DAY 19
Excerpt from "Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Through the Brown Scapular and the Rosary."
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In the same year of the Fatima apparitions, there was an event of evil on such a grand scale that it has had worldwide implications.
In Rome, in 1917, during the bicentenary of Freemasonry, "the Freemasons were making Rome the theater of their sacrilegious demonstrations. In their hatred of the Church, they marched right up to the doors of Saint Peter’s, where the Pope was a voluntary prisoner.
Boldly they displayed their banners: ‘Satan must reign in the Vatican. The Pope will be his slave.’ At the same time, they were distributing pamphlets attacking the Church and the Holy Father."[1]
But “Mary was quietly marshalling her forces to do battle against the great scourge of the 20th century, International Communism.
Our Lady of Fatima had her battle plans and weapons (consecration to her Immaculate Heart, penitence and the Rosary) ready to checkmate the Communist takeover of Russia, which occurred just a few weeks later."[2]
[1] Kolbe, Saint of the Immaculata, edited by: Brother Francis M. Kalvelage, FI (prepared for publication by the Franciscans of the Immaculate, New Bedford, MA, 2001), p. 32
[2] Father James McCurry, O.F.M. Conv., Mariology of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, as cited in Kolbe, Saint of the Immaculata, edited by: Brother Francis M. Kalvelage, FI (prepared for publication by the Franciscans of the Immaculate, New Bedford, MA, 2001), p. 106
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PRAY A ROSARY
Choose either:
1. Rosary of the Day: Joyful Mysteries
2. Traditional 54 Day Rotation: Joyful Mysteries
PRAYERS FOR TRADITIONAL 54-DAY NOVENA
THE JOYFUL MYSTERIES OF THE HOLY ROSARY
Prayer before the recitation: Sign of the cross. Hail Mary.
In petition (first 27 days): Hail, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, my Mother Mary, hail! At thy feet, I humbly kneel to offer thee a Crown of Roses, snow white buds to remind thee of thy joys, each bud recalling to thee a holy mystery, each 10 bound together with my petition for a particular grace. O Holy Queen, dispenser of God's graces, and Mother of all who invoke thee, thou canst not look upon my gift and fail to see its binding. As thou receivest my gift, so wilt thou receive my petition; from thy bounty thou wilt give me the favor I so earnestly and trustingly seek. I despair of nothing that I ask of thee. Show thyself my Mother!
Pray: The Apostles' Creed, Our Father, 3 Hail Marys, Glory Be.
For each of the following Mysteries, pray: Our Father, 10 Hail Marys, Glory Be.
1. The Annunciation - Our Father, 10 Hail Marys, Glory Be.
Concluding Prayer: I bind these snow-white buds with a petition for the virtue of humility and humbly lay this bouquet at thy feet.
2. The Visitation - Our Father, 10 Hail Marys, Glory Be.
Concluding Prayer: I bind these snow-white buds with a petition for the virtue of charity and humbly lay this bouquet at thy feet.
3. The Nativity - Our Father, 10 Hail Marys, Glory Be.
Concluding Prayer: I bind these snow-white buds with a petition for the virtue of detachment from the world and humbly lay this bouquet at thy feet.
4. The Presentation - Our Father, 10 Hail Marys, Glory Be.
Concluding Prayer: I bind these snow-white buds with a petition for the virtue of purity and humbly lay this bouquet at thy feet.
5. Finding the Child Jesus in the Temple - Our Father, 10 Hail Marys, Glory Be.
Concluding Prayer: I bind these snow-white buds with a petition for the virtue of obedience to the will of God and humbly lay this bouquet at thy feet.
Pray: The Hail Holy Queen
Spiritual Communion: My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.
In petition (first 27 days): Sweet Mother Mary, I offer thee this spiritual communion to bind my bouquets in a wreath to place upon thy brow. O my Mother! Look with favor upon my gift, and in thy love obtain for me (specify request - We are praying for the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary). Hail Mary ...
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Rosary Days of Novena on the Calendar Below:
* Here is written information about the 54-day Rosary novena:
**There are many more resources available online.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING IN THIS PRAYER!
"The Rosary and the Scapular are inseparable."
- Sr. Lucia (of Fatima)
Rosary and Brown Scapular