Silver-tone St Benedict Jubilee Medal Rosary-Czech Glass Birthstones

Manufacturer: Sacred Heart Rosaries (Hand-crafted by Robyn)

SKU: 316

Price: $25.00

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EXCLUSIVELY crafted by Robyn!

Personalize with your’s or a loved one’s birthstone…or just get your favorite color!
Exquisite rosary makes an excellent gift!
Great for Birthdays, Anniversaries, Christmas or any other special occasion!

Important and significant St Benedict Rosary. Silver-tone pieces blended with Your Choice of Czech glass beads. Highly detailed crucifix and center. Czech glass fire-polished round faceted beads are exceptionally smooth and easy to handle.

* See below for info regarding St Benedict Medals

This is a 5 decade rosary. It measures approx. 20" (inches) in length including the crucifix.

Body of Rosary
Our Father beads: Silver-tone highly detailed St Benedict Medals (4 total)
Hail Mary beads: 6mm Your Choice Czech glass round faceted beads.

Pendant Portion of Rosary
Our Father beads: YOUR CHOICE
1. 6mm Your Choice Czech glass round faceted beads with silver-plated bead-caps.
2. 6mm Silver-plated Filigree Bead
3. Silver-plated Rose Bead

Hail Mary beads: 6mm Your Choice Czech glass round faceted beads.

Center: Silver-tone, highly detailed St Benedict center.

Crucifix: Silver-tone, highly detailed St Benedict crucifix.

Colors...
January - Garnet
February - Amethyst
March - Aquamarine
April - Crystal AB
May - Emerald
June - Pearl
July - Ruby
August - Peridot
September - Sapphire
October - Opal AB
November - Amber Topaz AB
December - Blue Topaz
Other colors available... Alt. April - Vitrial (Metallic finish)
Alt. June - Lavender Pearl or Lavender Czech Glass
Alt. September - Cobalt
Alt. October - Double Dipped Pink
Also available (shown) – Light Turquoise, Jet Black AB and Light Rose AB
Also Available (not shown) - Hematite & Tiger Eye
OF Metal Beads Available: Silver-plated Filigree, Silver-plated Rose bead

If you are looking for another color or a specific gemstone, please contact me at paws4critters@aol.com. I will then work with you on making the rosary to your individual request, as well as advise you to an appropriate charge.

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The Cross of Eternal Salvation
Description of the Jubilee Medal

The features described below were incorporated in a newly designed medal struck in 1880 under the supervision of the monks of Montecassino, Italy. Because the Jubilee Medal of 1880 has all the important features ever associated with the Medal of St. Benedict, the following description of this medal can serve to make clear the nature and intent of any medal of St. Benedict, no matter what shape or design it may legitimately have. The Jubilee Medal of 1880 has proven to be more popular throughout the Christian world than any other medal ever struck to honor St. Benedict.

The Face of the Medal
On the face of the medal is the image of Saint Benedict. In his right hand he holds the cross, the Christian's symbol of salvation.

In St. Benedict's left hand is his Rule for Monasteries that could well be summed up in the words of the Prolog exhorting us to "walk in God's ways, with the Gospel as our guide."

On a pedestal to the right of St. Benedict is the poisoned cup, shattered when he made the sign of the cross over it. On a pedestal to the left is a raven about to carry away a loaf of poisoned bread that a jealous enemy had sent to St. Benedict.

Above the cup and the raven are the Latin words: Crux s. patris Benedicti (The Cross of our holy father Benedict). On the margin of the medal, encircling the figure of Benedict, are the Latin words: Eius in obitu nostro praesentia muniamur! (May we be strengthened by his presence in the hour of our death!). Benedictines have always regarded St. Benedict as a special patron of a happy death. He himself died in the chapel at Montecassino while standing with his arms raised up to heaven, supported by the brothers of the monastery, shortly after St. Benedict had received Holy Communion.

Below Benedict we read: ex SM Casino MDCCCLXXX (from holy Monte Cassino, 1880). This is the medal struck to commemorate the 1400th anniversary of the birth of Saint Benedict.

Reverse Side of the Medal
On the back of the medal, the cross is dominant. On the arms of the cross are the initial letters of a rhythmic Latin prayer: Crux sacra sit mihi lux! Nunquam draco sit mihi dux! (May the holy cross be my light! May the dragon never be my guide!).

In the angles of the cross, the letters C S P B stand for Crux Sancti Patris Benedicti (The cross of our holy father Benedict).

Above the cross is the word pax (peace), which has been a Benedictine motto for centuries. Around the margin of the back of the medal, the letters V R S N S M V - S M Q L I V B are the initial letters, as mentioned above, of a Latin prayer of exorcism against Satan: Vade retro Satana! Nunquam suade mihi vana! Sunt mala quae libas. Ipse venena bibas! (Begone Satan! Never tempt me with your vanities! What you offer me is evil. Drink the poison yourself!)

Use of the Medal

The purpose of using the medal is to call down God's blessing and protection upon us, wherever we are, and upon our homes and possessions, especially through the intercession of St. Benedict. By the conscious and devout use of the medal, it becomes, as it were, a constant silent prayer and reminder to us of our dignity as followers of Christ.

The medal is a prayer of exorcism against Satan, a prayer for strength in time of temptation, a prayer for peace among ourselves and among the nations of the world, a prayer that the Cross of Christ be our light and guide, a prayer of firm rejection of all that is evil, a prayer of petition that we may with Christian courage "walk in God's ways, with the Gospel as our guide," as St. Benedict urges us.

The Medal of St. Benedict can serve as a constant reminder of the need for us to take up our cross daily and "follow the true King, Christ our Lord," and thus learn "to share in his heavenly kingdom," as St. Benedict urges us in the Prolog of his Rule.

~ info taken from http://www.osb.org/gen/medal.html

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