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Today is the memorial of the great Lebanese monk, St Sharbel Makhluf.  He celebrated his Mass at mid-day so that he could spend the morning in preparation for the Holy Mysteries.  He would spend the afternoon in thanksgiving - thus being a living example of what vatican II taught, that being “the Eucharist is the source and summit of our faith”.  He prepared for Mass through the prayers of the Most Holy Rosary of Our Lady, which he prayed incessantly before the Blessed Sacrament. 

In the little book, “Secret of the Rosary” St. Louis De Montfort writes: 

One day Our Lady revealed to Blessed Alan that, after the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, which is the most important as well as the living memorial of Our Blessed Lord’s passion there could not possibly be a finer devotion or one of greater merit than that of the Holy Rosary, which is like a second memorial and representation of the life and passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ. - Secret; Twenty-Eighth Rose.