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Andrew61
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What would be the significance/ consequences of INTENTIONALLY cutting a Rosary? : Specifically a Franciscan Monk.
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1ke
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A broken rosary.What would be the significance/ consequences of INTENTIONALLY cutting a Rosary? : Specifically a Franciscan Monk.
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Ad_Orientem
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As to the rosary itself, if it were separated into parts so that it were no longer one thing nor recognizable as a rosary, then I believe it would cease to be a rosary (and consequently cease to be a sacramental, if it had been blessed).
As to the person cutting it, there’s no simple answer because the consequences would depend on the reason.
Obviously, if he’s doing it maliciously (e.g. as an act of defiance or sacrilege, or to hurt someone else), then he’s committing a serious sin and would have to go to Confession. If he’s a consecrated religious, the sin is all the more serious.
But I can think of some reasons that might justify cutting a rosary. Is he merely making repairs, for example? Is he being MacGyver and creating something to save a person’s life?
There are also circumstances that could lessen or remove culpability, e.g. if he is mentally ill, or under extreme duress (e.g. under threats of violence).
As to the person cutting it, there’s no simple answer because the consequences would depend on the reason.
Obviously, if he’s doing it maliciously (e.g. as an act of defiance or sacrilege, or to hurt someone else), then he’s committing a serious sin and would have to go to Confession. If he’s a consecrated religious, the sin is all the more serious.
But I can think of some reasons that might justify cutting a rosary. Is he merely making repairs, for example? Is he being MacGyver and creating something to save a person’s life?
There are also circumstances that could lessen or remove culpability, e.g. if he is mentally ill, or under extreme duress (e.g. under threats of violence).
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Allegra
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The beads wouldn’t probably fall though, because they’re tied in place.
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Andrew61
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good point
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Crown_of_Stars
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The title of this thread reminded me of an odd dream I had a while ago. It had something to do with my holding a rosary, and all of a sudden all of the beads were falling loose, and there seemed to be an endless amount of them…they never ended, and just kept falling, and scattering all over, faster than I could try to stop them. And I’m still trying to figure out what it meant.
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Br.Carlo
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God’s peace. There is also the possibility that the Franciscan was converting a standard 5-decade Marian rosary into a Franciscan Crown rosary, which has 7 decades. I have done this myself when I needed one for use in my OFS formation exercises.
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pianistclare
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Are you thinking there’s something wrong or malice of intention?What would be the significance/ consequences of INTENTIONALLY cutting a Rosary? : Specifically a Franciscan Monk.
I’m confused.
Why does it matter to you?
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