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I know there are Rosaries available. I have at least a dozen in my possession as I type this. Most were given to me by people who had Catholic parents or grandparents that passed on.

These, however, are NOT traditional Rosaries. It may seem as though I am splitting hairs, but the traditional Rosary is comprised of beads for 10 recitations of Pater Noster and 150 recitations of Ave Maria. I'm guessing, although I cannot be sure, that the 5-decade Rosary so common throughout the world was introduced in response to the teaching that one should pray the Mysteries assigned to a particular day of the week. Of course, I know that praying the entire Rosary has always been encouraged, but in the earliest years after its introduction into the prayer life of the Church, the Rosary was understood as a lay-person's substitute for praying the Office, as priests and religious do.

I'm not suggesting that the 5-decade Rosary is wrong or somehow yet another product of the false Conciliar regime; I am, however, suggesting that perhaps the concession by the Church granting that the faithful could/should pray only 5 decades each day was an early attempt to encourage prayer without demanding too much from people who had already begun to compromise their faith in small ways.

I'm not suggesting that people shouldn't pray the daily Mysteries; far from it!

I am simply wondering why the Rosary should ALWAYS be separated in people's minds into sections and 'chapters', if you will, that St. Dominic never told us of.

Isn't longer prayer and finding ways to adapt your life to that longer time in prayer a greater sacrifice of our time and efforts? Isn't praying Our Lady's Rosary in its entirety a greater opportunity for mortification of our selfish wills?

My original point of this post was to lament how hard it is to find 15-decade Rosaries for sale, especially durable ones that I am sure will hold up over a long time. The ones I have found for sale that are advertised as 'unbreakable' are very (for me, prohibitively) expensive.

Do any of you CI members own/use a traditional 15-decade Rosary? Do any of you pray the entire Rosary daily? Please remember poor beggarly sinners like me in your prayers.

St. Dominic de Guzman, pray for us.

Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, pray for us.

Immaculate Heart of Mary, triumph soon!

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.

The ones I have found for sale that are advertised as 'unbreakable' are very (for me, prohibitively) expensive.

Stephen- Have you considered making your own?

Have you tried finding a religious with a rosary you like and complimenting him on it? I don't even want to say why, but... well, just try it.

Some of the heirloom ones that cost hundreds of dollars, I'm just not sure they were made for praying at all (they can be heavy, have sharp stones like Jєωelry — very lovely to look AT, but hard to pray with.)

Personally, I use the 5 decades so I can carry them around. They're cheaper; and I've got some with my favorites Saints on it, or beads that mean something to me, and they weren't that expensive. (That's why I prefer 5 decade ones.)

But LBR, the monks who use the belt ones have ones that are MEANT to be used often, so they'll be well-made for actual use. I imagine they would hand one right on over to you if you asked how to get one. They like people to pray.

 

I think the Daughters of Mary offer a very solid rosary for only $35.  You can't go wrong - they even offer a replica of the one they each carry.  

http://daughtersofmary.net/catalog/index.php?cPath=65_94&osCsid=7fc75a1ce6f465d191929ffa3eafe002

The 15 Promises are wonderful and Wikipedia is not. : )

Just sift the "wheat from the chaff."  If you find something that is manifestly false in Wikipedia, then fix it.  What "most scholars" say is baneful, as "most scholars" are atheistic rationalists, anti-religious, and Catholic bigots.  Appealing to "most scholars" is an appeal to some so-called "authority" as opposed to an appeal to reality.  We can believe in the 15 Promises vis-à-vis the indefectibility of the Catholic Church.

If you find something that is manifestly false in Wikipedia, then fix it.

Yes, I've done edits a few times, and more and more lately then had it undone and been threatened with banning for it.

.. Hmm. I'm shocked the Green Scapular article is finally decent, I wonder if it'll last.

A durable, 15 decade Rosary can be made from cord and plastic beads.  A very small amount of skill and expense is needed.  Instructions for free are on YouTube.  I made a 5-decade Rosary this way from craft items I already had.  I used a small crucifix from a chain-Rosary that broke.  Many people think the clear plastic beads are glass!  It is strong enough that I wear it while swimming in the ocean.  Anyone out there ever pray the Rosary "beyond the breakers?"

Rosary beyond the breakwaters !?!?  

That sounds like the title of a movie.  Only the Freemasons would never let it
see distribution.  

I've known lots of surfers who spend lots of time beyond the breakwaters,
but only one of them in my experience ever prays the Rosary, and I highly
doubt he would do it while waiting for that "perfect wave."  

Which reminds me -- how do you keep your mind on the mysteries of
the Rosary when the mysteries of the DEEP are all around you - like


SHARRRRRK!!




But seriously, ask any traditional nun or brother or even a priest about
getting a 15-decade rosary, and they'll no doubt help you.  

Speaking of which, I get lost as to which decade I was on with a 5-decade
version, so I sometimes have to use 3 different Rosaries, one for the
Joyful, one for the Sorrowful and one for the Glorious.........

I have a glow-in-the-dark plastic one for the, you know, L______ mysteries.  

I make rosaries.