:seeya: Just saw your post and had to throw in my :twocents: fwiw

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BBM: I went to Catholic School my entire life ... and we were taught that you do NOT wear the Rosary around your neck like a piece of jewelry ... NEVER ... "Back in my day", if you were caught doing this, you would have been "scrubbing" the convent and rectory floors ! Seriously, you would have gotten some sort of a "punishment" ...
However, more recently, I have seen people wearing it ... Now, whether they are not educated about the Rosary, or whether they are making a "statement", the way I was brought up it is not an acceptable way of "displaying" the Rosary ...
Sorry for the O/T ... BUT ... JMO and MOO MOO MOO ...
It really set off my "radar" when I saw the parents wearing the Rosary around their neck in their first interview -- AND --they did it again on the Today Show !
Now -- it would NOT have "set off my radar" IF the Rosary would have been in the Celis' hands -- that would have been "appropriate" use of the Rosary.
Again, JMO and MOO MOO MOO ... but I do NOT like to see ANYONE misuse the Rosary -- AND -- any other religious symbols ...
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