Christ Episcopal Church
Anglican Rosary

Symbolism of the Beads
The configuration of the Anglican Prayer Beads relate contemplative prayer using the Rosary to many levels of  traditional Christian symbolism. Contemplative prayer is enriched by these symbols whose purpose is always  to focus and concentrate attention, allowing the one who prays to move more swiftly into the Presence of God.

The prayer beads are made up of twenty-eight beads divided into four groups of seven called weeks. In the
 Judeo-Christian tradition the number seven represents spiritual perfection and completion. Between each week  is a single bead, called a cruciform bead as the four beads form a cross. The invitatory bead between the cross  and the wheel of beads brings the total to thirty-three, the number of years in Jesus’ earthly life.

Praying with the beads
To begin, hold the Cross and say the prayer you have assigned  to it, then move to the Invitatory Bead. Then enter the circle  of the prayer with the first Cruciform Bead, moving to the  right, go through the first set of seven beads to the next  Cruciform bead, continuing around the circle, saying the  prayers for each bead.
It is suggested that you pray around the circle of the beads
 three times (which signifies the Trinity) in an unhurried pace,
 allowing the repetition to become a sort of lullaby of love and  praise that enables your mind to rest and your heart to
 become quiet and still.

Praying through the beads three times and adding the crucifix
 at the beginning or the end, brings the total to one hundred,
 which is the total of the Orthodox Rosary. A period of silence  should follow the prayer, for a time of reflection and listening.
 Listening is an important part of all prayer.
Begin praying the Anglican Prayer Beads by selecting the
 prayers you wish to use for the cross and each bead. Practice  them until it is clear which prayer goes with which bead, and as far as possible commit the prayers to memory.
Find a quiet spot and allow your body and mind to become restful and still. After a time of silence, begin praying the prayer beads at an unhurried, intentional pace. Complete the circle of the beads three times.

When you have completed the round of the prayer beads, you should end with a period of silence. This silence  allows you to center your being in an extended period of silence. It also invites reflection and listening after  you have invoked the Name and Presence of God.

Closing your Prayers
The following ending can be used with any of the prayers. After three circuits around the prayer beads, you may finish as follows:

ANGLICAN ROSARY SCRIPTURAL PRAYERS
12- 07-2010

WEAK AND WEAKNESS
THE CROSS
Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the LORD …neither faints nor is weary. ...He gives power to the weak….
Isaiah 40:28-29 NKJV

THE INVITATORY
God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world … to reduce to nothing things that are, so that no one might boast in the presence of God.
Corinthians 1:27-29 RSV

1ST CRUCIFORM
For the Law sets up men in their weakness ... as high priests, but the word of [God's] oath, which …, [chooses and appoints as priest …, a Son Who has been made perfect forever.
Hebrews 7:28 Amplified Bible

2ND CRUCIFORM
... Since … we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who in every respect has been tested as we are, yet without sin.
Hebrews 4:14-15 RSV

3RD CRUCIFORM
...[Jesus told Paul*]…, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
2 Corinthians 12:9

4TH CRUCIFORM
...To the weak [the Apostle Paul*] became as weak, that [he*] might win the weak. [He became*] all things to all men, that [he*] might by all means save some. Now this [he did*] for the gospel.s sake....
1 Corinthians 9:22-23a NKJV

THE WEEKS
Have mercy, O LORD...I am weak.
Psalm 6:2 NKJV

JUSTICE
THE CROSS
Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times!
Psalm 106:3 NKJV

THE INVITATORY
“So you, by the help of your God, return, hold fast to love and justice, and wait continually for your God.”
Hosea 12:6

1ST CRUCIFORM
O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
Micah 6:8 NAS

2ND CRUCIFORM .
Listen to me, my people, and give heed to me, my nation; for a teaching will go out from me, and my justice for a light to the peoples.
Isaiah 51:4 RSV

3RD CRUCIFORM
[Jesus asked His disciples after He told the parable*] "And will not God grant justice to His chosen ones who cry to Him day and night? Will He delay long in helping them? I tell you, He will quickly grant justice to them. And yet, when the Son of Man comes, will
He find faith on earth?”
Luke 18:7- 8 RSV

4TH CRUCIFORM
I know that the LORD maintains the cause of the needy, and executes justice for the poor. Surely the righteous shall give thanks to Your name; the upright shall live in Your presence.
Psalm 140:12-13 RSV

THE WEEKS
Mighty King…, make me a lover of justice? Psalm 99:4 RSV

JUSTICE
THE CROSS
Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times!
Psalm 106:3 NKJV

THE INVITATORY
“So you, by the help of your God, return, hold fast to love and justice, and wait continually for your God.”
Hosea 12:6

1ST CRUCIFORM
O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
Micah 6:8 NAS

2ND CRUCIFORM .
Listen to me, my people, and give heed to me, my nation; for a teaching will go out from me, and my justice for a light to the peoples.
Isaiah 51:4 RSV

3RD CRUCIFORM
[Jesus asked His disciples after He told the parable*] "And will not God grant justice to His chosen ones who cry to Him day and night? Will He delay long in helping them? I tell you, He will quickly grant justice to them. And yet, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?”
Luke 18:7- 8 RSV

4TH CRUCIFORM
I know that the LORD maintains the cause of the needy, and executes justice for the poor. Surely the righteous shall give thanks to Your name; the upright shall live in Your presence.
Psalm 140:12-13 RSV

THE WEEKS
Mighty King…, make me a lover of justice?

Psalm 99:4 RSV