I destroy Rosaries

[Feanor2]

Accidently of course!

Why are they so delicate? I break everyone I have had. I keep them in my pocket and they invariably fall apart. I don’t want to carry one in a little box as that is cumbersome. The longest lasting one I ever had was a very plain wooden one with thickish chord keeping it together but, alas, I lost that one.


Has anyone else had this issue or am I just possesed or something

On a side note I tend to be hard on most things I own. A combination of clumsiness and inattention.

 

[kage_ar]

I make small pouches for the purpose of carrying rosaries in the pocket or purse. Until we move, all my supplies are in storage, but, after May 1 I would make you one and send it to you. PM me if you would like one.

The knotted nylon twine rosaries are the most durable for pockets. Mine have gone through the washer and come out just fine. You can get one from www.rosaryarmy.com You can also learn how to make them and give them away

 

[MarieVeronica]

Accidently of course!

I’m glad you clarified this, “Feanor”. I was gonna come in here… and slap you silly :slapfight:

I’M KIDDING. :hug1:

I would suggest that perhaps you need to put your Rosary beads into a plastic pouch? It might protect them… a little better.

They are pretty easy to repair… if you have patience. Just get a good magnifying glass (or maybe your eyes are better than mine… :hypno: and you don’t require one! )… and a pair of pliers. You can take it apart, and reattach the links. I once did this with an entire Chaplet of St. Michael… which is a little more complicated than a Rosary.

Or, you could do what I do. Leave your GOOD Rosary beads for home use, and carry around a plastic version in your pocket? This has worked well for me! (aka… “the queen of tangles”).

God bless you… and HAPPY EASTER!!

:harp:

 

[Feanor2]

I’m glad you clarified this, “Feanor”. I was gonna come in here… and slap you silly :slapfight:

I’M KIDDING. :hug1:

I would suggest that perhaps you need to put your Rosary beads into a plastic pouch? It might protect them… a little better.

They are pretty easy to repair… if you have patience. Just get a good magnifying glass (or maybe your eyes are better than mine… :hypno: and you don’t require one! )… and a pair of pliers. You can take it apart, and reattach the links. I once did this with an entire Chaplet of St. Michael… which is a little more complicated than a Rosary.

Or, you could do what I do. Leave your GOOD Rosary beads for home use, and carry around a plastic version in your pocket? This has worked well for me! (aka… “the queen of tangles”).

God bless you… and HAPPY EASTER!!

:harp:

Oh- my sight- that’s FUNNY!

I am legally blind so I bet you see a little better than me! I have just taken to saying the Rosary on my fingers by touching my thumb to each finger and then sticking out my thumb as the tenth Hail Mary. Works pretty good, but maybe I should try to get back to actually using one. The fingers work especially well on the treadmill

So far the consensus is that I am not haunted by demonic activity! Shoo!! (wipes forehead)

 

[Nanny_PK]

We had this problem with my grandfather who was in a nursing home – he would carry them in his pockets and then they would go through the washing machine and get ruined. There was a group of ladies at our church that made rosaries for everyone going through RCIA (which I was doing at the time.) These rosaries were made of cloth and instead of beads, there would be knots. I gave mine to my grandfather so if he carried it in his pocket and it got washed, it would not damage his real one. Maybe that is an idea that would work for you.

 

[Feanor2]

We had this problem with my grandfather who was in a nursing home – he would carry them in his pockets and then they would go through the washing machine and get ruined. There was a group of ladies at our church that made rosaries for everyone going through RCIA (which I was doing at the time.) These rosaries were made of cloth and instead of beads, there would be knots. I gave mine to my grandfather so if he carried it in his pocket and it got washed, it would not damage his real one. Maybe that is an idea that would work for you.

OH NO! I’m only 33 and I am ready for the nursing home! It can’t be!!

OH and MarieVeronica- I use a magnifying glass for reading everything so I am very picky about my magnifying glasses. I use a Bausch & Lomb 37 mm. pocket 3X and 4x deal. These have carried me through college and graduate school and ten or so years of employment as a social worker. I could give you the order # if you want to check one out or just to order the catalogue that has all kinds of stuff for people that don’t see well.

 

[Nanny_PK]

OH NO! I’m only 33 and I am ready for the nursing home! It can’t be!!

Was in no way implying you’re ready for a nursing home – I’m almost 39 so if you’re ready for one, I don’t even want to know where they’d put me

 

[Morwenna]

I was shocked by the thread title at first, too!

Feanor, I have an olive-wood & cord rosary which was made in Bethlehem. It seems very sturdy to me, so perhaps it would work well for you. Here is the link where I purchased it:

holylandmall.net/rosary1.html

Pretty reasonably priced, too! $5.99 on sale.

 

[Simon_X]

I’m glad you clarified this, “Feanor”. I was gonna come in here… and slap you silly :slapfight:

I’M KIDDING. :hug1:

I would suggest that perhaps you need to put your Rosary beads into a plastic pouch? It might protect them… a little better.

They are pretty easy to repair… if you have patience. Just get a good magnifying glass (or maybe your eyes are better than mine… :hypno: and you don’t require one! )… and a pair of pliers. You can take it apart, and reattach the links. I once did this with an entire Chaplet of St. Michael… which is a little more complicated than a Rosary.

Or, you could do what I do. Leave your GOOD Rosary beads for home use, and carry around a plastic version in your pocket? This has worked well for me! (aka… “the queen of tangles”).

God bless you… and HAPPY EASTER!!

:harp:

Marie or whoever wants to reply,

Is that St Michael Rosary basically a 3 bead followed b 1 large bead kind of thing? I have a Chaplet prayer where you say the prayer followed by 3 H Marys and an Our Father. I am thinking that would be kind of neat to have…

PS to OP… I use a leather type pouch, it even went thru the wash one time and kept the Rosary pretty safe. Might consider that or one of the ideas like the ones given above.

 

[Feanor2]

I was shocked by the thread title at first, too!

Feanor, I have an olive-wood & cord rosary which was made in Bethlehem. It seems very sturdy to me, so perhaps it would work well for you. Here is the link where I purchased it:

holylandmall.net/rosary1.html

Pretty reasonably priced, too! $5.99 on sale.

There are two that look pretty sturdy on that site. Both seem to use chords. One has a plain wooden crucifix and the other- a wooden cross and mother of pearl inset type of thing.

So with Rosaries Cheaper can be better. My wife has one of those really nice ones from Rome with the gold and the agate setup, but it wouldn’t take me long at all to obliterate that one! I think that, perhaps, Rosaries are made for fairies.

 

[The_Catechumen]

A friend of mine recently gifted me with a fancy silver rosary with onyx beads. (I’m sure it set her back a pretty penny…) To keep it safe, I haul it around in an Altoids tin.

If nothing else, my rosary says minty fresh!

 

[MarieVeronica]

I am legally blind so I bet you see a little better than me! I have just taken to saying the Rosary on my fingers by touching my thumb to each finger and then sticking out my thumb as the tenth Hail Mary.

Ah ha! You’re using the “first Rosary in existence” method! I have often marveled at the arrangement of the Rosary… is it a coincidence? 10 Hail Mary’s! 10 human fingers… (most of us, anyway!).

Well… I don’t know if my sight is better than yours. I only have about 40% vision in my left eye and what the doctor called an “upward gaze palsy”. Almost total night blindness. I’ve been wearing glasses since age 3. I have the eyesight of a VOLE… . My hearing more than compensates for it, though. It’s super sonic!

You can get those little plastic pocket Rosary’s through Leaflet Missal Company. God bless.

 

[Dirk_Skene]

I have one that has lasted for years B U T it is very steardy. The chain is heavy & the beads are stones. Otherwise I’d break them up as you do. Mine was hand made and the maker talked to me about my prayer habbits before makeing the rosery. It’s a CUSTOM job all the way. If you have the cash you might think about this way out of the problem.

 

[Feanor2]

That sounds really nice dirk! Love to see a pic. But don’t go out of your way.

 

[missal]

Accidently of course!

Why are they so delicate? I break everyone I have had. I keep them in my pocket and they invariably fall apart. I don’t want to carry one in a little box as that is cumbersome. The longest lasting one I ever had was a very plain wooden one with thickish chord keeping it together but, alas, I lost that one.


Has anyone else had this issue or am I just possesed or something

On a side note I tend to be hard on most things I own. A combination of clumsiness and inattention.

Hi,
I make what is known as ‘missionary rosaries’. They are sent all over the world…They are the ones of choice for mailings, and for the poorest nations, because they stand up to the rough handling of cargos, and peoples who know they are not to be treated as jewelry. They are made with a very strong cord and plain plastic beads and plastic crucifix
They can take a beating and keep on ‘praying’
Maybe you could even make them yourself. That way they only cost about nine cents each. and you could have several. One for your car, your bag, your coat pocket, I have an extra just for when I walk my dog…Your not so apt to yank the only pair you own into extinction.!
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[Feanor2]

Hi,
I make what is known as ‘missionary rosaries’. They are sent all over the world…They are the ones of choice for mailings, and for the poorest nations, because they stand up to the rough handling of cargos, and peoples who know they are not to be treated as jewelry. They are made with a very strong cord and plain plastic beads and plastic crucifix
They can take a beating and keep on ‘praying’
Maybe you could even make them yourself. That way they only cost about nine cents each. and you could have several. One for your car, your bag, your coat pocket, I have an extra just for when I walk my dog…Your not so apt to yank the only pair you own into extinction.!
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Those sound great- but for some reason I like my rosaries made out of wood, metal, stone. I know that most modern metal is a not so natural alloy but I can still take it. Not to big on plastic.

Surely God is blessing you for your work!

 

[peregrinus_WA]

I have the same problem and I carry mine in a pouch in my pocket. I think the issue is how they are made today. For the most part, the wire loops between the beads are usually very thin and not properly anchored. This causes them to pull apart and detach very easily just from simple movements.

Fortunately, I have found one that seems to be made rather sturdily and has not come apart on my. The only thing I have done to it is change the crucifix to one from my old rosary which was blessed. This is the third set of beads for the crucifix.

 

[MarieVeronica]

Marie or whoever wants to reply,

Is that St Michael Rosary basically a 3 bead followed b 1 large bead kind of thing? I have a Chaplet prayer where you say the prayer followed by 3 H Marys and an Our Father. I am thinking that would be kind of neat to have…

PS to OP… I use a leather type pouch, it even went thru the wash one time and kept the Rosary pretty safe. Might consider that or one of the ideas like the ones given above.

Hi Simon. A St. Michael Chaplet is different from the Rosary. It is composed of “Salutations” to the 9 Choirs of Angels (so, yeah… like 9 “mini” decades; A Salutation Prayer to St. Michael, and each Choir; followed by 1 Our Father, and 3 Hail Mary’s). Instead of a Crucifix on the end, it has a St. Michael the Archangel medal; And the colors of the beads, correspond to each Choir.

It’s a pretty neat prayer, actually. I say it in the morning. I like to have the protection of St. Michael and the Angels… ALLLLLLL day.

I’ve made some St. Michael Chaplets (but mostly, Rosary’s). You can get St. Michael Chaplets at most of the online Catholic Gift stores.

God bless.

 

[LilyM]

I feel your pain, Feanor. I’ve also ruined more than my fair share of Rosaries in my day. Not to mention jewellery, computers, other electrical equipment … basically anything that’s delicate, pretty much.

I wonder if there’s a patron saint for destructive natural forces like me?

 

[Feanor2]

I feel your pain, Feanor. I’ve also ruined more than my fair share of Rosaries in my day. Not to mention jewellery, computers, other electrical equipment … basically anything that’s delicate, pretty much.

I wonder if there’s a patron saint for destructive natural forces like me?

I don’t know Lily but perhaps we could use some intervention here!

I have like a twisted gift or something! Perhaps I missed my vocation as a demolition expert. . .

And you are a lady I presume- usually you guys are so much better with this sort of thing! Perhaps you should change your avatar to “The Tempest.”