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“ Encouraged by this hope, we beseech God Himself, with the earnest desire of our heart, to grant you, Venerable Brethren, every gift of heavenly blessing, through Her in whom He has placed the fullness of all grace. ”

“ Like scenes of some wondrous drama these Mysteries set before us the joys of the life of our Saviour. One by one the scenes are unfolded—each telling its story, conveying its Gospel lesson to the human soul. Before our mental view pass the personages mentioned in God's Book. Here are Mary the humble, Joseph the obedient, Elizabeth the prayerful, Simeon the just, the angels on earth and in heaven—all bending in lowly reverence before Jesus, the grand central figure of the Rosary devotion. ”

“ All Catholics who have the use of reason can be admitted into the Confraternity. Those absent, the deaf and dumb and the dying can be admitted, provided that they have expressed their desire.
Duties.—The whole fifteen mysteries are to be said by each associate every week; these mysteries may be said separately. Meditation (at the least calling the mystery to mind) , is necessary to gain the Indulgences.
The associates do not bind themselves to these duties under any pain of sin; but if the entire Rosary is not said during the week, the member will forfeit many of the Indulgences. ”

“ In obedience to the Mosaic law, to which He was not subject, Christ allowed Himself to be presented body and soul in the Temple to teach us that by purity of body and soul we are to consecrate ourselves to the service of God.
"Blessed are the clean of heart, for they shall see God." As we are pure of heart, so will our vision of the things of God be clear. ”

“ In the same manner as we believe that the summit of Christian perfection is reached through union with Christ, the fountain of all perfections, and also through the union of Christians among themselves; so in order to attain this perfection we are piously taught that the best means is prayer, and a union and co-operation with our brethren and neighbors in piety and good works. It is for this reason that the Church encourages confraternities, and especially the Rosary Confraternity—the most ancient and universal in the Catholic Church. ”

“ The flowers which we weave are not of this earth, but are indigenous to Paradise, and were transplanted by an angel's hand from their native soil to bloom and flourish among the weeds and thistles of this miserable and sinful world.
There is no form of prayer more efficacious, or more excellent and acceptable before Heaven than Mary's own devotion, the Rosary. There is nothing that the great Holy Father, Pope Leo XIII, urged more upon the Church than the devout practice of reciting the beads in her honor. ”

“ The Indulgences of the Rosary, being very many and very great, naturally constitute one of the advantages of membership of the Confraternity. For although some of them may be gained by non-members, only those who have been enrolled in the Confraternity can gain all. Before giving the list of some of these spiritual graces granted by the Church, it is well to bear in mind that the devotion and the Confraternity have existed for nearly seven centuries, and that many Pontiffs have added to the number. ”

“ Let them betake themselves more and more to the protection of Mary, and trust in Her. Let them cling more and more to the practice of the Rosary, to which our ancestors had recourse as an ever-ready refuge in misfortune, and as a glorious pledge and proof of Christian faith and devotion.
"The heavenly Patroness of the human race will receive with joy these prayers and supplications, and will easily obtain that the good grow in goodness, and that the erring repent and be brought back to salvation ”

“ Zeal to be about the things that are His Father's prompts Jesus to remain in the pulpit in the midst of the doctors of the law, hearing them and asking them questions. "They that instruct many to justice shall shine as stars for all eternity." ”

“ Religious and others who live in colleges, seminaries and schools, and all who live in institutions where they are not free to go out, provided they are members of the Confraternity, may gain the Indulgences for which a visit to the Rosary Chapel or Altar is prescribed, by visiting their own Church or Chapel if they fulfill the others conditions as well. ”

“ Communion on Saturday, or on the Vigil of a feast, suffices, provided the other conditions prescribed be performed on the Sunday or feast following.
5. Those unable to receive Holy Communion at the hour of death can gain the Plenary Indulgence in which the condition of Communion is required, by invoking the sacred name of JESUS, at least in heart when they can not do so by word.
6. The visit to the Church, etc., can be made either before or after Communion.
7. The prayers offered in the Indulgenced Church at the time of Mass or Communion suffice for the visit. ”

“ For saying the whole Rosary of Fifteen Mysteries, members gain all the Indulgences granted in Spain to the "Crown of the Blessed Virgin."
50 years, once a day, for those reciting Five Mysteries or a third part of the Rosary in the Chapel of the Rosary, or in any part of the Church where the Rosary Altar can be seen. Members who do not live in a place where the Confraternity is erected can gain this Indulgence in any Church or public Oratory. ”

“ And He calls those specially blessed of His Father who shall feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and bring comfort to those that mourn. Wheresoever we move on earth let us, by kindly word and sympathetic action, bring a warm breath of heavenly charity. ”