Do you want to produce fruit one hundred fold for the Lord?

Choose 100 souls, starting with your immediate family, then move outward to your circle of relatives and friends, and pray for them!

Don't just say a quick prayer here or there for them, but really pray for them – with targeted, focused intercession.

Make it a goal to say 100 rosaries for each of them.

Do you believe that 1 rosary is enough to transform a life or even save a soul? I do.

How about a spiritual bouquet of 100 rosaries?

Join me! Let’s embark on a 10-year battle campaign to save the souls of our loved ones, with the rosary as the weapon.

If you pray 3 rosaries a day, you can say 100 rosaries for each of your 100 loved ones in 10 years! That’s 10,000 rosaries, 50,000 decades, or more than 500,000 Hail Marys.

Assuming you take 15 minutes to pray one 5-decade rosary, it amounts to 25 hours of intercessory prayer for each soul.

That’s more than a full 24-hour day of solid praying!

Don't have time for 3 rosaries a day? Then do 2-a-days and make it a 14-year plan. Just want to do 1-a-days? It will take you 28 years, but you will potentially save 100 souls for the Kingdom!

Or you can do it as a family! With a family of 3, just pray 1 rosary a day together and you will have said 100 rosaries each for 100 souls in the same amount of time (10 years).

Focus on one person at a time, starting with those closest to you and those in most need of prayer, such as the dying, sick, elderly, or lost.

Pray and keep a tally of your rosaries, and when you reach 100 for a soul, move on to the next soul and keep praying!

Get your loved ones and parish involved by spreading the idea and together we can win souls.

The Facts

Did you know?

There are 1.3 billion Catholics in the world. If less than 7% of Catholics (82 million people) completed the ten year plan (of praying 3 rosaries a day) to pray 100 rosaries for 100 souls, the whole world (with a population of 8.2 billion people) could have 100 rosaries said for each of them (in just 10 years!)

In other words:

• There are 1.3 billion Catholics in the world.

• If only 7% of Catholics (82 million people) 

• Each prayed 3 rosaries a day 

• To complete the 10 year plan

• Of praying 100 rosaries each for 100 souls

• Then the entire world (with a population of 8.2 billion people) 

• Could be blanketed in prayer

• And have 100 rosaries said for each of them

• In just 10 years.

More Statistics

There are 1.3 billion Catholics in the world. If less than 20% of Catholics (250 million people) prayed just one rosary a day, the whole world (with a population of 8.2 billion people) could have 100 rosaries said for each of them (in just 10 years!)

Just 7 Days?

There are 1.3 billion Catholics in the world. If every Catholic in the world prayed one rosary a day, the entire population of the world (8.2 billion people) could have one rosary said for each of them in just 7 days!

The Calling

A tithe is giving 10% of everything you have to God.

Could you give 3% of your day to God?

3% of your time is 45 minutes a day (3 rosaries or 15 decades).

Could you give 1% of your day to God?

1% of your time is 15 minutes a day (1 rosary or 5 decades).

Pray the Rosary.

Mission Reiterated

“But he that receiveth the seed upon good ground, is he that heareth the word, and understandeth, and beareth fruit, and yielded the one an hundredfold, and another sixty, and another thirty.”

Matthew 13:23

Back in 2017, God inspired me with a great idea. The small seed of the idea grew into a driving force of personal devotion in my life that has become very near and dear to my heart. It is an idea worth spreading and I feel called to make it my mission to get others involved, too. So I wanted to share this idea with you. 

The idea is simple: We should all strive to become saints. We should all strive to become the most productive saints that we can be. We should all then strive to "produce fruit one hundred fold." This means taking as many souls to Heaven with us as we can, aiming for 100 souls a piece, at least, if we can! You might ask how we can do this, since it seems like too much to ask for just one simple person who is only a sinner. But it’s easier than you might think! The answer is: Just pray the Rosary! A lifetime of daily devotion to the Rosary is more than enough to become a saint that "produced fruit one hundred fold" during their life!

Let me explain!

If you choose 100 souls of those you love, starting with your closest family and going out in your circle to relatives and friends, by praying three, 5-decade Rosaries a day, you can pray 100 Rosaries for each of the 100 souls in 10 years. That’s 10,000 rosaries, 50,000 decades, or more than 500,000 Hail Marys. 

After reading St. Louis de Montfort's book entitled The Secret of the Rosary, I am confident that our Lady will obtain sufficient graces for salvation for those who have a spiritual bouquet of that many Rosaries prayed on their behalf! You might ask: “Why?” and wonder if 100 Rosaries is a magic number.

And I would reply, well no, 100 rosaries is not a magic number–BUT assuming it takes 15 minutes to pray one 5-decade rosary, it DOES amount to 25 HOURS of intercessory prayer! That is more than a 24-hour day of solid praying for one soul. That's an extravagant spiritual gift for your loved one! That’s more than a full day of your life devoted completely to intercession for one of your loved one’s souls through the rosary.

100 Rosaries laid up in Heaven for one soul's benefit is A LOT!

Remember, Jesus says in Matthew’s Gospel, “Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal” (Matthew 6:20). The 100 rosaries prayed are like a spiritual treasure trove laid up in Heaven for a soul.

Considering the spiritual worth of just one Rosary, as explained by St. Louis de Montfort, I am absolutely convinced that 100 Rosaries is more than enough to transform a life or even save a soul. Allow me to give you an excerpt from the book The Secret of the Rosary by St. Louis de Montfort that demonstrates the spiritual power of just ONE rosary.

From The Secret of the Rosary:

TWENTY-SIXTH ROSE: SUBLIME PRAYER

“WHATEVER YOU DO, do not be like a certain pious but self-willed lady in Rome, so often referred to when speaking about the Rosary. She was so devout and so fervent that she put to shame by her holy life, even the strictest religious in the Church. 

Having decided to ask Saint Dominic's advice about her spiritual life she asked him to hear her confession. For penance he gave her one whole Rosary to say and advised her to say it every day. She said that she had no time to say it, excusing herself on the grounds that she made the Stations of Rome every day, that she wore sack-cloth and also a hair shirt, that she gave herself the discipline several times a week, that she carried out so many other penances and fasted so much. Saint Dominic urged her over and over again to take his advice and say the Rosary, but she would not hear of it. She left the confessional, horrified at the tactics of this new spiritual director who had tried so hard to persuade her to take on a devotion that was not at all to her liking.

Later on when she was in prayer she fell into ecstasy and had a vision of her soul appearing before Our Lord's Judgment Seat. Saint Michael put all her penances and other prayers onto one balance of the scales and all her sins and imperfections onto the other. The tray of her good works was greatly outweighed by that of her sins and imperfections.

Filled with terror she cried for mercy, imploring the help of the Blessed Virgin, her gracious Advocate, who took the one and only Rosary that she had said for her penance and dropped it onto the tray of her good works. This one Rosary was so heavy that it weighed more than all her sins as well as all her good works. Our Lady then reproved her for having refused to follow the counsel of her servant Dominic and for not saying the Rosary every day.

As soon as she came to herself she rushed and threw herself at the feet of Saint Dominic and told him all that had happened, begged his forgiveness for her unbelief and promised to say the Rosary faithfully every day. By this means she rose to Christian perfection and finally to the glory of everlasting life.”

Now THAT is the power of just one rosary. 

And of course, the rosaries should be prayed well, which means praying the recited prayers along with meditating on the mysteries. But it is amazing just to consider what a powerful weapon our Lady has given us in the holy rosary! 

St. Padre Pio is quoted as saying, “The Rosary is the weapon for these times.” And our Lady at Fatima has asked Catholics to pray the rosary daily to obtain peace for the world and the salvation of souls. The Blessed Virgin also revealed to Blessed Alan de la Roche that while the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is the highest prayer in existence, the second highest prayer in existence is the holy rosary. And lastly, I want to add that Blessed Pope Pius IX is quoted as saying, “Give me an army saying the Rosary and I will conquer the world.”

While this is all true, still, some people might be daunted at the idea of praying 100 rosaries for 100 souls. They might say that three, 5-decade rosaries a day is too much for their schedule. But this mission is something that can be done at your own pace, too, as a lifelong goal. If praying 3 Rosaries a day is too much, then just 1 Rosary can be prayed a day. Although it will take about 30 years with just one, 5-decade Rosary a day, it can still be done in a lifetime. 

Catholics should and must take on the lifelong goal of making every effort to save the souls of their loved ones! And the Rosary is the best weapon to use to fight for souls! Why not leverage that and train an army of warriors to battle for the souls of their loved ones with the Rosary as the weapon?

This mission is something that I have felt called to personally strive for since God first inspired me with the idea in 2017. I am currently attempting it. So far I haven’t been perfectly consistent about 3 rosaries a day every day, but I am trying my best. My family and I have completed praying the 100 rosaries for 15 souls so far as of 2025, and let me tell you, it is powerful.

Read the next section to learn the story about the amazing power of salvation I have already witnessed through the 100 rosaries.

Uncle David Goes to Heaven

This testimonial explains the amazing power of salvation I have already personally witnessed through the 100 rosaries.

To really give a full picture of the power behind this idea, let me tell you the story about the first fruits of this rosary mission that I was a part of and got to see with my own eyes–the deathbed salvation of my Uncle David. 

When I started this mission of the 100 rosaries for 100 souls, I first said 100 for each of my immediate family members. After I was done with that, I decided to prioritize my family members that were elderly, sick, or close to death, especially if they were not believers. This put my Uncle David right at the top of the list, since he had suffered health complications due to diabetes and cancer for many years. There were numerous times over the years that he was close to death, and we thought that we would lose him, but he somehow recovered. Now, David, my Dad’s brother, lived in Florida and was completely atheist. In fact, he was so opposed to God and religion that he would become very angry anytime someone brought up God in his presence. For that reason, I was worried for his soul for years, as he struggled with many health scares toward the last years of his life. My Mom was worried for his soul, too and sent him a really nice letter and a rosary in the mail. On the back of the plastic crucifix, she wrote in sharpie, “David goes to Heaven.” She added privately to me, “Maybe if he gets this and says a few of these, he will go.”

Now, to give you a picture of David, he was a very gruff man, and he was considered quite tough. “Caveman” was his nickname. He kept a stash of shotguns in his house and was known for being a difficult patient for doctors to handle. I remembered him for the times when I was younger, and we would go down to Florida yearly to visit our grandparents. I remember how we would play card games and David would set up his smoker and grill barbeque for us that was absolutely delicious. I remember those times fondly, but we didn’t get to see as much of David after our grandparents passed and we didn’t travel down to Florida as much.

Fast forward to September of 2019: David’s health had become very poor due to diabetes and we thought he was at the end. I went to Florida with my Dad to visit David, and to try to talk to him about faith. I wasn't sure exactly what to say, but I took a memorial pamphlet from an extended relative’s funeral and tried to start a conversation with David about his sickness, death, where he thought we go when we die, Heaven, and God. I asked him what he thought was on the other side and he said, “Nothing.” I tried to bring up Heaven, but my uncle David became very angry and refused to let me finish. He insisted that he “wasn't a nice person” and although he seemed angry, the look in his eyes showed he was fearful. Then I realized that he was angry at me for bringing it up because he was deeply afraid. So I left the conversation at that, but I didn’t give up. 

I put holy water and salt around his house while he was sleeping, put a St. Benedict medal under his chair, a green scapular under his bed, and left him a gift–a plastic bag with a rosary in it, pamphlets, holy cards, a brown scapular, and some other sacramentals and Catholic items. I also left him some poetry that I had written in the bag that I thought might, just might resonate with him. It seemed like a shot in the dark, but it was one that I had to take. 

After the trip, time passed by and David pulled through once again. My family and I continued working on praying rosaries for him and eventually finished praying 100. I also had a few Masses said for him. Two years down the line, in spring of 2021, David was still hanging in there. 

Now, before the pandemic started, I was accustomed to do a Holy Hour after work, but the pandemic had shut down the adoration chapel I used to spend my Holy Hour in. After that time, I asked someone if they knew of another adoration chapel in the area, and I was recommended one. So the first time I went to check out this new adoration chapel, I went with my Dad to pray for David in spring of 2021. It was my first time going to adoration in about 2 years. After the Holy Hour, we left the chapel and my Dad said, “You know, I think I know exactly what to say to David now.” My Dad had tried many times to bring up faith to his brother on the phone, but something during the Holy Hour inspired him with the perfect thing he could say to spark a light in David. And at that time, my Dad was just about to leave on a trip to see David for his birthday in April 2021. We didn't know fully at the time it was going to be his last birthday here on earth. 

My Dad went to Florida to see him and they celebrated. Soon after my Dad got back from the trip, he immediately left again because David was in the hospital again and it seemed like he might be nearing the end. So my Dad went back down to Florida and was with my Uncle David, his brother, for five days while he was in hospice. My Dad prayed the 3 Very Beautiful Prayers for the dying from the blue Pieta booklet over David by his bedside several times a day for those five days.

June 3rd, 2021, the Feast of Corpus Christi, I woke up and thought to myself, "I should go do a Holy Hour today at the chapel!" And I thought to myself (seemingly for no reason), “And I should do it before 5pm.” So I drove to the chapel that afternoon. I hadn't done a Holy Hour in several months, since the time I went with my Dad. It was only my second time visiting this particular chapel. When I got there, two priests (or seminarians) in cassocks came and sat side by side to do a Holy Hour in the row directly in front of me. I saw them click their phone to check the time. It was 3:40pm. I sat there and offered a rosary for my Uncle David. I prayed the hour of None from the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin and then I just sat there quietly. I knew David was in hospice, but he wasn't really on my mind urgently. But I did think of him a bit in passing and silently offered him to Mary while she seemed to be present to me in the beautiful statue to the left of the altar. It was sort of a sleepy, quiet, and peaceful Holy Hour. When an hour had passed, I knew because the two priests (or seminarians) in front of me clicked the phone on and the time said exactly 4:40pm. I had a passing thought that I should stay just a little while longer but thought to myself, well, the Holy Hour is up, I will go to the car. I went out to my car and immediately my Dad gave me the news that David had just passed away moments ago. I went back into the chapel and stayed for some time to pray for his soul and there I received this incredible assurance that he was somehow going to be okay.

After his passing, I received so many little providential reminders of him over the next year that it has been very clear to me time and again that God had mercy on him and he did go to Heaven. All of the little, beautiful moments of grace and reminders of God's mercy on my Uncle David could probably fill up a binder of notes if I were to write them all down and many I probably wouldn't be able to remember.

It’s important for me to note here that David was baptized, but he lived as an atheist his whole life. I am not sure how God worked it all out. But what I do know for certain is that I happened to decide that morning on a whim to show up to adoration when I hadn't gone in months, to a chapel I had only been to once before, and I prayed a Holy Hour at the exact hour of his death to the very minute. This was clearly providence in retrospect and a beautiful miracle of grace. My Dad said he slipped away almost unnoticed in the hospital bed and his face looked very peaceful. My Dad said it seemed that he wrestled with the fear of death for five days laying there nearly comatose in hospice but finally the 3 Very Beautiful Prayers interceded for him, God eased his mind, and he found peace. He was surrounded by his family, prayed over by my Dad, and despite never formally receiving his last Sacraments or living as a Christian during his lifetime, he must have somehow passed away at peace with God. 

So many little reminders and tokens of gratitude providentially appeared one after the other after David’s passing that I was simply amazed by all of them, but there were so many, and they were so intricate that it seems impossible to explain all of them. But they wove together like a tapestry. 

Another of the things that amazed me was that my Dad brought home David’s box of photo albums, pictures, and memorable old papers. Turns out the David that everyone knew as a tough guy was actually quite soft hearted, as we realized that he had carefully kept everything, from baby pictures, to report cards, to birthday cards that people had given him–everything was neatly kept in a box, and was even worn from handling, as if he had looked through the papers many times over the years. My Dad also found the plastic bag I had left with the Catholic items in it. And to my great surprise, I opened the bag and looked through it, only to realize that the pages of the two poems I had given him showed signs of wear. They were crinkled on one side as if a hand had been clutching them. Even one of the rosary pamphlets I had left was crinkled and had stains on it, much to my astonishment! I was not even sure he would look at the bag of items I left, much less that he would read through it to the point of crinkling the pages. You never know what impact even the smallest gesture can have on a soul.

But to share one more incredible moment after David’s passing, I want to tell the story of what happened with his ashes. It was my uncle David’s wish to be cremated, and my Dad was supposed to get the ashes. However, the ashes never came in the mail. We waited an extra week, then two…but the ashes still hadn’t arrived. Concerned, my Dad called the postal service and was directed to one person after the other to speak to about it. Eventually, he talked to someone at a small airport in Florida where the ashes had been delivered, but had never left from to go on to their next destination. My Dad was on the phone many times speaking to people over the span of weeks, trying to get them to locate the ashes. Eventually, months passed by, and much to our dismay, we realized that the ashes had been lost and probably would never be recovered. As time passed, we had planned a memorial service for David to be held in Alamosa, Colorado, the place where David was born and raised. His wish was for his ashes to be buried on the side of Mt. Blanca, overlooking the San Luis Valley where he grew up. As the date neared for the trip, we finally decided that we would have to have the memorial service without David’s ashes. But then, much to our surprise, just a few days before we were about to leave for the trip, the box arrived in the mail. We were surprised and happy to have it finally come in, because we thought it was lost forever.

We traveled to Colorado, and as we drove into the San Luis valley, I got this immense sense of peace, as if David was finally coming home. This was where he wanted his resting place to be. We had the memorial service and it felt very peaceful to bury his ashes on the side of Mt. Blanca. I chanted the hour of None from the Little Office as the spot was cleared off. I put holy water, salt, and a St. Benedict medal down in the grave. As we piled up stones, my Dad put up a wooden cross he had made to mark the place. My Dad played his guitar and we sang some hymns and there we let him rest. We left a bouquet of wildflowers and sage picked from the valley on his grave, and over the cross I hung the rosary and the brown scapular from the bag I had given him. 

I tell you this story to give a picture of the incredible power of intercessory prayer. David was an atheist, and he probably would not have been saved without being blanketed by so much prayer. But somehow, I truly believe that God found a way to reconcile him to Himself in David’s last moments, even though there were no obvious outward signs of faith on David’s part. He didn’t receive his last sacraments or a visit from a priest, and he didn’t outwardly profess Christianity. But, nevertheless, he was blanketed with prayer in his last moments, and somehow, I truly believe God made a way to deliver him from death to eternal life. If it was not so, then how did I show up to pray a Holy Hour at the exact hour of his death? It had to be providence! 

I consider David’s salvation to be the first fruits of this rosary mission. His story is how we can be certain that God’s mercy is not limited by our understanding and that intercession is so important to save souls, even if it’s in a way that is outside the usual means and beyond our understanding.

God can gather a soul to Himself in an instant; His mercy on souls at the hour of death is not limited by the usual means. This is why we must pray and intercede for a holy death for our loved ones. This is why we must lay up spiritual treasures in Heaven for our loved ones, even if we don't see the immediate result of it during their life. Prayer moves the hand of God. Prayer reaches out to save souls that otherwise would be lost. And the holy rosary is the best prayer we can offer on behalf of our loved ones–one hundred rosaries, more than one whole 24 hour day of our life devoted to intercession, a spiritual bouquet of more than 5,000 petitions asking the Mother of God to pray for us now and at the hour of our death.

We Can Do Even More Together

Something that occurred to me is that, while one person praying the rosary is like a bright candle, a group of people praying the rosary is like an immense fire. I have been working toward this mission since 2017, but we can do so much more together. I keep track of my progress in my phone notes and in a special prayer binder I made, but I think that more can be done. This is why I believe that this mission needs to be spread. Then, it is not just one isolated person striving to produce fruit one hundred fold and save souls through the rosary, but instead it is a spiritual army of Christians, all working together to save souls. This can best be accomplished through uniting to pray the rosary, and together, working toward 100 rosaries for all of our loved ones.

Did You Know?

There are more than 1.3 billion Catholics in the world today. If less than 7% of Catholics (82 million people) prayed 3 rosaries a day to complete the 10-year plan of praying 100 rosaries for 100 souls, the whole world (with a population of 8.2 billion people) could have 100 rosaries said for each of them (in just 10 years!)

Imagine that! If only 7% of Catholics committed to this goal, and were faithful to Our Lady of Fatima’s plea to pray the rosary daily–15 decades a day–we could pray 100 rosaries for each soul and cover every soul in the whole world in prayer in just 10 years.

Pray Together as a Family

It’s important for parents to teach their children to pray. There is no prayer more important for families to pray together than the Holy Rosary, since the Rosary is known as “the weapon,” and is the second highest prayer in existence, after the prayer of the Holy Mass. Remember that a family that prays together, stays together.

Produce Fruit One Hundred Fold Plan

The Produce Fruit One Hundred Fold Ten Year Plan is an idea given to me by God. It all started in 2017, when Our Lady gave me the idea to pray 100 rosaries for each of my family members, as a special spiritual bouquet for their needs. I began praying and completed 100 for each of my immediate family of five, but it took me several years of praying to complete all of them. Since then, I have continued praying and Our Lady has inspired me to spread what I have come to call the Produce Fruit One Hundred Fold Plan. 

[Please read through this entire Mission page to understand the Produce Fruit One Hundred Fold Plan]

Rosary Binders

Rosary binders are the next step to organize your participation in the mission. I wanted to spread the idea and the materials for families to put together rosary prayer binders for this mission. A binder is something tangible for families. Put together a binder with the materials on our Materials page to share with your children and get your whole family involved in praying the nightly rosary. I hope that these binders can help you to teach your children the importance of prayer, especially as a family. I envision the binder as something that you use to facilitate talking with your children about prayer and to help keep track of a family mission of praying a nightly rosary together for the Produce Fruit One Hundred Fold Plan.

The Rosary Mission Belongs to Our Lady

All along, I have been praying and trying to spread this rosary mission with pamphlets, but the truth is that this isn’t my mission—this is Our Lady’s. Our Lady has been asking people to pray the rosary for the peace and salvation of souls for a long time, which is particularly well-known from the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima in 1917. That is because the rosary makes a difference! Prayer is powerful; prayer moves the hand of God. The rosary is the best prayer we can pray as faithful Catholics to truly make a difference.

One Hundredfold = The Most Fruitful We Can Be

Here’s the idea: Jesus says in scripture that, as Christians, we can become saints that "produced fruit one hundred fold."

“But he that receiveth the seed upon good ground, is he that heareth the word, and understandeth, and beareth fruit, and yielded the one an hundredfold, and another sixty, and another thirty.”

Matthew 13:23

Basically, what “Produce Fruit One Hundred Fold” means to me is having the determination to be the most fruitful for God that you can possibly be. One way Our Lady revealed to me that we can do this is by faithfulness to daily intercessory rosaries. For our one hundred loved ones, we aim to pray for their souls so much that, one day in Heaven, we can say that we practically brought them to Heaven with us! In other words, “Produce Fruit One Hundred Fold” means that you aim to be a saint that takes one hundred souls to Heaven with you!

Of course, only God can save souls. We must not think that we can take credit ourselves, or that we can save others simply through OUR prayers. As Jesus says, “Without me, you can do nothing” (John 15:5). But at the same time, Jesus has invited us to be His hands and feet in the world. We can aim to participate as much as we can in His mission to save souls by caring enough to intercede fervently and faithfully for them.

Lifetime Daily Rosary = One Hundredfold Spiritual Bouquet

Did you know that we can produce fruit one hundred fold through a lifetime devotion to the daily rosary? Yes, in praying the rosary daily, with targeted, focused intercessory prayer for each of our individual loved ones, we can lay up a spiritual bouquet in Heaven for their souls in an effort to plead for their salvation. The more that Christians pray the rosary and become prayer warriors for their loved ones, the more impact we can make together toward saving souls for the Kingdom. 

Consider This…Saving the Whole World in 10 Years?

Consider the facts…it is astounding! There are 1.3 billion Catholics in the world. If less than 7% of Catholics (82 million people) committed to three rosaries a day (of 5-decades each), the entire world, with a population of 8.2 billion people, could have 100 rosaries prayed for each individual soul within 10 years. Consider that! 

The whole world could be blanketed in prayer in just 10 years if only less than 1 in 10 Catholics committed to pray 15-decades of the rosary daily! 45 minutes is about the time it takes to pray the 15-decade rosary. That amounts to about 3% of your day. Just 1 in 10 Catholics faithful and committed to the rosary is what it would take! Incredible! 

One Hundred Rosaries = Treasure in Heaven

“But lay up to yourselves treasures in Heaven, where neither the rust nor moth doth consume, and where thieves do not break through, nor steal. For where thy treasure is, there is thy heart also.”

Matthew 6:20-21

According to scripture, we should "lay up treasures in Heaven." And what better way to do that than by praying the Holy Rosary, which Our Lady has asked us to pray for years? Praying the rosary for a soul is like laying up a spiritual bouquet of roses in Heaven to plead before God on their behalf. One hundred rosaries is absolutely a large and extravagant spiritual bouquet and a large store of treasure in Heaven.

Pray for Yourself First!

We can say rosaries for our loved ones, but also remember you are allowed–and encouraged!–to pray for yourself, too! Pray 100 rosaries for yourself, and your needs, first, as you also pray for others and their needs. Although you don’t have to have it all together perfectly in your life before praying for others, do remember that you have to put on your own air mask first before you can turn to help others around you!

One Hundred Rosaries = A Spiritual Safety Net

Speaking of safety, praying a spiritual bouquet of one hundred rosaries for a soul is like weaving a spiritual safety net over the abyss to ensure that the soul is “caught” by the mercy of God when they die, when otherwise they might have fallen into Hell for their sins.

One Hundred Rosaries = The Unbreakable Net to Catch Souls

Turning again to the image of nets, praying one hundred rosaries is answering the call to be fishers of men, like the net that St. Peter dragged to shore. At the appearance of Christ after the Resurrection related in St. John’s Gospel, Peter dragged the net to shore full of the miraculous catch of fish—one hundred and fifty three fish in total. Peter dragged the net to shore, and yet the net was not broken. The net caught one hundred and fifty three fish, which amazingly enough, is the same as the number of Hail Marys in the original 15-decade rosary that Our Lady gave to St. Dominic. This is a powerful symbol that the rosary is the unbreakable net with which we can make the miraculous catch!

Avoid Pride

As I mentioned before, by striving to pray one hundred rosaries for one hundred souls, we can become saints that produced fruit one hundred fold. Remember though, too, that we must be careful to avoid spiritual pride. Without Christ we can do nothing. So, we must be careful not to pride ourselves on our own efforts, as if the amount we pray can somehow save our souls or others solely from our own efforts. Salvation is only through Jesus Christ, as it says: “For there is no other name under heaven given to men, whereby we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). 

Prayer is a Promise

Prayer is like a blessed assurance of salvation, a promise from God. But we must not be presumptuous and think we can just pray in recitation and continue in sin, expecting to be saved. We must act as if everything depended on us, but pray as if everything depended on God. Again, we must not assume that the number or amount of our prayers is the sole answer to obtain salvation—but it is a powerful testament, a mighty spiritual bouquet, a safety net, and like a promise of God’s mercy through Our Lady of the Rosary, the Mother of Mercy. As St. Alphonsus Ligouri once wrote, "Pray, and never give up praying. If you pray, you will be certainly saved; if you do not pray, you will be certainly damned."

Quality of Devotion, Not Just Counting

This rosary mission starts with families and starts with true prayer. Our Lady reminded me once of something that we have to remember as well—although it is salutary to pray many rosaries for our loved ones and there is nothing wrong with keeping track as we strive to pray one hundred, we must also remember that the quality of our devotion is more important than simply counting. You might have heard it said that one rosary prayed with true devotion is worth dozens that are prayed in a hurry and with distractions. 

What About Distractions?

Sometimes distractions in prayer cannot be avoided. In those cases, when our mind wanders during the rosary, we can be assured that our prayer is still worthwhile as long as we are constantly making an effort to meditate on the mysteries of the rosary and calling our mind back to focus as soon as we notice it wandering. Our efforts to try to meditate on the mysteries are the main thing that God wants and are what makes our devotion valuable in the eyes of God. Our genuine “try” is all he asks for!

Bouquet of Love

We aim to pray 100 rosaries for 100 of our loved ones, but most importantly, we aim to lay up a spiritual bouquet of LOVE, and of loving intercessory prayer. Loving intercession through the rosary is more important than counting how many we can pray, although it is also good to set our sights on Heaven and to aim for as much prayer as possible. We pray out of our devotion and love, but we keep track, too. Keeping track is to ensure that we are praying consistently enough for our loved ones, to ensure that we aren’t forgetting anyone, and to motivate ourselves to keep going! There is nothing wrong with keeping count for the right reasons, but just remember devotion is more important than the tally.

Pray the Rosary as a Family, Meditate

Ideally, rosaries should be prayed together as a family, perhaps at night after dinner, and should be prayed meditatively. Try not to simply recite the prayers, but really try to focus and meditate on the mysteries of Our Lord’s life alongside Our Lady. I used to pray the rosary in the car with a rosary recording, or around the house while doing chores. This is okay too, but remember that the rosary is primarily a meditative prayer. We must strive to pray with meditation, love, and devotion, and do our best to avoid distractions when we sit down to pray. Also remember that praying the rosary together as a family comes with a powerful plenary indulgence that you can gain by adding one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be for the Holy Father’s intentions at the end of the rosary.

Join me!

Please join me in praying the rosary fervently for souls and also please pray for the success of Our Lady’s rosary mission, which I hope to one day see spread far and wide so people can all join in prayer together for the salvation of souls.

Rosary Binders

Rosary binders are the next step. I wanted to spread the idea and the materials for families to put together rosary prayer binders for this Produce Fruit One Hundred Fold mission. A binder is something tangible for families. Put together a binder with the materials on our Materials page to share with your children and get your whole family involved in praying the nightly rosary. I hope that these binders can help you to teach your kids the importance of prayer, especially as a family. I envision the binder as something that you use to facilitate talking with your children about prayer and to help keep track of a family mission of praying a nightly rosary together for the Produce Fruit One Hundred Fold Plan.

How to Use the Materials

On our Materials page, I have provided all the materials you need to put together a family Rosary Binder to work together on the Produce Fruit One Hundred Fold mission. 

The Rosary Binder:

1) Get a binder.

2) Print off the Family Rosary List page and write in the names of your 100 loved ones.

3) Print off as many Rosary Goals pages as you need (that means 100!) to keep track of the rosaries your family is praying together for your list of loved ones. 

4) Keep track of the rosaries you pray for each loved one on their individual Rosary Goals page as you go along.

5) When you reach 100 rosaries for a soul, move on to the next soul and keep praying!

Remember, you can pray 100 for yourself first, then prioritize those closest to you and those in most need of prayer, such as the dying, sick, elderly, or lost. Also remember, you don't have to stop praying after you reach 100 rosaries for a soul. As long as you still see a need in their life for prayer, keep praying! Pray until things start to change for the better.

I recommend starting with yourself, then your immediate family, then, after that, striving to pray ONE rosary for each of your 100 loved ones on the list. After that, start down the list to work toward 100 for everyone. 

Think of praying ONE rosary for each of your loved ones as being like dropping an anchor, or like planting a seed. It's a way to ensure you've begun the good work for everyone you love, before circling back around later to pray the full 100 rosaries for each of them. 

One rosary is like a promise: I plan to come back to pray more when I have the time! And remember the power of just ONE rosary, which is demonstrated in the excerpt from St. Louis de Montfort's The Secret of the Rosary (quoted in the About the Rosary Mission section above).

Spread the Idea!

If you feel called, please help Our Lady's Rosary Mission by spreading the idea to your loved ones, parish, Bible study, in Christian bookstores, and elsewhere. Become a rosary apostle by printing and distributing the Produce Fruit One Hundred Fold handouts, found here.

How do I pray the rosary?

Don't know how to pray the rosary? Click here to go to the Rosary Center website to learn! They have an amazing guide.

Do I have to have rosary beads to pray the rosary?

No. While rosary beads are a sacramental and are helpful, and even recommended, to assist you in your prayer, you do not have to have the beads in order to pray the rosary. You can pray the rosary along with a rosary recording or video online (just search for one!), or you could even pray it on your 10 fingers!

Is the rosary Biblical?

Yes! The Rosary is a Biblical devotion and has been part of sacred Christian Tradition for centuries. Read this page for an in-depth answer on how the rosary is Biblical. 

Can I pray the rosary if I am not Catholic?

Yes! The prayers and the mysteries of the life of Jesus from the rosary are part of sacred Christian Tradition. You do not have to be Catholic to pray the rosary.

Can I pray the rosary if I am not Christian?

Yes! Everyone is welcome to pray the rosary in good faith, trusting in our Merciful God and the intercession of our Lady to guide them. You are more than welcome to pray the rosary even if you are not a Christian.