Rosary Workshop - LEC 2211
SACRED SEED
A ROSARY DEDICATED TO VICTIMS OF ABUSE
 Wednesday night, the rosary below was given in a dream.  It was to be dedicated to the victims of sexual and verbal abuse.  Then on Thursday, we received another order for the 'pray for our priests rosary', Garment of Aaron.  What was different about this order?  It was from a man who had been abused by a priest.  What a wonderful healing process.  What a blessing! He suggested we do a rosary for victims.  Confirming?  Oh yes!  Read about Sacred Seed to understand the power of this gift from the Lord.  In a way, we are all victims of abuse and must learn to forgive.

ROSARY   -    BEAD SYMBOLISM    -   ABOUT SACRED SEED
HOW IT CAME TO BE    -   PRAYER

He wrote: 'Somehow being able to forget is more difficult for me than the forgiving .... A rosary for those so long neglected and forgotten .. that suffered at the hands of our priests and and betrayed by their superiors .. might be appropriate .. maybe as appropriate as the one I just purchased for the healing of our priests.  + God bless,  MB
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We must also pray for all who are condemning the Catholic Church - the media, lawyers, all with their lack of information. We must forgive them and ask forgiveness for any lack of response our church has committed.  And as Christians we must learn how to defend our faith.  Ask the Lord for wisdom and knowledge, he loves giving out his gifts!

~ ROSARY ~

THIS ROSARY IS AN ICON
AN IMAGE WRITTEN IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD
 
THINK OF IT.  THE ROSARY IS A COLLECTION OF SCRIPTURAL PRAYERS -

SO THIS MAKES THE ROSARY GOD'S INSPIRED WORD.
 
EACH AVE BEAD IS CALLED A 'WINDOW' BEAD AND THE

DESIGN IS FROM AN OLD GLASS BEAD MOLD. EACH COLOR
REPRESENTS ONE OF THE GEMS ON THE EPHOD.
 
For I know that this will result in deliverance for me through your
prayers and support from the Spirit of Jesus Christ.' Philip. 1:19 (NAB)
 
THE PATERS ARE MATTE BLACK ANTIQUE BEADS FROM
GERMANY (GABLONZ) - DATED 40s  - 50s. THE CROSS IS
CALLED 'CHRIST THE HIGH PRIEST' AND THE CENTER HAS

TWO ANGELS, SURROUNDING THE EUCHARIST.  BOTH
CAST IN STERLING AND SOLID BRONZE FROM ANTIQUE
PIECES (1920s).
25 in.

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~ ABOUT the CROSS ~

For unity we have used the same cross on this rosary as the Garment of Aaron which is the rosary dedicated to the Priests. Bishops, our Holy Father and for Vocations to the Priesthood.

~ BEAD SYMBOLISM ~

This rosary, SACRED SEED is very similar to GARMENT OF AARON, our rosary dedicated to our Priests, Bishops, the Holy Father and for new vocations. The design simply reverses the Ave beads with the Pater beads:

FOR THE HEALING OF VICTIMS: AVE BEADS - represent the victims in their diverse and unique individuality.  There are 12 colors which embrace the birth months of each/all person(s) and also symbolize the 12 gemstones [ Tribes of Israel ] from the breastplate of Aaron. (These beads,  pressed from old glass bead molds have ends of gold to remind us of the Lord saying the stones of the breastplate are to be set in gold filigree.
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FOR THE HEALING OF THE PRIESTS:  PATER BEADS -  Black [ Onyx ] was one of the stones used in the breastplate.
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7 SACRAMENTS:  6 PATER BEADS + 1 ROSARY CENTER - 6 Pater beads surround the central theme of the Eucharistic Rosary Center and symbolize the 7 sacraments, echoing the Priests Rosary, Garment of Aaron. Given by Fr Joe for the Priest's rosary.
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~ ABOUT SACRED SEED ~

As we learn more about our remarkable gift, the gift of life, we begin to understand more and more about why we have been given our beautiful church. MB has really put his thoughts together for a wonderful answer to the mystery, 'Who am I?' and 'What is God's plan for my life?  The world gives us one message which does not give us a sense of this precious gift of life .. so we search for Truth and in Truth we are all healed. Once we understand we are born to be Children of God, the mystery unfolds and protects us from shame, guilt and  He shares:

... Jesus came to tell us ...
"It just occurred to me to tell you this. In many respects we [ particularly we Catholics and many Christian fundamentalist sects ] .. forget that Jesus .. the Christ came to tell us who "we" are ... as well as who "he" is.  For me this universal aspect, this truly ecumenical aspect, of his love  for each of us .. no matter how wounded .. broken or lost ... how grand, gifted, or pious;  is the foundation of my faith in Him. Yes! Wondrous and awesome his work in each of us."
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... He speaks of the Sacred Seed within ...
So many talk about getting saved ... for me it has always been more a question of opening up, looking within, discovering,  and then releasing the sacred seed that's been planted in each of us .. sort of a work from the inside out.
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... If I could tell my brothers and sisters one thing ...
There is no need to go anywhere for enlightenment ... true enlightenment never being a matter of external acquisition .. but rather one of apprehension, of illumination, of recognition and realization; of what Jesus was trying to tell us about our lineage so many years ago .. If I could shout one thing from the roof tops and reach all my brothers and sisters .. I would tell them that they are loved, with a love that has no equal and are therefore precious in the eyes of God. We're all one .. all one in him.
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... the Sacred Seed ... the Holy Spirit ... the Present Moment ...
The title works on so many levels ... as does the Holy Spirit.  I have [ also ] often thought of my prayers as seed planted deep in the womb of the moment ... the moment being holy .. sacred .. a where each of us lives, breaths and expresses our being. Yet it seems few of us spend much time awake and aware in this blessed gift of the moment .. Too often we find ourselves steeped in worry, doubt, confusion, guilt and fear.  We fret about the past,  our external circumstances or look to the future with anxiety, timidity, and sometimes dread.  We tend to see life as something apart from us ... something that is coming at us .. as something to be careful of.

... 'The seed is the word of God' ...
ROSARY WORKSHOP RESPONSE:  'The seed is the word of God'. Think about the seed.  An artist knows - the seed - or the idea is given within and that it must be drawn or pulled into visual form through the proper use of line, space, color and texture. It knows what it is to be - the artist must 'listen' to the seed.  We cannot plant an acorn and expect it to become a daisy.  We cannot make a tree into strawberry.  When we try to create it into something else, we fail miserably. The artists job is to nurture the idea - the seed - so it can be what it was created to be. If elements are chosen well, the message of the art is clear. The same is true with music.
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We are similar.  We are given life from above, God creates us - designs us - calls us into being.  Our parents give birth to us.  But confusion comes when others try to form us into other than what/who God meant us to be.  Parents, the world, others who invade our lives and abuse us, create a false sense of who we are. When we allow it to happen, or when it happens to us without our consent we become confused.  But somewhere deep inside each of us there is that seed, a sacred seed and in this seed - we know - there is a plan for our lives given from above.  How do we find it?  Like the artist, we listen. Truly discovering the Holy Spirit in our lives.  Regardless of what has happened to us - we are strengthened in our destiny - we begin to become who we are, who God made us to be .  Then we can become missionaries of the Lord because others reconginze this Truth in us and begin their search for Truth - Christ - in themselves. We become a work of art - a song in the heart of God!
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... The rosary .. it is a blessed and sacred gift ...
Through praying the Rosary;  I have found that true healing resides in the moment . .and in the "living" of my life in its embrace. It is a blessed gift . .it's sacred; and it is where I have come to discover myself, and the greatest prayer of all.." Thank You Father for my place in Creation" and for your most merciful gift of redemption and "Eternal Life with Thee".. Blessed BE!  MB
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It is hard for us to even begin to understand what a wonderful plan God has for us unless we begin to trust him.  Regardless of our plan, as great as it seems to be, our agenda is nothing compared to what the Lord has in store for each of us.  RW

~ HOW IT CAME TO BE ~

In the midst of the summer 2002 conference in Dallas of the Catholic Bishops [NCCCB] to decide on the tolerance for priests who have sexually abused children and youth, this rosary was given in a dream wednesday night.  It was generated, the seed was planted by the witnessing of victims of abuse during the televised [EWTN] conference.  On thursday, the Rosary Workshop received this followup email from a man who had just ordered our priests rosary, Garment of Aaron:
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MB - "I just came across your wonderful internet site. It is beautiful! I just ordered a rosary. I have always been devoted to our blessed mother. I have ordered the new rosary, [ Garment of Aaron ] to pray for our priests. I thought you might want to know that I am just one of the many molested by a priest as a young boy. And as many of the others; I have suffered great heart ache and shame over the years. God has seen fit to give me some comfort and the grace to forgive. Although it is disturbing to see this evil so pervasive in the church and to watch the totally inadequate response to date of our church leaders. It is my belief that just as Christ swept the temple clean of the money lenders .. he will purge the church of this blight and this institutional arrogance.  My prayers will be for all of our priests .. the good and the bad and for the healing that is so desperately needed in these troubled times.
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Thank you for such a wonderful work. May our Lord continue to draw you near him through service to others and may you continue to create beautiful things for all of us to enjoy and treasure."  MB (USA)

ROSARYWORKSHOP  - Thank you for your very touching and beautiful letter. Because of its forgiving content and prayer for the good and bad priests, we ask you if we may use it on our site with hopes it will help other to see the power and value of the healing process that comes from forgiveness.  Gods' blessings for your new ministry!
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MB - "Somehow being able to forget is more difficult for me than the forgiving. A rosary for those so long neglected and forgotten .. that suffered at the hands of our priests and and betrayed by their superiors.. might be appropriate .. maybe as appropriate as the one I just purchased for the healing of our priests."
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For the fullness of this communication, see About the Sacred Seed above

~ PRAYER ~

Pray the rosary as you normally would, remembering the Ave Beads symbolize the vicitms of abuse and the Pater beads remind us to pray for the priests, bishops and the Holy Father.

 ... Woe to those who despise priests ...
“Woe to those who despise priests.  Even if they fall into sin, no one should pass judgment on them, for God has reserved judgment on them to Himself.  They are in a privileged position because they have the charge of the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, which they receive and which they alone administer to others, and so anyone who sins against them commits a greater crime than if he sinned against anyone else in the whole world.”
St Francis of Assisi  -  (shared by Sister Anna Marie)
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Also see our rosary and prayers dedicated to our priests:

GARMENT OF AARON   -   ROSARY PRAYERS