rosary

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A toddler sat on her mother’s lap, clutching a rosary.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

There, nightly recitation of the rosary and the constant threat of Moran’s simmering rage hold sway.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

One visitor touched her rosary beads on the case.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

The rosary presupposes our boredom, propensity to distraction, and impatience with dull routine and attempts to transmute these failings into the virtues of faith, hope and charity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

Lillian kept a solitary vigil beside Bull’s coffin, staying the night with him as she prayed the rosary.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy