Chaplets

[SHoJ]

How are chaplets created? Who comes up with them? Are they always inspired by God? Can someone create / develop a chaplet for a particular saint for one’s own private devotion if there isn’t a chaplet already associated with that saint?

 

[DesertSister62]

SHoJ said:
How are chaplets created? Who comes up with them? Are they always inspired by God? Can someone create / develop a chaplet for a particular saint for one’s own private devotion if there isn’t a chaplet already associated with that saint?

*I just had a similar conversation with a friend of mine who is a Rosary Maker from Canada and she says that Rosary Makers actually can have quite a bit to do with it.

Of course, some Chaplets like the Divine Mercy Chaplet or the Chaplet of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows, all of these were begun years ago and originated from a Saint. BUT, if you have a devotion to a certain Saint and there isn’t a Chaplet available, then the Rosary Maker can either go and look for accepted prayers and put them together in a certain manner or they can collaborate with the person wanting the Chaplet until they put together something that is acceptable and it is actually okay to do that. In fact, there are many Chaplets already out there that began much in the same way! Many times, the Rosary Maker comes up with the chaplet on their own and will get the recognition for their own business. When that happens they don’t share.

I developed a devotion to a particular saint from reading about him and I decided that I would like to have a Chaplet for him. Well, my friend checked and it seems that there isn’t a Chaplet for him currently, so she put one together for me and then went through it with me and now that Chaplet is currently awaiting being assembled!

It’s surprising what we learn when we need something different! :yup:

DesertSister62 *

 

[roveau]

It’s a combination between demand and the rosary makers, for example the standard rosary beads have evolved from quite simple strings of beads, as can be seen from early works of art. There have been quite significant changes to rosary beads over the last 300 years.

Any devout person can design a chaplet and prayers for a particular devotion, whether it catches on or not is another matter. There is no office in the Vatican that regulates such matters.