Sacred Prayer Beads

Common Prayers using Prayer Beads


Invocation

[Hand Gesture: Sign of The Cross - Head, Heart, Left and Right Shoulders.]

Prayer Words: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.


祈求

手势:十字标志 - 头、心、左右肩。
祷告词:奉圣父、圣子、圣灵的名。阿们。


Cross/Crucifix (Initial)

I BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth:

     And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, Born of the Virgin Mary; Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell; The third day he rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, And sits on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From there he shall come to judge the living and the dead.

     I believe in the Holy Spirit; The holy Catholic* Church; The Communion of Saints; The Forgiveness of sins, The Resurrection of the body; And the Life everlasting. Amen.


十字架/耶稣受难像(起始)

我信神,全能的父,天地的创造者:

   我信耶稣基督,神独生的子;因圣灵感孕,由童贞女玛利亚所生。在本丢彼拉多手下受难,被钉于十字架,受死,埋葬;降在阴间,第三天从死人中复活;升天,坐在全能父上帝的右边;将来必从那里降临,审判活人死人。

   我信圣灵,我信圣而公之教会;我信圣徒相通;我信罪得赦免;我信肉身的复活,我信永生。阿们。


Invitatory

O God make speed to save me,

O Lord make haste to help me.


邀请

神啊,求祢快快拯救我们,

主啊,求祢速速帮助我们。


The Cruciform

OUR FATHER, Who is in heaven, hallowed be Your Name. Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day, our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.


十字形

我们在天上的父:愿人都尊祢的名为圣。愿祢的国降临;愿祢的旨意行在地上,如同行在天上。我们日用的饮食,今日赐给我们。免我们的债,如同我们免了人的债。不叫我们陷入试探;救我们脱离那恶者。因为国度、权柄、荣耀,全是祢的,直到永远。阿们。(聖馬太福音 6:9-13)


The Week

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.


主耶稣基督,神之子,请怜悯我这个罪人。


Dismissal (Invitatory)

Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?” I say, “Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world.” 

(ref. St. John 11:25–27)


解散(邀请)
耶稣说 : 复活在我 ,生 命也在我 。 信我的人虽 然 死 了 , 也必复活,凡 活着信我的人必永远不死 。 你 信 这 话 麽 ?我说 :主阿, 是 的,我信你 是 基 督 , 是神的儿子 ,就是那要临到世界的 。

(参考圣约翰福音 11:25-27)


The Cross/Crucifix (end)

THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore. Amen. 

(2 Cor. 13.14)


十字架/(完)

愿我们主耶稣基督的恩典,神的爱,和圣灵的团契,永远与我们同在。阿们。

(哥林多后书13:14)

Prayers for Evangelization & Missions using Prayer Beads

Invocation

Skip the Invocation if you are continuing from a previous prayer.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.


Cross/Crucifix (Initial)

I BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth:

     And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, Born of the Virgin Mary; Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell; The third day he rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, And sits on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From there he shall come to judge the living and the dead.

     I believe in the Holy Spirit; The holy Catholic* Church; The Communion of Saints; The Forgiveness of sins, The Resurrection of the body; And the Life everlasting. Amen.


If the Creed has been said earlier with other prayers, pray the following Trisaigon instead:


Holy God, 

Holy Mighty, 

Holy Immortal, 

have mercy on us.


Invitatory

O God make speed to save us,

O Lord make haste to help us.


First Cruciform

OUR FATHER, Who is in heaven, hallowed be Your Name. Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day, our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.


The Week

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on us, sinners.


Second Cruciform

Almighty God, who by Your  Son Jesus Christ did give commandment to the Apostles, that they should go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature: Grant to us, whom You have called into Your Church, a ready will to obey Your word, and fill us with a hearty desire to make Your way known upon earth, Your saving health among all nations. Look with compassion upon the peoples that have not known You, and upon the multitudes that are scattered abroad as sheep having no shepherd, and gather them into Your fold, through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.


Third Cruciform

God, who by sending the Spirit at Pentecost did endue Your Apostles with power to witness about Your Son and to make disciples of all the nations: Pour out abundantly, we beseech You, the same Holy Spirit upon Your Church, that it may bring the good tidings of great joy to all people, and that every man may hear in his own tongue Your wonderful works, through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.


Fourth Cruciform

O God our Saviour, Who wills that all men should be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth: Prosper, we pray You, those who labour in near and distant lands, [especially those for whom our prayers are desired]. Protect them [us] in all perils, and supply their [us] every need. Give them [us] grace to bear faithful witness unto You, and endue them [us] with burning zeal and love, that they [we] may turn many to righteousness, and finally obtain a crown of glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.


Final Cruciform

O Lord, we beseech You to maintain Your church in truth and patience, that her pastors may be faithful, her watchmen vigilant, her flock loyal, her camp united, her war spiritual, her weapons heavenly, her lamp burning and shining; and as Your Son Jesus Christ has given so great a price for us, let us not count it a hard thing to give up all for him, and to spend and be spent for the souls he has redeemed, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, now and for evermore. Amen.


Dismissal (Invitatory)

Remember, O Lord, what You have wrought in us, and not what we deserve, and as You have called us to Your service, make us worthy of our calling, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.


Or the following intercessory:


Almighty God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who do not desire sinners to perish, and your flock without a shepherd to be led, fed, and protected; we beg You, have mercy upon these sinners: [names], that they may turn away from their foolishness of sins, but turn to Your only begotten Son for the knowledge of truth and forgiveness of sins; for the sake of Your Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.


The Cross/Crucifix (End)

THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore. Amen. 

Penance/Penitential Prayers using Prayer Beads

Invocation

Skip the Invocation if you are continuing from a previous prayer.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.


Cross/Crucifix (Initial)

I BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth:

     And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, Born of the Virgin Mary; Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell; The third day he rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, And sits on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From there he shall come to judge the living and the dead.

     I believe in the Holy Spirit; The holy Catholic* Church; The Communion of Saints; The Forgiveness of sins, The Resurrection of the body; And the Life everlasting. Amen.


If the Creed has been said earlier with other prayers, pray the following Trisaigon instead:


Holy God, 

Holy Mighty, 

Holy Immortal, 

have mercy on us.


Invitatory

O God make speed to save us,

O Lord make haste to help us.


First Cruciform

OUR FATHER, Who is in heaven, hallowed be Your Name. Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day, our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.


The Week

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.


Second Cruciform

O Lord, we beseech You, mercifully hear our prayers, and spare all those who confess their sins unto You, that those whose consciences by sin are accused, by Your merciful pardon may be absolved, through Christ our Lord. Amen.


Third Cruciform

O most mighty God and merciful Father, Who has compassion upon all men and hates nothing that You have made, Who desires not the death of a sinner, but that he should rather turn from his sin and be saved: Mercifully forgive us our trespasses; receive and comfort us, who are grieved and wearied with the burden of our sins. Your attribute is always to have mercy; to You only it belongs to forgive sins. Spare us therefore, good Lord; spare Your people, whom You have redeemed. Enter not into judgement with Your servants, who are vile earth and miserable sinners, but so turn Your anger away from us, who meekly acknowledge our vileness and we truly repent of our faults, and so make haste to help us in this world, that we may ever live with You in the world to come, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.


Fourth Cruciform

Turn to us, O good Lord, and so shall we be turned. Be favourable, O Lord, Be favourable to Your people, Who turn to You in weeping, fasting, and praying. For You are a merciful God, Full of compassion, long-suffering, and of great pity. You spare when we deserve punishment, And in Your wrath think upon mercy. Spare Your people, good Lord. Spare them, and let not Your heritage be brought to confusion. Hear us, O Lord, for Your mercy is great, And after the multitude of Your mercies look upon us, Through the merits and mediation of Your blessed Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.


Final Cruciform

I confess to Almighty God, that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word, and deed; through my fault*, through my own fault*, through my own most grievous fault*; Therefore, I beg Blessed Mary, the Mother of our Lord; and the holy Apostles and all the Saints, and my holy guardian Angel to pray to the Lord our God for me. Amen.


Dismissal (Invitatory)

O Lord, we beseech You, absolve Your people from their offenses, that through Your bountiful goodness we may all be delivered from the bands of those sins which by our frailty we have committed. Grant this, O heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ’s sake, our blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen.


The Cross/Crucifix (End)

THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore. Amen. 

St. Michael the Archangel. Prayer for Protection.

Invocation

Skip the Invocation if you are continuing from a previous prayer.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.


Cross/Crucifix (Initial)

I BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth:

     And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, Born of the Virgin Mary; Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell; The third day he rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, And sits on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From there he shall come to judge the living and the dead.

     I believe in the Holy Spirit; The holy Catholic* Church; The Communion of Saints; The Forgiveness of sins, The Resurrection of the body; And the Life everlasting. Amen.


If the Creed has been said earlier with other prayers, pray the following Trisaigon instead:


Holy God, 

Holy Mighty, 

Holy Immortal, 

have mercy on us.


Invitatory

O God make speed to save us,

O Lord make haste to help us.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.


First Cruciform

OUR FATHER, Who is in heaven, hallowed be Your Name. Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day, our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.


The Week

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.


Second Cruciform

Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil; May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; And do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan and all evil spirits who wander through the world for the ruin of souls. Amen.


Third Cruciform

Saint Michael the Archangel, illustrious leader of the heavenly army, defend us in the battle against principalities and powers, against the rulers of the world of darkness and the spirit of wickedness in high places. Come to the rescue of mankind, whom God has made in His own image and likeness, and purchased from Satan's tyranny at so great a price. Amen.


Fourth Cruciform

Saint Michael, the leader of the heavenly hosts, defend us in battle that we might not perish at the dreadful judgment. The Holy Church venerates you as her patron and guardian. The Lord has entrusted to you the task of leading the souls of the redeemed to heavenly blessedness. Amen.


Final Cruciform

O glorious Archangel St. Michael, Prince of the heavenly host, entreat the Lord of peace to cast Satan down under our feet, so as to keep him from further holding man captive and doing harm to the Church. Carry our prayers up to God's throne, that the mercy of the Lord may quickly come and lay hold of the beast, the serpent of old, Satan and his demons, casting him in chains into the abyss, so that he can no longer seduce the nations. Amen.


Dismissal (Invitatory)

O God, who are the author of peace and lover of concord, in knowledge of whom stand our eternal life, whose service is perfect freedom: Defend us Your humble servants in all assaults of our enemies, that we, surely trusting in Your defence, may not fear the power of any adversaries, through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.


The Cross/Crucifix (End)

THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore. Amen. 

Note: Prayers are taken accordingly, mostly from the Book of Common Prayer and Holy Scripture, and Holy Tradition.