"Beads of Joy" by RosaryManJim: Lent

BEADS OF JOY 04-06-19

“Lent – Day 28”

“Always Praying The Rosary”

Lenten Season – Day 28

My Friends,

Today I'd like to share, a very special personal joy in my life, that I have found in always praying my rosary. As many of you know and some don't, in 2006 I began a second career in my life. Well in 2006 I got my CDL-A License, meaning that I can drive tractor trailers or any other kind of truck. I obviously chose to drive a tractor trailer. And in that choice my first experience was for over-the-road; meaning I'd be transporting goods over the entire continental US, and Canada. Believe me it turned out to be even more fun than it sounds. I was very blessed to have been in pretty much every single major city in the US covering 45 states. And I was even in Ontario, Canada at their John Deere Tractor plant where on several occasions I delivered tractors and tractor equipment to multiple Texas locations. The reason I start out by saying all that is to kind of have you envision the excitement that there really was. And I want to kind of take you there in this blog experience. I do miss it a lot. Fr. Gerald Mullally, Jan Martinez and Al Picogna were my three online, on phone, spiritual buddies on this journey. I pretty much spoke to them virtually every single day I was out there, along with my family each night on video cam.

See there is some significance to this experience. About a year prior to this on Myspace I began the online Rosary Ministry, or more commonly known as (Beads of Joy Rosary Ministry). And the object was and still is, to create a fellowship network of people who share the same love and devotion to the rosary. All that was started without ever thinking I'd actually be going across country. I dreamed that maybe one day I would, but I never thought it to be within a year. Anyhow I know that living in a truck don't exactly sound glamorous, but I won't make it sound more than what it is. But I will say that a sleeper in the average tractor trailer, especially if it's the condo style is actually pretty nice. I had a brand new black, all chromed out Peterbilt with a condo sleeper, stereo throughout, a/c - heat, cabinets, closets, refrigerator, bunk bed with normal single mattresses. See what I mean, for one person, or even two, it's pretty nice. I had my spiritual library with me, all my rosary making supplies and my laptop. The laptop was a blessing, I got to see (we have cams) and talk to my family every single night, plus I was able to continue building the ministry on Myspace. By the way in my Myspace albums there is one album showing over a hundred plus pictures I took. Now is all this starting to make sense? And yes, they are still on my old Myspace page. LOL.

I'd like to try and share some of the most spectacular exciting times and places where I have prayed my rosary. Not one day went by that I didn't. In-fact many days I prayed the rosary several times. I was so blessed to have the opportunity to pray my rosary in 45 states and Canada, countless times. Being I spoke of Texas already, I will say that I spent a lot of time there, I have slept, ate and been in pretty much every single major city in Texas (Amarillo, Lubbock, Fort Worth, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Corpus Christi and so many others). And there was this one little town called Anthony, Texas, where I spent a lot time also, I use to food shop in this town, it's on the western edge of Texas, at the first exit on Route 10 as you come from New Mexico. I was there so much that I got to kind of know the people at the supermarket. I was there almost every other week. I made many friends along the way. In Lubbock I met this older gentlemen who as telling me all about his two friends who died in that collapsed bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Rte. 35W. We chatted, he was very emotional about it, I told him I'd be praying for their families and him, he was grateful, it was very touching. I had gone over that same bridge one week prior to its collapse. When it happened, my family, my parents, and friends all contacted me, concerned knowing I was in that area of the country.

My whole experience was very exciting I hope to share much more about it soon. You have not seen the stars in the sky till you get to see them under the dark sky of a desert; when I say you can see probably countless billions of stars, I am most likely under estimating it. I was in Utah, in the San Rafael Valley; I have slept in this desert terrain a couple times by choice. When you pray the rosary in a tranquil place where you can't see or hear anyone or anything except the planet and the stars, it is breathtaking. This place and one other like it was the most incredible place I have ever spent in prayer with God. I felt like Moses. The other place was in Arizona near the eastern edge of the Grand Canyon, where there is a power plant. Twice I delivered huge transistors out of Massachusetts from GE. The trip to that plant was through the Painted Desert. From that location you were looking up the canyon, I have never seen something so beautiful as that. Elevations exceeded 10,000 feet the whole ride up through Arizona. When you pray in this places it is so incredible how you feel, and I tell you first hand it changes you; by drawing you ever so much closer to Him. Thanks for coming along with me on this journey, hope you enjoyed the ride. I am sure in your own life you to have stories and adventures that revolve around the rosary.

Today's Challenge: Find that place where you feel like you are face to face with Almighty God. Embrace it, keep it close to you and absorb His love and His presence. We all live near places that are breathtaking. I also find my time before the altar in my church or at the Fatima Shrine to be that same breathtaking place, especially during Eucharistic Adoration.

The Joy of the Rosary
w/ Reverend Fr. Philip Dabney, C.Ss.R.

LOVE YOU GUYS !!!!

Your brother in Christ Jesus
And His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr OFS

Today is Saturday: We pray the Joyful Mysteries:

The Joyful Mysteries

1. The Annunciation (Humility) – Luke 1:26-28
2. The Visitation (Love of Neighbor) – Luke 1:39-45
3. The Birth of Jesus (Poverty of Spirit) – Luke 2:1-20
4. The Presentation (Purity of Mind & Spirit) – Luke 2:22-38
5. Finding in The Temple (Obedience) –Luke 2:41-50

I simply love Saturday mornings, because Saturday like every other day of the week -begins with the Rosary.