The month of October dedicated to the Holy Rosary: what you need to know about this devotion
"The Blessed Virgin in these last times in which we live has given a new efficacy to the recitation of the Rosary such that there is no problem, no matter how difficult it may be, temporal or especially spiritual, in the personal life of each of us , of our families ... that cannot be solved with the Rosary. There is no problem, I tell you, no matter how difficult it can be, that we cannot solve with the prayer of the Rosary. "
Sister Lucia dos Santos. Seer of Fatima
Indulgences for the recitation of the Rosary
A plenary indulgence is granted to the faithful who: pray the Marian Rosary devoutly in a church or oratory, or in a family, in a religious community, in an association of the faithful and in general when more faithful gather for an honest purpose; he devoutly joins the recitation of this prayer as it is made by the Supreme Pontiff, and broadcast by means of television or radio. In other circumstances, however, the indulgence is partial. For the plenary indulgence attached to the recitation of the Marian Rosary these norms are established: the recitation of the third part alone is sufficient; but the five decades must be recited without interruption, to the vocal prayer must be added the pious meditation of the mysteries; in public recitation the mysteries must be enunciated according to the approved custom in force in the place; instead in the private one it is sufficient for the faithful to add meditation on the mysteries to the vocal prayer.
From the Manual of Indulgences n ° 17 pages. 67-68
Promises of Our Lady to Blessed Alano for the devotees of the Holy Rosary
1. To all those who prayerfully recite my Rosary, I promise my special protection and great graces.
2. He who perseveres in reciting my Rosary will receive some outstanding grace.
3. The Rosary will be a very powerful defense against hell; it will destroy vices, free from sin, dissipate heresies.
4. The Rosary will make virtues and good works flourish and will obtain the most abundant divine mercies for souls; it will replace God's love in the hearts of the love of the world, elevating them to the desire for heavenly and eternal goods. How many souls will sanctify themselves by this means!
5. He who entrusts himself to me with the Rosary will not perish.
6. He who devoutly recites my Rosary, meditating on his mysteries, will not be oppressed by misfortune. Sinner, he will convert; just, it will grow in grace and become worthy of eternal life.
7. The true devotees of my Rosary will not die without the sacraments of the Church.
8. Those who recite my Rosary will find the light of God during their life and their death, the fullness of his graces and will share in the merits of the blessed.
9. I will very quickly free the devout souls of my Rosary from purgatory.
10. The true children of my Rosary will rejoice in a great glory in heaven.
11. You will get what you ask with my Rosary.
12. Those who spread my Rosary will be helped by me in all their needs.
13. I have obtained from my Son that all the members of the Confraternity of the Rosary have the saints of heaven as brothers during life and at the hour of death.
14. Those who faithfully recite my Rosary are all my beloved children, brothers and sisters of Jesus Christ.
15. Devotion to my Rosary is a great sign of predestination.