Does anyone know if the Sacred Letter/ Drops of Blood Devotion a valid devotion?

[Techno2000]

The Fifteen Promises of Mary
to Christians Who Recite the Rosary

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 shall be a powerful armour 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. The soul which recommends itself 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

1. 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.

1. I shall deliver from purgatory those who have been devoted to the rosary.
2. The faithful children of the rosary shall merit a high degree of glory in heaven.
3. 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.

1. 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.
2. All who recite the rosary are my sons, and brothers of my only son Jesus Christ.
3. Devotion of my rosary is a great sign of predestination.

Imprimatur:
PATRICK J. HAYES. D.D… Archbishop of New York

Surely , if the rosary promises are true, then it wouldn’t be too far fetched that the drops of blood promises are true also.

 

[VanitasVanitatum]

You should ask them instead of going here.

 

[VanitasVanitatum]

then it wouldn’t be too far fetched that the drops of blood promises are true also.

No, not really. The Drops of Blood isn’t supported for a reason and the Rosary is.

 

[Salibi]

when you say “magic spells

I actually said that they’re not magic spells, but sure, whatever, just keep on not reading my posts.

There’s no need to post Our Lady’s promises, I know them well. I pray the Rosary. True devotion to the Rosary implies true devotion to Christ. No offense, but saying the Rosary because you believe saying it insures you magically against damnation is not true devotion. The Christian (the Catholic one, at least) needs to cooperate with God-given grace, if you say a Rosary then go commit a mortal sin simply because you think saying a Rosary has ensured your salvation, the again, not true devotion, but a Protestant-esque sinner’s prayer belief.

are true also.

You have been shown above that they are not.

Not interested in discussing this further. Seek a priest to help you better understand the concept of devotions.

Good day.

 

[Techno2000]

Techno2000:

then it wouldn’t be too far fetched that the drops of blood promises are true also.

No, not really. The Drops of Blood isn’t supported for a reason and the Rosary is.

http://brizek.com/prayer/pieta.htm#ltrofjcs

There’s a ton of promises in this book, which ones are supported and which one are not ?

 

[0Scarlett_nidiyilii]

OP, fear and desperation is not a good place for you to be in.
Neither is a sense of spiritual greed.

I’m getting a strong impression that you’re scared to interrupt this devotion. That you’ve pinned your every hope on doing it just right.

I don’t know what your scared of, or anything about your life.
You may have very good reasons to be afraid and the things that threaten you may be real.

Nor is it any of our business.

But please please please don’t think you have to go feverishly searching for the devotion that will make God pay attention to you, or even worse, that you need to force His hand.

You’re beloved just as you are, God knows your need, you’re not being ignored.
The ordinary prayer life of Mass and Confession, bible reading and sensible daily prayer is sufficient.
If superstition is creeping into it, you need to rethink.

 

[angel12]

I’m not breaking it untill I confirmed it with a priest or an expert that it should not be trusted or else I may have to start over this 3 year devotion.

That sounds more like superstition than devotion.

 

[TradViolin]

Building off @Salibi’s post, in the classic True Devotion to Mary, St. Louis de Montfort describes two contrasting types (among others) of devotees to Our Lady. One type is the disinterested devotee, whose devotion “inspires the soul not to seek itself but God only, and God in His holy Mother” (de Montfort 54). This means that the person prays the Rosary solely out of love for Our Lady (and hence God) due to the fact that “she is so worthy of love” (de Montfort 54). This type of devotee is very pleasing to Our Lady (and hence to God). On the other hand, the interested devotee is devoted to her and practices her devotions (such as the Rosary) solely for some personal benefit (de Montfort 51), such as obtaining promises attached to certain devotions. These are not true devotees, and God and Our Lady do not find these devotees pleasing to them. In fact, one could even call this superstitious, as one would be “[attributing] the efficacy of prayers or of sacramental signs to their mere external performance” (CCC 2111).

NB: The page numbers for de Montfort’s book come from the Catholic Way Publishing version on Kindle.

 

[edjlopez23]

Building off @Salibi’s post, in the classic True Devotion to Mary , St. Louis de Montfort describes two contrasting types (among others) of devotees to Our Lady. One type is the disinterested devotee, whose devotion “inspires the soul not to seek itself but God only, and God in His holy Mother” (de Montfort 54). This means that the person prays the Rosary solely out of love for Our Lady (and hence God) due to the fact that “she is so worthy of love” (de Montfort 54). This type of devotee is very pleasing to Our Lady (and hence to God). On the other hand, the interested devotee is devoted to her and practices her devotions (such as the Rosary) solely for some personal benefit (de Montfort 51), such as obtaining promises attached to certain devotions. These are not true devotees, and God and Our Lady do not find these devotees pleasing to them. In fact, one could even call this superstitious, as one would be “[attributing] the efficacy of prayers or of sacramental signs to their mere external performance” (CCC 2111).

NB: The page numbers for de Montfort’s book come from the Catholic Way Publishing version on Kindle.

I do it for both reasons and because it is a highly recommended devotion and to grow in virtue.

to their mere external performance” (CCC 2111).

What do you mean external performance?

 

[Techno2000]

Building off @Salibi’s post, in the classic True Devotion to Mary, St. Louis de Montfort describes two contrasting types (among others) of devotees to Our Lady. One type is the disinterested devotee, whose devotion “inspires the soul not to seek itself but God only, and God in His holy Mother” (de Montfort 54). This means that the person prays the Rosary solely out of love for Our Lady (and hence God) due to the fact that “she is so worthy of love” (de Montfort 54). This type of devotee is very pleasing to Our Lady (and hence to God). On the other hand, the interested devotee is devoted to her and practices her devotions (such as the Rosary) solely for some personal benefit (de Montfort 51), such as obtaining promises attached to certain devotions. These are not true devotees, and God and Our Lady do not find these devotees pleasing to them. In fact, one could even call this superstitious, as one would be “[attributing] the efficacy of prayers or of sacramental signs to their mere external performance” (CCC 2111).

NB: The page numbers for de Montfort’s book come from the Catholic Way Publishing version on Kindle.

If it wouldn’t have been for the promises of the Rosary, I would have never known the value of it, and probably would have never prayed it for the past 25 years.

 

[TradViolin]

“External performance” means saying the prayers/doing the devotion.

 

[TradViolin]

It’s good that you were drawn to the Rosary because of these promises. With that said, as I noted above, in order to not be an interested devotee or even fall into superstition, you need to pray the Rosary first and foremost out of love for God and for Our Mother. If you’re doing so, then you’re good.

 

[Techno2000]

It’s good that you were drawn to the Rosary because of these promises. With that said, as I noted above, in order to not be an interested devotee or even fall into superstition, you need to pray the Rosary first and foremost out of love for God and for Our Mother. If you’re doing so, then you’re good.

I try to say all my prayers from my Heart .

 

[edjlopez23]

“External performance” means saying the prayers/doing the devotion.

People pray for petitions all the time to meet their needs (for rain, a good job, clothes, a good grade, to find a lost item, a spouse, etc) and these are for the external performances. I don’t think that’s superstitious.

 

[TradViolin]

I think you may be taking things out of context, and I’m sorry that I may not have made things clear in my response. The full sentence that I quoted from is this:

To attribute the efficacy of prayers or of sacramental signs to their mere external performance, apart from the interior dispositions that they demand, is to fall into superstition (CCC 2111).

The reason why I had not included the part after “performance” in my response was that I had intended this quote to be read in the context of my entire post, which differentiated between those who were truly devoted to Our Lady (and thus to God) out of love for them (and making petitions out of this love and their trust in God and Our Lady) and those who were doing these devotions only to gain some personal benefit and not out of love for God and Our Mother.