New Age Rosary

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I have been searching the internet for quite sometime but am not able to find any definitive or authoritative answer on if the “New Age” rosary is evil?
Does blessing the rosary change its evil power?
What should we do if we have possession of one such rosary?
What is the point in the evil side distributing such rosaries if people are going to pray the rosary on it?

I have seen an exorcist priest confiscate such rosaries from people who come to him and put it in holy water and later dispose it. Also I have seen another priest who is not quite sure and said that blessing the rosary will help. It’s really confusing. Am looking for expert answers, have seen a lot of opinions going both ways.

Here is the rosary that I am talking about…
prayerfulwoman.com/New%20Age%20Rosary%20.htm

Thank you very much.
 
planetregin said:
I have been searching the internet for quite sometime but am not able to find any definitive or authoritative answer on if the “New Age” rosary is evil?
Does blessing the rosary change its evil power?
What should we do if we have possession of one such rosary?
What is the point in the evil side distributing such rosaries if people are going to pray the rosary on it?

I have seen an exorcist priest confiscate such rosaries from people who come to him and put it in holy water and later dispose it. Also I have seen another priest who is not quite sure and said that blessing the rosary will help. It’s really confusing. Am looking for expert answers, have seen a lot of opinions going both ways.

Here is the rosary that I am talking about…
prayerfulwoman.com/New%20Age%20Rosary%20.htm

Thank you very much.
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Thank you for that information. I own several rosaries, and discovered that one plastic one I had (forgot where I got it from!) exactly matched the one on the site you provided.

I have broken it up and thrown it away.
 
Right, and are we going to rid our physicians’ offices of the caduceus, also? No. Probably every physician’s office has at least one. I suppose you could ask your doctors to throw them away, but chances are they won’t. 😉

I would concentrate more on the heartfelt prayers being prayed while holding a rosary, than on the object itself.
 
I wouldn’t want to knowingly pray on a Rosary that I knew had such symbols on it, put there by someone who hates all that is holy.
 
The rosary that I received in my copy of the 13th Day DVD is just like this! Weird. I also had it blessed the weekend after I got it and have been praying on it regularly.
 
planetregin said:
Here is the rosary that I am talking about…
prayerfulwoman.com/New%20Age%20Rosary%20.htm
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This looks like absurd fearmongering to me.

I see no evidence in the actual photographs that the shape actually is a snake rather than a vine or other ribbonesque decoration.

And even if it is a snake, it does not follow that a snake represents anything evil at all. In scripture, the crucifixion of the Lord is prefigured by Moses lifting up the bronze serpent: “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.” Eastern Catholic and Orthodox bishops often have croziers employing this serpent imagery.
 
That website seems really silly to me. There’s no pentagram on that crucifix. The points are pentagonal, sure, but they aren’t pentagrams. Is the Texas Lonestar a symbol of Baal, too? :rolleyes:

Why aren’t there more details? Surely, if these are widely available at pilgrimage sites they could track down who makes and distributes them, and verify that they actually are a New Age group that makes crucifixes to promote Satanism? If so, the Satanists are doing a bad job of it. You have to really squint and use your imagination to see any of that. 😉
 
Moscati said:
Is the Texas Lonestar a symbol of Baal, too? :rolleyes:
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Furthermore, five-point stars and five-sided figures have long use in Christian symbolism. In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, for example, the pentangle on Sir Gawain’s shield represents the five wounds of Christ and the five joys of the Blessed Virgin.
 
Holy Cross Family Ministries gives rosaries similar to this. They have Christ on it, and 4 suns on the 4 points of the cross. They also have the pole thing. But, the website says they are made in Italy, the HCFM ones say “Ecuador” so does this mean that they a New Age rosaries too?
 
As far as I have been able to tell, this whole warning about a “new age rosary” is a hoax.
 
First of all, they got it all wrong. That symbol, if anything, is the rod of Asclepios, not the caduceus. They are two very different symbols:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_of_Asclepius

Also check out this link:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron%27s_rod

It might be a representation of the rod of Moses.

They say one of Devil’s best strategies is to make people not believe in him. I think that being obsessed and seeing the Devil every other place is also a good strategy. Especially if it keeps you away from a sacramental, or makes you break one…
 
aspirant said:
This looks like absurd fearmongering to me.

I see no evidence in the actual photographs that the shape actually is a snake rather than a vine or other ribbonesque decoration.

And even if it is a snake, it does not follow that a snake represents anything evil at all. In scripture, the crucifixion of the Lord is prefigured by Moses lifting up the bronze serpent: “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.” Eastern Catholic and Orthodox bishops often have croziers employing this serpent imagery.
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Moscati said:
That website seems really silly to me. There’s no pentagram on that crucifix. The points are pentagonal, sure, but they aren’t pentagrams. Is the Texas Lonestar a symbol of Baal, too? :rolleyes:

Why aren’t there more details? Surely, if these are widely available at pilgrimage sites they could track down who makes and distributes them, and verify that they actually are a New Age group that makes crucifixes to promote Satanism? If so, the Satanists are doing a bad job of it. You have to really squint and use your imagination to see any of that. 😉
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I tend to agree with these. The whole thing seems silly to me.

Now suppose for a minute that these symbols are what the detractors say they are. What difference does it make. Are you saying prayers on the rosary that are evil? Of course not. You are delcaring your beliefs in the Creed, praying as Our Lord taught us in the Our Fathers, Quoting Scripture and asking for the intercession of the Blessed Virgin in the Hail Mary’s and meditating on the evnts of Christ’s Life in the various mysteries.
It would seem to me that, even IF (and that is a very large if) this rosary is suppose to hold some sort of evil, that power would flee quickly and permanently once the prayers above were pronounced upon it. Evil cannot stand up to the combined power of the prayers of the Holy Rosary reverently prayed.

Peace
James
 
I suppose alot of things can be interpreted as “New Age”. Just misinterpretations, really.
 
A priest once told me that a rosary is just a bunch of beads strung together, nothing more (unless its blessed of course!) where the value comes in is in the prayer.

I have done some research into the “new age” rosary and have found that there are pagen groups out there who pray a “new age” or “spiritual” version of the rosary, one of which is the Heart Center Community that states directly from their website…“In this dispensation of The Hearts Center we have carried on in the tradition of the various rosaries released in the prior dispensation, including the Kuan Yin Crystal Rosary” and also “As we know, beloved Elizabeth Clare Prophet received from Mother Mary a new rosary for the golden age” Another is the Summit Lighthouse group.

Now back to the comment stated above, If you receive a “new age” rosary then throw it away if it makes you feel uncomfortable to have one. It is nothing more than a string of plastic beads. There is no harm in destroying a non-blessed rosary. Since what matters with the rosary is the prayers associated with it. You can use your fingers to count the prayers if nothing else. Pray the true Rosary everyday for world peace!
 
At my Church in Seattle there has been a big controversy over these “New Age Rosaries.” I was even approached by a Deacon who asked me to look into these cheap plastic rosaries that were given away at our street fair last year. They caused grave concern to our Legion of Mary members who had their own booth and wanted to promote prayer with the rosary.

The best description and suggested action I have been able to find is on the CatholicDads website: catholicdadsonline.org/posts/2220/new-age-rosary-warning/

“THE DEVIL, HOWEVER, WOULD LOVE NOTHING MORE THAN TO HAVE US DESTROY ROSARIES AND TO WORRY ABOUT THEM INSTEAD OF PRAYING AND TRUSTING IN OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST AND THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. LORD JESUS, GRANT US PEACE AND FAITH. BLESSED MOTHER, PRAY FOR US.”

In addition to all this, there is also a story currently making the rounds on the internet that describes an encounter with Mother Teresa on an airplane. She gives a rosary to a weary traveler who then lends it out to people who experience a rather magical healing. The story is cleverly written and it was my unhappy task to graciously point out it’s fallacies. There must be some effort going on to discredit the rosary, but since it is gift from the Virgin Mother of God then the Church would want Her to defend it.

Just as in the movie; “The Song of Bernadette”, it was a kind of miracle that resulted in the reopening of the grotto in Lourdes, France. Similarly, the religious and all adherents to the rosary must understand that it’s in the prayers and meditations of the rosary, that is where God does good things for those who love Him.

Enter through the narrow gate!

StevEdward
 
Well the link in the OP is broken.

However, I have to ask, do you folks know that Buddhist pray with Rosary Beads?

Could this so-called New Age Rosary actually be a Buddhist Rosary?

Jim
 
JimR-OCDS said:
Well the link in the OP is broken.

However, I have to ask, do you folks know that Buddhist pray with Rosary Beads?

Could this so-called New Age Rosary actually be a Buddhist Rosary?

Jim
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The original link was referring to those plastic little Rosaries, you know, like missionaries usually hand out. In the DVD of the 13th Day the free Rosary that came with it was one of them. Here’s a new link..
 
Well all I can say is, if you can’t trust your rosary then who can you trust?
 
I had 16 of those cursed kind and 17 ‘normal’ ones that were all for my kids to use. I brought them all to a local awesome priest. He gave them to his exorcist friend priest to discern if they were in deed something to be concerned about.

He got back to me about a month later and told me to take them very seriously. I have been bringing them to that local priest since. He breaks the curse on them with prayer. I take them back and burn them with my other sacramentals, scapulars and other blessed rosary parts.

It has been amazing to me how many since have shown up in my life ‘to be dealt with properly’. I do take it very seriously. For instance, we were very careful to get all of them out of our house. Then when we were Enthroning the Sacred Heart of Jesus in our home the next morning, after the ceremony, there was one of those rosaries in the center of the room on the floor where the home-shrine and image are. I could just imagine the angels pinning down the one last demon that had been hiding attached to that rosary by the curse. I have been ‘dealing’ with these cursed rosaries for years. They come from all over to be ‘found’ be me or mine and we just pass them off to the priests. YEARS! If and when I don’t take it seriously and leave them in the car or my pocket I do notice a serious lack of peace amongst my family. Then I remember the unseen demon I left hanging out too near us. I sometimes feel sorry for all of our guardian angels that also have to deal with all of these cursed rosaries and what that might mean for them… especially if I get lackadaisical about it. I am a homeschooling mom of 7.

I am not surprised that evil would try to attack such a wonderful blessed tool as a rosary or a person willing to pray or hang on to a rosary by making and distributing cheap or free rosaries. Our Blessed Mother is the arch-enemy of Evil. She is the opposite of an evil creature. She is Full of God’s Grace in comparison and God promised at the fall of Adam and Eve that Blessed Mother and Satan would be the two team captains of His creatures. They represent the head creatures of the two sides in the battle for souls; Evil and Goodness, his children and her children. Don’t be surprised that evil will attack her and those that would pray the rosary. God warned us in The Word. She also was called out to be the rise and fall of many. Who are her children exactly… those with rosaries and scapulars? Those that call on her to pray for them? Those that ignore or insult her as just another creature and Christian like anyone else?

Regarding the cursed rosaries, I will just continue to bring them to the local priests that take it seriously enough to deal with it properly. That original local priest with the exorcist priest friend has since been reassigned but another local parish is willing to take them all and deal with them. I don’t even bring those home I just hand them over.

It isn’t worth declaring that I know or don’t know by way of discernment. I left the discernment to the priests and especially the exorcist. That is their specialty to deal with and discern whether there are demons at work to be dealt with. I am just the handmade of the Lord who will bring them their next demon foe.

God Bless you and yours. I hope this helps.
All for Him! Joyrunr
ps. find out about Enthroning the Sacred Heart in your home… EXCELLENT!
 
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