We have not written too much about it, but May is Mary’s month and I have only recently decided to pray the Rosary in the morning before my kiddo wakes up. It is so soothing and sets the tone for the rest of my day.
I am interested to hear about who gave you your Rosary/or where you got it and what memories your Rosary elicits?
Two Stories:
1)My Rosary is from an old roommate. She is a Korean convert to Catholicism and has a deep love for Mary. She travels around the world and visits Marian shrines and she gave me a Rosary back from Medugorje.
2)A former student of mine was born with a heart defect. Her doctors thought she wouldn’t make it. Her parents, nominal Catholics, began to pray the Rosary and their daughter pulled through. The experience converted them into a living Faith and their daughter is one special kid.
My favorite rosary was my Dad’s. My son recently used it at his First Holy Communion —- he actually fixed a link on it that kept coming undone. I think it is more his now and that my Dad would like that.
I just made a rosary (last week) that I believe I will keep with me now.
Of course, we have the car rosaries that we use a lot.
I made the rosary I’m currently using. It was the first I made out of components which meant something to me.
1. Pope John Paul II papal cricifix
2. St. Padre Pio 4th class relic center.
3. Job’s Tears beads (favorite of Mother Teresa).
4. Small pictorial medal of the blessed mother hooked to the center.
It has come apart a few times since I made it. This is because it was the first one I made, and my looping technique wasn’t that good, as it comes apart, I have been replacing and re-looping the pin. So my rosary is becoming more perfected over the years as I hope I am.