The Insomnia Rosary

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I’m not sure about you, but quite often when my mind is working at 100 km/h I find it hard to put the brakes on and get to sleep. I have a very overactive mind and it is always willing to find new things to do and think about; most often from about 11pm at night onwards. I find that one thing that can often help is if I lie in bed reciting prayer on my Rosary. If I catch my mind wondering I just gently bring myself back the prayers I was saying. Read the rest of this entry »

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A prayer before going to bed

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I wrote the following prayer before going to bed with a series of examples of prayers throughout the day for use by young people. It was inspired while preparing to lead a session on Anglican prayer beads with year 11 students at All Souls St Gabriels School; which we recently introduced as part of our visit to ASSG. Read the rest of this entry »

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Night Prayer (Compline)

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An example of how prayer books can be an inspiration for writing prayers for use with the Anglican Rosary. Simple prayers and responses from evening prayer (The Daily Office SSF ) have been used to fit with the rhythm of prayer of the Anglican Rosary for use in night prayer. Read the rest of this entry »

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