Next, we decided to say our Rosary. Jacinta took off a medal that she was wearing around her neck, and asked a prisoner to hang it up for her on a nail on the wall. Kneeling before this medal, we began to pray. The prisoners prayed with us, that is, if they knew how to pray, but at least they were down on their knees. Once the Rosary was over, Jacinta went over to the window, and started crying again.
“Jacinta,” I asked, “don’t you want to offer this sacrifice to Our Lord?”
“Yes, I do, but I keep thinking about my mother, and I can’t help crying.”
As the Blessed Virgin had told us to offer our prayers and sacrifices also for the reparation of the sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary, we agreed that each of us would choose one of these intentions. One would offer for sinners, another for the Holy Father, and yet another in reparation of the sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Having decided on this, I told Jacinta to choose whichever intention she preferred.
“I’m making all the offering for all intentions, because I love them all.”