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Anglican Prayer Beads

The Anglican Prayer Beads came out of a contemplative prayer group that met in the mid 1980's and was designed by The Rev. Lynn Bauman,  an Episcopal priest.

This style or shape of prayer is consistent with the Anglican devotion of Morning and Evening Prayer. The Invitatory is followed by the proclamation of the Word of God and forms the prayer, and then returns to the invitatory.

There is not one set of prayers attached to Anglican Prayer Beads. The order of the rosary consists in THE SHAPE of the rosary and not the prayers themselves. The prayers may vary from person to person and day to day. Each person is moved by the Holy Spirit to offer to God the divine word that holds a particular sense of his or her relationship with God. This is typical of Anglican ethos.

The Anglican rosary has 33 beads, the number of years our Lord lived before his sacrificial death.

The first bead above the cross is named the Invitatory bead and is an invitation to praise and worship God. This invitation is the entry point into the circle of prayer.

There are four groups of seven beads and they are referred to as the Weeks. There are seven days in a week. The number seven signifies wholeness and completion. There are four seasons in the year, and four points on the compass. The shape of the rosary is a constant reminder of God's creation, and reflects Celtic spirituality.

Four beads separate the Week beads and are positioned to form the cross, the central symbol of Christian faith. These four beads are named the Cruciform beads.