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The Secret of the Rosary

power of the Most Holy Rosary I command you, evil spirit, to leave the body of this girl," and
they were immediately forced to obey and she was delivered from them.
These stories show the power of the Holy Rosary in overcoming all possible temptations that evil
spirits may bring and also all kinds of sin-because these blessed beads put devils to rout.

Twenty-Eighth Rose

Salutary Effects

SAINT Augustine says quite emphatically that there is no spiritual exercise more fruitful or more
useful to our salvation than continually turning our thoughts to the sufferings of Our Savior.
Blessed Albert the Great who had Saint Thomas Aquinas as his disciple learned in a revelation that
by simply thinking of or meditating on the passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, a Christian gains more
merit than if he had fasted on bread and water every Friday for a whole year, or had beaten himself
with his discipline once a week until the blood flowed, or had recited the whole Book of Psalms
every day. If this is so, then how great must be the merit that we can gain by the Holy Rosary
which commemorates the whole life and passion of Our Savior!
One day Our Lady revealed to Blessed Alan that, after the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, which is the
most important as well as the living memorial of Our Blessed Lord's passion there
could not possibly be a finer devotion or one of greater merit than that: of the Holy Rosary, which
is like a second memorial and representation of the life and passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Father Dorland says that in 1481 Our Lady appeared to
Venerable Dominic, the Carthusian, who lived at Treves, and said to him: ''Whenever one of the
faithful who is in a state of grace says the Rosary while meditating on the mysteries of the life
and passion of Jesus Christ, he obtains full and entire remission of all his sins."
Our Lady also said to Blessed Alan: "I want you to know that, although there are numerous
indulgences already attached
to the recitation of my Rosary, I shall add many more to every