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The Secret of the Rosary

for the beautiful robes that you have made me." The two virgin saints who were with Our Lady
thanked her too and then all three of them vanished.
An hour later Our Lady and the same two saints appeared to them again, but this time she was
wearing green which had no gold lettering and did not gleam. She went up to the second
sister and thanked her for the robes she had made Her by saying her Rosary. Since this sister had
seen Our Lady appear to the eldest much more magnificently dressed she asked Her the reason for the
change. The Blessed Mother answered! "Your sister made Me more beautiful clothes because she has
been saying her Rosary better than you."
About an hour after this she appeared to the youngest of the sisters wearing tattered and dirty
rags. "My daughter" she said "I want to thank you for these clothes that you have made Me. The
young girl was covered with shame and she called out: "Oh, my Queen, how could I have dressed you
so badly! I beg you to forgive me. Please grant me a little more time to make you beautiful robes
by saying my Rosary better." Our Lady and the two saints vanished, leaving the girl heartbroken.
She told her confessor everything that had hap­
pened and he urged her to say her Rosary for another year and to say it more devoutly than ever.
At the end of this second year on the very same day of the Purification, Our Lady, clothed in a
magnificent robe and
attended by Saint Catherine and Saint Agnes, wearing crowns, appeared to them again in the
evening. She said to them: "My daughters, I have come to tell you that you have earned heaven at
last and you will all have the great joy of going there tomorrow." The three of them cried: "Our
hearts are all ready, dearest Queen; our hearts are all ready." Then the vision faded. That same
night they became ill and so sent for their confessor who brought them the Last Sacraments and they
thanked him for the holy practice that he had taught them. After Compline Our Lady appeared with a
multitude of virgins and had the three sisters clothed in white gowns. While angels were singing
"Come, spouses of Jesus Christ, receive the crowns which have been prepared for you for all
eternity," they departed from this life.
Some very deep truths can be learned from this story:
1. How important it is to have a good director who will
counsel holy practices, especially that of the Most Holy
Rosary;

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