Why the Rosary is So Powerful against the Devil

The devil seems to be so powerful these days, with riots in the streets, ginned up racial strife, rampant abortion, and pornography, decreased church attendance, and with so many people being more in love with money and things rather than with Jesus.  The antidote to all of this hell is the rosary.  By saying the rosary daily, along with the accompanying meditation on the 20 mysteries contained in the Holy Bible, you will be doing more for world peace than any president, politician, or “good person” does. Why? Because Mary’s soul MAGNIFIES the Lord, which makes Jesus larger, clearer, and brighter, in a very dark world.

Why Mary?

The reason that invoking Mary as our intercessor (John 2)  through prayer is so powerful is that God set it up that way.  Genesis 3:15 refers to the fall of Adam and Eve. That verse (Douay-Rheims version)  says:

I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel.

Since women have eggs, and not “seeds” (“semen” in Latin), this has to be one VERY special woman; a woman who gives birth as a virgin. Her seed, of course, is Jesus Christ, and the other seeds are the devil’s children.  This “protoevangelium” (first Gospel) is the first prophecy in the bible, and what it tells us all is that Mary and Jesus are a team (the new Adam and Eve) who will overcome the disobedience of the first Adam and Eve. All of this is played out in Revelation 12. Revelation 12:17 says that we are Mary’s children if we obey the Commandments and acknowledge that Jesus is the Christ. The first crushing of the head of the serpent (the Crucifixion) was accomplished at Golgotha, “The Place of the Skull.”

How to Say the Rosary

The secret to saying the rosary, of course, is the meditation on the mysteries. Each meditation on each mystery consists of saying one Our Father, 10 “Hail Mary’s” (while meditating on the mystery), the “Glory Be to the Father Prayer,” and the “Fatima Prayer” (“Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, and lead all souls to heaven, especially those in most need of thy mercy”).  At the end of the rosary, the “Hail Holy Queen” prayer is usually said. The meditation on these events is the key to the Rosary. Mindlessly repeating the “Hail Mary” prayer without the meditation on these mysteries is not the proper way to say the rosary, but when the vocal prayer (the body of the rosary), is combined with the mental meditation of the 20 mysteries (the soul of the rosary), then it is actually praying the gospel of Jesus Christ!

The physical rosary beads are nothing more than prayer counters to help us remember when it is time to switch over to the next mystery. If one is truly meditating, then trying to remember the number of “Hail Mary’s” would be tough. By fingering the beads, it merely assists us with the count. While it is tough to try to meditate on the mysteries at the same time one is saying the Hail Mary, the key to properly saying the rosary is to concentrate much less on the “Hail Mary,” and more on the mysteries. Putting one’s self back in time mentally and trying to visualize actually being at the scene of the mystery is a good technique to use. And be sure to get your rosary blessed by a priest. The blessing on the rosary drives the devil away even faster.

The Scourge of Satan

The reason that the rosary is the scourge of the devil is that we are repeating a mantra (“the Hail Mary”), which contains the very first words of salvation in the New Testament, that is, Gabriel’s words to Mary, which gives her the new title of “Full of Grace.” Gabriel didn’t make up these words, as he is a messenger of God, so these words announcing the fact that she is “Full of Grace” came directly from God Himself. Mary’s obedience thus overcomes Eve’s disobedience to God.  By saying yes to God, Mary thus becomes the new Eve, through which salvation would enter the world. Eve gave us forbidden fruit to eat, which leads to death; Mary gives us the Eucharist, which leads to eternal life. Repeating this announcement by a former colleague of Lucifer’s (Gabriel) of the coming birth of the Messiah through the Virgin Mary, over and over again, surely causes him great pain.  He remembers well that those words were the beginning of the end of his reign!

At the same time that we are saying the Hail Mary’s, we are using our subconscious mind to meditate on the passion and other mysteries of Mary and Jesus in the Bible. That means that the devil, for the amount of time we are meditating, cannot access our imagination with his impure suggestions. The combination of the mantra that the devil hears out loud, along with the fact that we are shutting down his unholy suggestions to our mind, means that he is beaten down for that time. And the good news is that there is an afterglow effect, so that after saying the rosary, our minds and our souls become more attuned to what he is doing to us, and we, therefore, are much stronger telling him no in the future.

Other Benefits

In addition to all of that, there are some other benefits to this holy meditation on scripture as well. According to eRosary.com, the physical benefits are as follows:

• Improved rate of breathing; improves respiratory function.
• Boosts immune system and protects against sickness.
• Increases energy levels; fights chronic fatigue.
• Helps lower blood pressure.
• Alleviates muscle tension; aids relaxation.
• Helps with migraine headaches.
• Increases levels of serotonin.
• Helps with coping with chronic diseases.
• Aids with the termination of physical addictions.
• Promotes restful sleep.

The mental benefits are as follows:

• Increased focus and attention.
• Mental clarity; clears the mind of distractions and negative thoughts.
• Better thought control and less intrusive thoughts.
• Fights depression.
• Improved memory (short term and long term).
• Decreased anxiety and fear.
• Positive thinking and a better outlook on life.
• Stress reduction.
• Increased ability to relax and unwind.
• Powerful sleep aid; promotes a restful night’s sleep.
• Increases overall sense of well-being

The spiritual benefits are as follows:

• Creates fulfillment and meaning in your life.
• Helps you understand your life’s purpose.
• Brings you closer to God and allows Him to actively help you in your life.
• Improves discernment and gives you a better ability to know right from wrong.
• Increases your empathy, compassion, and tolerance towards others.
• Creates peace in your life.  Helps create peace for those close to you.
• Directs you towards heavenly treasures rather than earthly desires.
• Increases mental awareness; creates a greater sense of intuition.
• Increases your capacity to love yourself and others.
• Provides assurance and guidance in times of despair and hopelessness.
• Allows you to connect better with others and with nature.
• Increases your willpower and your desire for goodness.
• Provides protection against negative influences.
• Opens your mind to accept a Higher Truth.
• Decreases the desire to sin; helps overcome temptation.
• Most importantly – the rosary helps us understand God.

Of course, Mary gave Blessed Alan de la Roche 15 promises to those who say the rosary as well:

1. Whoever 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 will be a powerful armor against hell. It will destroy vice, decrease sin and defeat heresies.

4. It will cause virtue and 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 of eternal things. Oh, that souls would sanctify themselves by this means.

5. Those who recommend themselves to me by the recitation of the Rosary shall not perish.

6. Whoever 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 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 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 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.

Refuting the Arguments against the Rosary

To those who say that Mary is dead and can’t hear our prayers, they are “dead” wrong.

Luke 20:38: “Now he is God not of the dead, but of the living; for to him all of them are alive.”

1 Corinthians 6:17: “But anyone united to the Lord becomes one spirit with him.“

In other words, Mary is very much alive and is TOTALLY united with the Lord in spirit. Catholics believe that the “Great Cloud of Witnesses” mentioned in Hebrews 12 is NOT a huge pile of dead corpses, but instead, is very much alive.

Some people mistakenly think that it is wrong to talk to the dead, even if it is only asking for their heavenly intercession (James 5:16 says that the prayers of a righteous person are very powerful). Jesus talked to the dead at the Transfiguration, and Peter also talked to the dead.

However, do people in heaven pray for us, the living? In 2 Maccabees 15:14, the long-dead Jeremiah prays very much for his people. In Revelation 5:8 and 8:3,  it says that the saints present our prayers to God in the form of incense.

What about “vain repetition” that the bible warns against in Matthew 6:7? Well, that refers to petitionary prayer, as the next verse says that God knows what we need before we ask him. The Rosary is meditative prayer on the Gospels, not petitionary prayer. And besides, the meditation part of the rosary combined with the mantra of the “Hail Mary” is straight from the Bible and do not qualify as useless prayers of pagans to idols. And besides, Jesus says the exact same words in the Garden of Gethsemane, 3 times. Psalm 136 repeats the same prayer 26 times!

Conclusion

Mary asked us to say the rosary daily for world peace, at Lourdes and Fatima. So, what are you waiting for?  It will make your secret sin in the confessional melt away, and it will lift you and your family to heaven if you keep it up!