"Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me the sinner."This prayer is repeated continually, paying deep attention to the meaning of the words. The prayer presents us with two "poles", it begins with the greatness of the Living God on the one side, and finishes with the acknowledgement of our wretchedness on the other. Like a ship in distress which continually sends out the SOS signal, we repeatedly call on the Son of God to have mercy on us and save us. Using the prayer rope to anchor ourselves, we repeat the prayer on each knot of the prayer rope.
There is an interesting story about how the design of the Prayer Rope knots came about. There was a monk who wanted to make a prayer rope in order to count his prayers. However, each time that the monk completed a few knots, a demon would come by and untie them all. The demon knew for what purpose the monk was tying his rope and out of fear and spite wanted to keep him from being able to complete it. One day an angel of God appeared to the monk and, answering his prayers for help, taught him how to make a special kind of knot composed of seven interconnected crosses. This knot was so complicated and, having on it so many crosses, the demon was unable to untie it and the monk was finally able to finish his rope.
We are currently making prayer ropes to sell in order to raise funds for the St. Demetrios Mosaic Project.We have two designs: a wrist prayer rope featuring a cross with a bead in the centre, which is worn on the wrist as a reminder to "pray continually", as well as the 50 knot prayer rope with a cross and tassel (traditionally, the tassel is for wiping the tears of repentance). Both are made from strong, durable parachute cord (paracord). The wrist prayer rope sells for $10, and the 50 knot prayer rope sells for $20. Please allow extra for postage if required. Contact us if you would like to purchase one.
Wrist prayer rope, $10 |
50 knot prayer rope ($20) |