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A little fluffy: Do you wear religious jewelry? Why or why not?
A little intro - I was raised Unitarian, and converted to Catholicism 13 years ago. After I was baptized, I wore a cross for a long time. I stopped wearing it when I stopped going to Mass a number of years ago. It didn't seem right, somehow, to wear a symbol of my faith if I wasn't participating in it. Now I've started going to Mass again. I was going through my jewelry the other day, and I came upon my cross. I'm grappling with whether I want to wear it again. So I was wondering how you ladies feel about religious jewelry. Why do you wear it, or why do you choose not to?
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Marlo
Mom to DS 5/98, Stepmom to DSD 9/95 and DSS 12/92, Keeper of many pets
I certainly don't believe that you have to be active in a church or other religious organization to wear a cross or other religious symbol. For me, I stopped wearing mine because of where I was with my particular church, i.e. feeling very disconnected. Not so anymore. I guess now I'm trying to figure out what that little cross sitting in my jewelry box means to me, and if its place is in my jewelry box or around my neck.
Last edited by mom2jflc : 07-21-2008 at 09:57 PM.
Reason: omission
Before I was married I did wear a silver ring with a cross carved in it on my ring finger. It was a reminder to me that I had pledge my purity to Christ until married. As I gotten married I replaced it obviously with my wedding band. I plan to keep it and pass it down to my children, hopefully with the same convictions I had.
PS. I still wear it, but on the right handed ring finger.
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Cristina, wife to the love of my life, mommy and teacher to three beautiful children that light up my life everyday.
Um, I do, but I don't think it comes under the same category as yours. I wear a ring with an image for God; I usually have another ring with an Om sign (another symbol for God); and I usually have a special pair of wooden beads that have enormous personal meaning for me, as well as being a special talisman of protection. But they broke just before coming over here, and my sister packed them away instead of sending them on to me, and now I don't have it.
If I were in your position, I am not sure how I would feel, either. Sorry.
I wear a "worry ring" with the christian fish on it that my Dad got me on the last trip to Mexico that he and my Mom took before he passed away.
I also wear the cross necklace that my husband gave me on our wedding day.
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I'm not much of a jewelry wearer, otherwise I would wear it. I have a crusafix, a papal medallion (not sure if that's what it's really called, lol), and a miraculous medal that i would wear if I were to remember to put them on, but most the time I don't.
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Ann
mommy to Morgan Phillip 5/24/02
and Elisha Nicole 5/10/05
and Bethany Alyssa 1/5/08
Well, I've been wearing it. It feels a little funny,(not accustomed to having something aroud my neck) but I'm getting used to it. I am finding that it makes me feel good to see it when I look in the mirror. My sister-in-law, whom I haven't seen since Christmas, was at my house last weekend and actually remarked on how pretty it is. So for now, the cross is out of the box.
I don't, but I don't wear much jewelry at all, besides my wedding and engagement rings. Which I'm not wearing right now, either, because of an allergy. Grrr. Today I'm wearing absolutely no jewelry, and that's typical for me.
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Heather
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I have a very small gold icthus (about 1/4in long) on a very small chain around my neck. It's simple and subtle and I get more compliments on it than you'd think for such a tiny thing.
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A little fluffy: Do you wear religious jewelry? Why or why not?
I wear a ring with an image for God; I usually have another ring with an Om sign (another symbol for God); and I usually have a special pair of wooden beads that have enormous personal meaning for me, as well as being a special talisman of protection. But they broke just before coming over here, and my sister packed them away instead of sending them on to me, and now I don't have it. 
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