Using Rosary beads as a worry tool?

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If I get bored easily and like to use my corded wooden Rosary beads as a type of worry tool by sort of flicking them through my fingers, is that “wrong” at all? I didn’t want to be misusing them.
 
scapularkid8 said:
If I get bored easily and like to use my corded wooden Rosary beads as a type of worry tool by sort of flicking them through my fingers, is that “wrong” at all? I didn’t want to be misusing them.
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In a word… Nope.
 
scapularkid8 said:
If I get bored easily and like to use my corded wooden Rosary beads as a type of worry tool by sort of flicking them through my fingers, is that “wrong” at all? I didn’t want to be misusing them.
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I don’t think it’s wrong. Haven’t you ever seen a tired little child fingering a fold of his mother’s skirt or her necklace to soothe himself? Just think of the rosary as your mother’s beads.
 
“Just think of the rosary as your mother’s beads.”

I like that thought!

I myself also use my Rosary in a kind of unorthodox way. To put it in purely psychological terms, I use it as a ritual to help me fall asleep. (I have chronic insomnia.)

I feel, and my confessor agrees, that it is a grace I receive through our Mother to fall asleep while saying the Rosary. I never intend to do anything other than say my 5 decades. Of course, it also leaves me with a habit of yawning when I say the Rosary at other times…!

In fact, it has gotten so rare for me to complete one that I am considering saying one in the afternoon.

Ruthie
 
Nah, you’re good. As long as you’re not abusing them or treating them in a way that is disrespectful…it’s o.k…

I have images of Linus with his blanket now for some reason…😉
 
I tend to sleep with the Rosary around my neck like a necklace - I guess it’s a bit of a security blanket kinda thing too.

But if you’re that bored perhaps you could try praying it as well? :crossrc:
 
My husband makes knotted Rosaries which are soft, and he often sleeps with one. If you roll over onto it, it doesn’t hurt.

I also found it very calming after my surgery.

One of our friends asked my husband to make a huge knotted Rosary for an elderly relative in a nursing home. The small beaded Rosaries were too hard for her to hang onto, and they would hurt her when she fell asleep. But the big knotted Rosary worked well for her.
 
I keep mine with me in a little rosary poach. I sometimes pull it out (I also pray with it too, of course), sometime to remind me that St Mary and our Lord are near. I (sounds weird, addressed this on another thread), keep it under my pillow.

We were awaken two weeks ago at 230am one Sunday morning by Tornado sirens. We found shelter and had no damage…Found out the next morning that 2 tornadoes, did indeed, touch down on the other side of town. Just saying…
 
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My husband makes knotted Rosaries which are soft, and he often sleeps with one. If you roll over onto it, it doesn’t hurt.

I also found it very calming after my surgery.

One of our friends asked my husband to make a huge knotted Rosary for an elderly relative in a nursing home. The small beaded Rosaries were too hard for her to hang onto, and they would hurt her when she fell asleep. But the big knotted Rosary worked well for her.
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Do you have any pictures or directions how to make them? I make some rough bead and parachute cord rosaries.
 
Ruthie said:
“Just think of the rosary as your mother’s beads.”

I like that thought!

I myself also use my Rosary in a kind of unorthodox way. To put it in purely psychological terms, I use it as a ritual to help me fall asleep. (I have chronic insomnia.)

I feel, and my confessor agrees, that it is a grace I receive through our Mother to fall asleep while saying the Rosary. I never intend to do anything other than say my 5 decades. Of course, it also leaves me with a habit of yawning when I say the Rosary at other times…!

In fact, it has gotten so rare for me to complete one that I am considering saying one in the afternoon.

Ruthie
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I’ve heard that if you fall asleep before you finish praying the Rosary, the angels will finish for you. 🙂
 
Why not pray while “flicking”? I’m sure no heavenly Being would be offended. 🙂 🙂
 
LilyM said:
Go to www.rosaryarmy.com - they have instructions there 👍
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Oh, those. Ive been to that site before, but I never saw the instructional video before. I found the prospect a little daunting, but with that video that makes it seem very easy, I might give it a shot.

The ones I make are based on the ranger rosary. You can make them faster than you can say them, and they could last a very long time. I make them too small to get over even a small child’s head because I have no break point on them. I guess I’m a worry wart.
 
Actually, worry beads have been around for quite awhile 😃

Like most Greek folk art, the history of komboloi is confused. Some claim that they are a recent addition to mainland Greek culture, arriving only seventy or eighty years ago and then achieving a fashionable status. Or that they are a mimicry of Turkish prayer bead strands, adopted by persecuted Greeks to mock their captors. Still another theory suggests that the Turkish conquerors forbade their Greek subjects to shake hands, and the beads were introduced as a way of reminding Greeks to not shake hands. Others assert, probably more rightly, that they are derived from the knotted prayer strands (komboskini) used by Greek Orthodox monks. As the word komboloi means “group of knots”, this may be the true origin. gogreece.about.com/cs/greekfolkart/a/komboloi.htm

The older men at church clank(the only way I know to describe the noise they make) them all the time.
 
Pani_Rose said:
Actually, worry beads have been around for quite awhile 😃

Like most Greek folk art, the history of komboloi is confused. Some claim that they are a recent addition to mainland Greek culture, arriving only seventy or eighty years ago and then achieving a fashionable status. Or that they are a mimicry of Turkish prayer bead strands, adopted by persecuted Greeks to mock their captors. Still another theory suggests that the Turkish conquerors forbade their Greek subjects to shake hands, and the beads were introduced as a way of reminding Greeks to not shake hands. Others assert, probably more rightly, that they are derived from the knotted prayer strands (komboskini) used by Greek Orthodox monks. As the word komboloi means “group of knots”, this may be the true origin. gogreece.about.com/cs/greekfolkart/a/komboloi.htm

The older men at church clank(the only way I know to describe the noise they make) them all the time.
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Komboloi! I’ve heard of those! I always liked the idea. I saw a man with one on an airplane one time and I assumed he was either Buddhist (they resemble Japa Malas) or Orthodox/Eastern Catholic because I thought it was a Komboskini. I’ve always wanted a komboskini that was beaded instead of knotted (like a chotki). Do you happen to know here I could find a reasonably priced one? (You seem to have a know-how about the subject:thumbsup: )
 
scapularkid8 said:
If I get bored easily and like to use my corded wooden Rosary beads as a type of worry tool by sort of flicking them through my fingers, is that “wrong” at all? I didn’t want to be misusing them.
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As long as your not being disrespectful - I can’t see any problem!

I carry a “credit card rosary” tucked inside my uniform at tae kwon do class and use it when I am stretching. Not only does it allow my mind to focus on something beyond the pain of the stretch, but while I am praying, my body relaxes!
 
I used to finger my rosary beads to pass time sometimes. I flew on a multi-place aircraft for the Air Force for many years as an enlisted instructor in the mission area. One day, on a particularly boring flight, I pulled my rosary out of my pocket and was silently saying a rosary while waiting for the student to demonstrate the lessons we had just covered. I soon became aware that three of the other instructors were staring at me. I asked them what was wrong and they said “You tell us. You never use your rosary unless something is going really wrong. Is there something wrong with the airplane we aren’t aware of?” We all laughed about it later.
 
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