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Forty-Fifth Rose

2. How important it is to say the Rosary attentively and devoutly;
3. How kind and merciful the Blessed Mother is. to those who sorry for the past and are
firmly resolved to do better;
4. And finally, how generous she is in rewarding us in life, death and eternity, for the little
services that we render Her faithfully.

Forty-Fifth Rose

With Reverence

I WOULD like to add that the Rosary ought to be said reverently
that is to say it ought to be said, as far as possible, kneeling, with the hands joined and
clasping the Rosary. However, if
people are ill they can of course say it in bed or if they are
travelling it can be said on foot and if infirmity prevents people kneeling it can be said seated
or standing. The Rosary can even be said at work, if people's daily duties keep them
at their jobs, .because the work of one's hands is not by any
means always incompatible with vocal prayer.
Of course, since the soul has its limitations and can only do
so much, when we are concentrating on manual work we cannot give our undivided attention to things
of the spirit, such
as prayer. But when we cannot do otherwise this kind of prayer is not without value in Our Lady's
eyes and she rewards our good will more than our external actions.
I advise you to divide up your Rosary into three parts and
to say each group of mysteries (five decades) at a different
time of day. This is much better than saying the whole fifteen
decades all at once.
IF you cannot find the time to say a third part of the Rosary all at one time, say it gradually, a
decade here and there. I am sure you can manage this; so that, in spite of your work and
all the calls upon your time, you will have said the whole Rosary before going to bed.
Saint Francis de Sales sets us a very good example of faith fullness in this respect: once when he
was quite exhausted from the visits of the day and remembered, towards midnight, that he had left a
few decades of his Rosary unsaid, he would not go to bed until he had finished them on his knees,
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