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The Secret of the Rosary

4. To imitate the three groups into which the Psalms are divided:
a) The first being for the purgative life.
b) the second for the illuminative life,
c) and the third for the unitive life;
S. And, finally, to give us graces in abundance during our lifetime, peace at death, and glory in
eternity.

Seventh Rose

Crown of Roses

EVER SINCE Blessed Alan de la Roche re-established this devotion the voice of the people, which is
the voice of God, called it the Rosary. The word Rosary means "Crown of Roses," that is to say that
every time people say the Rosary devoutly -they place a crown of one hundred and fifty-three red
roses and sixteen white roses upon the heads of Jesus and Mary. Being heavenly flowers these roses
will never fade or lose their exquisite beauty.
Our Lady has shown her thorough approval of the name Rosary; she has revealed to several people
that each time they say a Hail Mary they are giving her a beautiful rose and that each complete
Rosary makes her a crown of roses.
The well-known Jesuit, Brother Alphonsus Rodriguez, used
to say his Rosary with such fervor that he often saw a red rose come out of his mouth at each Our
Father and a white rose at each Hail Mary. The red and white roses were equal in beauty
and fragrance, the only difference being in their color.
The chronicles of Saint Francis tell of a young friar who had the praiseworthy habit of saying the
Crown of Our Lady (the Rosary) every day before dinner. One day for some
reason or other he did not manage to say it. The refectory bell had already been rung when he asked
the Superior to allow him to say it before coming to the table, and having obtained
the permission he withdrew to his cell to pray.
After he had been gone a long time the Superior sent another Friar to fetch him, and he found him
in his room bathed in a heavenly light facing Our Lady who had two angels with her. Beautiful roses
kept issuing from his mouth at each Hail Mary; the-angels took them one by one, placing them on Our
Lady's
head, and she smilingly accepted them.

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