{"id":2150,"date":"2015-02-21T08:27:02","date_gmt":"2015-02-21T13:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/?p=2150"},"modified":"2015-02-21T09:45:04","modified_gmt":"2015-02-21T14:45:04","slug":"prayer-beads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/baburkard.com\/crochet\/prayer-beads\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer Beads"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wonder what my Amish grandparents would think of my Catholic ways?<\/p>\n

For several years now I have listened to the Jesuits’ Pray-as-you-go podcasts<\/a> on a daily basis, usually part of my bedtime routine. As well, I have started reading through the Carmelite’s Lectio Divina<\/a> every morning with my first cup of coffee.<\/p>\n

Growing up I never heard of “Seasons of the Church,” or Advent or Lent, yet now they are celebrated in our worship.<\/p>\n

This week I decided to make a set of “Anglican Prayer Beads<\/a>” (what’s the difference between a rosary and Anglican Prayer beads, I wonder). I’m not sure I will follow any formulaic pattern for my prayers — that just isn’t how I have talked with God all my life. But the idea of having something in my hands when I pray, if it is just to give each bead a person’s name, or to give a thanksgiving to each of the beads in one “week”, a petition to each bead in another or some other pattern, I look forward to finding a way to deepen my relationship with God through yet another Catholic practice.<\/p>\n

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