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A Rosebud

For Little Children

DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS, this beautiful rosebud is for you; it is one of the beads of your Rosary, and
it may seem to you to be such a tiny thing. But if you only knew how precious this bead is! This
wonderful bud will open out into a gorgeous rose if you say your Hail Mary really well.
Of course it would be too much to expect you to say the whole fifteen mysteries every day, but do
say at least five mysteries, and say them properly with love and devotion. This
Rosary will· be your little wreath of roses, your crown for Jesus and Mary. Please pay attention to
every word I have
said-and listen carefully to a true story that I want to tell you, and that I would like you to
remember.
Two girls (two little sisters) were saying the. Rosary very nicely and devoutly in front of their
home. A beautiful Lady
suddenly appeared, walked towards the younger-who was only about six or seven-took her by the hand,
and led her away. Her elder sister was very startled and looked for the little girl everywhere. At
last still not having found her, she went home and heart-brokenly told her parents that her sister
had been kidnapped. For three whole days the poor father and mother sought the child but could not
find her.
At the end of the third day they found her at the front
door looking extremely happy and pleased. Naturally they
asked her where on earth she had been, and she told them that the Lady to whom she had been saying
her Rosary had
taken her to a lovely place where she had given her delicious things to eat. She said that the Lady
had also given her a Baby Boy to hold, that He was very beautiful and that she had kissed Him over
and over again.
The father and mother, who had been converted to the Catholic Faith only a short time before, sent
at once for the Jesuit Father who had instructed them for their reception into the Church and who
had also taught them devotion to the Most Holy Rosary. They told him everything that had hap-

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