The 15 Promises of Our Lady:
To Those Who Pray The Rosary
A Reflection on the Blessed Mother's Pledges to the Faithful
Beyond the traditional indulgences bestowed upon those who Pray The Rosary lies a profound spiritual treasury revealed through divine interaction. When Our Lady appeared to St. Dominic and later to Blessed Alan de la Roche, she imparted not merely encouragement but solemn promises - a sacred covenant between Mother and children.
These fifteen promises stand as beacons of hope and assurance for the faithful who embrace this venerable beloved devotion. Throughout the Church's history, no non-liturgical prayer has received such extensive papal affirmation and magisterial endorsement as the Holy Rosary. Its profound spiritual efficacy has been proclaimed by pontiffs through the ages, establishing it as a cornerstone of Catholic devotional life.
As we contemplate these promises, we are reminded of the Second Vatican Council's profound teaching on the Blessed Virgin in the eighth chapter of Lumen Gentium, which emphasizes Mary's unique role in salvation history and her continuing maternal presence in the Church. The promises that follow reveal the depth of this maternal solicitude—how she, who stood at the foot of the Cross, continues to stand beside her children in their earthly pilgrimage.
Each promise connects to fundamental truths of our faith, illuminating the theological richness contained within this seemingly simple string of prayers. The Rosary thus becomes not merely a repetition of words but, a magnificent exciting journey through the mysteries of Jesus Christ's life, death, and resurrection - all viewed through the contemplative eyes of she who pondered all these things in her heart.
Let us now turn to these fifteen promises with hearts open to receive the abundant graces Our Lady wishes to bestow through this most favored devotion.
- Whoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall receive signal graces.
- I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those who shall recite the Rosary.
- The Rosary shall be a powerful armor against hell, it will destroy vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies.
- It will cause virtue and good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God; it will withdraw the heart 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.
- The soul which recommends itself to me by the recitation of the Rosary shall not perish.
- Whoever shall recite the Rosary devoutly, applying himself to the consideration of its sacred mysteries, shall never be conquered and never overwhelmed by misfortune. God will not chastise him in His justice, he shall not perish by an unprovided death (unprepared for heaven). The sinner shall convert. The just shall grow in grace and become worthy of eternal life.
- Whoever shall have a true devotion for the Rosary shall not die without the sacraments of the Church.
- Those who are faithful to recite the Rosary shall have, during their life and at their death, the light of God and the plenitude of His graces; at the moment of death they shall participate in the merits of the saints in paradise.
- I shall deliver from purgatory those who have been devoted to the Rosary.
- The faithful children of the Rosary shall merit a high degree of glory in heaven.
- You shall obtain all you ask of me by the recitation of the Rosary.
- All those who propagate the Holy Rosary shall be aided by me in their necessities.
- 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.
- All who recite the Rosary are my sons, and brothers of my only son Jesus Christ.
- Devotion of my Rosary is a great sign of predestination.
