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THREE YEARS IN THE PACIFIC. 



. Rosa took care of the altar of our Lady of the Rosary, and 

 kept it supplied with the sweetest flowers, cultivated with her 

 own hands. She was careful that it should never be without 

 wax candles, which she begged from her female friends. She 

 also adorned the image of Santa Catalina de Serra, whenever 

 it was carried forth in processions. This saint she had early 

 adopted as her example, and endeavored to imitate through 

 her whole life. 



Rosa was favored by the angels, with whom she was on 

 terms of the closest familiarity (^^ estrechisima familiariddd 

 they were the faithful messengers of her celestial supplications! 



In 1615, a Dutch fleet appeared in Callao, and in conse- 

 quence, the City of Kings was thrown into great consternation. 

 The archbishop ordered the Holy Sacrament to be exposed in 

 all the churches, and prayers to be offered up for the protection 

 of the city. Rosa repaired to her favorite altar, for the same 

 object. It was reported that the heretics were approaching. 

 She placed herself before the altar, resolving to die a martyr 

 in defence of the holy images of our Lady of the Rosary, and 

 the infant Saviour. She rejoiced in the prospect of being soon 

 translated to Heaven, and exhorted the females in the church 

 to emulate her example. She was disappointed, for the Dutch 

 sailed without landing; whether through the measures taken 

 against them, by the archbishop, is not stated. 



Rosa wept and prayed for the many she saw around her 

 heedless of the callings of the Lord; and was distressed that 

 the poor ignorant Indians should worship such a thing as the 

 sun ! 



The power to prophecy was also given to her. She foretold 

 the building of the convent of Santa Catalina, and named her 

 mother as amongst the first who would take the veil, all of 

 which happened as she stated ! 



Her last illness was revealed to her four months previous to 

 her death. Her disease was most excruciating and painful, 

 but it was borne with Christian fortitude, derived from her 

 life of penance and piety. She died at midnight, on the 

 24th of August 1617, in the thirty -second year of her age. A 



