ANTIQUE NUNS ESTATE ROSARY ROSARIES † EBONY BEADS MEDALS † SAINT RITA SAINT JUDE

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PLEASE VISIT MY EBAY STORE BY .. THANK YOUA FANTASTIC GIFT FORTHE DEVOUT CATHOLIC OR THE COLLECTORANTIQUE THIS NUNS ESTATE ROSARY DATES TO THE 1880'STHE DETAIL AND WORKMANSHIP ARE AMAZINGA CATHOLIC HEIRLOOM2" X 1-1/4" FANCY CUTOUT3 NAIL ~ SILVER PLATED BRONZETREFOIL CRUCIFIX3/4" x 1/2" CENTER MEDALSILVER PLATED COPPERSACRED HEART OF JESUSOUR LADY OF SORROWSUNIQUE & VERY RARE5/8" ROUNDSILVER PLATED BRONZE MEDALSAINT RITA OF CASCIAATTACHED AT FIRST DECADE PATERSAINT JUDE THADDEUS APOSTLE1" X 3/8" FANCY RECTANGLEATTACHED AT CRUCIFIX5 DECADE CATHOLIC ROSARYAVERAGE 7 X 8 MM OVAL SHAPED 'EBONY' BEADS6-1/2" (Drop) 21" (Hanging Length) 28" (Loop)CONDITION: Fantastic ... this rosary has been cherished... the beads are smooth with no cracks or splits...the chain is solid and clean... this rosary is a pleasure to prayPlease ask questions ~ Thank you St. Rita of Cascia EARLY LIFERita was born in the year 1381 in the village of Roccaporena, near Cascia , Italy . Her parents, Antonio and Amata Lotti, considered her birth a very special gift from God, for Rita was born to them as they were already advancing in age. As a young girl Rita frequently visited the convent of the Augustinian Nuns in Cascia and dreamed of one day joining their community. Her parents, however, had promised her in marriage, according to the custom of the day, to Paolo Mancini, a good man of strong and impetuous character. Rita accepted her parents' decision, resolved to see this as God's will for her.MARRIED LIFEThe young couple was joined in marriage and soon twin boys were born to them. Rita found herself occupied with the typical concerns of a wife, mother, and homemaker of Roccaporena, while Paolo was employed as a watchman for the town. In Cascia, as elsewhere, a great rivalry existed between two popular political factions, the Guelphs, and the Ghibellines. As a minor official of the town, Paolo often found himself drawn into the conflict, and the strain that this caused probably accounts for the tension, which he sometimes brought into the Mancini household. By her prayer, patience, and affection, however, Rita was able to ease the stress and worry her husband experienced, but she was not able to shield him altogether from the dangers to which society exposed him.DEATH OF HUSBAND AND SONSOne day as Paolo was returning home from work he was ambushed and killed. The pain which this unexpected and violent death inflicted upon Rita was only compounded by the fear she felt that her two teenage sons, moved by the unwritten law of the "vendetta," would seek to avenge their father's death. Rita's only recourse was to prayer and persuasion. As it happened, the death of both boys from natural causes a short time later removed them from physical and spiritual danger. Despite her great burden she could still thank God that they had died in peace, free of the poison of murder to which hatred and revenge might have otherwise drawn them.PEACEMAKERNow alone in the world and without family responsibilities, Rita once more turned her thoughts to the desired vocation of her youth, that of joining the Augustinian Nuns of Saint Mary Magdalene Monastery. Some of the religious of the community, however, were relatives of the members of the political faction considered responsible for Paolo's death, and so as not to tempt the harmony of the convent, Rita's request for admission was denied. Fortunately, she was not to be easily dissuaded from following what she knew to be God's plan for her. She implored her three patron saints -- John the Baptist, Augustine, and Nicholas of Tolentino to assist her, and she set about the task of establishing peace between the hostile parties of Cascia with such success that her entry into the monastery was assured.THE GIFT OF THE THORNAt the age of thirty-six Rita pledged to follow the ancient Rule of Saint Augustine. For the next fort... read more

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