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 is the conflict with the bitterest enemies of our salvation; in these, as well as in the other difficulties of life, she has a most beneficent power, and she most ardently desires to bring us comfort, strength and health of every kind.

“Therefore, let us go to Mary, not timidly nor carelessly, and implore her by those maternal bonds, by which she is most closely united to Jesus and to us. Let us most religiously invoke her immediate aid in that form of prayer (the Rosary) which she personally designated and holds most dear. Then we can rightly rest secure and happy under the protection of this excellent Mother.”

 

The Rosary really consists of fifteen decades, and each decade is made up of one Our Father, ten Hail Marys, and one “Glory be to the Father.” Thus the complete Rosary consists of fifteen “Pater Nosters” and “Glorias,” and one hundred and fifty “Ave Marias.” This devotion is usually, though not necessarily, recited on beads, and it is highly recommended to have these beads blessed and indulgenced. It has been stated above that, while reciting each decade, we meditate on some