Devotional prayer is the most popular and most common prayer style that comes to mind when a person thinks about praying. It uses words which we read or make up or have memorized, such as a litany, the Our Father, or the Hail, Holy Queen. You can pray a Rosary while riding a bus or waiting in a doctor's office. We use devotional prayer when we say our morning and evening prayers. We use it to adore and praise God, to thank God for all the gifts we have received, and to ask God for favors.
Devotional prayer can be quiet or vocal.
It's private when an individual prays the Rosary, communal when a family prays the Grace Before Meals. Devotions today are often tucked away in the attic of our prayer life. And many Catholics think that's too bad. They allow for great diversity. There are ethnic devotions and local devotions.