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Bringing the Rosary to the

“Those who pray, have hope.
Those who pray little, are in great danger.

by Yves Jacques sary”. We have visited millions of homes and prayed
the Rosary with individuals and families. We always
“Make me known and loved through invite each person to continue the practice every day,
the recitation of the Rosary.” just as Our Lady asked at Fatima. For many, this is
T his is the beautiful message from Our Lady their first encounter with prayer as many people are
not correctly catechised today.
given in a private revelation in San Damia-
no, Italy, in 1968 to the directors of
The Pilgrims of St. Michael. This mes- Through the years, we have witnessed
miracles as this prayer brings peace to
sage prompted the first of many Ro- hearts and comfort to those who
sary Crusades in which we visited are suffering. “There is no prob-
homes throughout Canada, the lem, no matter how difficult it
U.S., South America and Eu- is, whether temporal or above
rope to promote and spread all spiritual, in the personal
devotion to the Holy Rosary. life of each one of us, of our
Some people might say, families… that cannot be
“What does the Rosary solved by the Rosary” —
have to do with Econom- Sr. Lucia of Fatima.
ic Democracy or Social Our Lady’s instruc-
Credit? I like Social Cred- tions were: “Make
it, but what does the Ro- me known and loved
sary have to do with it?” through the recitation of
First of all, if one the Rosary.” Our Blessed
truly desires the triumph Mother thus advised
of justice, promoted by that we must hear and
The Pilgrims of St. Mi- witness the Rosary be-
chael through Social Credit ing prayed. Special graces
monetary reform, one must are received as we pray the
put the love of God first, fol- Rosary with people in their
lowed by the love of neighbor. homes.
Loving one’s neighbor must be Just as Our Lady instructed
complete and include a concern St. Domenic to promote the Rosary
for both their temporal and spiritual
needs. One of the spiritual needs so nec- “to the four corners of the earth” as
essary today is the recitation of the Rosary in the means to “put down the heresy of the
Albigensians”, the evils of today will be crushed
the family home. by that same Rosary! Even heresies circulating today
How many times did our director, Madam Gil- within the Church will be vanquished by the Rosary!
berte Cote Mercier, say to us, “If you want to obtain Some think that the Church must be “fixed” and that
justice, you must pray the Rosary — spread the Ro- we must “save” the Church. The Catholic Church is
sary!” Those who listened to her counsel converted! HOLY! By criticizing, we are only risking the loss of
To think it is possible to obtain justice without God faith in the true authority of the Church founded by
is not comprehending the source of all justice, which Jesus Christ. He promised that, “the gates of hell
IS God! So, in living the Holy Rosary, we can see shall not prevail against it” (Matthew 16:18).
how meditation on its mysteries teaches us to live
as brothers and sisters and the desire for justice be- This is not to say that we should not shine the light
comes realized and true. of truth and continue to condemn heretical teachings
Since 1968, The Pilgrims of Saint Michael have that may circulate but that we should also teach that
responded to Our Blessed Mother’s request to make the remedy is the Rosary and promote it more and
her “known and loved through the recitation of the Ro- more. Satan does not want us to spread the Rosary
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