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Excerpts from:
The Holy
Rosary: A Prayer for All Times
by Father John A. Hardon, S.J.
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Pope Benedict
XV said, “The Rosary is the perfect prayer.” It recognizes Mary as the
Mother of God who wants nothing more than for those who have strayed from
her Son to return to His embrace. The Rosary invokes Mary as the Mediatrix
of all graces, including the graces of conversion.
[At Fatima], she told them to
tell the faithful to do penance and pray the Rosary..that when we recite the
Rosary, ...we should add between the decades, “O my Jesus, forgive us our
sins. Save us from the fires of hell, and bring all souls to heaven,
especially those who most need Your Mercy.”
It is through the Rosary that we can bring countless souls back to Christ
from whom they have strayed. It is through the Rosary that we can make them
lovers of Christ through the mediation of His Mother.
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