As Sister Theresa Gasparotto, F.M.A. was walking back to her convent, her fingers devotedly went through the beads of the Rosary. She was absorbed in its mysteries, when she noticed a gentleman directing his steps towards her. She changed her course, but that person persistently kept on trying to reach her. She began to feel uneasy as she was all alone. One can never know to what depths of iniquity our modern world is capable of perpetrating.

She pressed the beads with even greater fervor, invoking Mary's help at every Hail Mary for protection. Then, at last, he was at her side. "Sister," he asked her, "are you praying?" "Yes," was her reply. And for whom do you pray?" he continued. "For all persons; also for you whom I now meet for the first time." The man kept perfect silence.

On reaching the convent gates, the mysterious person asked her permission to enter her parlor, saying he wanted to tell her something quite disturbing. She agreed to let him into the convent parlor. Seated on the sofa, he began his revelation:

"Sister," he said after some moments of hesitation; "when I saw you praying along the road, I was on my way to commit suicide. I had left home stealthily, not to betray my evil intention to my wife, and I was determined to end my life by throwing myself under a speeding vehicle. At the sight of the Holy Rosary in your hand, an inner voice boldly spoke up and told me chillingly:

'See not to despise Mary's heavenly invention of the Rosary, and come back to your senses. You are the head of your family. You have a most submissive wife and adorable children. Let no temporary vexation trouble you any further. You too, take up this salutary prayer.'