Behold the Cross
By Inlemay
@Inlemay (17712)
South Africa
April 15, 2017 1:30am CST
As a child I grew up with a mother still in her Catholic ways and now remembering back, I dont think my mother ever gave them up but just reapplied her life to being Children raising Methodist with her traditional Catholic mindset.
It gave for interesting religious holiday traditions, as the Catholics have a very different way of celebrating a Friday for instance. Fridays are NO MEAT days - only fish was ever served in our home while I was growing up. Luckily my fish allergy only showed face after my first child was born - but until then I loved my moms home fried HAKE in butter batter!
Good Fridays we fasted until late the evening - then we had fish and Hot-cross-buns
So yesterday in the quiet of Good Friday I pondered back to a time that I had seen my mom use her rosary - attached at the end was a small little ivory cross and I whisper ivory because, since then it is quite illegal to have ivory in any African home for the tales they tell in getting there.
Ivory trade is banned in my country as well as in many Asian countries as well.
So getting back to the cross - After my mom's death I wondered which of my sisters took her beautiful rosary with the ivory cross? I have no idea of its significance as I am not Catholic, but I hope it isnt somewhere on a heap of trash.
Do special days in the year take you on flashbacks like my YESTERDAY just did?
My photo is from the display at Tibidabo Sagrat Cor church in Barcelona. Two flashbacks in one day - how great is the wonder of memory!
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@JudyEv (381750)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Apr 17
@Inlemay I wasn't a Catholic. We went together for a while then split up. His mother told him to next time try to find a nice Catholic girl. But she was always lovely to me and we had a great relationship. Even when we weren't going together I would stay with his parents in town when I was teaching piano at the local convent. I never did convert.
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
15 Apr 17
None of the Catholic symbols should be thrown in the trash, I have my rosary, the one I received the day of my First Communion. My mother did not even used butter to fry, only oil, because the butter was a product issued by the cow, we were not even allowed to drink milk and eat cheese, but this only the Holy Friday, the others day of the Holy week at least we could have cheese.
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@Jackalyn (7558)
• Oxford, England
15 Apr 17
I don't get too many flashbacks to special days.Now you say it though I know my mum had an ivory necklace. Not sure what will happen if I inherit it. I assume only museums can show such things. Wearing it would be like going out in a fox fur coat.
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@rebelann (117196)
• El Paso, Texas
1 Jul 19
There is little anyone can do about the ivory people might have from their grandparents era but I'm glad it is now illegal.
@Tampa_girl7 (54714)
• United States
27 Apr 17
Christmas time always floods my mind with sweet memories.
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@Inlemay (17712)
• South Africa
15 Apr 17
Piano keys have since been made of plastic: "Spruce is typically used in high-quality pianos. Black keys were traditionally made of ebony, and the white keys were covered with strips of ivory. However, since ivory-yielding species are now endangered and protected by treaty, or are illegal in some countries, makers use plastics almost exclusively."
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
17 Apr 17
not an item we'd have up, being of other faiths, but in concept so pretty!
@catsholiday (460)
• Derby, England
3 Dec 17
Yes often I catch a glimpse of a photo or I am sorting through things and find stuff I have saved for its special significance to me. I hope one of your sisters has the rosary and is keeping it safe.
