The Anglican Rosary

This is a wonderful example of prayers that have been composed by participants in the Anglican prayer bead workshops. It shows how a person can be inspired by something simple as sitting in a garden and reflecting on the needs of the world, in this case our need to care for the environment.

A Rosary for Nature

by Lindsay Irons (July 2004)

The Cross

You are the depths of the earth, the vastness of space, now and always.

Invitatory Bead

We open ourselves to your fragrance. The sweet scent of your garden flows through us.

Cruciform/Week beads

C: Your world is awesome and overwhelming before our eyes
W: Tiny specks that we are – at your mercy.

C: Your life spirit courses through rivers, leaves, peak and ravines
W: We are but twigs, offshoots of your presence, imprinted with love.

C: Your body groans beneath a weight of greed and corruption
W: Forgive us our violence against the earth. Save us from ourselves.

C: Give birth to yourself anew every day. Bring forth new colours and creations yet unheard of
W: Our hands at the ready, graft us onto the renewing of your cosmic garden.

Invitatory Bead

Our spirits babble and churn, over rocks and through valleys, until all is lost in you, taken up into your heart of hearts.

The Cross

Your voice the ocean
Your heart the soil
Your hope the spring seedlings
Your love the rain.

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