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 The Secret of the Rosary

rosary, about its content and form, its real worth, about the instruction necessary for its
appreciation and use."

The SECRET OF THE ROSARY was written almost two and a half centuries ago, it is true, but it has
lost none of its freshness and timeliness. Indeed, today, in the light of the specific requests
of Our Lady of Fatima, it will be doubly welcomed by all true clients of Our Lady. We feel
confident that it will bring many souls to a better understanding of the Rosary not only as a
prayer but especially as a way of spiritual life.
The EDITORS

 F. M. William, The Rosary: Its History and ·Meaning, Benziger Bros.,
1952, p. 115.

THE FRONT COVER of the SORROWFUL AND IMMACU­
LATE HEART OF MARY: This picture, somewhat mysterious
in its origin, was discovered at the time of the 1918 armistice in the cellar of the boarding
school where Berthe Petit, a humble Franciscan Tertiary, had been educated. After the troops
had departed one of the Bernardine ·nuns in putting things in order · found a piece of cardboard
on which was pasted a pornographic picture and she tore it off to consign it to flames. To her
astonishment she found that it covered this beautiful representation of the Blessed Virgin!
It seems to combine the art of both the Eastern and the Western Rites. The facial features resemble
those of the well known Pieta. Prayer before this picture has brought signal favors.
Confided by Our Lord to Berthe Petit: ''Teach souls to love the Heart of My Mother pierced by the
very sorrow which pierced Mine." (Dec. 25, 1909)
''The Heart of My Mother has the right to be called Sorrowful and I wish this title placed before
that of Immaculate because she has won it herself; The Church has defined in the case of My
Mother what I myself had ordained Her Immaculate Conception .This right which My Mother has to a
title of justice, is now, according to My express wish, to be known and universally
 accepted. She has earned it by her identification with My sorrows; by her sufferings;
by her sacrifices and her immolation
 in Calvary endured in perfect correspondence with My grace for the salvation of mankind •••"
(Sept. 8, 1911)
"It is hearts that must be changed. This will be accomplished only by the Devotion proclaimed,
explained, preached and recommended everywhere. Recourse to My Mother under this title
I wish for her universally, is the last help shall give before the
end of time." (July 2, 1940)

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