"Come, recite your Rosary and keep your peace of mind"

"Recite your Rosary," says God,

"and don't worry about what superficial people say to you:

that it's an old-fashioned devotion, that you ought to give it up."

"This prayer," I tell you,

"is a bright ray emanating from the Gospel:

I would not change it for the world."

"What I love about the Rosary," says God,

"is that it is simple and humble.

As was my Son.

As was His Mother."

"Recite your Rosary: you will find at your side

the whole company of the Gospel:

the poor, uneducated widow;

the repentant moneylender who has forgotten his catechism;

the frightened adulteress that all judge;

all the cripples saved by their faith,

and the good shepherds, like those in Bethlehem,

who discovered my Son and His Mother..."

"Recite your Rosary," says God,

"Make your prayer churn and churn,

as you do the beads of the rosary between your fingers."

"And then, when I will it, I assure you,

you will receive the proper food,

that strengthens the heart and reassures the soul."

"Come," says God, "recite your Rosary

and keep your peace of mind."

Charles Péguy (1873-1914), Catholic French writer and poet

Translated by the Marie de Nazareth editorial team