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EXCLUSIVELY crafted by Robyn!

Exquisite rosary makes an excellent gift!

Exquisite double-dipped pink Czech glass beads of mixed with metal floral beads! The delicate flower beads add to the beauty of the elegant matching Dogwood center and crucifix! The pewter Dogwood center and crucifix are detailed with the Dogwood flower, which imitates the cross Jesus was crucified upon! Czech glass fire-polished round faceted beads are exceptionally smooth and easy to handle.

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

The Story of the Dogwood

As a child, I heard this tale…

Long ago during the days that Jesus was here on earth in the form of man there were many dogwood trees. The dogwood was comparable in size to the oak tree and other monarchs of the forest. Because of its firmness and strength it was selected as the timber for the cross, but to be put to such a cruel use greatly distressed the tree.

Sensing this, the crucified Jesus in his gentle pity for the sorrow and suffering of all said to it: "Because of your sorrow and pity for My sufferings, never again will the dogwood tree grow large enough to be used as a cross. Henceforth it will be slender, bent and twisted and its blossoms will be in the form of a cross two long and two short petals.

In the center of the outer edge of each petal there will be nail prints brown with rust and stained with red and in the center of the flower will be a crown of thorns, and all who see this will remember."

~ Author Unknown

Our Father beads: Silver-tone Imitation Dogwood flower bead.

Hail Mary beads: 6mm Double-Dipped Pink Czech glass round faceted beads.

Center: The silver-tone Genuine Pewter Dogwood Madonna center depicts a silhouette of Mary in a circle of twisted Dogwood branches with Dogwood flowers and leaves at the bottom.

Crucifix: The silver-tone Genuine Pewter Dogwood crucifix depicts Jesus crucified on the actual Dogwood tree in full-bloom with flowers and leaves on each branch and at the roots. This crucifix is also known as the Tree of Life crucifix.

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