A Mother's Rosary (I)

One day a student, who had lost the enthusiasm of his childhood and no longer prayed regularly, saw a rosary lying on the road. His first thought was to pass by without minding the object. However, his childhood's love for the Blessed Virgin was reawakened by the sight of the forsaken rosary on the ground. He picked it up, brushed it off and said to himself, "How can I return this to the person who lost it? Since all rosaries are in Mary's honor, I'll give it back to her; I'll leave it on her altar in the first church that I happen to come across." The young man entered the first church he saw and walked straight over to the altar of the Virgin Mary, who was expecting this child of hers. She gave him this inspiration: "Recite the Rosary before leaving it on the altar." The student, who was moved by this thought, knelt down, and started to pray the Rosary like in his former years. Suddenly, a flood of thoughts overwhelmed him; it seemed as though he could hear a voice speaking straight to his heart and clearly asking him, "Would you become a priest, my child? You have been unfaithful to the call of my Son, but it is nevertheless your only vocation. Remember your love of old, and follow your vocation." These words were like a beam of light that penetrated the young man to the depths of his soul. After long thought and prayer, he exclaimed, "Yes, dear Mother! Yes, I am coming back to you. With your help, I will become a priest of Jesus Christ." He kept his word and became a priest, and a very good priest at that. Of course, in addition to his other prayers, he liked to recite the Rosary every day, using the simple rosary, which he had found on the road. It had given him the grace of his priesthood.