closed at his crucifixion, and Opened 

 again at the resuiTection. Tradition 

 also affirms that where Joseph and 

 Mary rested during their flight into 

 Egypt roses of Jericho sprang up. 



The rosary of beads for counting 

 prayers is not peculiar to the Catholic 

 Church, nor is it of comparatively 

 modern origin. So far back does 

 the use of the rosary go that we must 

 follow it to India, to Japan and China, 

 where the Buddhists used them in 

 devotional exercises. There is a little 

 story as to how the name of Rosary 

 came to be applied to this string of 

 beads, which you will hear in Munich, 

 that fountain-head of so many legends. 



A youth who dwelt in a land where 

 flowers bloomed in profusion was 

 accustomed to make a wreath of roses 

 every day, and place it upon the head 

 of Our Lady's statue. In course of 

 time he became a monk, and in the 

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