Quotes Worth Contemplating for October,
the Month of the Holy Rosary
(Taken from The Whole Truth About Fatima by Frere Michel de la Sainte Trinite, Vol. I, pp. 296-301)
We recall that on May 13, Lucy asked the apparition: “And will Francisco go to Heaven?” And Our Lady answered by laying down Her condition: “Yes, he will go, but he will have to say many Rosaries!”
On July 13, on the subject of John, the crippled son of Maria Carreria, the Blessed Virgin expressed the same requirement, as a condition for Her favor: “…but he must recite the Rosary every day with his family, and he will be able to make a living.” In this conversation alone, Our Lady spoke at least three times of the Rosary. “I made some requests that I don’t remember,” recalls Sister Lucy. “What I do remember is that Our Lady said that they must recite the Rosary to obtain these graces during the year.” […]
Our Lady…wishes to recall to our minds another lesson of the Gospel, which is as important as it is little known. To obtain a grace, it is not enough to ask for it once in passing. We must desire it ardently and ask for it insistently, without ever giving up. This is undoubtedly why the Blessed Virgin, responding to the requests Lucy had made of Her, promised to hear them, but not immediately.
On June 13 She said, regarding a sick person: “If he is converted, he will be healed during the year.” She said the same thing on July 13: it is necessary to recite the Rosary every day “to obtain these graces during the year.” Finally, on September 13, regarding a little deaf mute Lucy was interceding for: “in a year from now, she will be better.” And on October 13, Our Lady responded to all the requests of Lucy by saying that “She would grant certain graces during the year.”
What an eloquent lesson to encourage us to pray with greater perseverance!
