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      ISBN: 978-1-68192-427-4 (Inventory No. T2317)

      eISBN: 978-1-68192-428-1

      LCCN: 2019931478

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       Contents

       Preface to the French Edition

       Preface to the Second Edition

       Introduction

       How to Pray the Rosary for Healing

       I. The Joyful Mysteries

       Annunciation: Conception

       Visitation: Gestation

       Nativity: Birth

       Presentation in the Temple: Childhood

       Finding in the Temple: Adolescence

       II. The Luminous Mysteries

       Baptism in the Jordan: Vocation and Early Adulthood

       Wedding at Cana: Love and Marriage

       Preaching the Kingdom: The Prime of Life

       Transfiguration: The Face of Christ

       Institution of the Eucharist: Relationship with the Church

       III. The Sorrowful Mysteries

       Agony in the Garden: Facing Despair

       Scourging: Facing Pain

       Crown of Thorns: Facing Humiliation

       Carrying the Cross: Facing Illness and Suffering

       Crucifixion: Facing Death

       IV. The Glorious Mysteries

       Resurrection: Claiming Christ’s Victory

       Ascension: Watching and Waiting for Total Fulfillment

       Pentecost: Receiving the Fullness of the Holy Spirit

       Assumption: Dying Peacefully

       Coronation: Being All We Were Created to Be

       Appendix: Prayers of the Rosary