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Some find comfort in counted prayer ……… but, it is Intention that makes each prayer COUNT.
Count your Blessings, too. Gratitude is Intention’s fuel.
The rosary (from Latin rosarium, meaning “rose garden”) or “garland of roses” is a Roman Catholic Marian devotion. It has been promoted by a number of popes as part of the veneration of Mary.
The term “rosary” denotes the prayer beads used to count the series of prayers that make up the rosary, as well as the sequence of prayers. The prayers consist of repeated sequences of the Lord’s Prayer followed by ten prayings of the Hail Mary and a single praying of “Glory Be to the Father” and is sometimes accompanied by the Fatima Prayer; each of these sequences is known as a decade. The praying of each decade is accompanied by meditation on one of the Mysteries of the Rosary, which recall the life of Jesus Christ.
The traditional 15 Mysteries of the Rosary were standardized, based on the long-standing custom, by Pope St. Pius V in the 16th century. The mysteries are grouped into three sets: the joyful mysteries, the sorrowful mysteries, and the glorious mysteries. In 2002, Pope John Paul II announced five new optional mysteries, the luminous mysteries, bringing the total number of mysteries to 20.
~* Druid Rosary *~
These are the beads I used:
9 (8mm) obsidian beads for the Ancestors (Mighty Ones)
9 (8mm) jade beads for the Nature Spirits (Noble Ones)
9 (8mm) amethyst beads for the Gods & Goddesses (Shining Ones)
4 large spiral beads (3 to introduce each set above, and 1 for a final Kindreds blessing)
1 triskele bead for the Sacred Center of Fire, Well, and Tree (I couldn‘t find a triskele rosary center, so I wired three spiral charms together.)
1 earth-tone stone bead for Realm of Land
1 sea-green stone bead for Realm of Sea
1 blue and white stone star bead for the realm of Sky
1 tree pendant
And these are the prayers:
Tree – On the tree pendant I do a Tree of Life/ Two Powers meditation
Land – On the earth-tone stone bead, I say “The holy Land supports me.”
Sea – On the sea-green stone bead, I say “The primal Sea surrounds me.”
Sky – On the blue & White star-shaped stone bead, I say “The shining Sky ever arches above me.”
Sacred Center – On the triskele I say, “Fire, Well, and Sacred Tree,
flow and flame and grow in me.
Gatekeeper, walker of the ways between,
may the gates between the worlds be open.”