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The Rosary We Couldn't Break
Friday, June 1, 2018
Here's the thing: I can't manage to keep a rosary without breaking it. Fancy ones, cheap ones, anything but knotted ones (we haven't broken ANY of those but sometimes you want beads)... They're in pieces, or in one LONG piece but no longer shaped like a rosary. Or tangled together in our rosary basket, left in a giant clump every time we pray a family rosary. Mostly I just use my fingers.
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
I was hugely pregnant, trapped in an MRI machine while they scanned our baby to see if the large mass in her lung was life-threatening or not. The "calming" ocean sounds they piped in through the ear buds didn't do a thing to mask the loud beeps & clunks emanating from the machine. I'm not generally claustrophobic, but being stuck in such a small space certainly made me feel like it.
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Judging from my Instagram followers, there are a LOT of people who want to pray the rosary every day. How amazing is that?? And what's even more awesome, a ton of people want to pray the rosary with their families! So I gave you tips for praying the rosary on your own and promised family tips later... Here they are!
Friday, February 2, 2018
I've been talking over on Instagram about praying the rosary and thought I'd share over here as well - blogs are forever, after all, and Instagram stories are only for 24 hours!
Let me preface this whole post by saying the following:
I'm 31 years old.
I only started praying a daily rosary last year.
So... Am I a lifelong devotee? Or an expert of any sort?
Nope.
But... Am I someone who overcame laziness and reluctance to find value in a centuries-old devotion?
Yes!
If you've ever felt even the slightest nudge to start praying the rosary more often (or at all!), Lent is the perfect time to start - the 40 days (not including Sundays) are the perfect amount of time to instill a new habit, and at the very least, you will have managed to memorize all the mysteries and prayers by Easter!
So how can you pray it? Let me tell you what helped me!
Let me preface this whole post by saying the following:
I'm 31 years old.
I only started praying a daily rosary last year.
So... Am I a lifelong devotee? Or an expert of any sort?
Nope.
But... Am I someone who overcame laziness and reluctance to find value in a centuries-old devotion?
Yes!
If you've ever felt even the slightest nudge to start praying the rosary more often (or at all!), Lent is the perfect time to start - the 40 days (not including Sundays) are the perfect amount of time to instill a new habit, and at the very least, you will have managed to memorize all the mysteries and prayers by Easter!
So how can you pray it? Let me tell you what helped me!
