The "Blessed" name of the business refers to Elizabeth's salutation to the Virgin Mary (Luke 1:28).  Currently, the bracelets ARE blessed (as my cabinet was blessed in my house blessing) .My mission is to be able to share the rosary in such a contemporary fashionable way.  To create interest anew in this treasured Catholic prayer.  Working with other volunteers doing God's work, while at the same time supporting those less fortunate.  The proceeds from this endeaver go to Catholic Charities.org, Catholic Relief Services or on ocassion, special missions. Usually I am not profitable.

 

 

The word rosary comes from Latin and means a garland of roses, the rose being one of the flowers used to symbolize the Virgin Mary. If you were to ask what object is most emblematic of Catholics, people would probably say, "The rosary, of course." We’re familiar with the images: the silently moving lips of the old woman fingering her beads; the oversized rosary hanging from the waist of the wimpled nun; more recently, the merely decorative rosary hanging from the rearview mirror. 

 

After Vatican II the rosary fell into relative disuse. The same is true for Marian devotions as a whole. But in recent years the rosary has made a comeback, and not just among Catholics. Many Protestants now say the rosary, recognizing it as a truly biblical form of prayer—after all, the prayers that comprise it are taken from verses in the Bible. 

 

The rosary is a devotion in honor of the Virgin Mary. It consists of a set number of specific prayers. First are the introductory prayers: one Apostles’ Creed (Credo), one Our Father (the Pater Noster or the Lord’s Prayer), three Hail Mary’s (Ave’s), one Glory Be (Gloria Patri). 

 

The prayer begins, "Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee." This is nothing other than the greeting the angel Gabriel gave Mary in Luke 1:28 (Confraternity Version). The next part reads this way: 

"Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus." This was exactly what Mary’s cousin Elizabeth said to her in Luke 1:42. The only thing that has been added to these two verses are the names "Jesus" and "Mary," to make clear who is being referred to. So the first part of the Hail Mary is entirely biblical. 

The second part of the Hail Mary is not taken straight from Scripture, but it is entirely biblical in the thoughts it expresses. It reads: 

"Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen." And each decade celebrates a mystery of Christ's life.