of the Kyrie Eleison:

Leader                                                                Response

Amen.

3. On the first bead after the cross say the "Our Father":

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on 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. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Alternate "Our Father" translated from the Aramaic (see introduction)

O Birther! Father-Mother of the Cosmos, focus your light within us—make it useful. Create your reign of unity now; Your one desire acts with ours, as in all light, so in all forms. Grant what we need each day in bread and insight. Loose the cords of mistakes binding us, as we release the strand we hold of others’ guilt. Don’t let surface things delude us, but free us from what holds us back. From you is born all ruling will, the power and the life to do, the song that beautifies all; from age to age it renews. Amen.

4. On the next three beads say the "AVE MARIA":

Hail Mary, full of grace; the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. Amen.

5. After the third AVE MARIA hold the chain and say the GLORIA PATRI:

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is how and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

6. Name the mystery and read the thoughts and prayer that follow each one. Begin with the OUR FATHER on the bead just before the medal and the AVE MARIA on the next ten beads following the medal. On the chain following these ten beads, say the GLORIA PATRI.

7. Then, name the next mystery and proceed exactly as above until all the mysteries have been said—that is say the OUR FATHER on the single bead, then the ten AVE MARIAs, then on the chain the GLORIA PATRI, then the next mystery.

Prayer:

Mother Mary, bearer of light, enkindle our hearts with the flame of love and the heat of devotion. Amen.

Prayer:

Mother Mary, Mother of Love, fill us with joy as we discover Christ within, the source of all joy. Amen.

Prayer:

Mother Mary, Vessel of Devotion, fill us with devotion as we melt into the Heart of God. Help us through our devotion to spread Love to all of life. Amen.

Prayer:

Mother Mary, Source of Compassion, fill us with compassion for all beings and through the compassion of God, enfold and embrace all of life as our own. Amen.

Prayer:

Mother Mary, Mother of Divinity, help us share in the Joy of creation and Love of life. Help us to feel the Love of Christ in all life. Amen.

Prayer:

Mother Mary, Radiant with Peace, fill us with the peace that passes all understanding. Amen.

Prayer:

Mother Mary, Mother of Wisdom, fill us with wisdom to use the gifts that God has given us for the upliftment of all mankind. We pray for the growth in Love of all people, the spread of Wisdom, the expansion of Happiness, the increase of Light, and the Birth of Christ into the hearts of all mankind. Amen.

After the last decade has been said, and the connecting medal has been reached, the following prayer is said:

I give myself this day to the strong power of Love

To the obedience of Angels, the faith of confessors, the preaching of Apostles, to the purity of simple souls.

I give myself this day to the virtues of the starlit heavens, the brightness of the sun, the whiteness of the moon, the flashing of lightening, the restlessness of wind, the stability of earth, and the deepness of the sea.

I give unto myself this day the power of God to lead me, His eye to watch over me, His hand to guide me, His Word to give me speech.

Christ with me, Christ beside me,

Christ behind me, Christ within me,

Christ beneath me, Christ above me,

Christ to the right of me, Christ to the left of me,

Christ in lying down, Christ in sitting, Christ in rising up,

Christ in the heart of every person who may think of me,

Christ in the mouth of everyone who may speak of me,

Christ in the eye of everyone who may look on me,

Christ in the ear of everyone who may hear me.

I give myself this day to the strong power of Love. Amen.