THE IMPORTANCE OF
THE HOLY ROSARY TO
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
The 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 obtain all
kinds of graces for us from Almighty
God.
Blessings of the Holy 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 (the Holy Souls) have
their pains eased by
suffrages.
The Fifteen Promises of
the Virgin Mary
1. 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. Who ever 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. I shall deliver from purgatory
those who have been devoted
to the Rosary.
9. 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.
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