the holy rosary: the psalter of jesus and mary the sermons and the treatises of blessed alan

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Blessed Alan de la Roche

THE HOLY ROSARY:
THE PSALTER OF JESUS AND MARY
Volume IV:
Complete Works of
Blessed Alan de la Roche o.p.:
Book IV:
THE SERMONS AND THE TREATISES
OF BLESSED ALAN

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Blessed Alan de la Roche o.p.
(Plöuer sur Rance, 1428 - + Zwolle 1475)

THE HOLY ROSARY:
THE PSALTER OF JESUS AND
MARY
Complete Works of
Blessed Alan de la Roche o.p.:

Volume IV:
Book IV:
THE SERMONS AND THE
TREATISES OF BLESSED ALAN

INTRODUCTION AND TRANSLATION
by:
Don Roberto Paola

ENGLISH TRANSLATION
by
Maria Canoro

Rome, October 7, 2017.
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Collection: Studia Rosariana, n. 4

n. 1: Beato Alano della Rupe, Il Salterio di
Gesù e di Maria: Genesi, storia e Rivelazioni del
Santissimo Rosario, First edition, edited by: don
Roberto Paola; first Italian translation, by:
Gaspare Paola, Rosina Murone, don Roberto
Paola, Annalisa Massimi, Alberta Cardillo, Rome,
2006 (printed text available at Editrice Ancilla,
and free downloadable online at
www.beatoalano.it).

n. 2: Beato Alano della Rupe, Mariale,
edited by: don Roberto Paola (published only on
the site www.beatoalano.it and free
downloadable)

n. 3: La Vita di Maria nei Mariali Medievali,
edited by: Cristoforo Mariani, Roma, 2013
(published only on the site www.beatoalano.it
and free downloadable)

n. 4: Beato Alano della Rupe: Il Santissimo
Rosario, il Salterio di Gesù e di Maria.
Responsible for Introduction and translation,
vol. I-V: Don Roberto Paola, Rome, 2015 (printed
text available at Ancilla Publishing House, and
freely downloadable online at
www.beatoalano.it).
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ORIGINAL TITLE OF THE WORK: P. Frà
GIOVANNI ANDREA COPPESTEIN o.p.: Beati fr.
Alani redivivi Rupensis, tractatus mirabilis de
ortu et progressu Psalterii Christi et Mariae
eiusque Fraternitatis, Fribourgo, 1619 (followed
by many other editions).
The works by Blessed Alan contained
therein are: Apologia; Relationes, Revelationes
et Visiones; Sermones S. Dominici Alano rivlati;
Sermones et tractaculi; Exempla seu miracula.
Coppestein’s last edition, is entitled:
“Opus vere aureum B. Alani Rupensis Ordinis
Praedicatorum, de ortu et progressu Psalterii
Christi et Mariae, seu Sacratissimi Rosarii, in
ejusdem praeconium praedicatoribus Verbi Dei
et omnibus Christi fidelibus propositum”, Imola
(Forum Cornelii), 1847.

Website: www.beatoalano.it
On the site the works are in their integral
form and for free; the paper works, now and for
evere by the express will of the curator, must
have only the net price of the cost of the work
(expenses for typography, publishing house and
sellers). No copyright or income, either now or
ever, will be added to the original cost price.

On the cover: The Blessed Alan de la Roche,
17th century, Cloister of St. Dominic’s Basilica,
Boulogne (cover by: Maria Grazia Comanducci).

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FOURTH BOOK

BOOK IV: THE SERMONS AND TREATIES OF
THE BLESSED ALAN
Gems to offer to the Virgin Mary
Chapter I: First Sermon: Preface to the thesis
on the Third Book of the Sentences of Pietro
Lombardo, by Friar Alan de la Roche, of the Order of
Preachers, of the Province of France, of Breton
Nationality, in achievment of his Doctorate in
Theology, at Alma University of Rostock, in the
octave of St. Augustine of the year 1471. Theme: He
who turns the rock into lakes, and the cliffs into
springs of water (Psalm 113)...............................p.24
1) The Diamond of Purity ..........................p. 68
2) The Ruby of Wisdom ............................p. 84
3) The Pearl of Grace .............................. p. 92
4) The Jasper of Perfection .....................p. 102
5) The Sapphire of Power ........................ p.112
6) The Chalcedony of Mercy…………………p.124
7) The Emerald of the Marriage ..............p. 134
8) The Sardonyx of the good name………p. 140
9) The Sardonyx of Prosperity ............... p. 150
10) The Chrysolite of Health ................. p. 160
11) The Beryllium of God’s Mother ……..p. 172
12) The Topaz of the Riches ..................p. 182
13) The Chrysoprase of Health ..............p. 194
14) The Medicinal Hyacinth .................. p. 206
15) the Amethyst of Truth ......................p. 218

Chapter II: Master Alan’s, Second Sermon from
the Theme: Fear God and give Him Honour, since the
Hour of His Judgment is approaching
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(Rev 14)...............................................................p. 240
a) The Realities before Judgment ...................p. 246
b) Realities during Judgment ......................... p. 293
c) Realities after Judgment.............................p. 357

Chapter. III: Doctrinal Treatise by the Pious
Master Alan, on the greatness of the Priestly Life,
concerning the Theme: Hail Mary, Full of Grace
…………………………………………………………………..p. 421
Chapter IV: The fifteen Privileges of the
Priestly Power:….................................................p. 453
1) The five supernatural Stars of the Priestly
Privileges, or rather their Essence ..................p. 453
2) The Five Sources of Privileges of the Sacred
Priesthood ..........................................................p. 529
3) The five Fortresses of Privileges of the Sacred
Priesthood ...........................................................p. 597

Chapter. V: Small Appendix of the Priestly Psalter of
Jesus Christ .....................................................…p. 667
Chapter VI: The Staircase of Religion of the
Blessed Master Alan, to a Carthusian, at the School
of Justice of Mary (SS) .......................................p. 681
Chapter VII: Special Graces and acclamations
on the Hail Mary .................................................p. 687
Chapter VIII: The thirty privileges of the
Religious people, revealed to the Blessed Master
Alano ...................................................................p. 699
Chapter IX: The way of meditating the Rosary, as it
was revealed to Saint Dominic ..........................p. 713
Chapter X: The aridity in praying and the things to
keep in mind for the meditation of the Rosary ..p. 735
Mysteries to Meditate in the Rosary ... see BOOK V

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Blessed Alan appears to one of his devotees (from
an incunabulum of Blessed Alan’s work of 15th century).

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METHODOLOGICAL NOTES:

As starting from 1619, there have been
many Coppenstein's editions, the last edition
of 1847, has been compared, with the edition
of 1691.
The text published is the one of the last
edition dated 1847, integrated with the words
missing in it but contained in the 1691 edition
(always shown in the note); the terms or
names of the Authors which in the text are
abbreviated, have been written in full (putting
in parenthesis only the missing letters, both in
the edition of 1847 and in that of 1691); the
italic is of the edition of 1691, with some ad-
aptations.
Where both texts are ruined or incom-
prehensible, we referred to the Coppenstein’s
editions of 1699 and 1624 and the result is
shown in the note.
In the comparison of the two editions,
has been made a first critical edition of the
two texts and the differences have been
shown in the notes, and it has always been
used the most correct term for the transla-
tion.
The numbering follows the original num-
bering of the text dated 1847, but the punctu-
ation, the capitals and the italics are inte-
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grated with the 1691 edition, without any no-
tice in the note.
The "j" have been removed from the text
of 1847 and have been replaced by "i" (except
for the name "Jesus"); the diphthong "ae" has
sometimes been replaced, by the diphthong
"oe", as it results in the text of 1691.
In the first Italian translation dated
2006, to be faithful to the Latin text, the Most
Holy Rosary was named "Psalter of Jesus and
Mary".
In the second edition, the term " Psalter
of Jesus and Mary ", more faithful to the orig-
inal text, but less understandable to the pre-
sent day, was translated with: "Rosary of Je-
sus and Mary", or with: "Psalter of the Ro-
sary"; as well as the term "Lord's Prayer" was
transformed in: "Pater Noster"; (Our Father
)and the term "Angelica Salutation" was
translated with: Ave Maria "Hail Mary".
Compared to the 2006 edition, the text
appears not as a reprint, but an elaboration of
the same to become a separate work: the Ital-
ian text has been greatly simplified and ex-
plained; some translation errors have been
corrected thanks to the comparison between
the different editions.

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