Rosary Workshop - prayer
MARY'S 15 PROMISES
FOR THOSE WHO FAITHFULLY PRAY THE ROSARY
Did you ever wonder what the 15 promises of the Blessed Virgin Mary were and where they came from?  Or the origin of the prayers that make up the rosary? What is the purpose of praying to Mary when you can go directly to God or Jesus? Why do Catholics feel it such a powerful prayer when all you are doing is repeating the same prayers over and over again?
 
15 PROMISES   -   ORIGIN OF THE HAIL MARY
 
The rosary prayers come from the mysteries in scripture. You are entering into these mysteries as you walk with Mary in prayer and in this walk, she tells you the story of her son, Jesus.  She also interceeds for us - just the same as a friend does when you ask for prayer.

     1.  To all those who shall pray my Rosary devoutly, I promise my special
protection and great graces.
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2.  Those who shall persevere in the recitation of my Rosary will receive some special grace.
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3.  The Rosary will be a very powerful armor against hell; it will destroy vice, deliver from sin and dispel heresy.
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    4.   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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    5.  Those who trust themselves to me through the Rosary will not perish.
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    6.  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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    7.  Those truly devoted to my Rosary shall not die without the sacraments of the Church.
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    8.  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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    9.   I will deliver promptly from purgatory souls devoted to my Rosary.
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  10.  True children of my Rosary will enjoy great glory in heaven.
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  11.  What you shall ask through my Rosary you shall obtain.
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   12.  To those who propagate my Rosary I promise aid in all their necessities.
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  13.  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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  14.  Those who recite my Rosary faithfully are my beloved children, the brothers and sisters of Jesus Christ.
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  15.  Devotion to my Rosary is a special sign of predestination.

~ ORIGIN of the AVE MARIA ~

WHERE DID THE HAIL MARY COME FROM?
  The "Hail Mary" is a prayer of devotion to the blessed Mother Mary and her Son, the Lord Jesus
Christ, our savior. The "Hail Mary" prayer comes from the words of the angel Gabriel to the
Virgin Mary and Elizabeth's greeting to Mary.  The "Hail Mary" falls into two parts:

The first part is taken from St. Luke chapter 1, starting at verse 28 and St. Luke chapter one
and verse 42, the name of Jesus was added to explain the meaning of these verses taken right
out of the Bible.  In the middle ages this part of the "Hail Mary" had been said this way for
700 years.

The second part of the "Hail Mary" is a petition: Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners
now and in the hour of our death. Amen.  Here we ask the blessed Mother to pray for us. The
words "Mother of God"  were doctrine settled at the Council at Ephesus in the year 431. In 1495
in the English Calender of Shepherds printed these words to complete the "Hail Mary". asking the
Virgin Mother to pray for us in life and at the hour of our death when time changes to eternity.

Father Joe  - October 7th - Feast of the Holy Rosary