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The Secret of the Rosary

onto the other. The tray of her good works was greatly out weighed by that of her sins and
imperfections.
Filled with terror she cried for mercy, imploring the help
of the Blessed Virgin, her gracious Advocate, who took the one
and only Rosary that she had said for her penance. and dropped it onto the tray of her good works.
This one Rosary was so
heavy that it weighed more than all her sins as well as all her good works. Our Lady then reproved
her for having refused to follow the counsel of her servant Dominic and for not saying the Rosary
every day.
As soon as she came to herself she rushed and threw herself at the feet of Saint Dominic and told
him all that had happened, begged his forgiveness for her unbelief and promised to say the Rosary
faithfully every day. By this means she rose to Christian perfection and finally to the glory of
everlasting life.
You who are people of prayer-learn from this how tremendous is the power, the value and the
importance of this devotion of the Most Holy Rosary when it is said together with meditation on the
mysteries.
Few saints have reached the same heights of prayer as Saint Mary Magdalene who was lifted up to
heaven each day by angels, and who had had the privilege of learning at the feet of Our Lord
Himself and His Blessed Mother. Yet one day when she asked God to show her a sure way of advancing
in His love and of arriving at the height of perfection, He sent­ Saint Michael the Archangel to
tell her, on His behalf, that there was no other way for her to arrive at perfection than to
meditate on Our Lord's passion. So he placed a cross in the front of her cave and told her to pray
before it, contemplating the Sorrowful Mysteries which she had seen take place with her own eyes.
The example of Saint Francis de Sales, the great spiritual director of his time. should spur you
on to join the holy confraternity of the Rosary, since, great saint that he was, he bound himself
by oath to say the whole Rosary every single day as long as he-lived.
Saint Charles Borromeo said it every day also and strongly recommended the devotion to his priests
and to the ecclesiastics in the seminaries and also to all his people.
Saint Pius V, one of the greatest Popes who have ever ruled the Church, said the Rosary every day.
Saint Thomas of Villa nova, Archbishop of Valence, Saint Ignatius, Saint Francis
Xavier, Saint Francis Borgia, Saint Theresa and Saint Philip

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