Rosary in the Mirror?

Many people hang a rosary from there rear view mirror (including myself). This was a topic of discussion at Spirit Daily and seems to be a bit of a controversy over whether this is proper.

"I started hanging a rosary when I spotted a Playboy bunny decal on someone else’s rear-view mirror some fifteen-plus years ago and was offended," writes Maureen Wellik of Middletown, Delaware. "So I hung a rosary in compensation to God, kind of like when Christian holidays were created to replace pagan holidays. Practically speaking, having a rosary on the rear-view mirror is a great reminder and is helpful especially when I am driving on a highway and my rosary is buried in my pocket under my seatbelt: I can just grab the one on the mirror. Actually I have a physiological reaction when I see a rosary on someone’s rearview mirror. A feeling of peace comes over me. I figure God is important to them, Mary is important to them, the driver prays, is a counter-cultural person who is not concerned about what folks think, and if I am in a jam and need help, that’s who I can go to."

This also extends to the proper display of other sacred items such as, statues of St. Joseph, which are buried in a home owners yard to aid in the sale of that property. or the burying of medals or the spreading of sacred salt, sprinkled in the 4 corners of a property to bring protection.

"Now onto burying medals," says Elaine Dallaire of Massachusetts. "There is some merit to this practice. I have been told by several priests and religious that in order to protect your property and house take one of each Miraculous, St. Michael the Archangel, and St. Benedict, have them blessed, and tie the three together and do the same with others so you have four sets of three medals.

I personally do not see anything wrong with this and in fact through out the centuries people have worn scapulars to give protection, and of course the church still practices excorcisms to expel demons.