Describe your rosary beads!

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what kind of rosary beads you have?

What rosary beads are your favourite?

What rosary beads are you currently using?

What are they made of? What Colour? Chain or cord? Etc
 
i have several ones, and i tend to use them all, since i started praying daily rosaries. I alternate between them. I have wooden ones, plastic ones, glass beads, plastic beads. But my favorite is one made with black glass bead, i tend to prefer the ones that have some “weight” to them.
 
Mine rosary is with metal chain with blue combined with white color beads. The beads are made in plastic.

My favorite color is blue rosary only. Because blue signifies virgin mary.

I am using this same rosary for the past 8 years.🙂
 
My favorite rosary was hand made by a dear friend 15 years ago. the Our Father beads are cream colored marble and the Hail Mary beads are made from rosewood, then there are tiny little white beads used to separate the larger beads. i had the string break once and spent a very long time on my hands and knees until i found every one of those tiny beads.
 
My favorite is very dainty. Little purple plastic crystals.Pretty small.It’s chain! But then I have a scented red one with wooden beads. It’s also chain. Theeeen I made a green glass rosary (also chain 😃 ) I love buying them and looking at them!
 
At the moment I am using an Amethyst Rosary which has a sterling silver centrepiece.

I have a specially made Seven sorrows Rosary made from Poppy Jasper and Black Agate Gemstones. As this Rosary is quite chunky I am having a Rosary beads made from the same Gems as I have chunky fingers.:aok:
 
I have 2 I use fairly regularly (3 if you include my ring rosary). One is made of hematite beads with silver metal fittings (crucifix, center, etc). The other is made of olive wood beads with an olive wood St Benedict crucifix. That one is corded as opposed to the other that is connected with metal links. I like the hematite because of the heavy weight, but I like the olive wood one because of the warm feel of the beads. Now if I could get a wood one with a heavy weight that would be great.😃
 
The rosary I have been using most recently is blue plastic beads on string. My dad made it for me (he passed away last year). The larger beads are dark blue and the others are light blue. The Crucifix is off-white and the medal is a Miraculous Medal. Also, I have a purple all string rosary that was given to me by our Catholic homeschool group, I sometimes use that when praying for homeschool friends. Thanks for asking! 😉
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My favorite set has a brass crucifix on the end, stained oak wood beads. It’s all held together over a natural colored piece of cord. The center piece is a brass circle, with a color image of Our Lady of Guadalupe on the front, and an engraving of the Sacred Heart on the back. All the beads are very close together, so they don’t tangle. It’s wonderful.
 
Black(Onyx)beads,linked with miraculous medal & silver crucifix.It’s also done a lot of mileage.
 
I have a bunch of rosaries. I keep a knotted rosary in my car, easy to use while driving.
I have a pearl rosary in my bedroom, but also another knotted one, they don’t hurt so much if you end up sleeping on them!! (I often fall asleep while saying my last rosary for the day.)

I have my three favorite rosaries, one is metal filigree beads with rhinestones around each bead, it is red.

I also have a blue one that is made with 3 crystals for each bead, one blue, then one clear and then one blue. The our father beads are clear crystals with bead caps on both ends. It’s really pretty and I love using it. I have a red one just like it.

I have a small wooden one that I tend to keep in my pocket daily.

And in my purse, I have one that is made of all different colors of beads that are wire wrapped. And I have one that is silver metal with pink rhinestones all around each bead.

I really love my rosaries and making them is one of my favorite hobbies.
 
I have a single decade one made out of small sea shells

I have one that needs to be put back together again, from Amethyst stones and Kiwi Jasper

And the one I got as a gift that I use, is a pure sterling silver Rosary. Its very shiny, and made of pure sterling silver (which gives it a little weight for its size)
 
I have a five-decade string rosary with red beads. It’s a little old, so some of the bead’s color is wearing off, but it belonged to my mother and I remember it from childhood and I love to pray with it. I also have another string one with red beads, but it has a slightly different crucifix. I hope to get a birthstone rosary one day. 😃
 
I have an all wood one (except or the corpus on the crucifix, which is metal) The Our Father beads are distinguished by a little target pattern carve on them. The beads are on a sturdy brown cord and fairly large. Overall, it’s a pretty sturdy rosary. I think it’s prettier than the plastic ones, but it’s pretty basic/utilitarian, which is the reason I brought it with me to college. At home, I have a bunch o various rosary beads, the most special being a (I THINK) pearl rosary that used to be my grandmother’s and that she gave me when I made my First Communion. However, that one is very delicate and the chain has come unhooked while using it before, so I no longer use it.
 
My Grandfather’s sister was a Carmelite nun who went on a pilgrimage to Medjugorge. I don’t know if she got the rosary there or took it with her on the trip but she got it blessed by a priest there. She gave it to my grandfather.

My grandparents always kept a few rosaries together on a bookshelf by their chairs and I was always drawn to that one - I didn’t know the story behind it. It is is silver with light blue crystals. I went into RCIA about two years after he passed. My grandmother gave it to me after I became confirmed and told me the story. :love:
 
Oh I forgot to mention that I came across the Rosary Army while researching the rosary. (I love learning new things about the Rosary!) They have a tutorial on making rosaries out of twine. I love crafting and thought I would start making them and donating them. They have a slogan: “Make them. Pray them. Give them away.”

Anyone else here do this? Would you like to? I’d love to talk about it and I know it’s a little off topic so PM me! 👍

rosaryarmy.newevangelizers.com/
 
Mine has squarish beads painted black; the crucifix is the Cross of St. Benedict; the medal is a St. Benedict medal; it is about 2 ft long if I lay it flat.
 
I have a few of various types but the one which I use the most right now is one I got from the K of C. It has black beads made of plastic and is quadruple linked chain. It has a papal crucifix and the centerpiece is our lady of Guadalupe with the emblem of the order on the back. It is special to me because of when and how I received it and it has touched several relics.
 
The Rosary beads i use which are my favorite are from Jerusalem and they are wooden coated with olive oil ,when i bought them i could smell the olive oil on them,

They have a metal cross and the beads are linked with steel not rope,the part of the beads where the medal is has soil from the Holy Land enclosed in it.
 
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