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THE ROSARY TAKE ITS SHAPE? It may have grown from the true cross to crucifixes and then to rosaries themselves. Or did it grow from traditional Jewish prayer forms and the Old Testament? It is hard to know as most often these traditions, practices and customs begin locally then travel like seeds in the wind and germinate - then merge over the centuries. for more informatioin, check the links below JOURNALING THE BEAD - MUSEUM - HISTORY LINKS BEADSONG - ANCIENT PRAYER / MARY (235 ad) Check out what Prof Anastasios Zavales Phd ThD (Ecumenical Patriarchate, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of the USA shared with the Rosary Workshop below: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO 'KNOCK ON WOOD'? WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING |
~ JOURNALING the BEAD ~
CHRONOLOGY OF THE
ROSARY - 9 BC ON
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~ ANTIQUE ROSARIES ~
A COLLECTION OF ROSARIES
DATING BACK TO THE 1700s
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Have you evern been to a tenebrae during Easter Tridum? |
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Are these ancient liturgies returning? How does it relate to Tenebrae? |
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from heaven to earth - who are they and what do they do?s |
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Where do they come from - are they really from the bible? |
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Is it a Catholic thing? Are Protestants allowed to pray the rosary? |
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What does it have to do with candles? Is it considered something holy? |
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How long have they been around? Are they still made? |
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Interesting facts and dates that make us wonder who is in charge. |
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History of the events, interesting facts regarding the apparition. |
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What is a PICASSO bead? What is a pressed GABLONZ bead? |
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"It is easier to become a rosary from the 17th century than to find ... |
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an in-depth article by Alexander Roman on Prayer Beads including a response from Seminarian Nicholas Vester, an Orthodox Theologian and a Byzantine Historian |
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"The first one I ever saw was in Rothenberg - I was captured by its beauty ... |
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Far to the Northwest of our country, our journey of discovery began ... |
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~ BEADSONG ~
A STORY ABOUT A
6 YEAR OLD AND THE ROSARY
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PRAYER TO OUR LADY - (235 AD) (Shared by Fr Joseph, from his Grandmother) + We fly to your patronage, O Holy Mother of God; despise not our petitions in our necessities, but deliver us always from all danger, O glorious and blessed Virgin. Amen. + Found in a book of prayers to Mary, published in 1921, 'The Key of Heaven' quoting from a fledgling church still in the throes of Roman persecution and dated 235 AD. (Another original copy of this prayer was found in 1917 written on Egyptian papyrus. This prayer again spread from Egypt where Joseph and Mary had fled with Jesus to Europe and other parts of the Christian World.) Believed to be earliest written prayer to Mary. |
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~ "KNOCK on WOOD" ~ |
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Often we use the phrase, "Knock on wood" - and proceed to do just that: Knock on a table or a door or whatever wood is handy. In some circles it is believed that the origin of the phrase and practice comes from the wood of the rosary. Rosaries in the old days were made of oak wood and were fingered in time of distress or trouble. Thus, holding on to, touching or rubbing the wooden rosary or its wooden crucifix when danger was near became a common way for Christians to deal with hardships and difficulties. The practice slipped into common use as "Knock on wood." From "A World of Stories" by William Bausch - Shared by Father Ray H. (MI) |
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When Saint Helen, mother of Emperor Constantine the Great, visiting the Holy Land and seeking the True Cross upon which Jesus was crucified, found the Precious and Life-Giving Cross, the Cross was venerated by all the faithful in many public processions. + Many faithful would come to touch the Holy Cross for blesssing and healing. It was customary to touch the Wood of Life three times (as a confession of faith in the Holy Trinity). This act of touching the True Cross became the earliest recorded histories of "knocking on wood." + Whenever the Holy Cross was put forth for public veneration, touching it, or as English translations render it "knocking," became common liturgical practice. Once the Holy Cross was transferred to Constantinople and placed in the Great Church of the Holy Wisdom (aka Saint Sophia), Christians continued this piety by touching or knocking on any cross or crucifix (wood was the medium of the day) for blessings and healings. + This ancient tradition has been with us for over 1,600 years and has been a pious tradition to this day where people tend to touch anything made of wood ... but all interpretations of this behavior point back directly to Jerusalem in the 4th century AD and the True Cross. No doubt, wooden prayer beads may have become a customary item for similar veneration, but historically much later. Prof Anastasios
Zavales Phd ThD
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"Heresy is from the Greek word meaning 'choice'.... But we are not permitted to believe whatever we choose, nor to choose whatever someone else has believed. We have the Apostles of God as authorities, who did not...choose what they would believe but faithfully transmitted the teachings of Christ. So, even if an angel from heaven should preach otherwise, he shall be called anathema." Saint Isidore of Seville - (c.560 - 636) - Patron of Internet Users
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chronology of the rosary - 9c on HISTORY of the ROSARY a collection of rosaries dating back to the 1700s MUSEUM of ANTIQUE ROSARIES A a story about a 6 year old and the rosary WITNESS PRAYER INDEX - TOP OF PAGE |
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