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“A few decades ago, Anglican Christians took the traditional rosary and put a new spin on it creating the “Anglican Rosary.” Instead of five sections of ten beads, there are four sections of seven beads. Seven, of course, refers neatly to the days of creation, and with four sections the whole thing has a cross-like shape to it. There are a total of thirty-three beads on the rosary, which corresponds to the years of the life of Jesus of Nazareth. This new form of rosary was, in part, inspired by a desire to give a beaded prayer resource to Christians who might be less comfortable directing so many prayers to Mary. However, these two rosaries don’t have to be exclusive of each other. They are different tools of prayer that do different things—and you could use either, or both.”
― Rick Morley, The Anglican Rosary and the Lectionary: The Revised Common Lectionary Year A