Kyle Slivaric: Have you ever wondered how are our
prayers perceived in heaven? Do the souls of the deceased know that we are praying? In this video,
we present you a mystical experience Padre Pio had about the power of the prayer, Hail Mary.
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On one occasion, Father Alessio asks Padre Pio, "Why are you always praying the Rosary and no
other prayer?" Of course, Padre Pio prayed other prayers as well. But how this question
was formulated shows how dedicated Padre Pio was to the particular prayer of the Rosary.
This is what Padre Pio answered, "Because Our Lady has never refused me any grace that I
have petitioned by praying the Rosary." Padre Pio also considered the Rosary,
a powerful weapon of defense against evil. So we know at least to some extent what effect
the Rosary has here on Earth and on us who pray the Rosary, but have any of us thought
about what kind of effect praying the Rosary has in heaven? Well, Padre Pio gave a testimony, an
insight into the powerful effect in heaven when a Hail Mary is prayed here on Earth. This testimony
is from Father Marcellino's book "Padre Pio parla della Madonna", Padre Pio speaks of the Madonna.
To make people understand the power of a Hail Mary Padre Pio once told about a dream he had.
"Once I had this dream, it seemed to me that I was outside. It was a starry night, and I was
gazing at the sky when suddenly the sky opened up and a luminous ladder descended from the highest
heavens to touch the earth. While a fellow friar very devoted to our lady descended towards me,
he had died a short time ago and seeing him so soon I asked,
"But how in life you always wish to reach heaven to be able to contemplate the beauty
of the Celestial Madonna and now that you have achieved it, you come back among us?"
The fellow friar replied, "Every Hail Mary that leaves the
earth and rises to heaven makes all of paradise cheerfully glow, celebrating the Mother of God."
The deceased friar then continues, "I came to you so that we could recite
together the greeting to Mary and let you share a little in the joy of the angels and the saints."
This must have been a wonderful experience for Padre Pio,
experiencing this grace of insight into the effect a Hail Mary has on heaven.
I don't know about you, but I am instantly inspired to pray the Hail Mary. Hail Mary, full
of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy
womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen.
Father Marcellino emphasizes that when Padre Pio was speaking about his dreams, he was usually
hinting towards a true vision that he had. Padre Pio shared this experience to let us
know that our prayers are indeed heard in heaven. In addition to this testimony from Padre Pio it
is worth mentioning that Our Lady had revealed to several people that each time they say a Hail Mary
that they are giving her a beautiful rose and that each complete Rosary makes her a crown of roses.
The well-known Jesuit Brother Alphonsus Rodriguez used to say his Rosary with such fervor that he
often saw a red rose come out of his mouth at each Our Father and a white rose at each Hail Mary.
The red and white roses were equal in beauty and fragrance.
The only difference being their color. The Chronicles of St. Francis tell us of
a young friar who had the praise worthy habit of saying the Crown of Our Lady,
the Rosary, every day before dinner. One day, for some reason or other, he did not manage to
say it. The refectory bell had already been rung when he asked the superior to allow him
to say it before coming to the table and having obtained the permission, he withdrew to his cell.
After he had been gone for a long time, the superior sent another friar to fetch him
and he found him in his room bathed in a heavenly light facing Our Lady who had two angels with her.
Beautiful roses kept issuing from his mouth at each Hail Mary and the angels
took them one by one placing them on the head of our lady and she smilingly accepted them.
Finally, two other friars who had been sent to find out what happened to the first two
saw the same lovely scene. Our Lady did not go away until the whole Rosary had been said.
So the complete Rosary, which consists of saying 15 decades of the Hail Mary,
is a large crown of roses and a Rosary of five decades is a little wreath of flowers or a small
crown of heavenly roses, which we place on the heads of Jesus and Mary. The rose is the queen
of all flowers. So the Rosary is the rose of all devotions and is therefore the most important one.
If this does not inspire us to pray the Rosary or at least one Hail Mary, I don't know what will,
we are literally lighting up heaven in celebration with our prayers.
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