Worry Beads

 October 7, 2017

Our Lady of the Rosary, October 7

Anxiety, creeping up on me, sneaking up till it grabs me by the throat, like a lion on the prey, swooping in to attack. Little fears and worries grow bigger in an instant. I find myself beset by worries and I don’t know what to do.

So I turn to you in prayer. When beset by fears, when my thoughts betray me, I turn to the rosary. The simple prayers, beautiful prayers, repeated over and over, soothe my anxious soul, help me put aside worries and anxiety, until, at last I find peace.

All these devoted themselves with one accord to prayer, together with some woman, and Mary the mother of Jesus and his brothers.      Acts 1:14

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