The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-05-23
THE EXCELLENCE OF THE
ROSARY.

The Rosary, says Father Lescher, O..
| p, in his little volume dealing with
that devotion, Is composed of the best
of all prayers: the Our Father given
to us by our Lord Himself (St. Matt.
viz; the Hail Mary, inspired by the
Holy Ghost est. Luke ~; and the
Doxology, so frequently recited by the
Church in her solemn offices. The
Rosary places before us the great
truths of redemption which, through
meditation, penetrate into the heart,
and form the whole character to the
| likeness of Christ Jesus. st. Paul
teaches Rom. viii.) that his likeness
to Christ is the condition and mark
of predestination; hence it is that
saints and holy writer's lay such great
stress upon the Rosary, because all
those who are devoted to it's use in
fallibly acquire the spirit of Jesus
Christ in His life of innocence and suf-
fering, and, being thus conformed to
Him, are prepared to share in His
glory. If we have been planted to-
gether in the likeness of His death, we
shall also be in the likeness Of His
resurrection (Rom. viz In the sweet
garden of the Rosary we are planted
together with Christ 1t is the power
| in moulding the Christian soul to the
character of the Cross of Christ, that
leads the saints of God to pour out
their eulogium upon the Rosary All
the Dominican saints were ardent
| apostles of the Rosary of their Blessed
Father. Other saints, likewise, have
| been conspicuous for the same deVO-
ton, especially those who have edited
the Church in these later centuries.
The following are amongst the
praises bestowed on the Rosary by
various Popes:
The scourge of the demon.-Adrian
| vi.
The destruction of sin-Gregory XIV.
The tree of life, raising up the dead;
it heals the sick, and preserves those
who are in NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. x.
The treasury of graces.-Paul V.
The growth of Christians. Urban VIII.
The glory of the Roman Church.
julius III.
Every day immense good accrues to
the Christian people through the
Rosary.-Urban w.
By the Rosary, the anger of God
ceases, and the intercession of Mary
is found.-Gregory XIII.
By the Rosary St. Dominic averted
the anger of God from France and
Italy.-Paul III.
| Owing to the spread of the Rosary,
| the faithful reused by these medita-
tons, penetrated with these pray
ers, become other men, the darkness
of heresy is scattered, and the light
of the Catholic faith shines in all it's
lustre-St. Plus V.
The Rosary is the most efficacious
prayer for the increase in the hearts
of the faithful of the devotion to-
wards the Mother of God.-Pius TX.
The most complete expression of
Christian piety-Leo XIII.
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The excellence of the Rosary is
proved by it's fruits. Wherever it
| fourlshes, there heresy WltherS and
disappears. The Rosary impresses on
the mind the great truth of the In
carnation. Each heresy may be said
| to arise in one way or other from a
false or inadequate apprehension of
the Incarnation of the Son of God. By
| this the spirit of God is known. Every
spirit which confesseth that Jesus
| Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
and every spirit that dissolveth Jesus
is not of God Il st. John iv. 2, 81.
There is no devotion that teaches the
! Incarnation SO profoundly as does the
Rosary, or which nurtures so perfectly
the Catholic tone and mind, capable Of
| detecting error hidden under the most
abstruse and specious terms.