A group rosary meditation
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The rythym of prayer with the Anglican Rosary is also well suited for use as a group meditation. The following is a suggested format for using the Rosary in a group meditaion. The format can be adapted to suite any group. I was impressed to learn that a few years after I conducted a workshop in one place that they still held a regular group meditation before Mass on Sundays.
An Example of a Group Rosary Meditation
Opening Hymn / Chant
Cross Prayer
In the name of God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit
We believe in one God, the Father the almighty, maker of heaven and earth
of all that is, seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God, begotten, not made,
of one being with the Father, through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven,
was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary,
and became truly human.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again in accordance with the scriptures;
he ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead
and his Kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life.
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and Son is worshipped and glorified,
who has spoken through prophets.
We believe in one Holy Catholic and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come.
Amen.
Invitatory Bead
O God make speed to save us
O Lord make haste to help us
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit
As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
1st Cruciform Bead
Holy God
Holy and mighty
Holy and immortal
Have mercy on us
1st Reading
The Week Bead
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us.
2nd Cruciform Bead
Holy God
Holy and mighty
Holy and immortal
Have mercy on us
2nd Reading
The Week Beads
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us.
3rd Cruciform Bead
Holy God
Holy and mighty
Holy and immortal
Have mercy on us
3rd Reading
The Week Beads
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us.
4th Cruciform Bead
Holy God
Holy and mighty
Holy and immortal
Have mercy on us
4th Reading
The Week Beads
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us.
The Invitatory Bead
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit
As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
The Cross
In the name of God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.
The Collect
O Lord, you have given us your word,
for a light to shine upon your path.
Grant us so to meditate on that word,
and to follow its teaching,
that we may find in it the light
that shines more and more until the perfect day;
through Jesus Christ our Lord
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit
one God now and forever. Amen.
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