why would you think it is wrong to repair a broken rosary, even one that is blessed, and why would you need to have it blessed again?
Fantastic, thanks. Now I just need to decide what to use… my 25 pound test or a good thread. The fishing line is great but it can develop a “memory”As I understand, you may take it apart to build a new rosary from it. Once taken apart, it loses its character of being a rosary and, thus, its blessing. When you have put the new one together, feel free to have it blessed.
So if it comes apart on it’s own, would it no longer be holy? What about if one or more beads are lost?As I understand, you may take it apart to build a new rosary from it. Once taken apart, it loses its character of being a rosary and, thus, its blessing. When you have put the new one together, feel free to have it blessed.
It certainly would be inappropriate to treat any such fragments contemptuously, but there is no need to go out of your way to treat them reverently.
Items lose their blessing or consecration if they are desecrated, are substantially broken such that they can no longer be used for their sacred purpose, or if they are publicly sold (if an item is sold by one individual to another for only the price of the material itself – i.e., if no profit is made, the blessing remains. E.g., if you were to give somone, say, a blessed rosary or sell it to him at cost, he would not have to have it re-blessed; if you sell a blessed rosary to someone for profit, he would need to take it to a priest.)