In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen.

My Lord and my God, I firmly believe that you are here, that you see me, that you hear me.

I adore you with profound reverence.

I ask your pardon for my sins and the grace to make this time of prayer fruitful.

My immaculate mother, St. Joseph, my Father and Lord, my guardian angel, intercede for

me.

We have to admit that whenever we have the chance to pray about our lady, we melt.

It's only natural that we melt in the presence of our mother.

But on this feast day, our Lady of the Rosary, we melt doubly.

During this time of prayer together, our first order of business is to embrace our lady,

to remind her of how much we love her, and how grateful we are for the countless favors

that she obtains for us.

We need the rosary.

It's only logical that Mary has given us the rosary.

She did so because she understands how we function.

With those we love, we know that it is not enough to tell them I love you just once.

We want to say that again and again and again.

Someone was recently telling about his mother who was in the final months of her life,

lying there in bed with one of her daughters at her side, her eyes closed.

And at one point her daughter said to her, Mom, I really love you, I'm so grateful.

And there was no response.

So this daughter said again the very same thing, and still no response.

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