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I’m praying the Rosary daily during Lent except Sundays, which I think were allowed to skip.
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I’m praying the Rosary daily during Lent except Sundays, which I think were allowed to skip.That sounds wonderful!I need to have a better devotion to the rosary.
Sounds wonderful! Good for you! We always need our Blessed Mother's intercessionI’m praying the Rosary daily during Lent except Sundays, which I think were allowed to skip.
I’ve never heard that before.I love blessed sacramentals. They greatly enhance prayer, but you can never sell them, or they lose the blessing. That is because it would be the sin of simony to attempt to buy spiritual things.
We can buy rosaries and miraculous medals of course, but we must have them blessed after we buy them, and we cannot buy someone else’s blessed item and expect to retain the blessing.
I bought blessed water, oil and salt from the internet once for a steep price because they were advertised as blessed by the Pope.
My priest said, oh boy you got ripped off. Even if these sacramentals were blessed in the Vatican, they lost their blessing as soon as I bought them. I contacted the company and told them, and they offered to classify my money as a donation or refund it. I said no thanks, I cannot accept it because I am the one guilty of attempted simony. I asked them to please stop offering blessed items for sale, as that is false advertising. Sold items cannot retain their blessing
Neither did I, but my priest told me when I asked him to see the salt, oil, and water that I bought. I looked it up in the CatechismI’ve never heard that before.
| 2121 Simony is defined as the buying or selling of spiritual things. To Simon the magician, who wanted to buy the spiritual power he saw at work in the apostles, St. Peter responded: "Your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain God's gift with money!" Peter thus held to the words of Jesus: "You received without pay, give without pay." It is impossible to appropriate to oneself spiritual goods and behave toward them as their owner or master, for they have their source in God. One can receive them only from him, without payment. |
Something was wrong with the making of that rosary. It kept getting snagged on everything so I returned it and found another instead. Is it ok to return a blessed rosary?And speaking of rosaries, I bought a new one today. It’s crystal aurora borealis beads with blue Our Father beads and a miraculous medal in the center. I’m having it blessed today after Mass if I can.
You can always bury it, if you want. But no, it's not wrong to return a blessed rosary.Something was wrong with the making of that rosary. It kept getting snagged on everything so I returned it and found another instead. Is it ok to return a blessed rosary?
If it is resold, the blessing is gone.Something was wrong with the making of that rosary. It kept getting snagged on everything so I returned it and found another instead. Is it ok to return a blessed rosary?
Yes it is. It is not till some one buys it again that it loses the blessing, but since it is defective I don’t think that will happenSomething was wrong with the making of that rosary. It kept getting snagged on everything so I returned it and found another instead. Is it ok to return a blessed rosary?
Michie, I was thinking of you recently because I absolutely love anything that sparkles. I was at Hobby Lobby several weeks ago (and again today, too). And bought a sparkly crystal, (or maybe it’s glass), box to put some of my jewelry in. The lid is in the form of a sparkly lotus flower and catches the light any way I turn it. I thought of you and this thread when I bought it.No it’s not a sin. God created the flower. If you simply like the flower there is nothing wrong with that. It does not matter what Hindus or Buddhists use it for.
So glad to hear you bought it and are enjoying it!Michie, I was thinking of you recently because I absolutely love anything that sparkles. I was at Hobby Lobby several weeks ago (and again today, too). And bought a sparkly crystal, (or maybe it’s glass), box to put some of my jewelry in. The lid is in the form of a sparkly lotus flower and catches the light any way I turn it. I thought of you and this thread when I bought it.
Thanks. I hope you did, too. I did until my little grandson had a meltdown….So glad to hear you bought it and are enjoying it!I hope you had a very happy Thanksgiving.
Jesus? How so?The lotus flower grows from the mud but is not contaminated by its environment.
The lotus begins its life in muddy water at the bottom of ponds, but its stem pushes upward until the flower blooms above the surface. Despite the murky environment, its petals stay clean.
There's nothing wrong with loving the lotus flower, don't you think it is a symbol of certain holy person ??
Well, explain.Hmmm....
Ok. I don’t think the Lotus flower is a symbol of anyone. It’s just a flower.I believe it's a symbol of Our Lady, who was a descendant of people with original sin, but was free from origin sin herself.
Interesting. Never heard of that before.I believe it's a symbol of Our Lady, who was a descendant of people with original sin, but was free from origin sin herself.
I think that's fine! Liking sparkly things isn't a sin! I like them too!Michie, I was thinking of you recently because I absolutely love anything that sparkles. I was at Hobby Lobby several weeks ago (and again today, too). And bought a sparkly crystal, (or maybe it’s glass), box to put some of my jewelry in. The lid is in the form of a sparkly lotus flower and catches the light any way I turn it. I thought of you and this thread when I bought it.
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