'If you say
the Rosary faithfully until death, I do assure you that, in spite of
the gravity of your sins "you shall receive a never-fading crown of
glory." Even if you are on the brink of damnation, even if you have one
foot in hell, even if you have sold your soul to the devil as sorcerers
do who practice black magic, and even if you are a heretic as obstinate
as a devil, sooner or later you will be converted and will amend your
life and save your soul, if - and mark well what I say - if you say the
Rosary devoutly every day until death for the purpose of knowing the
truth and obtaining contrition and pardon for your sins.'
--St. Louis Marie de Montfort
--St. Louis Marie de Montfort
- THE ROSARY DRIVES THE DEVIL AWAY
- PRAYING THE ROSARY TO SERIOUSLY DO EVERYTHING TO MAKE OURSELVES BETTER PEOPLE BY INVOKING THE HELP OF JESUS AND MARY
- PRAYING THE ROSARY TO PILE UP TREASURES IN HEAVEN
BY ST LOUIS DE MONTFORT
Poor
men and women who are sinners, I, a greater sinner than you, wish to
give you this rose - a crimson one, because the Precious Blood of Our
Lord has fallen upon it. Please God that it will bring true fragrance
into your lives - but above all may it save you from the danger that you
are in. Every day unbelievers and unrepentant sinners cry: "Let us
crown ourselves with roses" (Wisdom 2:8). But our cry should be: "Let us
crown ourselves with roses of the Most Holy Rosary." How different are
theirs from ours! Their roses are pleasures of the flesh, worldly
honours and passing riches which wilt and decay in no time - but ours,
which are the Our Father and Hail Mary which we have said devoutly over
and over again and to which we have added good penitential acts, will
never wilt or die and they will be just as exquisite thousands of years
from now as they
are today.
are today.
PRAYING THE ROSARY ALLOWS YOU TO BECOME A NEW PERSON
On
the contrary, sinners' roses only look like roses, while in point of
fact they are cruel thorns which prick them during life by giving them
pangs of conscience, at their death they pierce them with bitter regret
and, still worse, in eternity, they turn to burning shafts of anger and
despair. But if our roses have thorns, they are the thorns of Jesus
Christ Who changes them into roses. If our roses prick us, it is only
for a short time - and only in order to cure the illness of sin and to
save our souls.
CROWNS IN HEAVEN
So
by all means we should eagerly crown ourselves with these roses from
heaven, and recite the entire Rosary every day, that is to say three
Rosaries each of five decades which are like three little wreaths or
crowns of flowers: and there are two reasons for doing this:
•
First of all to honour the three crowns of Jesus and Mary - Jesus'
crown of grace at the time of His incarnation, His crown of thorns
during His passion and His crown of glory in heaven, and of course the
three-fold crown which the Most Blessed Trinity gave Mary in heaven.
•
Secondly, we should do this so that we ourselves may receive three
crowns from Jesus and Mary. The first is a crown of merit during our
lifetime, the second, a crown of peace at our death, and the third, a
crown of glory in heaven. If you say the Rosary faithfully until death, I
do assure you that, in spite of the gravity of your sins "you shall
receive a never fading crown of glory."
MOST HARDENED SINNERS CAN GET REFORMED AND SAVED
Even
if you are on the brink of damnation, even if you have one foot in
hell, even if you have sold your soul to the devil as sorcerers do who
practise black magic, and even if you are a heretic as obstinate as a
devil, sooner or later you will be converted and will amend your life
and save your soul, if - and mark well what I say - if you say the Holy
Rosary devoutly every day until death for the purpose of knowing the
truth and obtaining contrition and pardon for your sins.(Prayers4reparation blog:here)
Powerful stuff Michael. I cling in hope to all that you have said.
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