Immaculate Heart of Mary, Sacred Heart Church, Oahu
It is vital that we understand the importance of our Holy Father doing this!
Pope Francis will consecrate the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary this Oct. 13 as part of the Marian Day celebration that will involve the statue of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima. Read the rest HERE.
Our Lady of Fatima, Blue Army Shrine, Washington, NJ
The World Apostolate of Fatima shrine in Washington, NJ, (otherwise known as the Blue Army Shrine) has been named a place of pilgrimage for the Year of Faith.
By decree of His Excellency Most Reverend Paul G. Bootkoski, Bishop of the Metuchen diocese, the Blue Army Shrine has been named a site of pilgrimage during the Year of Faith. Visitors may receive a plenary induglence each time they visit the shrine during this period, which concludes November 24, 2013. We encourage you to take advantage of this great spiritual benefit. We are grateful to Bishop Bootkoski for bestowing this honor upon us and promise to welcome all in his name.
FATIMA, Portugal (CNS) -- Entrusting Pope Francis' pontificate to Our Lady of Fatima, Cardinal Jose da Cruz Policarpo of Lisbon, Portugal, asked Mary to give the pope courage and strength, particularly as he moves to renew and reform the Catholic Church. "Give him the gift of discernment to know how to identify the ways of renewal of the church; give him the courage not to hesitate to follow the ways suggested by the Holy Spirit; support him in the hard hours of suffering to overcome with the charity the trials that the renewal of the church will bring," the cardinal prayed May 13, the feast of Our Lady of Fatima. Cardinal Policarpo recited the prayer, which he wrote himself, at the end of a Mass concluding a major international pilgrimage to Fatima for the feast day marking the 96th anniversary of the apparition of Mary to three children. "We consecrate to you, Our Lady, mother of the church, the ministry of the new pope," he prayed. "Fill his heart with the tenderness of God that you experienced so that he can embrace all the men and women of our age with the love of your son Jesus Christ."
The Virgin Maria
surrounded by light
God's Mother is ours,
for she give us this sight. (Refrain)
The world was then suffering
from war, plague and strife
and Portugal mourned
for her great loss of life. (Refrain)
To three shepherd children
the Virgin then spoke
a message so hopeful,
with peace for all folk. (Refrain)
With sweet Mother's pleading,
she asked us to pray.
Do penance, be modest,
the Rosary each day. (Refrain)
We all must remember
our Lady's request
do all that she asks for,
obey her behests. (Refrain)
Queen of the Rosary
The Mother of God came down from the skies,
surrounded with light from Paradise.
She spoke to three children,
"Fear not, come to me
for I am the Queen of the Rosary."
From May through October
the children did see,
the Mother of God o'er
the little helm tree.
So many show no love
for Jesus and me,
said Mary the Queen of the Rosary.
She pleaded dear children
do penance and pray
for Russia's conversion and
peace in our day.
The best way to do this,
most pleasing to me,
is praying each day my Rosary.
The sick and the crippled, the
blind and the lame,
o'er many long miles to Fatima came.
They listened with hope to their
dear Mother's plea,
my children please pray my Rosary.
The sun whirling down from its place in the sky,
was Mary's great sign which none can deny.
The powers of evil were broken that day,
All hail to the Queen of the Rosary.
- World Apostolate of Fatima, National Blue Army Shrine, Washington, NJ
ACT OF CONSECRATION TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY
(with ecclesiastical permission)
O Mary,
I consecrate myself to you,
Daughter of the Father,
Spouse of the Holy Spirit,
Mother of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus.
I will wear your Scapular always as a sign of this consecration,
and I offer my daily Rosary and the
fulfillment of the obligations of each day
in reparation for sins,
particularly those against your Immaculate Heart,
and against the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus.
I desire to be ever more deeply united to His Heart,
in the intimacy of your own
Immaculate Heart, with each passing
moment of my life unto the last. Amen
World Apostolate of Fatima
I PLEDGE MYSELF TO OUR LADY AND WISH THEREBY TO JOIN THE WORLD APOSTOLATE OF FATIMA
Dear Queen and Mother, who promised at Fatima to convert Russia and bring peace to all mankind, in reparation for my sins and the sins of the whole world, I solemnly promise to Your Immaculate Heart:
1. To offer up everyday the sacrifices demanded by my daily duty.
2. To pray at least five decades of the Rosary daily while meditating on the Mysteries.
3. To wear the Scapular of Mount Carmel as profession of this promise and as an act of consecration to you.
4. To accomplish the devotion of the Five First Saturdays of the month, including the fifteen minute meditation on the Mysteries of the Rosary.
I shall renew this promise often, especially in moments of temptation.
Note: This pledge is not a vow and does not bind under sin. Nevertheless it is a promise; your word to your Heavenly Mother.
Morning Offering
O my God, in union with the Immaculate Heart of Mary (here kiss your scapular as a sign of your consecration), I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, present in all the tabernacles of the world, joining with It the offering of my every thought, word and action of this day. O my Jesus, I desire today to gain every indulgence and merit I can and I offer them, together with myself, to Mary Immaculate, that she may best apply them to the interests of Thy most Sacred Heart. Precious Blood of Jesus, save us! Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us! Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us!
With Authorization and Permission Granted in Jan. 2009
by the Most Rev. Clarence Silva, Bishop of the Diocese of Honolulu.
Spiritual Director
The spiritual director for the WAF Hawaii Division is Rev. Christopher Keahi, SS.CC. Co-Spiritual Directors: Rev. Daniel McNichols and Rev. George Busto.
