The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-10-09
SAYING THE ROSARY.
The Month Of October Set Apart for
This Devotion.


During the month Of October more
than ever every Catholic should say
the rosary and with devotion as 1t is
IL prayer most pleasing to Our Bless
ed Lady. Those who say it diligently
and. devoutly, with perseverance, shall
not perish. The author Of the Col
Gen Sands" says:
The pious and assiduous recitation
Of the rosary always works miracles.
II it does not tire the lips repeating
it nor the heart that inspires the lips,
1t will tire God, who importuned by
Our Lady, will sooner or later grant
the sraces asked for. ...rs,.
How many pious mothers have, on
their death beds, asked as last re-
quest to their beloved daughter to
recite the rosary every day! and
when, in the. middle of tears, the
promise was made. could say, Il die
in peace, sure that my child will come
TO meet me in Heaven" Yes, either
the rosary will annoy you and you will
leave it altogether, or, whatever the
condition Of your soul, If you continue
to recite it, at last yo1 will b, moved
and softened, and you will! De brought
back to the feet Of the priest, who has
for a long while sighed over your weak
ness.
Oh, how these words often repeated
by faithful and innocent soul, "Hail
Mary, full of grace!" must please the
queen. Of angels! Oh, how these words
often repeated by a soul faithful yet,
but guilty, Pray for US poor sinners!"
must move the heart o. the Mother OF
Mercy! .'
In an instruction on the rosary.
Monsignor Dupanloup told to his hear
ors the following touching story: I
remember to have met with an cx-
ample which I shall reve- forget. It
wa. by deathbed Of child very
dear to me. a very youry woman, to
whom not very long before 1 had given
her first Communion. She was twenty
years old and rich; 1t was Just one year
since had blessed her marriage. She
was mother but a few days, happy
in the midst Of all this present hap
piness and Of dreams Of the future,
She was going to die. stricken by one
Of those diseases which it is impos-
sible to escape. did not know how to
approach the sick lady, and I was sur
prised when coming near to find her
smiling. Death was approaching sreed-
lily; she knew it, she felt It: ard she
smiled with kind Of sweet Loneliness
in which Joy blended. could but say,
MY child. what a surprised" and she,
with an: indispensable accent: Don't
you think that will 20 to Heaven %
My child" I answered. II have great
hope" "And l." she repeated. II am
sure" And what does give you this
certitude?"> 1T Is counsel receiv-
ed from you. When we made our first
Communion you told us to say the Hail
Mary every day and to say it well. I
said 1t every day, and more, for four
years I never failed to say the rosary
every day. And 1t 10 this which makes
me sure Of going to Heaven" And
how is this?' "F1a! cannot believe"
ahe added with gravity, "and this is a
thon9ht which has naver laft r,,o .,noo
was stricken-I cannot believe that
said during four years, nifty times a
day to- Our Blessed Lady, Holy Mary,
Mother of God pray for me a sinner
row and at the hour Of my DEATH and
in this moment in which am going to
die, she is not to be here. She is, am
sure; she prays for me and she is go