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Many people these days associate the use of beads in prayer as a strictly Roman Catholic practice, the Holy Rosary. The rosary is a cycle of prayers that focus on the mysteries of the faith, the Apostles\u2019 Creed, \u201cOur Father,\u201d \u201cGloria\u201d and \u201cHail Mary.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

But you don\u2019t have to be Catholic to pray with beads. Many Orthodox Christians use a prayer rope, a wool or silk loop with 100, 50, 33 or 10 knots and beads in it. A cross usually begins and ends the loop. The prayer rope is used to keep track of the number of times a person prays the Jesus Prayer or other prayers.<\/p>\n

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Whether you\u2019re Catholic, Orthodox, or decidedly unorthodox in your practices of prayer, you might find praying with a beaded or knotted strand to be helpful. Here are seven ways of praying with beads you might try:<\/p>\n

1) Try a book.<\/strong>
\nUse a book, such as Praying with Beads: Daily Prayers for the Christian Year<\/em> by Nan Lewis Doerr and Virginia Stem Owens. It consists of a compelling and instructive introduction followed by morning, noon and evening prayers for use with a string of prayer beads. The prayers follow the Christian calendar throughout the liturgical year.<\/span><\/p>\n

2) Get crafty.<\/strong>
\nPray while creating a prayer rope. If you\u2019re a knitter or crafty type, try making prayer ropes as you pray. (One book, <\/span>Bead and a Prayer: A Beginner’s Guide to Protestant Prayer Beads<\/em> by Kristen E. Vincent, offers instructions for making prayer ropes).<\/span><\/p>\n

3) Intercede for others.<\/strong>
\nIntercede for your family members and friends, one by one, as you count off the knots or beads on a prayer rope (this might be easier with a ten-knot rope, which is often small enough to be worn as a bracelet).<\/p>\n

4) Create your own cycle.<\/strong>
\nDevelop your own, tailor-made \u201ccycle\u201d for praying. For example, you might use the four cycles of seven in a 33- or 34-knot prayer rope to rotate through a pattern of adoration, confession, listening, thanks, petition, intercession and praise.<\/p>\n

5) Focus on one person.<\/strong>
\nSimilarly, you might use the knots or beads in a prayer rope to focus on one person (or a few). While touching each knot or bead, you might pray for their health, marriage, children, job, finances,<\/p>\n

6) Pray the fruits of the Spirit.<\/strong>
\nUse a 10-knot prayer rope to pray the fruits of the Spirit (love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control) for your loved ones, perhaps starting or ending with the Jesus Prayer or the Lord\u2019s Prayer.<\/p>\n

7) Save it for special seasons<\/strong>
\nYou might not choose to use prayer beads or a prayer rope all the time; you may want to pull it out for special seasons, such as Advent or Lent or for people’s birthdays or when you want to focus your prayers on a specific need. <\/span><\/p>\n

Try it. Praying with beads might do something new for your prayer life. And who doesn\u2019t need that? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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