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Thirty-Second Rose

you this rosary; wear it, and I promise you that none of your enemies will ever be able to harm you
again."
Our Lady vanished leaving the King overjoyed and greatly encouraged; he immediately went in search
of the Queen to tell her all about Our Lady's gift and the promise that went with it. He held
the rosary to her eyes (she bad been blind for some time) and her sight was instantly
restored.
Shortly afterwards the King rallied some troops with the help of his allies and boldly attacked his
enemies. He forced them to give back the territory that they had taken from him and to make amends
for their other offences against him, and put them completely to rout. In fact, be became so lucky
in war that soldiers rushed from all sides to fight under his standard because it seemed that
whenever he went to battle the victory was sure to be his.
This is not surprising because he never went to battle with­
out first saying his Rosary devoutly on his knees. He made certain that all the members of his
court joined the Confraternity of the Most Holy Rosary and he also saw that his officers and
servants were devoted to it.
The Queen joined the Confraternity and started saying the
Rosary too, and she and her husband persevered in Our Lady's
service and lived really holy lives.

Thirty-Second Rose

Don Perez

SAINT DOMINIC had a cousin named Don Perez, or Pedro, who was leading a highly immoral life. When
he heard that his cousin was preaching on the wonders of the Rosary and learned that several people
had been converted and had amended their lives by means of it, he said:
"I had given up all hope of being saved but now I am beginning to take heart again. I really must
hear this man of God." So one day he went to hear one of Saint Dominic's sermons. When the latter
caught sight of him he struck out against sin more zealously than ever before, and from the depths
of his heart he besought Almighty God to enlighten his cousin and to let him see what a deplorable
state his soul was in.
At first Don Perez was somewhat alarmed, but he still did not resolve to change his ways. He came
once more to hear

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