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Levels of Holy Orders:
Tonsure - Ceremony in which one is received into the clerical state by having the hair shorn on the crown of the head.
Minor Orders:
- Porter - The Porter receives the right to guard over the church doors.
- Lector - The Lector receives the right to read certain passages of Holy Scripture during Mass.
- Exorcist - The Exorcist receives the right to exorcize evil spirits with permission of the Bishop.
- Acolyte - The Acolyte receives the right to carry the candles and give the wine and water at Holy Mass.
Major Orders:
- Subdiaconate - Gives the right to present the water at a Solemn High Mass, to sing the Epistle, to bring the Sacred vessels to the Altar, to hold the Paten during the Canon; it binds the ordinand to perpetual celibacy and the daily recitation of the Divine Office.
- Diaconate - Gives the ordinand, with permission, the right to preach, distribute Holy Communion, and to solemnly baptize, as well as to assist the Priest at Holy Mass.
- Priesthood - Imprints an indelible mark upon the soul and gives the power to change bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, and to forgive sins in the Sacrament of Penance.
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 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. 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.
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 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.
(Given to St. Dominic and Blessed Alan) (Imprimatur: Patrick J. Hayes, D.D., Archbishop of New York)
