Thy will be done: a connected rosary

Martin Jud

17.10.2019

Translation: machine translated

The Catholic Church is trying to adapt to the times by launching the first connected rosary. In an age of sects, atheists and pagans, will it be able to counter the decline in the number of faithful? Now that's a good question!

More and more believers are turning away from the Catholic Church, losing their faith or converting to other types of religion. When it's not veganism, Apple or Greta Thunberg, it's big rock concerts with biblical lyrics missioned by a free church that are taking over.

The clergy, it seems, think something needs to change. After all, Catholicism cannot live on the legacy accumulated by the Crusades alone. It's time for young people to go back to confession. So the Vatican has come up with a solution by designing a connected rosary linked to an app that works a bit like a pedometer, but for prayers only. Pretty cool, isn't it?

Digital prayer with "Click To Pray eRosary"

At €99, there's no more indulgence from the Church. But for that sum, you can get the Click To Pray rosary with wireless charger included from Acer. According to Frédéric Fornos, a French Jesuit and head of the Pope's international prayer network, the connected rosary bracelet enables young people to learn the traditional prayer addressed to the Virgin Mary. With this modern tool designed to improve our world, young people can pray for peace.

Couple the Bluetooth rosary with your smartphone, activate it with a sign of the cross! The free app contains an audio guide, personalised photos and texts about praying with the rosary. Made from obsidian and haematite beads, the rosary is compatible with Android and iOS. For the moment, it is only available in English, Spanish and Italian. If you want to save the world, you can choose between the traditional prayer and a more contemplative version. There are also themed prayers, updated every year.

We prayask you to wait a little longer to find out if this item will be offered in our shop. But given the heresy of this text, in my opinion, it won't be any time soon. It's a shame, because comparing the pedometers of colleagues in the office has become a real pain in the arse. I'd like to make them jealous by clocking more than them every day.

Do you think I should try it out to repent of all my sins? Give me your opinion in the comments section!

Martin Jud

Senior Editor

martin.jud@digitecgalaxus.ch

I find my muse in everything. When I don’t, I draw inspiration from daydreaming. After all, if you dream, you don’t sleep through life.

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