Show Us Your Rosary!

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I have more than 5; when I get home I hope to be able to post some pics.
 
My favorite rosaries are generally the ones I make myself. I make my own cord rosaries from plastic beads, glass beads, minerals/gem beads, etc. I would love to share them with people but I don’t have a good camera.

Probably one of my favorites that I recently made is a regular rosary with plastic, reflective green beads used for the “Hail Mary” beads. The “Our Father” beads are clear plastic with colorful floral patterns inside (I see blue for the background, pink for the “flowers,” and gold colored paint for more decoration). For the very first “Our Father” bead I have a blue colored rose flower (it is literally shaped like a flower, but not so much as a “bead”; very flexible). The crucifix I use is not the suffering Jesus but a regular cross with “fake jewels” in colors of blue, white, pink, black, and diamond. I have yet to get it blessed by a priest.

Favorite rosaries that I have NOT made are the two Holy Land wooden rosaries which are scented. I have another wire rosary made in Bethlehem that I use. It has the largest beads of any rosary I own and it is a clear green in bead color. Also has dirt from Jerusalem enclosed in the centerpiece.
 
I don’t have a camera to send a picture, but mine is a 15 decade black oval bead rosary. My non-Catholic father asked a Precious Blood sister to make it for me when I was discerning a vocation. It has the A.B.C.D. indulgences attached to it, courtesy of a WWII priest from the Benedictines. I love the warm smooth feel of the beads and the cool touch of the long chains as they slip through my fingers. The Crucifix is around 4 inches in length and sometimes I will just sit and hold it in my hands as I meditate.
 
This is mine, I love the smooth wooden beads, and all the metal is sterling, so no worrys with corrosion, discoloration, etc. if you look closely, next to the crucifix, there is a teeeny st. Jude medal, in brass, that I attached that I just adore. The crucifix is not clear in the pic, but it has a matching engraved design, like that on the center piece. Got it off of Ebay many years back from an older man in canada, still had the ‘creed’ sterling stickers on it, new old stock never been loved or used, 'til I got hold of it. 🙂
 
I have a very simple white Rosary that glows in the dark and was blessed by Pope Benedict XVI
 
I don’t have a picture of it but it is a ring rosary. It never breaks.
 
Mine is a finger Rosary.
I cherish it for various reasons:
  1. I pray it daily
  2. It makes me feel close to Mary
  3. My sister gave it to me as a present, many many years ago.
  4. It was blessed by a priest at the Cathedral.
  5. I have touched with it many relics. For instance a month ago there was a peregrination to the Basilica of Guadalupe, and many convents and persons lent relics from saints.
    There were relics from martyrs from the first century; also the relics of st Francis of Asisi, st Francis of Sales, st Therese of Avila, st Therese of Lisieux, st Mary Margaret of Alacoque, st Faustina Kowalska, st Juan Diego, st Maria Goretti,etc. etc. There were more than 200 thousand relics kept inside a crystal cross, and I touched it with my finger Rosary.👍
  6. As I wear it always, I am never without my Rosary at hand (no pun intended :p)
  7. And the best part is I can pray it anytime, everywhere, discreetly, without people noticing sometimes I am praying for them! I love to pray it while walking on my parish gardens, or while sitting on a waiting room, or while going somewhere. I can allways count on it.
It is made of ‘alpaca’ (I do not know the name in English), it is similar to silver but inexpensive. The cross is for the Our Father, and the 10 small diagonal pieces are for the Hail Marys. I feel them with my thumb, I don’t even have to look at it! I can even keep my hand in my coat pocket (when it is cold outside). It is wonderful and I like it very much!!
 
I just got this in the mail the other day. Apparently one of my aunts made it. Don’t know if I will ever actually use it, but the haematite beads look pretty neat, I think.
 
OK,so I couldn’t post the actual pics so I’m going to try to at least post links to pics of rosaries I have. So here goes:

Pic 1
Pic 2
Pic 3
Pic 4

And for those curious, I like them all of course, but I think 4 is my fave. All but Pic 1 were made by my wife. Pic 1 is my KofC rosary. Oh, and that’s a dog hair apparently in image 3…😊
 
Alma said:
Mine is a finger Rosary.
I cherish it for various reasons:
  1. I pray it daily
  2. It makes me feel close to Mary
  3. My sister gave it to me as a present, many many years ago.
  4. It was blessed by a priest at the Cathedral.
  5. I have touched with it many relics. For instance a month ago there was a peregrination to the Basilica of Guadalupe, and many convents and persons lent relics from saints.
    There were relics from martyrs from the first century; also the relics of st Francis of Asisi, st Francis of Sales, st Therese of Avila, st Therese of Lisieux, st Mary Margaret of Alacoque, st Faustina Kowalska, st Juan Diego, st Maria Goretti,etc. etc. There were more than 200 thousand relics kept inside a crystal cross, and I touched it with my finger Rosary.👍
  6. As I wear it always, I am never without my Rosary at hand (no pun intended :p)
  7. And the best part is I can pray it anytime, everywhere, discreetly, without people noticing sometimes I am praying for them! I love to pray it while walking on my parish gardens, or while sitting on a waiting room, or while going somewhere. I can allways count on it.
It is made of ‘alpaca’ (I do not know the name in English), it is similar to silver but inexpensive. The cross is for the Our Father, and the 10 small diagonal pieces are for the Hail Marys. I feel them with my thumb, I don’t even have to look at it! I can even keep my hand in my coat pocket (when it is cold outside). It is wonderful and I like it very much!!
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That is quite a lovely idea!
 
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