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and death upon our hearts and to have them always before our eyes-because each mystery reminds us
of His goodness to us in some special way and it is by these mysteries that He bas shown us His
overwhelming love and desire for our salvation. Our Lord is saying to us: "Oh, all of you that
pass by, pause a while and see if there has ever been sorrow like unto the sorrow which I have
undergone for love of you. Be mindful of My poverty and of My humiliations; think of the wine
mingled with gall which I drank for you during My bitter passion."
These words and many others which could be given here
should be more than enough to convince us that we must not only say the Rosary with our lips in
honor of Our Lord and Our Lady, but also meditate upon the sacred mysteries while we are saying it.

Twenty-Third Rose

A Memorial

JESUS CHRIST, the divine Spouse of our souls and our very dear Friend wishes us to remember His
goodness to us and
all His gifts and wants us to prize them above all else. When­ ever we meditate devoutly and .
lovingly upon the sacred mysteries of the Rosary, Our Lord has an accidental joy and so has Our
Lady and all the saints in heaven.
These mysteries are the most signal results of Our Lord's love for us and the greatest presents
that He could possibly give us, because it is by virtue of such presents that the Blessed
Virgin Herself and all the saints are in their glory in heaven. One day Blessed Angela of
Foligno begged Our Lord to let her know by which religious exercise she could honor Him.
best. He appeared to her nailed to His Cross and said: ''My daughter, look at My wounds." She then
realized that nothing
pleases Our dear Lord more than meditation upon His sufferings. Then He showed her the wounds on
His head and revealed still other sufferings to her and said: "I have suffered all this for your
salvation. What can you ever do to return My love for you?"
The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass gives boundless honor to the Most Blessed Trinity because it
represents the passion of Jesus Christ and because through the Mass we offer God the

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