The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-05-22
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God that has ever been made.
| If all the Hail Mary's" that have
been said were culled it would make
the greatest spiritual offering the
world has ever known. No prayer APP
! peals to women more strongly, and no
! prayer has ever been said with more
fervor by men. The countless rosa
ries, diamond drops of prayer, must
form a radiant spot in Our Lady's
! spiritual diadem. My rosary beads"
| How much comfort and strength lies
| concealed in this spiritual chaplet of
pearls. What comfort my beads
| have brought to poor lonely souls,
what companionship, what. love, what
endurance to bear the crosses of life.
MY beads" what do they not stand
! for! Everything both in Heaven and
on earth. When my beads are said
devoutly in the morning at Mass What
a meditation they make-a meditation
that chases away evil thought for the
remainder of the day. When my
! beads" are said devoutly at night,
what peace follows, what rest of the
spirit! Or in the quiet watch of the
night when sleep will not come how
the tender loving words haunt us
and we repeat softly again and again:
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray
for us sinners now and at the hour
of our death. Amen" And more
often than not, the sleep that is akin
to death follows and we awake re-
freshed to start again after our act
of homage in the Our Father to the
Blessed Hail Mary"
Somehow it seems to bring us more
intimately into that dear presence.
We have so much to ask for, SO much
to pray for, so much to bear, so much
to suffer, that at times human endur-
ance threatens to weaken and break
and only a Hail Mary can restore our
spiritual strength to enable us to go
on.
What would we do without our Hail
Mary? What would we do without our
! rosary? Surely God sent this exquis-
tie prayer to encourage us to appeal
to His Divine Mother Jesus, the
to her, just like and other human
being-teaching us the lesson of ODE
dience and love to her divine inspira-
ton. AS a Child, He knelt at her
knee. Oh! 1t seems so wonderful
that He, the Divine One, should share
this love, with poor mortals. He gave
us His Mother to love and cherish in
our hearts and communicate spirit
ually with her through prayer. He
wishes it, nay He commands it. Did
not He say to John, the beloved dis
: ciple, Son, behold thy mother;
i, Mother, behold thy son." He has be-
queathed her to us as divine legacy.
her as His Mother. So today the
affairs in the Catholic Churches
throughout the world dedicated to Our
Lady will be fragrant with flowers
flung from the heart of April on the
first day Of May and strewed at Our
Lady's feet. Countless rosaries will
be said during this month and candles
will be lighted to make more brilliant
our earthly show of love and devotion
: to Mary. But the real undying devo
[ ton will be our Faith and our prayers
in her Divine intercession.
What gifts she holds in her hands
this Queen of Heaven and earth. How
gracious she is to her loving children
1t has we'll been said that devotion tt
]. Mary is sign of predestination, thai
no one who has it will meet with {
sudden or unprovided death. The las
hour of our lives is the most impor
tant of all, for on it depends our flu
ture salvation. If we have been faith
n full children of Mary we have moth
h ing to fear. God loves His children
@ to be devoted to His Mother. He will
: grant us any gift through her, TO
He can refuse her nothing. He ha!
+ placed her on the highest pinnacle
@ both in Heaven and on earth. He ha!
@ crowned her with His glory. Did HI
a not perform His first miracle on eartl
d at her request? Oh we cannot be TOT
6 devoted to Mary, our beloved Queen.
t During this month of May we shouk
s encourage by every means in on
+ power devotion to Mary. We SHOULD
+ spread broadcast our faith in he
e divine intercession. We should teacl
= the little children to lisp the "Hai
o Mary" with renewed fervor. In ever.
= Catholic home the Rosary should b.
It said daily, either in the morning o
e sometimes during the day or in tn
J. evening when the family is unitet
e after the days work. The blessing
that will follow this homage to Gu
If Lady will soon be felt. Peace, tina
n wonderful peace which the world car
\ not give, will be ours in large measur
o the peace that passeth all under
II standing-the peace that the worldlin
n in mad race for the pleasure of lif
IS can never again-the peace that is tn
n sign of the "elect," of those who fea
n. not death and who, while enjoyin
IS life, never lose sight of the though
g that each day brings them nearer tn
g great reward that is promised to tn
q faithful
.e To Our Lady's subjects earth hold
d no greater joy than that some da
" through her gracious intercession thei
If sins win be forgiven and they wi