Teresa chose a vibrant rainbow of colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple followed by brown, black, gray and white for her ten beads. She used her St. Teresa of Avila and St. Rose of Lima medals on one end, a small crucifix at the other and wanted to use the brown yarn to lace them together. It is beautiful.
Catherine chose a random assortment of colors that struck her fancy and put them on purple yarn with a pretty cross at one end and two Miraculous medals at the other. It is unique as is Catherine.
I followed Teresa's lead and used the brown yarn and an assortment of jewel and pastel toned colors arranged in a modified rainbow order. My medals are (small) Our Lady of Perpetual Help / St. Gerard and (large) a medal I got when installed in the Archconfraternity of Christian Mothers at my parish. The front is an image of the Pieta and reads "MOST SORROWFUL HEART OF MARY, HAVE PITY ON US AND OUR CHILDREN" and the reverse is an image of St. Joseph with the Child Jesus that reads, "ST. JOSEPH POWERFUL INTERCESSOR, PRAY FOR US AND OUR CHILDREN"
We also made one for Anthony with green yarn and ten different green beads with a cross on one end and a Holy Spirit / Holy Family medal on the other. (His choices). I didn't get a picture of it because he lost it already. When we find it, we'll attach his blue carabiner clip to it like the ones Holy Heroes has for sale.
Holy Heroes also has the Catholic Treasure Box books newly available. I highly recommend this series for every Catholic bookshelf. We have all 20 since Grandma Q bought them when she was homeschooling. (Thanks, Grandma!) They are pricey, but The first 6 books are only $27 and contain the complete set of beautiful stories about St. Therese, "The Little Flower". Books 5 and 6 tell about how she was given her first set of sacrifice beads and learned how to make presents for God with them, helping her to become less selfish and more holy.
I hope they help us, too!
3 comments:
How neat! My second grader made sacrifice beads at school with her class and was so pleased to bring them home to use them. It's right up her alley--not broadcasting her offerings but recognizing them privately. :)
St. Therese, pray for us! :)
They are really pretty. I've never heard of sacrifice beads. Ill have to look into that:)
Congrats to everyone:) Hope you enjoy your new addition:)
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