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REFLECTION
from the Homily of Pope John Paul II, Fatima, May
13, 1982
Consecrating ourselves to Mary means accepting her
help to offer ourselves and the whole of mankind to
Him who is Holy, infinitely Holy; it means accepting
her help by having recourse to her motherly Heart,
which beneath the Cross was opened to love for every
human being, for the whole world in order to offer
the: world, the individual human being, mankind as
a whole, and all the nations to Him who is infinitely
Holy. God's holiness showed itself in the redemption
of man, of the world, of the whole of mankind, and
of the nations: a redemption brought about through
the Sacrifice of the Cross. "For their sake I
consecrate myself", Jesus had said (Jn 17:19).
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INTERCESSIONS
From the Holy Father’s Consecration of the whole
world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Fatima, May
13, 1982
Mother of the Church! Enlighten the People of God
along the paths of faith, of hope and love! Help us
to live with the whole truth of the consecration of
Christ for the entire human family of the modern world.
In entrusting to you, O Mother, the world, all individuals
and peoples, we also entrust to you the consecration
itself, for the world’s sake, placing it in your
motherly Heart.
Oh, Immaculate Heart! Help us to conquer the menace
of evil, which so easily takes root in the hearts
of the people of today, and whose immeasurable effects
already weigh down upon our modern world and seem
to block the paths towards the future!
From famine and war, deliver us.
From nuclear war, from incalculable self-destruction,
from every kind of war, deliver us.
From sins against the life of man from its very beginning,
deliver us.
From hatred and from the demeaning of the dignity
of the children of God, deliver us.
From every kind of injustice in the life of society,
both national and international, deliver us.
From readiness to trample on the commandments of
God, deliver us.
From attempts to stifle in human hearts the very
truth of God, deliver us.
From sins against the Holy Spirit, deliver us, deliver
us.
Accept, O Mother of Christ, this cry laden with the
sufferings of all individual human beings, laden with
the sufferings of whole societies. Let there be revealed,
once more. In the history of the world your infinite
power of merciful Love. May it put a stop to evil.
May it transform consciences.
May your Immaculate Heart reveal for all the light
of Hope. Amen
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ACT
OF CONSECRATION TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY
(for Religious and Laity)
Virgin of Fatima, Mother of Mercy, Queen of Heaven
and Earth, Refuge of Sinners, we who belong to the
Marian Movement of Priests consecrate ourselves in
a very special way to your Immaculate Heart.
By this act of consecration we intend to live, with
you and through you, all the obligations assumed by
our baptismal consecration. We further pledge to bring
about in ourselves that interior conversion so urgently
demanded by the Gospel, a conversion that will free
us of every attachment to ourselves and to easy compromises
with the world so that, like you, we may be available
only to do always the will of the Father.
And as we resolve to entrust to you, O Mother most
sweet and merciful, our life and vocation as Christians,
that you may dispose of it according to your designs
of salvation in this hour of decision that weighs
upon the world, we pledge to live it according to
your desires, especially as it pertains to a renewed
spirit of prayer and penance, the fervent participation
in the celebration of the Eucharist and in the works
of the apostolate, the daily recitation of the holy
rosary, and an austere manner of life in keeping with
the Gospel, that shall be to all a good example of
the observance of the law of God and the practice
of the Christian virtues, especially that of purity.
We further promise you to be united with the Holy
Father, with the hierarchy and with our priests, in
order thus to set up a barrier to the growing confrontation
directed against the Magisterium, that threatens the
very foundation of the Church.
Under your protection, we want moreover to be apostles
of this sorely needed unity of prayer and love for
the Pope, on whom we invoke your special protection.
And lastly, insofar as is possible, we promise to
lead those souls with whom we come in contact to a
renewed devotion to you.
Mindful that atheism has caused shipwreck in the
faith to a great number of the faithful, that desecration
has entered into the holy temple of God, and that
evil and sin are spreading more and more throughout
the world, we make so bold as to lift our eyes trustingly
to you, O Mother of Jesus and our merciful and powerful
Mother, and we invoke again today and await from you
the salvation of all your children, O clement, O loving,
O sweet Virgin Mary.
Pray for us O Holy Mother of God, That we may be
worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray for the intentions of our Holy Father:
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be.
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LADY OF THE MILLENNIUM
The Marian Prayer of Pope John Paul II
Mother of the Redeemer,
with great joy we call you blessed.
In order to carry out His plan of salvation,
God the Father chose you before the creation of the
world.
You believed in His love and obeyed His word.
The Son of God desired you for His Mother
when He became man to save the human race.
You received Him with ready obedience and undivided
heart.
The Holy Spirit loved you as His mystical spouse
and filled you with singular gifts.
You allowed yourself to be led
by His hidden powerful action.
On the eve of the third Christian Millennium,
we entrust to you the Church
which acknowledges you and invokes you as Mother.
To you, Mother of human family and of the nations,
we confidently entrust the whole humanity,
with its hopes and fears.
Do no let it lack the light of true wisdom.
Guide its steps in the ways of peace.
Enable all to meet Christ,
the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
Sustain us, O Virgin Mary, on our journey of faith
and obtain for us the grace of eternal salvation.
O clement, O loving, O sweet Mother of God
and our Mother, Mary!
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Fatima, A Grace for Mankind
EWTN Special Coverage of the Beatification of Jacinta
and Francisco Marto, May 13, 2000
http://www.ewtn.com/fatima/index.htm
Other Links:
Blue Army Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima: http://www.bluearmy.com/
The Fatima Network: http://www.fatima.org/
Pope John Paul II's Consecration of the world to the
Immaculate Heart of Mary:
http://www.immaculate.force9.co.uk/thepope.htm
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