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Aurelia
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I don’t know if this has been asked before, but what happens if you pray on a rosary that hasn’t been blessed?
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John_19_59
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Er… nothing. Don’t worry about it. The prayer is important. Get it blessed if you can, but it’s not important. At least I never heard it was essential.
I use my fingers if I’ve forgotten my rosary. Luckily we have ten of them.
I have loads of finger rosaries (that I lose regular) they are never blessed.
I use my fingers if I’ve forgotten my rosary. Luckily we have ten of them.
I have loads of finger rosaries (that I lose regular) they are never blessed.
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moira
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You’re still praying and hopefully being heard. Sometimes when I don’t have a rosary handy, I still pray the rosary by counting in my head or on my fingers. I think having it blessed makes it a sacramental but there is nothing wrong if it isn’t blessed. No lightening bolts will hurt you.http://forums.catholic-questions.org/images/icons/icon10.gif
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BrotherinChrist
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You can still use it, but try to go to church soon and get it blessed.
My wife says that it is like holy water, it’s only water until it is blessed.
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My wife says that it is like holy water, it’s only water until it is blessed.
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puzzleannie
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the action of using the rosary for the purpose intended, namely praying with it, blesses it, but you can certainly also ask a priest or deacon to bless it the next time you meet him.
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BriarRose
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The day my husband went in for a horrible surgery to remove a giant tumor from his neck, I purchased a purple-hued rosary from the hospital gift shop. It was in a clear plastic case. I prayed on it for hours. Other women, waiting for their loved ones to come out of surgery saw me. We all ended up together, sharing prayers and stories right there in the waiting room. We all helped each other through the trial of waiting. We all believed Jesus would carry us through.
Thus began, what our Msgr. called, a “year of running the gauntlet”. My husband lived through this and many subsequent surgery horror stories. The tumor could not completely be removed and was found to be stage 4 cancerous. It was right on my husband’s jugular vein, facial nerves and corotid artery. It had grown through and around them all. He had to undergo the highest doses of radiation allowed in the USA and the same for chemo. This was all done with clinic doctors, since my husband had lost his job and the unemployment had run out the very month he was diagnosed. There was no health insurance. We ended up on welfare.
I had very little money, so to buy a rosary that day might have been considered a splurge… I don’t know. What I do know is that I lived through the day, and so did my husband, and everyone else there that day.
The hospital gift-shop rosary, and what I believe to be “earthy angels” who came to our aide, became our
strength and comfort during the next year. I prayed as they removed all my husband’s teeth, and told me they might have to, literally, cut-out his neck and much of his face. He had to be fed through a tube in his belly.
I prayed that rosary so much. And I remember crying in church,* “Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have Merc**y on us.”* We were terrified. Anyway, someday I will tell you all the complete story. It is long and hard, and not yet over, but it is not without miracles. That’s one reason I joined. Hoping for some added support, and that my sharing can somehow help someone else out there. But to make a very VERY long story, well, less long…
Thus began, what our Msgr. called, a “year of running the gauntlet”. My husband lived through this and many subsequent surgery horror stories. The tumor could not completely be removed and was found to be stage 4 cancerous. It was right on my husband’s jugular vein, facial nerves and corotid artery. It had grown through and around them all. He had to undergo the highest doses of radiation allowed in the USA and the same for chemo. This was all done with clinic doctors, since my husband had lost his job and the unemployment had run out the very month he was diagnosed. There was no health insurance. We ended up on welfare.
I had very little money, so to buy a rosary that day might have been considered a splurge… I don’t know. What I do know is that I lived through the day, and so did my husband, and everyone else there that day.
The hospital gift-shop rosary, and what I believe to be “earthy angels” who came to our aide, became our
strength and comfort during the next year. I prayed as they removed all my husband’s teeth, and told me they might have to, literally, cut-out his neck and much of his face. He had to be fed through a tube in his belly.
I prayed that rosary so much. And I remember crying in church,* “Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have Merc**y on us.”* We were terrified. Anyway, someday I will tell you all the complete story. It is long and hard, and not yet over, but it is not without miracles. That’s one reason I joined. Hoping for some added support, and that my sharing can somehow help someone else out there. But to make a very VERY long story, well, less long…
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BriarRose
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We know what a Stage 4 diagnosis is. It is a death sentence… especially with naso-pharynx cancer. For all tests to come back, one year later, completely devoid of the primary tumor and the giant mastesis that were there, and with no active cancer cells anywhere in my husband’s body, is, to us, miraculous.
So, our child was given this time with her daddy. And although nothing is perfect… we are still losing our home, getting sued, etc. for the financial ramifications of cancer are staggering… we still have something we had been previously told was impossible just one year ago. We still, somehow, have each other. God had mercy on us and gave us the grace to get through these terrible experiences. He gave us more time together, and this particular time, free from cancer.
I don’t know what we will do next, or where we will go, but I know that rosary got me through so much, and that Our Lady embraced me. And sometimes, when we pray the rosary together, as a family, certain links seem to take on a golden cast. This happened to another woman I know from church, too.
One thing this thread made me realize is that I never officially had that purple beaded rosary officially blessed, but it has gotten me through such horrors I can not fully describe. Perhaps someday, when I know how this story ends, I will tell all.
I have since told many people at the hospital, gift shop, all over, about that rosary. For those that will listen, it gives them hope. Some have shared their stories with me.
So oviously I agree that it’s okay to use one that is unblessed… but do intend to get it blessed, now that I’ve been reminded by this thread! Thank you all. Blessed Easter.
So, our child was given this time with her daddy. And although nothing is perfect… we are still losing our home, getting sued, etc. for the financial ramifications of cancer are staggering… we still have something we had been previously told was impossible just one year ago. We still, somehow, have each other. God had mercy on us and gave us the grace to get through these terrible experiences. He gave us more time together, and this particular time, free from cancer.
I don’t know what we will do next, or where we will go, but I know that rosary got me through so much, and that Our Lady embraced me. And sometimes, when we pray the rosary together, as a family, certain links seem to take on a golden cast. This happened to another woman I know from church, too.
One thing this thread made me realize is that I never officially had that purple beaded rosary officially blessed, but it has gotten me through such horrors I can not fully describe. Perhaps someday, when I know how this story ends, I will tell all.
I have since told many people at the hospital, gift shop, all over, about that rosary. For those that will listen, it gives them hope. Some have shared their stories with me.
So oviously I agree that it’s okay to use one that is unblessed… but do intend to get it blessed, now that I’ve been reminded by this thread! Thank you all. Blessed Easter.
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tuopaolo
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I believe a blessed Rosary is necessary for obtaining some indulgences, but otherwise it’s not necessary, nothing to worry about. But it is still good to have it blessed as others have said 
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