St. Therese Catholic Church

75 Days of Prayer: Celebrate the 75th anniversary of St. Therese by uniting in prayer for 75 days prior to our celebration!
Let us pray with FAITH, HOPE for a peaceful world, and give to others in CHARITY by praying the Rosary.

Our intentions during this time will be:

• In thanksgiving to God for all the blessings we have received
• For the spiritual and physical well-being of our families, friends and neighbors
• For the return of all those separated from the church by the pandemic or personal reasons

Begin on July 18 and pray every day until October 1 (The Feast Day of St. Therese)

If you cannot join us live at 9:00pm, follow along with the videos below. 
Special thanks to St. Ambrose Catholic Community in Latham, NY, for sharing their Rosary meditations with us.

Mary has made 15 promises to those who pray the Rosary. They are listed below.
Ask anyone who has been praying the Rosary and they will share with you some of the ‘signal graces’ they have received.
Join us every day or whenever you can make time to pray with us!

1. Whosoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary shall receive signal graces.
[A signal grace may be a simple sign in daily life that answers a question made in prayer or points towards God’s will. For example, seeing a rose after finishing a novena to St. Therese of Lisieux could be considered a signal grace. Signal graces are often subtle or seemingly coincidental.]

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 will lift them to the desire for Eternal things. Oh, that souls would sanctify themselves by this means!
 
 5. The soul which recommends itself to me by the recitation of the Rosary shall not perish.
[In other words, anyone who faithfully prays the Rosary and asks for Mary’s intercession will be saved from hell.]

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.
[An unprovided death means dying while not in a state of grace (that is, in dying with unconfessed mortal sin in the soul). The Blessed Mother promises that anyone who regularly prays the Rosary, and earnestly tries to live according to God's will, will be spiritually prepared when their time of death comes.]

7. Whoever shall have a true devotion for the Rosary shall not die without the Sacraments of the Church.
[Our Lady ensures that the soul will receive sanctifying grace through the Sacraments prior to its departure from the body.]
 
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.
 
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 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 their 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.
[By this the Blessed Mother means that a devotion to the Rosary is a good indication that the devotee is on the path to Heaven.]