October is the Month of the Holy Rosary

October is the “Month of the Holy Rosary.” Dedicate some time to have your students unearth some of the history and graces of the Holy Rosary during the month by answering the Student Questions and completeing the Student Assignment below. To begin share these fifteen promises to those who pray the Rosary.

  1. Whosoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary shall receive signal graces.
     
  2. I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those who shall recite the Rosary.
     
  3. The Rosary shall be a powerful armor against hell; it will destroy vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies.
     
  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 it will lift them to the desire of Eternal things.
     
  5. The soul which recommends itself to me by the recitation of the Rosary shall not perish.
     
  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.
     
  7. Whoever shall have a true devotion for the Rosary shall not die without the Sacraments of the Church.
     
  8. Those who are faithful to recite the Rosary shall have during their life and at their death the Light of God and the plentitude of His Graces; at the moment of death, they shall participate in the Merits of the Saints in Paradise.
     
  9. I shall deliver from Purgatory those who have been devoted to the Rosary.
     
  10. The faithful children of the Rosary shall merit a high degree of Glory in Heaven.
     
  11. You shall obtain all you ask of me by the recitation of the Rosary.
     
  12. All those who propagate the Holy Rosary shall be aided by me in their necessities.
     
  13. I have obtained from my Divine Son that all the advocates of the Rosary shall have for intercessors the entire Celestial Court during life and at the hour of death.
     
  14. All who recite the Rosary are my sons, and brothers of my Only Son Jesus Christ.
     
  15. Devotion to my Rosary is a great sign of predestination.

 

Student Questions

  • When was the Rosary first prayed?
  • Which saint is associated with its origins? Why?
  • What do St. Dominic and Fr. Alan de Rupe have to do with the Fifteen Promises of the Rosary?
  • Why is October the month of the Holy Rosary? When was this tradition established?

Student Assignment

  • Write a sentence for each of the fifteen promises explaining what you believe them to mean.

 

After the students complete the assignment, discuss their response.

See “Our Lady’s Fifteen Promises for Praying the Rosary Explained” for reference.

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