Prayer Bead with the Adoration of the Magi and the Crucifixion Prayer Bead with the Adoration of the Magi and the Crucifixion Prayer Bead with the Adoration of the Magi and the Crucifixion (MS 17.190.475) is a small south Netherlandish prayer nut, carved in fine-grained boxwood, and dated to c 1500–10. It is now in the collection of The Cloisters, New York. Originally the bead would have been part of a complete rosary set, and its size suggests its use as an "Ave bead", where the supplicant would recite the "Hail Mary". Objects of this type were in great demand in the early sixteenth century. Apart from use in private veneration,
Acts of Reparation to the Virgin Mary of Fátima, was requested by the Virgin Mary herself in an apparition at Pontevedra, Spain, in December 1925. This acts of reparation has been approved by the Roman Catholic Church. Words of the Prayer from Raccolta: Words of the Prayer from Raccolta: Acts of Reparation to the Virgin Mary Catholic tradition and Mariology include specific prayers and devotions as acts of reparation for insults and blasphemies against the Blessed Virgin Mary. Similar prayers as "Acts of Reparation to Jesus Christ" and "Acts of Reparation to The Holy Trinity" also exist. Some such prayers are provided in the Raccolta Catholic prayer