Promises of the Rosary
I have always had a difficult time praying the Rosary. It’s a long prayer. It can be hard to fully immerse myself in the mysteries. I easily lose focus while praying it.
However, I have felt obliged to utilize the weapon we have in the Rosary. I started praying it daily. It became a very compulsive thing, though. Praying the Rosary was just another thing to check off my to-do list.
My outlook on this form of prayer ridded it of its tangible fruit. I never really stopped praying the Rosary, but I often rushed through it without intention in between tasks or fell asleep in the middle of the second decade. It definitely became less of a priority in my prayer life.
Recently, I have developed a newfound appreciation for the Rosary. After a few friends started regularly praying it with me, I have acknowledged the beauty of contemplating the life of Christ through its mysteries and I have found it so sweet to truly ask our Blessed Mother’s intercession for my petitions.
I have also found peace in comfort in recalling the 15 Promises of the Rosary. When Mary gave the devotion of the Holy Rosary to Saint Dominic, she made promises to anyone who believes that whatever they ask in the Rosary will be granted.
15 Promises of the Holy Rosary
- To all those who shall pray my Rosary devoutly, I promise my special protection and great graces.
- Those who shall persevere in the recitation of my Rosary will receive some special grace.
- The Rosary will be a very powerful armor against hell; it will destroy vice, deliver from sin and dispel heresy.
- The rosary will make virtue and good works flourish, and will obtain for souls the most abundant divine mercies. It will draw the hearts of men 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.
- Those who trust themselves to me through the Rosary will not perish.
- Whoever recites my Rosary devoutly reflecting on the mysteries, shall never be overwhelmed by misfortune. He will not experience the anger of God nor will he perish by an unprovided death. The sinner will be converted; the just will persevere in grace and merit eternal life.
- Those truly devoted to my Rosary shall not die without the sacraments of the Church.
- Those who are faithful to recite my Rosary shall have during their life and at their death the light of God and the plenitude of His graces and will share in the merits of the blessed.
- I will deliver promptly from purgatory souls devoted to my Rosary.
- True children of my Rosary will enjoy great glory in heaven.
- What you shall ask through my Rosary shall obtain.
- To those who propagate my Rosary I promise aid in all their necessities.
- I have obtained from my Son that all the members of the Rosary Confraternity shall have as their intercessors, in life and in death, the entire celestial court.
- Those who recite my Rosary faithfully are my beloved children, the brothers and sisters of Jesus Christ.
- Devotion to my Rosary is a special sign of predestination.
Friends, when we find it difficult to pray the Rosary, may we remember it is a privilege to have access to such a powerful form of prayer. May we always pray it joyfully and devoutly, fully believing in its graces and fruits.