Day One - Novena to the Mother of God for Our Nation

The Immaculate Conception of  the Mother of God

You are wholly beautiful, my beloved, and without a 

blemish. – Song of Songs 4:7

Prayer

We fly to your patronage,

O holy Mother of God;

Despise not our prayers in 

our necessities,

But ever deliver us from 

all dangers,

O glorious and blessed 

Virgin.

Reflection

Since God creates an immortal soul through the conjugal union of man and woman, the conception of
every human person is sacred. God loves every person into being – even when the conception is an act of lust or violence.

When the Virgin Mary was conceived in the womb of her mother, God created her immortal soul and filled
her with his divine life. In the Immaculate Conception, God uniquely redeemed Mary by preserving her from
Original Sin through the foreseen merits of Christ, the Savior. From the first moment of her life, Mary was
wholly beautiful, full of grace (Lk. 1:28), without any trace of self-centeredness, any inclination to sin and
with unparalleled freedom to love God and all other people. In her conception, God armed Mary to destroy
the kingdom of Satan (Gen. 3:15). The charity of Christ filled Mary from the first moment of her existence – in the safety of her mother’s womb.


Pope Pius IX proclaimed the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception in these words: We declare, pronounce,
and define that the doctrine which holds that the most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instance of her
conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by Almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ,
the Savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin, is a doctrine revealed by God
and therefore to be believed firmly and constantly by all the faithful.

The good news of the Immaculate Conception is that 14 15 there is more love in Mary’s sinless soul than there is evil in the world. In her  Immaculate Conception, God empowered Mary to say  yes freely to his plan of salvation in Christ and to help us, her sons and daughters, to say yes too.

Prayer

God, Almighty Father, at the moment of our 

conception you loved each of us into life. You 

loved Mary wondrously in her  Immaculate 

Conception, preserving her from inheriting the sin 

of Adam through the foreseen merits of the Savior. 

You prepared Mary in her conception to be the Mother 

and partner of your Son and our loving mother. Give 

all people an ever deeper reverence for your presence 

and creative action in human conception. Help all to 

recognize the evil of abortion and contraception, and all 

sins which offend our Creator God. In Mary’s maternal 

embrace, may every American foster reverence for 

human life in our nation. We ask this through Jesus 

Christ, Our Lord. Amen.

Novena Source

Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima located in former Gulag area of Kazakhstan

The Importance of the First Saturday Devotion

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 There is a tendency nowadays, in some quarters, to downplay the importance of Fatima, perhaps dismissing it as not "intellectual" enough, or even as something of an embarrassment in a modern Church. But the fact that all the popes since Pius XII have given it such strong support is an implicit rejection of such a position. In particular, Pope John Paul II has gone out of his way to affirm the importance of the message of Fatima, having recently beatified, in the Holy Year 2000, two of the three children, Jacinta and Francisco. He also authorized the release of the third part of the secret and directed Cardinal Ratzinger to publish it together with a Theological Commentary.

You can read the above article Fatima and the First Saturday Devotion by Donal Anthony Foley HERE

6th Annual Public Rosary

2011 Public Rosary Procession

World Apostolate of Fatima Hawaii Chapter

PROGRAM

2:30PM

Assembly

2:45PM

PROCESSION AND CORONATION

3:00PM

Chaplet of Divine Mercy (Chanted)

3:20PM

The Most Holy Rosary

OCTOBER 13, 2012

In Honor of the Anniversary of the last Apparition of

Our Lady of Fatima on October 13, 1917

THOMAS SQUARE PARK (Beretania and Victoria)

Bring your family and friends!

Spread the word!

Overnight Vigil in Reparation for the desecration of the Most Blessed Sacrament

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Truly, the Grace of the Lord Who is passing,

should not be let pass in vain!

September 14

Feast of the Triumph of the Cross

till

September 15

Feast of the Sorrowful Mother

STAR OF THE SEA CHURCH

Overnight Vigil in Reparation

for the desecration of

THE MOST BLESSED SACRAMENT

Opens with a 9pm Holy Mass followed by the Exposition of the Eucharist

accompanied by Chaplet of Divine Mercy

Chaplet to God our Father

4 Meditative Mysteries of the Holy Rosary

the Our Father Rosary

Litany in Reparation to the Blessed Sacrament

Litany of Our Sorrowful Mother

Ends with Benediction 6:30 AM

What would we give to be able to utter with fervency the prayer our Blessed Mother so confidently expressed in the Magnificat:

"My Soul glorifies my Lord and my Spirit rejoices in God my Saviour!"

It once was a puzzle but now we are privy to her Secret.

Whenever we accomplish what the Lord asks of us, it pleases our Lord

But when we go beyond what our Lord asks of us we glorify Him!

This night, we have the privilege to do just that if only we choose to unite in a leap of faith into our Father's Will.

Feast of the Queenship of Mary

from Esther's prayer card collection

Source: The Living Rosary

Prostrate at thy feet,
O Great Queen of Heaven,
we venerate thee with
the deepest reverence and
we confess that thou art the
Daughter of the Father,
the Mother of the Divine Word,
the Spouse of the Holy Ghost.
Thou art the storekeeper
and the almoner of the Divine Mercies...
For this reason,
we call thee Mother of Divine Compassion.
Behold us here in affliction and anguish.
Deign to show us thy true love.
We beg thee to ask the Holy Trinity
most fervently to grant us the grace
ever to conquer the devil,
and the world and our evil passions;
the efficacious grace that sanctifies the just,
converts, sinners,
destroys heresies,
enlightens infidels and
brings all men to the true faith.

Obtain for us this great gift that all the world may form but one people united in the One True Church.

Mary, Mother of Holy Hope.
Pray for us.

Feast of the Assumption of Mary

The Assumption by Philippe de Champaigne

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 Prayer to Mary Assumed into Heaven

O Blessed Virgin Mary,

united to the victorious Christ in heaven,

you are the image and first-flowering of the Church

as she is to be perfected in the world to come.

You shine forth as a sign of sure hope and solace

for the pilgrim People of God.

In your assumption,

you manifest the fullness of redemption

and appear as the spotless image of the Church

responding in joy to the invitation of the Bridegroom,

your Son

who is the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.

Grant that we may follow your example on earth

thereby by imitating your Son as well

and being enable to share your glory

with him for all eternity.

Amen.

Source:  New Saint Joseph People's Prayer Book