Christine’s Seven Sorrows of Mary Chaplet
It is already the day before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, and I still do not have a devotional plan. For the Liturgical Seasons of Advent/Christmas and Lent/Easter I usually find a book to guide me in my daily devotions, but this Lenten year there was not one that stood out to me.
Instead of buying a new book, I have decided that there are daily devotions I receive via email that I can delve into deeper. There are three that have become the ones that resonate with me most. They are:
- Upper Room Daily Reflections – You can sign up on this page: https://daily.upperroom.org
- Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditations – Center for Action and Contemplation – Link to sign up page HERE.
- Abbey of the Arts – http://abbeyofthearts.com – You can sign up to receive daily emails on the home page.
Along with those sources for daily devotions, I also decided to re-visit a book I have had for a long time, which is Your Sorrow Is My Sorrow by Joyce Rupp. The book is based on the Seven Sorrows of Mary found in the Catholic tradition.
It is not very often I make a new rosary for myself, but today I did. I titled it “Christine’s Seven Dolor Rosary” because it ended up being one I would not put up for sale anyway because there is a bead missing.
Many times I add some extra accent beads surrounding the larger beads of the rosaries I make. One of my favorite ways to do it is adding leaf beads on either side. I thought I had 13 of the leaf beads I used–meaning I would have one extra. When I put on strand with the cross connection at the end, I realized I did not have 13 leaf beads; I only had 11. That meant I was short a leaf bead.
I dug around on my bead table for those extra leaf beads but concluded they were not lost in the pile. (Yes, if you saw my bead table you would understand why the bead might not be seen right away.) I even considered ordering another one and waiting to finish it. But, I realized that that missing bead could hold some symbolism for me on this Lenten journey.
So, tomorrow my journey begins. By looking at this blog, you know that I am not very good about keeping it updated, but I want to record this journey somehow without giving up on trying to write a long, lengthy post at the end.
Click HERE for more about the Seven Dolor Rosary also known as the Servite Rosary.
