Artisan Paternosters by Chaplets & Chotkis



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Artisan Paternosters

What is a Paternoster?
"Pater Noster" is Latin for "Our Father" and refers to the Lord's Prayer. The Lord's Prayer recurs repeatedly in the Divine Office, as well as being recited at both the beginning and the end. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia,

"In many monastic rules, it was enjoined that the lay brothers, who knew no Latin, instead of the Divine office should say the Lord's Prayer a certain number of times (often amounting to more than a hundred) per diem. To count these repetitions they made use of pebbles or beads strung upon a cord, and this apparatus was commonly known as a "pater-noster", a name which it retained even when such a string of beads was used to count, not Our Fathers, but Hail Marys in reciting Our Lady's Psalter, or in other words in saying the rosary."

In other words, the Pater Noster is the 'original' Christian prayer rope!
As the Paternoster evolved, it began to look more and more like modern rosaries and chaplets, with varying numbers of beads, often divided into decades or sets of five or seven smaller beads with larger beads between. The term "paternoster" was still used for all these prayer beads until the word "rosary" came into use.
Our Paternoster returns to the straight rope of beads, NOT brought into a loop like a rosary or chotki. It has a cross at one end and a tassel at the other, or a cross at either end. We make them in sizes of 50, 100, or 150 beads, and we also can make a custom Pater Noster with any number of beads, in any material.

Name of Paternoster		Picture Click to view more details or to purchase
'Ancient Landmark' Carnelian Paternoster	..................... SOLD .....................
Valley of Bones	..................... $65.00 .....................
Throne of David	..................... $50.00 .....................
Adoption	..................... $60.00 .....................
The Christian Journey	..................... $69.99 .....................

Any artisan paternoster on this page (above) will be shipped inside a black velveteen pouch, with the lovely acrylic gift box pictured here.
Standard paternosters (below) will be shipped in a black velveteen pouch.
Purchases over $200 will receive FREE shipping.

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Bakersfield, CA 93389

What is a Paternoster? "Pater Noster" is Latin for "Our Father" and refers to the Lord's Prayer. The Lord's Prayer recurs repeatedly in the Divine Office, as well as being recited at both the beginning and the end. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia,
	"In many monastic rules, it was enjoined that the lay brothers, who knew no Latin, instead of the Divine office should say the Lord's Prayer a certain number of times (often amounting to more than a hundred) per diem. To count these repetitions they made use of pebbles or beads strung upon a cord, and this apparatus was commonly known as a "pater-noster", a name which it retained even when such a string of beads was used to count, not Our Fathers, but Hail Marys in reciting Our Lady's Psalter, or in other words in saying the rosary."
In other words, the Pater Noster is the 'original' Christian prayer rope! As the Paternoster evolved, it began to look more and more like modern rosaries and chaplets, with varying numbers of beads, often divided into decades or sets of five or seven smaller beads with larger beads between. The term "paternoster" was still used for all these prayer beads until the word "rosary" came into use. Our Paternoster returns to the straight rope of beads, NOT brought into a loop like a rosary or chotki. It has a cross at one end and a tassel at the other, or a cross at either end. We make them in sizes of 50, 100, or 150 beads, and we also can make a custom Pater Noster with any number of beads, in any material.