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Forty-Seventh Rose

chant of the Our Father and Hail Mary. The only gatherings to be seen are those of twenty, thirty or
a hundred or more people who, at a fixed hour, sing Almighty God's praises just as religious do.
There are even places where the Rosary is recited in common-five mysteries at a time at three
special times every day. What a blessing from Heaven this is!
Just as there are wicked people everywhere, do not expect to find that the place you live in is
free of them; there will be some who will be certain to avoid coming to Church for the Rosary and
they may even make fun of it and will probably do everything in their power to stop you from
going,exerting their influence by bad example and bad language. But do not give up. As these
wretched souls will have to be separated from God and heaven for all eternity because their place
will be in hell, already here on earth they have to be separated from the company of Christ Our
Lord and His servants and hand maids.

Forty-Seventh Rose

Proper Dispositions

PREDESTINATE SOULS, you who are of God, cut yourselves adrift from those who are damning themselves
by their impious lives, laziness and lack of devotion and, without delay, recite often your
Rosary, with faith, with humility, with confidence and with perseverance.
Our Lord, Jesus Christ, told us to follow His example and to pray always because of our endless
need of prayer, the darkness of our minds, our ignorance and weakness and be­
cause of the strength and number of our enemies. Anyone who really gives heed to this Our Master's
commandment will surely not be satisfied with saying the Rosary once a year (as the Perpetual
Members do) or once a week (like the Ordinary Members) but will say it every day (as a member of the
Daily Rosary) and Will never fail in this even though the only obligation he has is that of
saving his own soul.
1. ''We ought always to pray and not to faint."1 These are the eternal words of our Blessed Lord
Himself. And we must
believe His words and abide by them if we do not want to be

1Luke 18:1.

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