The Rosary
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 come mainly from the Bible.
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Okaaaaay so you wanna know why I was here at OU on Halloween weekend instead of at home, sweet home? Because, I wasn't supposed to go home until THIS coming weekend, but I also wasn't too keen on going uptown to deal with the ... uh ... revelers. So I thought it would be super convenient to say I was going home Halloween weekend, too, and therefore would be unavailable for the ... uh... party. No dice. Those OU Super Sleuths in Gamertsfelder Hall are too clever for me. As you saw if you've been reading regularly, I got suckered into going anyway ;) It wasn't too bad though. Only minor trauma.
This is me, ignoring the news: La la la la.
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