DAY 20
Excerpt from "Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Through the Brown Scapular and the Rosary."
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Saint Maximilian Kolbe was a young friar at the time of the Freemasons' demonstration in Rome and reacted to the evil with determination. He responded by organizing the ‘Militia of Mary Immaculate’ or M.I.
To his confreres Kolbe threw out this challenge:
“In the face of such attacks of the enemies of the Church of God, are we to remain inactive? Is that all we can do–complain and cry? No! Every one of us has a holy obligation to personally hurl back the assaults of the foe."[1]
“The program of the M.I. is as simple and as vast as the Church’s mission. Its ultimate goal is the conquest of the whole world and each individual soul, to the end of time, for the Sacred Heart of Jesus, through Mary Immaculate.
Each member is to give himself entirely to Mary Immaculate – to be used as tools in her Immaculate hands for the salvation and sanctification of all souls, especially those who are bitter enemies of the Church.”[2]
"We have to win the universe and each individual soul, now and in the future, down to the end of time, for the Immaculata, and by her for the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Through her [Mary], divine love will set the world on fire and will consume it;…. When, oh when, will the divinization of the world in her and through her come about?”[3] wrote Saint Maximilian Kolbe.
[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. 31
[2] Ibid p. 35
[3] 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), pp. 106-107.
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PRAY A ROSARY
Choose either:
1. Rosary of the Day: Sorrowful Mysteries
2. Traditional 54 Day Rotation: Sorrowful Mysteries
PRAYERS FOR TRADITIONAL 54 DAY NOVENA
THE SORROWFUL 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, blood red roses to remind thee of the passion of thy divine Son, with Whom thou didst so fully partake of its bitterness, each rose 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.
The Agony in the Garden - Our Father, 10 Hail Marys, Glory Be.
Concluding Prayer: I bind these blood red roses with a petition for the virtue of resignation to the will of God and humbly lay this bouquet at thy feet.
The Scourging at the Pillar - Our Father, 10 Hail Marys, Glory Be.
Concluding Prayer: I bind these blood red roses with a petition for the virtue of mortification and humbly lay this bouquet at thy feet.
The Crowning with Thorns - Our Father, 10 Hail Marys, Glory Be.
Concluding Prayer: I bind these blood red roses with a petition for the virtue of humility and humbly lay this bouquet at thy feet.
The Carrying of the Cross - Our Father, 10 Hail Marys, Glory Be.
Concluding Prayer: I bind these blood red roses with a petition for the virtue of patience in adversity and humbly lay this bouquet at thy feet.
The Crucifixion - Our Father, 10 Hail Marys, Glory Be.
Concluding Prayer: I bind these blood red roses with a petition for the virtue of love of our enemies 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