Statue of the Child Jesus carrying Cross

As Rose grew older, with the guidance of her pastor and the example of her friend St. Therese, she learned more about religion and all the other virtues, and what’s more important is that she practiced them.  With childlike confidence that resembled the spirit of St. Therese, Little Rose sought only to please God, to see always His Will and to forget herself.
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A nun who used to visit and talk to Little Rose had the following to say:  “The Blessed Virgin was often the subject of our conversation.  Rose’s love for Mary had grown with the years, inspiring her to filial niceties.  As a child she liked to wear clothes of rose color because of her name, "but now, I prefer blue," she said.  "When I wear the insignia, blue, of a child of Mary, for Holy Communion I am perfectly happy as though I were in the most beautiful costume."  What better way is there to prepare to receive Jesus than to clothe the soul in the virtues of Mary.
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When Rose Ferron was a very young girl she had a special devotion to the Child Jesus with a Cross and to Saint Anthony of Padua.  Later when she attended Mass or church service she was very attentive, and afterward she would say the rosary or make the “Way of the Cross” before going home.  Little Rose learned these pious practices from the example of her mother and father.  Mr. Ferron attended Mass daily and always made the “Way of the Cross,” while Mrs. Ferron had a special devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and while doing her cooking or house work she would pause to say some Hail Marys on the Rosary beads she had in her apron or dress pocket.  This good mother offered all of her fifteen children while they were being born to the care of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 
 
At the age of seven Rose was already saying the prayer which Jesus taught her in which she asks that she might be able to mingle her tears with Our Lord’s Precious Blood in behalf of her loved ones.  Click to view the prayer.  She was always ready and eager to share whatever she had with her brothers and sisters.

Rose had a profound devotion to the sufferings of Christ – to His precious Blood and Sacred Wounds.    To her the Passion of Our Blessed Lord was not something recorded in the pages of the Bible to be read with our eyes only.   Christ’s love for us compels us to try to imitate Him, to suffer for our sins and for the sins of others, by suffering to prevent sins that would outrage the dignity of God; as St. Paul says in the bible, Colossians 1:24 "Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ on behalf of his body, which is the church” 
 
She would forget herself, denying herself, in her life of sufferings following in the footsteps of Jesus along the way of the cross.  In her life of sacrifice and prayer united with Our Savior’s she glorified God in her infirmities by offering all to Him for the souls for whom he gave His all.   Rose proclaimed the supremacy of God and her own nothingness, since she sacrificed every part of her being, and offered all of her actions to the honor and glory of her Sovereign Master and loving Father.
 
Rose always had a great love and respect for the Holy Father, the Bishops and priests whom she called “other Christs.”  She very often prayed for them and asked others to join in prayer and sacrifice for them.  She never neglected to ask a visiting priest for his blessing and she respected all religious who renounced the world to follow Christ.
 
Little Rose had a filial love, respect and reverence not only for the Catholic Church and its representatives but for all authority.  She must have had a great concern for her country for she was often heard while in ecstasy speaking with Jesus about Communism.  She must have been very concerned for the welfare of our country.

Really and truly, Little Rose is a magnificent example of how we ought to live and conduct ourselves as members of a family, as citizens of a country, as members of the Church and as children and heirs to the Kingdom of God.
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Little Rose always had a tender, filial, confident love of the Blessed Virgin Mary which grew stronger as time passed.  When Rose was a little girl she never left the Church without saying the Rosary and her family used to say the Rosary together too.  She also loved to sing hymns in honor of Jesus and the Blessed Mother.  But even while she was being born she was already  honoring Our Blessed Mother, Queen of the Holy Rosary, because of her mother’s offering  of each of her children at birth in honor of the mysteries of the Rosary.
 
Let us listen to Little Roses own words while she is in the actual state of ecstasy and she is seeing and speaking with Our Lord Himself; she spoke these words to Jesus on the evening of April 19, 1936, just a few weeks before she went to her reward on May 11^th:  Little Rose was listening to Jesus speak and then she answered: “I am not capable, my Jesus, I have no breath.”  Again she was silent as Jesus spoke to her and then Rose answered saying:  “It is very true.  The angels are accustomed to sing Your praises, as for me I tire You with my prayers.  I will try if they will help me.”  Then Rose began to sing with an angelic voice the following canticle, “To die for me, is to live again with my good Mother in heaven.”  After this she sang another canticle and then she was silent again as Our Lord spoke to her.  Again Rose answered: “It is very true. A canticle to Your good Mother.  It pleases You.”  Then Rose sang: “O Mary, my good Mother, protect my little mother; it is from her that I learned to love you so much.”
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Little Rose and her Mother, Rose Delima (Mathieu) Ferron