Holy Spirit and a Rosary

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I am currently going through RCIA, learning to make more space in my heart for God and to follow His will. As I was thinking on my rosary (the beads, not the prayer) I felt the Holy Spirit gently nudge into my thoughts and say “Your father needs this more than you do right now. Show charity and you shall be rewarded with what you are to part with.”

I didn’t find it strange; I felt as if it was something I needed to do. As I browsed online through the RCIA jewelry my parents said they would gift me with for Christmas and Easter/Confirmation (a crucifix, a medal of my patron St. Germaine, a Holy Spirit Confirmation bracelet and a rosary bracelet) I decided to browse the site’s collection of rosaries for fun.

When I came across an heirloom rosary with a Holy Spirit centerpiece, I felt as if it was the rosary meant for me. It had beautiful Swarovski beads and an option to engrave the centerpiece medal. I asked the Holy Spirit what message to add and He guided me to say “Trust in the Spirit John 16:13”.

I feel as if this is supposed to happen, as if God is testing my will to part with what I feel is most precious to me. My current rosary has oval wooden beads with a centerpiece medal of St. John Paul II. It is my first rosary and I have had it for almost a year.

My question is, how can I pray to make sure this is really coming from the Spirit, that I am not just projecting this subconsciously as a way to get a new rosary? It is beautiful, but I want my will to please God, not just my own human weakness for beautiful, vain objects.
 
Don’t over think this.
Tell your parents you found one you would appreciate.
Welcome home.
 
The Lord is TESTING you, Ariana
to see if you love Him for WHO HE
IS instead of what you can GET from
Him(ultimately). This is just another
of His tests, you mentioned CP in
your signature, but life does not consist
in possessions! That is a false promise
of the devil.
 
Ariana_Katlyn said:
I am currently going through RCIA, learning to make more space in my heart for God and to follow His will. As I was thinking on my rosary (the beads, not the prayer) I felt the Holy Spirit gently nudge into my thoughts and say “Your father needs this more than you do right now. Show charity and you shall be rewarded with what you are to part with.”

I didn’t find it strange; I felt as if it was something I needed to do. As I browsed online through the RCIA jewelry my parents said they would gift me with for Christmas and Easter/Confirmation (a crucifix, a medal of my patron St. Germaine, a Holy Spirit Confirmation bracelet and a rosary bracelet) I decided to browse the site’s collection of rosaries for fun.

When I came across an heirloom rosary with a Holy Spirit centerpiece, I felt as if it was the rosary meant for me. It had beautiful Swarovski beads and an option to engrave the centerpiece medal. I asked the Holy Spirit what message to add and He guided me to say “Trust in the Spirit John 16:13”.

I feel as if this is supposed to happen, as if God is testing my will to part with what I feel is most precious to me. My current rosary has oval wooden beads with a centerpiece medal of St. John Paul II. It is my first rosary and I have had it for almost a year.

My question is, how can I pray to make sure this is really coming from the Spirit, that I am not just projecting this subconsciously as a way to get a new rosary? It is beautiful, but I want my will to please God, not just my own human weakness for beautiful, vain objects.
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I think you’re making a mountain out of a molehill here. Frankly, God likely neither cares whether you get new rosary beads or not, so long as they are blessed (or become blessed after you acquire them). Be gracious in receiving gifts, and don’t try to “pietize” the whole matter.
 
I shall pray intently on this. Possessions truly do not matter, and I should be grateful for what I have. That always helps to dial down the “want” factor. In fact, I could actually just buy the rosary with my own money and use it to remind me that even though God creates beautiful things, even the simplest thing can be beautiful if used to glorify God. Likewise, even the most beautiful things can become vain if not appreciated by giving thanks to Him.
 
You can have more than one Rosary. 🙂 I have a few, including one I made, and one that was my mother in law’s Rosary.

There was one day, I was talking to a young man in the bookstore, that I felt a prodding to give him my beloved Rosary. It was my first Rosary purchase (and it was rather expensive, in my opinion) since I came back to God and the Faith, and was actually my only Rosary. I’d only had it a few months. I argued mentally with God, asking Him please not to ask me to do that, and thinking about how much the Rosary meant to me as a returning Catholic. Finally, in which all of this happened in a few seconds, I gave in, and thought, “Okay, God, I’ll offer him my beloved Rosary, because You want me to.” No sooner than I had that thought, the young man, out of the blue (because we weren’t discussing the Rosary or Mary, even), tells me that he already had a Rosary that he was happy with.

God granted me my desire, after I agreed to conform to His Desire for me. After that, I started carrying blessed Rosaries with me that were inexpensive.

Just felt the need to tell you my Rosary story. 🙂
 
It was a nice story I thought.

To the OP, if having this rosary will deepen your prayer life maybe it’s a good thing to try and acquire it. Still plenty of religious brothers and sisters make do with plain wood bead rosaries all their lives. That’s something to think about as well. Pray about it and see what you come up with.
 
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It was a nice story I thought.

To the OP, if having this rosary will deepen your prayer life maybe it’s a good thing to try and acquire it. Still plenty of religious brothers and sisters make do with plain wood bead rosaries all their lives. That’s something to think about as well. Pray about it and see what you come up with.
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This is exactly my conflict. I am not sure that having “oh look it’s shiny” will help me to better glorify God. The want factor fizzles out as soon as I acquire something new.

But also, it may help as a reminder that God creates beautiful things for us to praise Him with. It’s sterling silver plated with rhodium, a true heirloom rosary. If I ever have a family, perhaps I can pass it down as a keepsake that God’s love and beauty is always eternal. Food for thought.
 
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