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The Fifteen Promises
of the Virgin Mary
to those who recite
the Rosary
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Whoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall
receive signal graces.
2.
I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those who
shall recite the Rosary.
3.
The Rosary shall be a powerful armor against hell, it will destroy vice,
decrease sin, and defeat heresies.
4.
It will cause virtue and good works to flourish; it will obtain for
souls the abundant mercy of God; it will withdraw the hearts of people
from the love of the world and its vanities, and will lift them to the
desire of eternal things. Oh, that souls would sanctify themselves by
this means.
5.
The soul which recommends itself to me by the recitation of the Rosary,
shall not perish.
6.
Whoever shall recite the Rosary devoutly, applying himself to the
consideration of its Sacred Mysteries shall never be conquered by
misfortune. God will not chastise him in His justice, he shall not
perish by an unprovided death; if he be just, he shall remain in the
grace of God, and become worthy of eternal life.
7.
Whoever shall have a true devotion for the Rosary shall not die without
the Sacraments of the Church.
8.
Those who are faithful to recite the Rosary shall have during their life
and at their death the light of God and the plentitude of His graces; at
the moment of death they shall participate in the merits of the Saints
in Paradise.
9.
I shall deliver from purgatory those who have been devoted to the
Rosary.
10.
The faithful children of the Rosary shall merit a high degree of glory
in Heaven.
11.
You shall obtain all you ask of me by the recitation of the Rosary.
12.
All those who propagate the Holy Rosary shall be aided by me in their
necessities.
13.
I have obtained from my Divine Son that all the advocates of the Rosary
shall have for intercessors the entire celestial court during their life
and at the hour of death.
14.
All who recite the Rosary are my children, and brothers and sisters of
my only Son, Jesus Christ.
15.
Devotion of my Rosary is a great sign of predestination.
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Blessings
of the Rosary
1. Sinners are
forgiven.
2. Souls that thirst are refreshed.
3. Those who are fettered have their bonds broken.
4. Those who weep find happiness
5. Those who are tempted find peace.
6. The poor find help.
7. Religious are reformed.
8. Those who are ignorant are instructed.
9. The living learn to overcome pride.
10. The dead (the Holy Souls) have their pains eased by suffrages.
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Benefits
of the Rosary
1. It
gradually gives us a perfect knowledge of Jesus Christ.
2. It purifies our souls, washing away sin.
3. It gives us victory over all our enemies.
4. It makes it easy for us to practice virtue.
5. It sets us on fire with love of Our Lord.
6. It enriches us with graces and merits.
7. It supplies us with what is needed to pay all our debts to God and to
our fellow men; and finally, it obtains all kinds of graces for us from
Almighty God.
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The Indulgences to
be Gained
An
indulgence is the remission before God of the temporal punishment due to
sins whose guilt has already been forgiven, a remission, which one of
the faithful, properly disposed and under certain definite conditions,
can acquire through the Church, which authoritatively dispenses,
applying the treasure of the satisfactions of Christ and the Saints.
An indulgence is either PLENARY or PARTIAL, depending upon whether it
frees one from the whole or from a part of the temporal punishment due
to sin.
This means that one of the faithful who, with at least a contrite heart,
performs a work enriched with a partial indulgence, is granted by the
power of the Church that same amount of remission of temporal punishment
as he has already obtained by the work itself. In other words, the
remission is doubled, and that as often as the work prescribed is
performed. A plenary indulgence means a full remission of temporal
punishment, provided that several other conditions apply, in addition
to the work performed or prayer said.
The faithful, whenever they recite a
third part of the Rosary with devotion, may gain:
- An indulgence of 5 years
- A Plenary indulgence on the usual
conditions, if they do this for an entire month.
If they recite a third part of the
Rosary in company with others, whether in public or in private, they
may gain:
- An indulgence of 10 years, once a day;
- A plenary indulgence on the last Sunday of
each month, with the addition of Confession, Communion and a visit
to a church or a public oratory, if they perform such a recitation
at least three times in any of the preceding weeks.
If however they recite this together in
family group, besides the partial indulgence of 10 years, they are
granted:
- A plenary indulgence twice a month, if
they perform this recitation, daily for a month, go to confession,
receive Holy Communion, and visit some church or public oratory.
The faithful who daily recite
a third part of the Rosary with devotion in a family group besides the
indulgences already granted under 1. are also granted a Plenary
indulgence on condition of Confession and Communion on each Saturday,
on two other days of the week, and on each of the Feast of the Blessed
Virgin Mary in the Universal Calendar namely: the Immaculate
Conception, the Purification, the Apparition of our Blessed Lady at
Lourdes, the Annunciation, the Seven Dolors (Friday of Passion Week),
the Visitation, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel; Our Lady of the Snows, the
Assumption, the Immaculate Heart of Mary, the Nativity of the Blessed
Virgin, the Seven Dolors (Sept 15), Our Lady of Ransom, the Most Holy
Rosary, the Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Presentation of
the Blessed Virgin.
Those who piously recite a third part of
the Rosary in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament, publicly exposed
or even reserved in the tabernacle, as often as they do this, may
gain:
- A plenary indulgence, on condition of
confession and Communion.
The faithful who at any time of the year
devoutly offer their prayers in honor of our Lady of the Rosary, with
the intention of continuing the same for 9 consecutive days, may gain:
- An indulgence of 5 years once on any day
of the novena;
- A plenary indulgence on the usual
conditions at the close of the novena.
The faithful who resolve to perform a devout
exercise in honor of Our Lady of the Rosary for 15 uninterrupted
Saturdays (or these being impeded, for any respective Sundays
immediately following) if they devoutly recite at least a third part
of the Rosary or meditate on its mysteries in some other manner may
gain:
- A plenary indulgence on the usual
conditions on any of these 15 Saturdays, or corresponding Sundays.
The faithful who during the month of October
recite at least a third part of the Rosary, either publicly or
privately, may gain:
- An indulgence of 7 years each day;
- A plenary indulgence, if they perform this
devout exercise on the Feast of the Rosary and throughout the
Octave, and moreover, go to confession, receive Holy Communion and
visit a church;
- A plenary indulgence, with the addition of
confession, Communion and visit to a church, if they perform this
same recitation of the Holy Rosary for at least 10 days after the
Octave of the aforesaid Feast.
A 500 day indulgence may be gained once a day
by the faithful who kissing a blessed Rosary, which they carry with
them, at the same time recite the first part of the Hail Mary up to
"Jesus" inclusive.
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