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The  month  of  October  is  dedicated  to  the  Holy Rosary. I thought you would enjoy an excerpt from Saint Louis Marie de Montfort‟s “The Secret of the Rosary”  to  help  us  realize  just  how  powerful the Rosary is.

God bless,
Fr. Matthew Kaderabek, LC


"It  would  hardly  be  possible  for  me  to  put  into  words  how  much  Our  Lady thinks  of  the  Holy  Rosary  and  of  how  she  vastly  prefers  it  to  all  other devotions…Our Lady blesses not only those who preach her Rosary, but she highly rewards all those who get others to say it by their example.

Alphonsus,  King  of  Leon  and  Galicia,  very  much  wanted  all  his  servants  to honor  the  Blessed  Virgin  by  saying  the  Rosary. So  he  used  to  hang  a  large rosary on his belt and always wore it, but unfortunately never said it himself. Nevertheless  his  wearing  it  encouraged  his  courtiers  to  say  the  Rosary  very devoutly.

One  day  the  King  fell  seriously  ill  and  when  he  was  given  up  for  dead  he found  himself,  in  a  vision,  before  the  judgement  seat  of  Our  Lord.  Many devils were there accusing him of all the sins he had committed and Our Lord as  Sovereign  Judge  was  just  about  to  condemn  him  to  hell  when  Our  Lady appeared to intercede for him. She called for a pair of scales and had his sins placed in one of the balances whereas she put the rosary that he had always worn  on  the  other  scale,  together  with  all  the  Rosaries  that  had  been  said because of his example. It was found that the Rosaries weighed more than his sins.

Looking at him with great kindness Our Lady said: “As a reward for this little honor that you paid me in wearing my Rosary, I have obtained a great grace for you from my Son. Your life will be spared for a few more years. See that you spend these years wisely, and do penance.”

When the King regained consciousness he cried out: “Blessed be the Rosary of the  Most  Holy  Virgin  Mary,  by  which  I  have  been  delivered  from  eternal damnation!”

After  he  had  recovered  his  health  he  spent  the  rest  of  his  life  in  spreading devotion to the Holy Rosary and said it faithfully every day."

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