One Million
Rosaries For Peace
PrayTheRosary Web Apostolate
extends an invitation to all members of Catholic Websites,
and their family and friends, world wide,
to join in reciting The Holy Rosary.
The Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God,
appeared six times to three shepherd children
("the Three Seers") near the town of Fatima, Portugal
between May 13th and October 13th 1917.
Appearing to the children, the Blessed Virgin told them
that She had been sent by God
with a message for every man, woman and child living in our century.
Coming at a time when civilization was torn assunder
by war and bloody violence,
She promised that Heaven would grant peace to all the world
if Her requests were heard and obeyed.
Prayer
Each time the Blessed Virgin appeared to the three children at Fatima,
She repeated Her requests that we pray the Rosary each day.
In the final vision, on October 13, 1917, Our Lady silently held out
the Brown Scapular of Mount Carmel as a sign of Her desire
that we undertake this great devotion.
In fact, Sister Lucy has stated that
"the Scapular and the Rosary are inseparable."
Emerging from faith, prayer becomes the unshakeable foundation
for peace in Heaven's plan for our salvation.
Reparation
At Fatima, Our Lady told the seers that Our Lord is much offended
by sin and declared that "people must amend their lives
and ask pardon for their sins."
She also told them that She would return later to ask
for a new devotion of reparation in order to save souls.
True to Her word, on the evening of December 10, 1925,
She and the Child Jesus appeared to Sister Lucy
in her convent cell in Pontevedra, Spain.
Showing the young nun a Heart encircled by thorns,
Our Lady told her to announce to the world in Her Name
that she would assist, at the moment of death,
all those who, on the First Saturday
of five consecutive months confesssed, recieved Holy Communion,
recited five decades of the Rosary
and spent fifteen minutes meditating on the mysteries of the Rosary
with the intention of making reparation to Her.
Arising from hope, this great devotion of the Five First Saturdays
now unites millions of hearts in an unbroken chain of reparation
for sin and atonement for offenses against the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
Consecration
To consecrate is to make holy, to dedicate to God and to declare as sacred.
Our Lady's Plan for Peace is a call to both personal and public consecration.
In accordance with Holy Gospel, the Mother of God asks each of us
to consecrate our lives to Her Immaculate Heart,
letting it become our gateway to Her Son, Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
At the same time, Our Lady also asks the Church to publicly acknowledge
Her divinely-appointed rôle as the Mediatrix of all Graces and Queen of Peace
by consecrating Russia (and specifically Russia) to Her Immaculate Heart
in a public ceremony by the Pope and all the world's Catholic bishops.
"By this means," She promises, "to convert that poor nation"
and bring peace to the world.
Speaking to Sister Lucy, Our Lord has confirmed
that it is His intention that this great public act
shall glorify His Blessed Mother's Immaculate Heart throughout the world.
Deriving as it does from charity or selfless love,
the act of consecration is the single most important element
in Our Lady's Plan for Peace.
Our Lady of Fatima explained to the children
that war is a punishment for sin
and warned that God would further castigate the world
for its disobedience to His Will
by means of war, hunger and the persecution of the Church,
the Holy Father and the Catholic Faithful.
Won't you join in honoring Our Lady's Request
by signing up now
to commit to a day and time
to pray a
Rosary For Peace
We can pray together as a Community
and bring about great change
through the intercession
of Our Loving Mother.
ANY time, ANY Day is encouraged
Make The
Act of Consecration to the
Immaculate Heart of Mary
O Immaculate Heart of Mary, Queen of Heaven and Earth,
and tender Mother of men, in accordance with Thy ardent wish
made known at Fatima,
I consecrate to Thy Immaculate Heart myself,
my brethren, my country and the whole human race.
Reign over us, Most Holy Mother of God,
and teach us how to make the Heart of Thy Son,
Our Lord Jesus Christ
reign and triumph in us
even as It has reigned and triumphed in Thee.
Reign over us, Most Blessed Virgin, that we may be Thine
in prosperity and in adversity,
in joy and in sorrow,
in health and in sickness,
in life and in death.
O most compassionate Heart of Mary, Queen of Heaven,
watch over our minds and hearts and preserve them from
the impurity which Thou didst lament so sorrowfully at Fatima.
Assist us in imitating You in all things, especially purity.
Help us to call down upon our country and upon the whole world
the peace of God in justice and charity.
Therefore, Most Gracious Virgin and Mother,
I hereby promise to imitate Thy virtues by the practice of a
true Christian life without regard to human respect.
I resolve to receive Holy Communion regularly
and to offer to Thee five decades of the Rosary each day,
together with my sacrifices,
in the spirit of reparation and penance.
Amen.
