Green evokes vegetation, spring, and renewal. It is the color of life and immortality, and is used in the Bible often. The many Hebrew words for green separate out the life cycle of plants, with different words for the green of new growth, summer growth, and the green of mature plants and trees. It is, of course, the color of vestments for Ordinary Time.

 

Purple is historically the color of royalty and great wealth. In the church, it denotes suffering and is worn during Lent. It can serve as a balance to the joys of spring or as a reminder of Christ’s kingship. It was also one of the colors, along with blue, scarlet, and white, used in the veils and carpets of the Tabernacle of the temple.

 

Although the fleur-de-lis has long been associated with France, its use in Christian iconography has been for a millennia related to Mary, the Lily among the Thorns, and her connection to the Holy Trinity, in her bearing The Son.

Our goal is to provide you a rosary, not just sell you a rosary. We use only stainless steel eyepins, linkages, and jump rings for both their strength and durability. If there is any defect in the workmanship of a rosary you purchase from us, please let us know, and we will make it right, free of charge, including shipping, within the first year of purchase. Also, for as long as we make rosaries (a lifetime, we hope!), if a rosary we made for you ever has a broken linkage, eyepin, or jump ring, we will be happy to repair it, with cost limited to shipping. Whatever we can do to keep you praying!