Hello Rosary lovers! In this post, we will look at the question: why did my Rosary break?

Evidently this is quite a common question amongst Christians. Many, many rosaries break. As unfortunate and as annoying as this is, it is a very common problem.

What it’s like having a Rosary break

I have had it happen to me many times. You’ve gone to the trouble of finding a set of Rosary beads that you like, you get them blessed by a priest, you pray with them and you get attached to them. Perhaps, like me, you carry them with you always in your pocket.

So, your rosary beads become a close companion, and then, all of a sudden, often without any warning, they break.

You try to fix them but it’s no use. They’re broken and you need to get a new set of rosary beads, get them blessed and get used to their feel all over again.

I know how annoying this is. It can even be rather upsetting.

Why do rosaries break?

So the question is: why do they break?

Well, obviously, the first thing to say is that I can’t claim to know exactly why YOUR PARTICULAR Rosary broke. Perhaps it was well-made, but perhaps it was just very old. Maybe there was another reason. Maybe your dog got hold of it, I don’t know. Who knows?

What I can say, from experience, is that most rosaries I have come across since becoming Catholic are not really made to last.

This is especially true of the ones with metal chains. I have found that often the metal chains start to unbuckle at some random point. I have tried to put them back together, but it doesn’t last long, and soon the entire rosary falls apart.

I had this happen to 3 rosaries I possessed, each of which were blessed by a priest.

I then bought a gorgeous fairly sturdy one from Amazon. It wasn’t cheap, but it seemed like it would last. Again, I got this one blessed.

It didn’t last. The cross fell off after 2 months, and then the whole thing snapped after 3 months. And I had grown really fond of that rosary! I wasn’t impressed, to say the least.

So I was left with 4 rosaries, all broken within the space of a year or so. And still to this day I haven’t gotten round to reverently getting rid of them. I may bury them sometime, but for now they lie in a draw upstairs, wrapped in lots of kitchen roll.

Unbreakable rosaries

So I went on the hunt for a rosary that wouldn’t break. A friend of mine suggested I look at wooden rosaries, because these tend to be made of wood and rope/string, and as such they tend to last longer.

I eventually decided to go for a fabulous green paracord rosary. It was expensive, but my o my what a Rosary. When my priest blessed it, he wanted to keep it!

I used that Rosary for just under a year, and then bought another paracord rosary, made of Olive Wood, which you can look at here. This is now my constant and favourite Rosary. It comes with me everywhere.

I bought it from this awesome company, which you can check out here.

I have found that if you’re going to buy a rosary and use it often and/or keep it on you constantly, it is FAR better to invest in a rosary that will last.

Buying cheaper rosaries seems like a good idea early on, but when 3 or 4 break on you, you realise you could have spent less money overall by buying a quality, long-lasting one to start with. Paracord rosaries are built to last.

Should you be interested, you can check out the uses of paracord here. Suffice to say, it’s a brilliant idea for a set of Rosary beads.

Conclusion

So why did YOUR Rosary break? I have no idea, but perhaps it simply wasn’t built to last, as with so many rosaries. This is a shame, but be encouraged that there ARE rosaries out there which ARE built to last, as you can see here.

I hope this post proves helpful to you in your spiritual journey and I hope you can benefit from my experience about this issue.

If you have any questions or if you want to leave a comment, please get in touch, we’d love to hear from you!

God bless you, through Mary, Queen of the most holy Rosary!