15 PROMISES OF THE HOLY ROSARY

 Besides the Indulgences attached to the
Rosary , Our Lady revealed to St. Dominic and

Blessed Alan de la Roche additional benefits
for those who devoutly pray the Rosary. Our
Lady's promise is shown in darker blue text .
Additional explanation on and doctrinal
connections to each promise is shown following
in the smaller normal text font and color. Note
that the Rosary is the prayer (non-Liturgical)
with the most published Magisterial / Papal
documents expounding on its excellence.
Vatican II's summary on Our Lady is contained
in Lumen Gentium chapter VIII .
1. Whosoever shall faithfully serve me by
the recitation of the Rosary shall
receive signal graces.
Signal Graces are those special and
unique Graces to help sanctify us in our
state in life. See the remaining
promises for an explanation for which
these will consist. St. Louis de Montfort
states emphatically that the best and
fastest way to union with Our Lord is
via Our Lady [True Devotion to Mary,
chapter four].
2. I promise my special protection and the
greatest graces to all those who shall
recite the Rosary.
Our Lady is our Advocate and the
channel of all God's Grace to us. Our
Lady is simply highlighting that She will
watch especially over us who pray the
Rosary. (see Lumen Gentium chapter
VIII - Our Lady #62 ) [a great more
detail is available on this topic in True
Devotion to Mary, chapter four, by St.
Louis de Montfort]
3. The Rosary shall be a powerful armor
against hell, it will destroy vice,
decrease sin and defeat heresies.
This promise, along with the next, is
simply the reminder on how fervent
prayer will help us all grow in holiness
by avoiding sin, especially a prayer with
the excellence of the Rosary. An
increase in holiness necessarily requires
a reduction in sin, vice, and doctrinal
errors (heresies). If only the Modernists
could be convinced to pray the Rosary!
(see Lumen Gentium chapter V - The
Call to Holiness #42 ) St. Louis de
Montfort states "Since Mary alone
crushed all heresies, as we are told by
the Church under the guidance of the
Holy Spirit (Office of the Blessed
Virgin Mary)..." [True Devotion to Mary
#167]
4. It will cause good works to flourish; it
will obtain for souls the abundant
mercy of God; it will withdraw the
hearts of men from the love of the
world and its vanities, and will lift them
to the desire for Eternal Things. Oh,
that souls would sanctify themselves by
this means.
This promise, along with the previous, is
the positive part, that being to live in
virtue. Becoming holy is not only
avoiding sin, but also growing in virtue.
(see Lumen Gentium chapter V - The
Call to Holiness #42 )
5. The soul which recommends itself to me
by the recitation of the Rosary shall
not perish.
Since Our Lady is our Mother and
Advocate, She always assists those who
call on Her implicitly by praying the
Rosary. The Church reminds us of this in
the Memorare prayer, "... never was it
known that anyone who fled to your
protection, implored your help or sought
your intercession, was left unaided ..."
6. Whosoever 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.
This promise highlights the magnitude
of Graces that the Rosary brings to
whomever prays it. One will draw down
God's Mercy rather than His Justice
and will have a final chance to repent
(see promise #7). One will not be
conquered by misfortune means that
Our Lady will obtain for the person
sufficient Graces to handle said
misfortune (i.e. carry the Crosses
allowed by God) without falling into
despair. As Sacred Scripture tells us,
"For my yoke is sweet and my burden
light." (Matthew 11:30 )
7. Whoever shall have a true devotion for
the Rosary shall not die without the
Sacraments of the Church.
This promise highlights the benefits of
obtaining the most possible Graces at
the hour of death via the Sacraments
of Confession, Eucharist, and Extreme
Unction (Anointing of the Sick). Being
properly disposed while receiving these
Sacraments near death ensures one's
salvation (although perhaps with a
detour through Purgatory) since a final
repentance is possible.
8. 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.
Our Lady highlights the great quantity
of Graces obtain through praying the
Rosary, which assist us during life and
at the moment of death. The merits of
the Saints are the gift of God's
rewards to those persons who responded
to His Grace that they obtained during
life, and so Our Lady indicates that She
will provide a share of that to us at
death. With this promise and #7 above,
Our Lady is providing the means for
the person to have a very holy death.
9. I shall deliver from purgatory those who
have been devoted to the Rosary.
Should one require Purgatorial cleansing
after death, Our Lady will make a
special effort to obtain our release
from Purgatory through Her
intercession as Advocate.
10. The faithful children of the Rosary
shall merit a high degree of Glory in
Heaven.
This promise is a logical consequence of
promises #3 and #4 since anyone who
truly lives a holier life on earth will
obtain a higher place in Heaven. The
closer one is to God while living on
earth, the close that person is to Him
also in Heaven. The Catechism of the
Catholic Church states "Spiritual
progress tends toward ever more union
with Christ." (Catechism of the Catholic
Church paragraph 2014)
11. You shall obtain all you ask of me by
recitation of the Rosary.
This promise emphasizes Our Lady's role
as our Advocate and Mediatrix of all
Graces. Of course, all requests are
subject to God's Most Perfect Will. God
will always grant our request if it is
beneficial for our soul, and Our Lady
will only intercede for us when our
request is good for our salvation. (see
Lumen Gentium chapter VIII - Our Lady
#62 )
12. All those who propagate the Holy Rosary
shall be aided by me in their
necessities.
If one promotes the praying of the
Rosary, Our Lady emphasizes Her
Maternal care for us by obtaining many
Graces (i.e. spiritual necessities) and
also material necessities (neither excess
nor luxury), all subject to the Will of
God of course.
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.
Since Our Lady is our Advocate, She
brings us additional assistance during
our life and at our death from all the
saints in Heaven (the Communion of
Saints). See paragraphs 954 through 959
in the Catechism of the Catholic
Church.
14. All who recite the Rosary are my Sons,
and brothers of my Only Son Jesus
Christ.
Since the Rosary is a most excellent
prayer focused on Jesus and His Life
and activities in salvation history, it
brings us closer to Our Lord and Our
Lady. Doctrinally, Our Lady is our
Mother and Jesus is our Eldest Brother,
besides being our God. (see Lumen
Gentium chapter VIII - Our Lady #62 )
15. Devotion to my Rosary is a great sign
of predestination.
Predestination in this context means
that, by the sign which is present to a
person from the action of devoutly
praying the Rosary, God has pre-
ordained your salvation. Absolute
certainty of salvation can only be truly
known if God reveals it to a person
because, although we are given
sufficient Grace during life, our
salvation depends upon our response to
said Grace. (See Summa Theologica,
Question 23 for a detailed theological
explanation). Said another way, if God
has guaranteed a person's salvation but
has not revealed it to Him, God would
want that person to pray the Rosary
because of all the benefits and Graces
obtained. Therefore the person gets a
hint by devotion to the Rosary. This is
not to say that praying the Rosary
guarantees salvation - by no means. In
looking at promises #3 and #4 above,
praying the Rosary helps one to live a
holy life, which is itself a great sign
that a soul is on the road to salvation.
(See also paragraphs 381, 488, 600, 2782
in the Catechism of the Catholic
Church.) In fact, St. Louis de Montfort
says even more strongly that "an
infallible and unmistakable sign by
which we can distinguish a heretic, a
man of false doctrine, an enemy of
God, from one of God's true friends is
that the hardened sinner and heretic
show nothing but contempt and
indifference to Our Lady..." [True
Devotion to Mary, #30]
Reminder: these promises mean that, by
faithfully and devoutly praying the Rosary,
Our Lady will obtain for us the necessary
Graces to obtain said promises. It is still up to
each individual soul to respond to those Graces
in order to obtain salvation.