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Shiann
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I hope someone here has an answer for me.
My mother and father were in Italy over the last few weeks. They brought home beautiful rosaries as gifts for us when they visited Rome on a day trip.
They did not have time to have the rosaries blessed in Rome, but when they returned to Bologna, Italy, my mother was able to have them blessed at San Pietro church in that community.
My mother is protestant reformed, and she was unsure of the ‘steps’ one needed to take to have these rosaries blessed- so she asked the hotel receptionist about it. They told her just to go to the church, there would be someone there who could help her.
So she went to San Pietro church, and saw a man she determined was the Father, up near the front. She approached him and called “Father”. She said he turned to her right away, and was such a friendly and warm man, but couldn’t speak much English. She told them she wanted to have these rosaries blessed for her children, and he was very gracious about it, and of course agreed to do it.
He asked her to move with him over to the base of the statue of the Blessed Mother and infant Jesus, and began to bless the rosaries.
He began a very long prayer (in Italian of course) and she was unable to understand anything he said. Afterward he thanked her warmly (and she in turn) and she left.
Now when I’ve gotten my rosaries blessed over the years, and those priests have just made a very short prayer and the sign of the cross over it. So we are both curious if there was a specific prayer the italian Father might have used when he blessed our rosaries.
I was very touched that my mother would even think to do this for us- and coupled with the love and care that the Father seemed to show in this, it is just very touching to me.
So, does anyone know what blessing Father might have said over my rosary?
My mother and father were in Italy over the last few weeks. They brought home beautiful rosaries as gifts for us when they visited Rome on a day trip.
They did not have time to have the rosaries blessed in Rome, but when they returned to Bologna, Italy, my mother was able to have them blessed at San Pietro church in that community.
My mother is protestant reformed, and she was unsure of the ‘steps’ one needed to take to have these rosaries blessed- so she asked the hotel receptionist about it. They told her just to go to the church, there would be someone there who could help her.
So she went to San Pietro church, and saw a man she determined was the Father, up near the front. She approached him and called “Father”. She said he turned to her right away, and was such a friendly and warm man, but couldn’t speak much English. She told them she wanted to have these rosaries blessed for her children, and he was very gracious about it, and of course agreed to do it.
He asked her to move with him over to the base of the statue of the Blessed Mother and infant Jesus, and began to bless the rosaries.
He began a very long prayer (in Italian of course) and she was unable to understand anything he said. Afterward he thanked her warmly (and she in turn) and she left.
Now when I’ve gotten my rosaries blessed over the years, and those priests have just made a very short prayer and the sign of the cross over it. So we are both curious if there was a specific prayer the italian Father might have used when he blessed our rosaries.
I was very touched that my mother would even think to do this for us- and coupled with the love and care that the Father seemed to show in this, it is just very touching to me.
So, does anyone know what blessing Father might have said over my rosary?
