The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-10-07
THE "HAIL NARY THE ROSARY

Almighty! The time had come in tht
counsels of the deity when the Eter
nal Word was to be made man, "be
cause of us and because of our saliva
ton" He was to take unto Himsel
our very human nature, uniting it tC
ways God, He was now and hence
forth to be also man. Whence was tC
come to Him this human nature:
From the womb of the Virgin Ol
Nazareth. Thus Mary was to be veri
ly the mother of Jesus, the mother
of God. To her the Incarnate God
was to say, my mother! To the In
carnate God Mary was to say, my
Son! 1t was the love, the favor OF
the Son that was to flow upon the
mother. The purity of soul which
the close union between mother and
Son called for was to adorn the soul
of Mary Verify she is full of grace
verify she is blessed amongst
women
Hail, full of grace! The whole
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Bethlehem and on Calvary. There we
| find Jesus, the Saviour, the Incarnate
God, made man because of us and
] because of our salvation" there
with Jesus we find Mary. Together
with shepherds and kings we enter
the grotto of Bethlehem to pay our
supreme act of alteration to the new
| born Babe. Where is He? In the
arms of Mary. On Calvary we press
our arms around the mangled limbs
of the dying Redeemer that His blood
purify our souls. Who stands near.
est to Him at the foot of the cross ?
| Mary, His mother. To whom was
given His last care, to whom was
1~spoken His last word of love? To
Mary: Behold thy mother" said
He to John: Behold thy son." said
| He to Mary. Who puts away from
the figure of Jesus the figure of Mary,
lest, perchance, the latter should ob.
scure the former, lest, perchance, our
salute to the latter should take from
the fullness of the alteration which
we tender to the former, bellies the
work of the Incarnation and the Re-
demption, bellies the setting into
which the Lord Himself did place
| those mysteries. The Master put
Mary close to Himself in Bethlehem
and on Calvary: and shall we SO cur
tail our profession of faith, as to tear
Jesus from the arms of Mary i'm Beth.
lehem, while we proceed thither to
worship Him: shall we thrust Mary
aside from her place at the foot of
the Cross before there we adore Him
amid the agonieS on Calvary? To
| Thee, Jesus, our supreme alteration:
Thou art our Saviour, Thou art our
God. To thee, Mary, our sincere
salute of reverence and love: Hail
| full of grace: the Lord is with thee:
blessed art thou amongst women"
| To the angelical salutation the
Church of ages has added these
words: Holy Mary, Mother of God
pray for us sinners now and at the
hour of our DEATH" Again the Com
munion of Saints. Mary prays for us;
we crave her prayer. We crave il
we crave it for the needs of our last
moment on earth-"At the hour OF
our DEATH" Mary hears us; Jesus
smiles upon us because of the prayer
of Mary. At the marriage feast oil
Cana Mary simply said, They have
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the miracle of the changing of water
into wine. Say you, then, to Mary
Pray for u.s. Mary turns to Jesus
to pray with you and for you; in an
swer to her prayer the smiles ol
Jesus irradiate your mind and heart.
Repeat the Apostles Greed, the
solemn formula of Christian faith;
repeat the prayer taught by Jesus
Himself-"Our Father Who art il
Heaven" rehearse in mental glance
the mysteries of the Incarnation anC
the Redemption; salute ten times
over the Virgin of Nazareth; crave
ten times over her prayers; mean
while, to fasten attention the more
closely to the realities you are con
templating, pass through your finger:
the grains of the beads upon which
previously the blessing of the Churcl
has descended-you are reciting th'
Rosary. The month of October is tn,
month of the Rosary--the montl
during which the devotion of th
Rosary, that should be ours the yea
throughout, will be ours in a manne
more special, more impressive. LIE
; us keep holy the month of the Rosary
/ In your parish-church, every ever
, ing, the rosary is publicly reciteG
} Let as many, as easily may, atten
, this sacred exercise. Let those VIII
! are held away from the church, RI
| peat the rosary in the family home
} the father leading; if not the fathel
. the mother; If not the mother, tn
/ child. If even this much cannot b
/ done, let each Catholic privately, b
s himself, say the rosary at some mt
j ment of the day, or the night, quietl.
e unostentatiously but always piousl,
S This for the month of October; an
! this, | exhort you, throughout the el
E tire year.
|. Every Catholic should carry wit
S him his beads. 1t exacts but slendt
/ room in the folds of your garb. 1t
r a mystic charm, of itself bringin
e down upon the bearer the blessing
Il God. as it already has brought dow