Does the rosary lose its blessing if I put it on a new cord?

[AnnieG]

I've been thinking about putting one or two rosaries on a new string, because the old one is not good. Does the rosary lose its blessing? Does anyone of you have some information about that? From official sources?

 

[JeffreyLloyd]

It will not lose it's blessings. The beads are blessed as well as the cord

 

[holyorders]

Also too. the Crucifix amd Miraculous Medal are the only sacramentals on a rosary. The string or chain is just holding all that stuff togetrher.

 

[BrRichSFO]

I've been thinking about putting one or two rosaries on a new string, because the old one is not good. Does the rosary lose its blessing? Does anyone of you have some information about that? From official sources?

No repairing or even replacing major parts of a rosary does not cause it to lose it's blessing. Many sacramentals can even be replaced and the replacement sacramental need not be "re-blessed".

If a sacramental is sold however it's blessing is not sold along with it, and it would need to be blessed again.

 

[tizzidale]

Uh, what's the purpose of a blessing? It sounds as if it has some sort or 'power'. I thought a Christian blessing was a concecration of an item for the use of God, rather than some sort of spell that imparts power.

rusty

 

[AMDG]

Uh, what's the purpose of a blessing? It sounds as if it has some sort or 'power'. I thought a Christian blessing was a concecration of an item for the use of God, rather than some sort of spell that imparts power.

The blessing is for use. The person who prays on the beads is blessed. At least that's what every priest that has ever given a blessing to a rosary I've brought to be blessed has said. (And I've brought hundreds, probably thousands.)

 

[AnnieG]

Thanks for your answers.

To AMDG: Hundreds or even thousands?! Sounds like a record. I've never owned so many…well, I still have lots of time.

 

[Carrye]

The blessing is for use. The person who prays on the beads is blessed. At least that's what every priest that has ever given a blessing to a rosary I've brought to be blessed has said. (And I've brought hundreds, probably thousands.)

Right. Usually the prayer goes something like this:

The Lord be with you.
R: And also with you.

Our help is in the name of the Lord
R: Who made heaven and earth

May these chaplets of the holy rosary be blessed and those who devoutly meditate on the events of the life of Our Lord and his mother might enjoy divine favor and protection, through Christ Our Lord.

R: Amen
_____

Blessed sacramentals are also known to be powerful aids against the devil.

 

[AMDG]

To AMDG: Hundreds or even thousands?! Sounds like a record.

Actually it's really nothing. I belong to a group that makes Rosaries for the missions. Every one we make is blessed before we give it out and unless we are told not to (ex. the military wants only black, a certain length, and without anything shiny on it) a Miraculous Medal is also put on each one.

Learn to make Rosaries (IMO easy) and send them to the missions. Again IMO, it's a good activity to take up.

 

[AnnieG]

I know how to make rosaries. This is why I tried to put one on a new cord today. However, my cord is too short, I'm run out and I have to wait until tomorrow to get new. The rosary is half-broken now, and it makes me sad to look at it, so I got it out of my eyes. I swear I will repair it tomorrow, when I get some new cord, and I will make it well…

 

[AnnieG]

Hello again.
I three or four times tried to string the beads on a new cord. Nothing seemed to work, and at last, I lost one bead. I looked anywhere in my room, I couldn't find it, not even with a torch. Because I want to pray with the rosary, I chose 10 Hail Mary and 1 Our Father bead and knotted a tenner…it looks quite good. The remaining beads, I put them into a clear plastic bag (which still bears the inscription: Brown Scapular ), together with enough rope (so I think) for a five decade rosary, so should I find the lost bead again, I can turn it into a five decade one.