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Our Lady of the Rosary

Our Lady of the Rosary: Feast Day Oct. 7th

Today as we celebrate the feast day of Our Lady of the Rosary, you and your family can embrace a “rose theme” for the day. 

Food:


If you’re up for trying something new, have tea time with rose and mint tea, which can be purchased at most grocery stores, and serve it with either rosemary shortbread cookies or apple rosemary tea bread.  If you make the cookies, you and your children can cut them out in the shape of roses if you have a rose shaped cookie cutter. 





Prayer:

Try praying a decade of the rosary together as a family or the entire rosary together if your children are older. This article has helpful ways to teach your kids how to pray the rosary. A friend of mine shared the website RosaryCenter.org, and their how to pray the rosary section has a wonderful section on how to pray the rosary using scripture that you and your family can also try.

Crafts:

For younger kids, you can let them pick a rose coloring page to color. And for older kids, you can make paper roses using this template and directions from Martha Stewart.

If you and your family are up for a challenge, you can even try making homemade rose perfume. We made it today for the first time—-it didn’t smell very rosy, so if we make it again I would add the rose water or rose essential oil that the recipe suggests as an “extra.” It did look pretty, however, and my daughter has enjoyed spraying people with it all day, so as something that made her happy it was a success in that way. We added a little almond extract to give it some kind of a scent. 



Every time you use the perfume, you will be reminded of Our Lady of the Rosary and reminded to pray the rosary. At Fatima Mary (as our Lady of Fatima) instructed St. Jacinta, St. Francisco, and Blessed Sr. Lucia to pray the rosary every day for peace. I know I often fail at doing this, but today is a great reminder to pick up my rosary and try praying it more often. 

I hope you and your family have a wonderful day today celebrating Mary as Our Lady of the Rosary! Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us!

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