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Her Prayer Beads

I keep my grandmother's rosary

under my pillow

so when bad things happen,

sad phone calls late at night,

sad dreams through the night,

I hold it in my hand 

nestled under the pillow,

safe & warm,

dark black beads

cool to the touch,

Jesus on the cross

suffering,

little silver plate with Mother Mary image,

10 beads five times,

with 3 beads in between,

Father Son Spirit

Mother Daughter Spirit,

Grandma is in Spirit,

knowing her fingers prayed these beads,

comfort, strength

in the dark night of these days.

◄ Balance

Divine ►

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Hélène

Wed 30th Nov 2022 16:26

Yes, Uilleam, us Catholics are everywhere it seems! In adulthood, I became an unattached spiritual explorer, & then about 20 years ago joined a little neighborhood Protestant church after my semi-wild teenage son started going there (wanted to support his efforts to walk the straight & narrow!). When my deeply Catholic grandmother (owner of the black rosary beads) was in a wheelchair, I brought her to the Protestant service for an outing, & when my deeply Catholic uncle complained about this, she told him sternly, "God is everywhere!"

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Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Tue 29th Nov 2022 11:23

I was very familiar with those things in my youth.

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