Traditionally there are the 15 promises said to have been given to Bl. Alan de la Roche concerning the praying of the Rosary. In our Rosary Afresh approach as Dominicans we would urge a certain caution in the way of entering into these promises. They should not be regarded as bargains, or as a sort of spiritual contract. Pope John Paul II showed the way with his emphasis upon the Christology of the Rosary, its contemplative character, and its profound suitability for catechesis. He showed how the Rosary's riches come to the fore in our modern era, both imbibing and displaying the advances made by Vatican II which have proved to be helpful in the life of the Church.
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- To all those who shall pray my Rosary devoutly, I promise my special protection and great graces.
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- Those who shall persevere in the recitation of my Rosary will receive some special grace.
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- The Rosary will be a very powerful armor against hell; it will destroy vice, deliver from sin and dispel heresy.
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- 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.
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- Those who trust themselves to me through the Rosary will not perish.
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- 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.
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- Those truly devoted to my Rosary shall not die without the sacraments of the Church.
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- 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.
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- I will deliver promptly from purgatory souls devoted to my Rosary.
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- True children of my Rosary will enjoy great glory in heaven.
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- What you shall ask through my Rosary you shall obtain.
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- To those who propagate my Rosary I promise aid in all their necessities.
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- 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.
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- Those who recite my Rosary faithfully are my beloved children, the brothers and sisters of Jesus Christ.
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- Devotion to my Rosary is a special sign of predestination.
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