Zeal and Rosaries?

[mymamamary]

Hey everyone, i have another question. I sometimes go and buy rosaries so i can be enticed to pray the Holy Rosary, is this idolatry? is it wrong? ( i certainly dont bow down and worship the beads or think they have magical power) although i do like to appreciate how they look and feel. is this idolatry? i can pray the rosary alone without beads ( and i find im distracted less) although the question remains, is this idolatry??? is this confession material??? Please leave this up here moderators, as i think this is the place to answer it. Am i being scrupulous, or is this a legitamate concern???

 

[Peggy_in_Burien]

I don’t think you are being scrupulous. I like to have pretty rosaries, too. I hang my extras on my bed posts, so they are ready in case my friends arrive without one (when they drop over, we say the rosary together after dinner).

Some I keep for special occasions. Some I have are very special to me, and I do not take them from the house. Those would be my dear grandmother’s rosary with the medallion that is nearly worn flat. When I have very urgent requests of the Blessed Mother, I use my grandmother’s rosary. I also keep my First Communion rosary at home, too. It is child sized and nearly 50 years old.

My mother says her daily rosary on the beads given to her on her wedding day. When my parents celebrated their 50th anniversary, I gave them each rosaries that were made of golden beads (and blessed). When my father died, that was the rosary he had in his hands.

Other rosaries are the ones that come from the missions, and those are the ones I keep in my purse, pockets, and backpack. If I lose one, I won’t cry too much over it.

In my humble opinion, if having a pretty or a special rosary encourages you to say the rosary more often, then this is a good thing!

 

[PrayHarder]

On the contrary, I think you have a rather great idea. I should go out and buy a few inexpensive rosaries and strategically place them around my home. I would probably get over my “prayer inertia” if I always had a rosary in arm’s reach.