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The Secret of the Rosary

To stories concerning other than religious subjects, which do not militate against common sense
and which are written by trustworthy authors, we pay the tribute of human faith; whereas
To stories about holy subjects which are told by good authors and are not in the slightest degree
contrary to reason, faith or morals (even though they may sometimes deal with happenings which
are above the ordinary run of events) we pay the tribute of pious faith.
I agree that we must be neither too credulous nor too critical and that we should remember that
"virtue takes the middle course" keeping a happy medium in all things in order to find just where
truth and virtue lie. But on the other hand I know equally well that charity easily leads us to
believe all that is not contrary to faith or morals: "Charity ... believeth all things;" in the
same way pride induces us to doubt even well authenticated stories on the plea that they are not to
be found in the Bible.
This is one of the devil's traps; heretics of the past who denied Tradition have fallen into it
and over critical people of today are falling into it too without even realizing it.
People of this kind refuse to believe what they do not under stand or what is not to their liking,
simply because of their own spirit of pride and independence.

Eleventh Rose

The Creed

THE CREED or the Symbol of the Apostles which is said on the crucifix of the Rosary is a holy
summary of all Christian truths. It is a prayer that has great merit because faith is the root,
foundation and beginning of all Christian virtues, of all eternal virtues and also of all prayers
that are pleasing to Almighty God "He that cometh to God, must believe ..." Whosoever wishes to
come to God must first of all believe and the greater his faith the more merit his prayer will
have, the more powerful it will be, and the more it will glorify God.
I shall not take time here to explain the Creed word for word

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