*While
urged to recite all 20 mysteries, only the 15 Joyful, Sorrowful, and
Glorious are required
THE ROSARY
CONFRATERNITY'S BENEFITS
1. The special
protection of the mother of God.
2. A share in the
prayer of countless thousands of members the world over, and this even
after death.
3. A share in the
prayers, Masses and apostolic works of the entire Dominican Order.
4. The intercession of
the entire heavenly court.
5. Various plenary and
partial indulgences.
6. Six times a year the
Rosary Center publication THE ROSARY,
LIGHT AND LIFE is sent to those members who wish it. Its
purpose is to provide sound doctrine and spiritual guidance for readers
everywhere.
INDULGENCES
IN GENERAL
1. An indulgence is the
cancellation of temporal punishment due for sin, when the sin's guilt
has already been pardoned.
2. An indulgence is
partial if it frees the Christian partially from the temporal
punishment due for his sins, plenary if it frees him wholly.
3. Both partial and
plenary indulgences can always be applied to the dead, but only by way
of suffrage.
4. Since the Apostolic
Constitution of Pope Paul VI on Indulgences, a partial indulgence is no
longer expressed in reference to time, i.e. days or years.
5. A plenary indulgence
can be gained only once a day, except by those on the threshold of
death.
6. To gain a plenary
indulgence the person must perform the indulgenced act, and satisfy
these conditions: Sacramental Confession, Holy Communion, prayer for
the Pope's intention, and freedom from all attachment to sin, even
venial sin. If this detachment is not present, or if any of the above
conditions are not fulfilled, the indulgence is partial.
ROSARY INDULGENCES
1. For members of the
Rosary Confraternity, a plenary indulgence, under the usual conditions,
is granted:
· on the day of
enrollment. (When application is made, a certificate of membership is
sent, indicating the day of the enrollment.)
· on the following
feast days: Christmas, Easter, Annunciation, Purification, Assumption,
Our Lady of the Rosary, and Immaculate Conception.
2. For those who pray
the Rosary, a plenary indulgence is granted under the usual conditions,
when the Rosary is prayed in Church, or in a Public Oratory, in a
family (family Rosary), Religious Community, or Pious Association.
Otherwise a partial indulgence is granted.
FIFTEEN
PROMISES OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN
TO CHRISTIANS WHO FAITHFULLY PRAY THE ROSARY
1. To
all those who shall pray my Rosary devoutly, I promise my special
protection and great graces.
2. Those
who shall persevere in the recitation of my Rosary will receive some
special grace.
3. The
Rosary will be a very powerful armor against hell; it will destroy
vice, deliver from sin and dispel heresy.
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.
5. Those
who trust themselves to me through the Rosary will not perish.
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.
7. Those
truly devoted to my Rosary shall not die without the sacraments of the
Church.
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.
9. I
will deliver promptly from purgatory souls devoted to my Rosary.
10. True
children of my Rosary will enjoy great glory in heaven.
11. What
you shall ask through my Rosary you shall obtain.
12. To
those who propagate my Rosary I promise aid in all their necessities.
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.
14. Those
who recite my Rosary faithfully are my beloved children, the brothers
and sisters of Jesus Christ.
15. Devotion
to my Rosary is a special sign of predestination.
One Way To
Obtain a Plenary Indulgence with the Rosary:
1. Must
either pray on: the day of enrollment, Christmas, Easter, Annunciation,
Purification, Assumption, Our Lady of the Rosary, and Immaculate
Conception. OR pray in Church,
or in a Public Oratory, in a family (family Rosary), Religious
Community, or Pious Association.
2. Sacramental
Confession (one confession can count for towards all plenary
indulgences for up to two weeks)
3. Holy
Communion
4. Pray,
“Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, Have Mercy on me a
sinner” to free from any venial sin
5. Our
Father and Hail Mary prayer for the Pope's intention
*NOTE:
All actions must be done with the intention of
gaining the indulgence
For move
information visit: http://www.rosary-center.org/
Enroll at http://www.rosary-center.org/nconform.htm
OR write to The Rosary Center, PO Box 3617, Portland, OR 97208, USA.