9/11 Remembrance Rosary
Product Description
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The design is inspired by the Cross that remained in
the rubble at Ground Zero and by the coincidence of the total number
of the fifty states of the United States of America with the number
of the Hail Mary beads of the five decades of the rosary.
"Do not let
your hearts be troubled or afraid."
John 14:27 |
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The Cross
The symbol of the cross unites all
sufferings - of any kind and of any nation -
with the saving act of Jesus on the cross,
giving comfort and strength.
The scrap of sheet metal hanging from the
arm of the cross resembles the shroud left
by Jesus in the tomb after His Resurrection.
“Why do you seek the living one among the
dead?”
Luke 24:5
“But
Peter got up and ran to the tomb, bent down,
and saw the burial cloths alone”
Luke
24:12 |
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The
Centerpiece
"I am the resurrection and the life;
whoever believes in me, even if he dies,
will live "
John 11:25
Inspired by the Resurrection, the sculpture
of Jesus is the heart of the work. Jesus
rising from the ruins, the graves of all the
victims, represents the triumph of life over
death, of love over hatred.
"He is not God of the dead, but of the
living,
for to him all are alive."
Luke 20:38
The
power of this love was manifested most
profoundly in the self-sacrifice of the
heroic rescuers. |
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The Beads
The Hail Mary beads of the five decades
of the rosary represent the fifty states of
the United States of America.
Each double-sided bead features Mary
Immaculate of the Miraculous Medal on one
side, and the name of one of the fifty
states one the other, thus consecrating each
state to the Blessed Mother as the rosary is
prayed.
The antiphon Hail Mary beads are engraved
with the three letters U S A, recalling Pope
Pius IX’s declaration in 1847 of Mary
Immaculate as
“Patroness of the United States of America”. |
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