Signal Graces            

THE FIFTEEN PROMISES OUR LADY MADE TO ST. DOMINIC TO THOSE WHO FAITHFULLY PRAY THE ROSARY

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. 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 is 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 to my Rosary is a great sign of predestination.

ORIGINS & HISTORY OF THE ROSARY

A little history about the origins of the rosary might be helpful. The use of beads to count prayers dates back to the ninth century when Irish monks used them to chant the 150 Psalms. People imitated the monks and the devotion spread.

“But it was only in the year 1214, however, that Holy Mother Church received the Rosary in its present form and according to the method we use it today. It was given to the Church by Saint Dominic who had received it from the Blessed Virgin in an apparition as a powerful means of converting the Albigensians and other sinners.”[1]

I’m sure more than a few people will pause here and say— wait a minute— did she just say that the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to Saint Dominic? Before you decide that’s too hard to believe, think of how crazy Christians sound to atheists when they profess to believe that God sent His only Son, Jesus, (who is also God as one of the three parts of the Trinity) to earth to be born of a virgin, to preach, to die for our sins, to rise from the dead, and then to ascend into heaven.[2]

Don't get thrown by the fact that it was "Our Lady" who appeared either please. "Our Lady" is Jesus's mother of course. In fact, she's "your lady" if you believe in Jesus, for she only wants to lead everyone to her Son. With that said, bear with me for a minute. So, when Our Lady appeared to Saint Dominic, she made 15 promises to those who faithfully pray the rosary. (See first column)[3]