Tim Ryan

My grandparents and my mom prayed the rosary a lot, and later in life, I had a priest friend of mine teach me centering prayer, based on Father Thomas Keating's work. That led to practicing different kinds of meditation off and on as I got older.

American Politician

John McGahern

The rosary was said every evening. I always liked that sentence about the medieval Churches, that they were the Bibles of the poor. The Church was my first book and I would think it is still my most important book.

Irish Writer

Florence Henderson

I don't ever remember not praying. Bedtime prayers, the rosary, praying for friends, relatives, for the sick and for those who had died. It was a natural part of our lives.

American Actress

Douglas Brinkley

How one deals with the death of a loved one is a highly personalized affair. Some people weep for days; others take a hike in the woods or count rosary beads.

American Author

Simone Biles

My mom, Nellie, got me a rosary at church. I don't use it to pray before a competition. I'll just pray normally to myself, but I have it there in case.

American Athlete

Jim Caviezel

Every day I'm trying to be more humble and how do you do that? I guess, every day, we have mass. Every day, I pray the rosary. That's what I do.

American Actor

Juanes

I come from a very, very Catholic family. We used to pray the rosary every day after dinner.

Colombian Musician

Henryk Sienkiewicz

Day is like day as two beads in a rosary, unless changes of weather form the only variety.

Polish Novelist

Elaine Stritch

If I see someone saying the rosary in the wings, I know they've got talent.

Jordana Brewster

The rosary is strongly associated with Catholicism and may not be well-known in other contexts.

Catholic Identity

Remember, a rosary refers to the actual string of beads, often carried or visible during prayer.

Physical Object

Using a rosary is part of a meditative prayer ritual, not just a decorative item.

Religious Ritual

The rosary prayer involves repeating Hail Marys and other prayers in a sequence.

Repetition Key

The rosary is a tool to aid meditation and contemplation, not just recitation.

Meditative Practice

There is a set order for the prayers in a rosary, starting with the Apostles' Creed.

Specific Structure

Rosary can be used metaphorically to describe any series of similar items or events.

Figurative Usage

Using 'rosary' figuratively emphasizes the connection and continuity among the items in the series.

Series Emphasis

 further help and support when we look at the actual stuff migrants leave behind we can get little windows into individual stories the ironic symbols that end up on clothing that people leave behind like the Statue of Liberty shirt the personal items the photographs the the the love letters the Bible's the rosaries that are accidentally left

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 about today is the idea of labels label labels we give ourselves and labels that we give other people my questioning of this started when I was on my knees I fell to my knees in agony and I grabbed the black rosary beads that my mentor

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 whether it's a holy rosary or a symbolic feather, it all needs to be supported. This is Jason Short. Jason is a home health nurse in the Appalachian mountains,