PRESS RELEASE: CENTENARY YEAR OF THE FATIMA
APPARITIONS
21 January 2017
Greetings
to all of you on behalf of the World Apostolate of Fatima, an International
Association of the faithful of Pontifical Right permanently approved by the
Holy See.Our Lady appeared to the three shepherd children at Fatima from 13 May
to 13 October, 1917.
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The celebrations of the Centenary of the Fatima Apparitions began with the present Liturgical Year that is on 27 No
We
would like to quote first from the Letter of Most Rev. António Marto, Bishop of
Leiria-Fatima, our International Moderator and then from Pope Emeritus Benedict
XVI homily at Fatima on 13 May 2010. “......In the Centenary of the Fatima
Apparitions, we express our praise and gratitude to the Most Holy Trinity for
the love poured out, through Mary, on humanity in need to be reconciled with God....... to hasten the fulfillment of the prophecy
of the triumph of the Immaculate
Heart of Mary, to the Glory of the Most Holy Trinity.!”
Following are the
programmes designed (as requested by many) by our Indian Board for a fruitful celebration of the Fatima
Centenary in our Parishes/Chapels/Institutions/Houses:
1] Communion
of Reparation on the First Saturdays
2] Act of Consecration / Entrustment to God through the Immaculate Heart
of Mary: The Brown Scapular is a sign of this
consecration and needs to be propagated.
3]
Public meditation of the Holy Rosary and Procession with the Most Blessed Sacrament or with the Parish
Statue of Our Lady on Feast days, within the Church compound.
4]
Reparatory Adoration taught to the shepherd children, for the triumph of
good over evil in groups (especially children and youth) or individually
5] Fatima Centenary Year
Mini Congress / Presentation in at
YOUR Parish / Deanery / Community, consisting of Holy Mass, Fatima Reparatory Adoration,
Rosary and short presentations on the Fatima story, the Centenary celebrations
and the Divine Mercy (a total of around 4 hours). Please contact us. We shall
be glad to send you material to help you organize these Mini Congresses in your
area.
6]
Diocesan Celebration of the Fatima Apparitions on 13th May / Oct 2017, at the Cathedral /
Central place with Reparatory Adoration and Presentations / Movie, Holy Mass
and Procession with Rosary, to be presided by your Bishop, etc.
8] Online Fatima
Formation Platform: Please
send us your Name and Parish on WhatsApp to 9822981418. Involve the youth in
your family and among your friends. This is our website: www.WorldFatimaTv.org
All the
above must be under your local Pastor / Rector / Bishop / Superior / World
Apostolate of Fatima Unit if there is.
Below is the detailed explanation of the above.
Below is the detailed explanation of the above.
We wish you
Grace, Mercy and Peace in this Great Jubilee Year of the Fatima Centenary
Sd/-
Fr M V Sunny Raiganj (Chairman)
Dr Celcio Dias Goa (Vice Chairman)
Mr. Anthony R V Viegas Goa (Secretary)
Approved by our Indian Ecclesiastical Adviser Bishop Peter Machado of Belgaum, ( Appointed by the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India)
Sd/-
Fr M V Sunny Raiganj (Chairman)
Dr Celcio Dias Goa (Vice Chairman)
Mr. Anthony R V Viegas Goa (Secretary)
Approved by our Indian Ecclesiastical Adviser Bishop Peter Machado of Belgaum, ( Appointed by the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India)
FOR
FRUITFUL CELEBRATION OF THE CENTENARY OF THE FATIMA APPARITIONS: 21
Jan 2017
INTRODUCTION:
“The Centenary of the Fatima Apparitions (1917-2017) is a historical occasion
on which we will express our praise and gratitude to the Most Holy Trinity for
the love poured out, through Mary, on a humanity in need to be reconciled with
God and longing to get up from the abyss. One hundred years represent already a
long pilgrimage through time, inviting us to ‘recall,’ as Moses used to urge
his people to do: ‘Remember how for forty years the Lord, your God, has led you
all journeying in the desert…So, you must realize that the Lord, your God,
disciplines you even as a man disciplines his son’ (Deut 8, 2.5) [From the Letter of Most Rev. António Marto,
Bishop of Leiria-Fatima].
Pope Francis on 11 May
2016 said Our Lady of Fatima “invites us once again to turn to prayer, penance,
and conversion. She asks us to never offend God again. She forewarns all
humanity about the necessity of abandoning oneself to God, the source of love
and mercy. Following the example of St. John Paul II, a great devotee of Our
Lady of Fatima, let us listen attentively to the Mother of God and ask for
peace for the world,”
BACKGROUND: The
Message of Fatima is being preached to the contemporary world, focusing on the
six New Evangelization issues:-
1. Fatima presents to our modern society
the need for the conversion of human
hearts! God is a family, the Trinitarian Family longing to share its
Trinitarian Love and Life with Humanity! In Fatima, the shepherd children
contemplated the Most Holy Trinity through the Immaculate Heart of Mary and
were transformed by this experience of love as they were immersed in God as if
in an ocean of infinite Love, Grace and Mercy.
2. Prayer is the way to contemplate the
mystery of God. Those wanting to grow in their spiritual life must practice the
prayer of meditation. There is no
better prayer of meditation based on the Holy Scriptures than the Holy Rosary! It develops in us the
prayer of contemplation and therefore a profound inner spiritual life. The
present spiritual and moral crisis assailing the world is caused by the absence
of prayer.
3. Penance
today is, before anything else, the Sanctification of our Daily Duties. It is
possible to be holy, living God’s joy and peace on earth, through the daily
offering of our duties to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of
Mary, as a way to sanctify our lives and offer testimony of our Christian faith
among our neighbours.
4. The Communion of Reparation of the Five First Saturdays creates the holy
habit of monthly Confession, Eucharistic Reparation and true devotion to Mary,
through the authentic appreciation of Her Immaculate Heart, as people renew
their baptismal promises and consecrate themselves to God through the
Immaculate Heart of Mary, the soul of the Message of Fatima.
5. Daily Family Prayer, particularly the
meditated Holy Rosary. It is commonly known that “the family that prays
together stays together.”
6. The frequent – and even daily -- Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of
Mary is a sure antidote against the loss of faith! This loss of faith and
morals is part of the Fatima prophecy. All ranks of the People of God,
especially those in most need of God’s mercy, should consecrate themselves or
be entrusted to the Immaculate Heart of Mary: (1) to prevent the loss of faith
and morals among the faithful in our days; (2) to atone for the sins of the
society of our time; (3) to bring down on the Church the special Marian
protection given to those “favoured disciples of Jesus,” like John the Apostle,
who was closer to the Heart of His Master and Redeemer and who received Mary as
Spiritual Mother at the foot of the Cross. The Brown
Scapular is a sign of this consecration and must be propagated.
For a fruitful CELEBRATION OF THE CENTENARY
OF THE FATIMA APPARITIONS and a fruitful reception of Divine Grace and Mercy,
Pastors and Superiors of Religious Communities, under local Bishop /
Superior / Priest are encouraged and keenly requested to hold the following
PASTORAL ACTIVITIES in Parishes /
Chapels / Institutions / Houses, etc. with due discernment and appropriate
publicity in the Parish bulletin, Sunday Mass announcements, etc:
1] COMMUNION
OF REPARATION ON THE FIRST SATURDAYS: (1) Confession, valid if done on previous day, if
First Friday and in state of Grace, (2) Holy Communion (3) Recitation of Five
Decades of the Rosary and (4) Keeping company to Our Lady for a quarter of an
hour while meditating on the mysteries of the Rosary (5) with the intention of
making reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary for the sins committed by
mankind. This is complementary to the First Friday devotion to the Sacred Heart
of Jesus.
Why
are there FIVE First Saturdays? Our
Lord…answered: “…. There are five kinds of offences and
blasphemies against My Mother: (1)… against Her Immaculate Conception; (2)…
against Her Virginity; (3)… against Her Divine Maternity; (4)… of those who
openly seek to foster in the hearts of Her children indifference or even
hatred for their Immaculate Mother; (5) of those who directly outrage Her
in Her Holy Images.” Each of the Five Saturdays corresponds to a
specific offence.
THIS IS THE GREAT PROMISE OF THE
IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY through the First Saturdays Devotion: 1)
Peace on earth; 2) Conversion of many sinners; 3) Grace of final perseverance for those practicing it; 4) Grace of unity and
strength to the Universal Church against inner dissentions opposed to the
Magisterium of the Successor of Peter (a special divine assistance to the
Pope’s Petrine ministry). 5) The triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
promised at Fatima. Our Lady to Lucia in 1920: “I promise
salvation to all those who embrace it (The First Saturdays Devotion) and their
souls will be loved by God as flowers placed by Myself to adorn His throne”.
HOW DOES ONE GO ABOUT?
OPTION 1:
30 minutes:
ROSARY with 15 minutes of meditation;
20-60
minutes: Fatima REPARATORY ADORATION (model can be found on www.WorldFatimaTv.org). The Priest
exposes the Blessed Sacrament, says the opening prayers and then sits for
CONFESSION.
40-60
minutes: Holy Sacrifice of the MASS and Renewal of Act of Consecration.
OPTION 2 (Enhanced):
30-60
minutes: Fatima REPARATORY ADORATION (see www.WorldFatimaTv.org).
ROSARY with 15 minutes meditation. The Priest exposes the Blessed Sacrament,
says the opening prayers and then sits for CONFESSION
40-60 minutes:
Holy Sacrifice of the MASS and Renewal of Act of Consecration.
True
devotees of the Immaculate Heart of Mary continue this for every First Saturday
2] ACT OF CONSECRATION / ENTRUSTMENT to God through the Immaculate Heart of Mary: (1) To be done daily in the morning by families and (2) on special feasts of Our Lady, by the faithful gathered in our Churches, Chapels, Institutions, etc., as a sign of unity (“that they all be one” [Jn 17:21], trying to live out the words. Both Prayers are appended herewith. Brown Scapulars (sign of our Consecration to Mary) are to be made available to the faithful. .
3] PUBLIC MEDITATION OF THE HOLY
ROSARY in Churches and
Chapels on First Saturdays, 13 May to 13 October Apparition Anniversaries,
Marian Feast days and during the months of May and October. This is besides the
daily private or Family Rosary. Also PROCESSION
with the Most Blessed Sacrament or with the Parish Statue of Our Lady on such
days, within the Church compound.
4] Holy Hours of REPARATORY
ADORATION OF THE MOST BLESSED SACRAMENT, using the Eucharistic, Pardon and Reparation Prayers,
based on the six points given above by:
a. Catholic School and College Children, through the
Archdiocesan Board of Education.
b. Parish Catechism children, through the Parish or
Diocesan Catechetical Centre and
c. Young adults, through the Diocesan Youth Centre or
Parish Youth Association.
d. Any interested group like PPC, etc. under competent
Priests.
Here they follow the example of Blessed Francisco
Marto, praying for the triumph of good over evil in our days. Please support
and encourage these Holy Hours in your Parish, School, Institution, Youth
Group, any group, etc. The Order of the Service is appended here and also on www.WorldFatimaTv.org and can be done
once a year or on First Saturdays, etc.
5] FATIMA CENTENARY JUBILEE YEAR MINI
CONGRESS / Presentation in at Parish/ Deanery level/ Community consisting of Holy Mass, Fatima Reparatory Adoration,
Rosary and short presentations on the Fatima story, the Centenary celebrations
and the Divine Mercy (a total of around 4 hours). The World Apostolate of
Fatima can be contacted for this on 9822981418, 9822151468, 9822167665 and
through www.WorldFatimaTv.org
6] DIOCESAN CELEBRATION OF THE
FATIMA APPARITIONS ON 13TH MAY / OCTOBER 2017, consisting of Reparatory Adoration and Presentations
/Movie, Holy Mass and Procession with Rosary, to be presided by your Bishop,
etc.
( GOA ARCHDIOCESAN CELEBRATION OF THE FATIMA APPARITIONS ON 13TH MAY 2017, at the See Cathedral, Old Goa: Reparatory Adoration and Presentations at 3.00 pm, Holy Mass at 4.30 pm and Procession with Rosary thereafter within the Cathedral area, to be presided by our Archbishop Patriarch Filipe Neri Ferrao).
7]
8] Online Fatima Formation Platform: using modern devices of smart phones, computers, etc to
spread the Message of Our Lady. Topics on:- 1) Fatima narratives 2) Fatima
prayers and Reparatory Adoration 3) Forgotten Message: First Saturdays. 4)
Brown Scapular 5) Sanctification of our daily duties, etc. 6) Fatima and Divine
Mercy. You will receive by email or whattsapp. Please send us your Name and
Parish on WhatsApp to 9822981418 Involve the youth in your family and among
your friends. This is our website: www.WorldFatimaTv.org
DIVINE
WILL: It
is the will of God that many sinners should be converted. The extraordinary
calls at Fatima and Poland (Divine Mercy) are ways by which God communicates
His will for the conversion of hearts when there is still time to convert. Now
is the time when Divine Grace and Divine Mercy are yearning and waiting for the
conversion of sinners. Putting off this spiritual programme to a later date may
be disastrous for the soul.
By the working of the Holy Spirit, the
Jubilee Year of Mercy for the Universal Church was proclaimed by Pope Francis
precisely before the Centenary Jubilee Year of the Fatima Apparitions, the year
2017, thus serving also as a great spiritual and pastoral preparation for the
commemoration of one of the greatest Mariophanies in the history of the Church.
The Jubilee Year of Fatima should become a
prolonged spiritual retreat for the faithful, to fulfil the beautiful prophecy
of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at the end of his homily of May, 13, 2010 in the
Shrine of Fatima, about the definitive triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary:
“May the seven years which separate us from the Centenary of the Apparitions
hasten the fulfillment of the prophecy of the triumph of the Immaculate Heart
of Mary, to the Glory of the Most Holy Trinity.”
We wish you
Grace, Mercy and Peace in this Great Jubilee Centenary Year of the Fatima
Apparitions!
REPARATORY ADORATION on First Saturdays, 13 May –
13 October 2017, etc; changes can be made, anytime, any group
Before Exposition (Introduction): We are here to pray, adore,
make reparation, raise our petitions and thank our Redeemer Jesus, who is God-the
Supreme Being Really Present here in Body, Blood, Soul and
Divinity, for the conversion of poor sinners.1 in this
Fatima Centenary Jubilee Year. PLEASE KNEEL….
The Main celebrant now proceeds to
expose the Most Blessed
Sacrament
Moderator: Please kneel: In the name of The Father, and of the
Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Hymn: O Sacrament Most Holy, O Sacrament
Divine all Praise and all thanks giving be every moment
Thine.
We shall now recite the Eucharist
Prayer, (please repeat): “O Most Holy Trinity/ I adore Thee! /
My God, my God, I love Thee/ in the Most Blessed Sacrament!” (3
times)
SPEND FEW MOMENTS KNEELING
IN DEEP ADORATION…….
We shall now recite the Apostles’ Creed:
I believe in God, the Father
almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ,
His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the
Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was
crucified, died and was buried; He descended into hell; on the
third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into
heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Fatheralmighty; from
there He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the
Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness
of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.
We will now recite the Angel’s Reparation
and Pardon prayer FOR THE CONVERSION OF POOR SINNERS 2:
(Please repeat): “Most Holy Trinity,/ Father, Son/ and
the Holy Spirit,/ I adore Thee profoundly/ and offer Thee/ the Most Precious
Body,/ Blood, Soul/ and Divinity/ of Jesus Christ/ present in all the
tabernacles/ of the world,/ in reparation/ for the outrages,/ sacrileges/ and
the indifferences/ by which He is offended./ And through the infinite merits/
of His Most Sacred Heart,/ and the Immaculate Heart of Mary,/ I beg of Thee/
the conversion of poor sinners” (once)
(Please repeat): “My God, I believe,/ I adore, I hope/
and I love Thee
I ask pardon of Thee/ for those who
do not believe,/ do not adore, /do not hope/ and do not love Thee” (3 times)
“Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy
Immortal One, Have mercy on us and on the Whole World” (3 times)
(You may now sit): We will now reflect on Pope
Francis’ Messages of 11 May and October 2016 on Our Lady::
Pope
Francis said Our Lady of Fatima “invites us once again to turn to prayer,
penance, and conversion.....Our Lady asks us to never offend God again. She
forewarns all humanity about the necessity of abandoning oneself to God, the
source of love and mercy.......Following the example of St. John Paul II, a
great devotee of Our Lady of Fatima, let us listen attentively to the Mother of
God and ask for peace for the world – “Praised be Jesus Christ!”
“The Rosary is the prayer that always
accompanies my life: it is also the prayer of simple people and saints...it is
the prayer of my heart.......
The Rosary is “a synthesis of
Divine Mercy.” With Mary, in the mysteries of the Rosary, we contemplate the
life of Jesus which irradiates the mercy of the Father. Let us rejoice in His
love and forgiveness, let us recognize it in others and in those who are needy,
let us live His Gospel every day.......
Our Lady is always close to Her
children and ready to help when we pray to Her, when we ask for Her protection…
let us remember She is always ready to serve and never keeps anyone waiting.”.
We will now pray one Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be for our Holy
Fathers Pope Francis and Benedict 16th, Our Bishop…….., all priests, (mention
names of your local priests), religious, and the entire Church to
carry out their mission to the fullest. Sanctify, strengthen, give them good
health and configure them to your Sacred Heart…
Jesus, help us to say often this SACRIFICE
PRAYER many times, especially when we make some sacrifice: O Jesus,/ it is for love of Thee,/ for
the conversion of sinners,/ and in reparation/ for the sins / committed
against / the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Spend few moments in silence
Optional: Most Holy Rosary / Divine
Mercy Chaplet….then Hymn
Spend few moments placing your needs
at the feet of Our Eucharistic Lord in ‘Holy Silence’…He may want
to tell you something in your heart…
HYMN: All to Jesus, I surrender…………
WE WILL NOW DO THE ENTRUSTMENT PRAYER
Kneeling (please repeat):
“O Virgin Mary/ My
Mother/ I give to Your Immaculate Heart/ my body and my soul/ my
thoughts and my actions// I want to be/ just what You/ want me to
be/ and do just what/ You want me to do// I am not afraid /because
You are/ always with me// Help me/ to love Your Son, Jesus/ with all my heart/
and above all things// Take my hand in yours/ so I can always be with You
/ Amen//4
CONCLUDING PRAYER: Lord, we have spent these precious
moments in Your august presence, keep our faith alive and burning bright, help
us to follow Your Commandments, fill us with Your Mercy and abundant Graces.
LET US PRAY: O God who in this wondrous Sacrament
have left us as memorial of Your Passion, grant us we beseech You, so to
revere, the Sacred Mysteries of Your Body and Blood, that we may continually
find in our souls, the fruit of Your redemption, who live and reign forever and
ever. Amen.
THE DIVINE PRAISES (PLEASE REPEAT EACH
ACCLAMATION):
Blessed be God.
Blessed be His Holy Name.
Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true Man.
Blessed be the name of Jesus.
Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart.
Blessed be His Most precious Blood.
Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the
altar.
Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete.
Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary Most Holy.
Blessed be Her Holy and Immaculate Conception.
Blessed be Her Glorious Assumption.
Blessed be the Name of Mary, Virgin and Mother.
Blessed be St. Joseph Her Most Chaste Spouse.
Blessed be God in His Angles and in His Saints!
Moderator: In the name of The Father, and of the
Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
RECESSIONAL HYMN AND MESSAGE OF FATHER if possible to follow this
example of Blessed Francisco of Fatima of consoling “Hidden Jesus” in the
Blessed Sacrament as often as possible to be happy and peaceful by overcoming
the evils of our times, by the power of the Holy Spirit! We shall receive the
“consolation of their incomparable victory of their precious prayers!”5
JESUS in the Gospel has a special
predilection for the little ones. So has Mary, His Mother, and She has
consistently shown this in the course of history. Jesus and Mary seem to entrust
to children the problems of the humankind and of the Church. 6
Regulations to be followed: The posture of kneeling or
of bowing low at adoration expresses the recognition of our humility
before the Almighty Lord (cf. Phil 2:10).When the priest and the faithful kneel
before the Eucharist (cf. IGMR, 43), they express their faith in the
real presence of Jesus Christ in the sacrament of the altar.
(cf. CCC,
1387). In kneeling before the Eucharist and adoring the Lamb who allows us to
celebrate the Pasch with Him, we are taught not to bow down
before man-made idols, and we are given the capacity to obey Him whom
we recognize as the only Lord of the Church and the world in a spirit of
fidelity, docility and veneration. Kneeling is an apt sign of reverence
for the Blessed Sacrament. Our modest and fitting dress (avoiding shorts and
indecent apparel) signifies our belief in and worship for the Holy
Eucharist. For exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in the monstrance,
four to six candles are lighted, as at Mass, and incense is used. For
exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in the ciborium, at least two candles
should be lighted and incense may be used.7
Notes:
1 cf. CCC, 1387
2 Imprimatur: Cardinal of Cebu Archdiocese
Philippines, His Excellency Ricardo J. Cardinal Vidal. These
are prayers that the Angel of Peace taught the three shepherd
children, aged 6, 7 and 8 at Fatima, can be recited here in the form of a
Chaplet. The 5 decades is for the 5 wounds of Jesus; 10 times is for the age
group of around 10 years ..
3 Synod of Bishops Prayer on the Family, Oct.
2014
4 Imprimatur: Archbishop John C. Nienstedt,
Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Nov 13, 2009.
5Pope Benedict XV,
excerpt from the Homily to the Children of Europe, July, 1916
6Message of Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao of Goa and
Daman dated 6 October 2006.
7 From
the offices of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the
Sacraments, 15 October 2004
DAILY
ACT OF CONSECRATION TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY *
I, N……, a faithless sinner,
renew and ratify today in Thy hands, O Immaculate Mother, the vows of my Baptism; I
forever renounce Satan, his pomps and works; and I give myself entirely
to Jesus Christ, the Incarnate
Wisdom, to carry my cross after Him all the days of my life, and to be more
faithful to Him than I have ever been before. In the presence of all the
heavenly court I choose Thee this day for my Mother and Queen. I deliver and
consecrate to Thee, as thy slave, my body and soul, my goods, both interior and
exterior, and even the value of all my good actions, past,
present and future, leaving to Thee the entire and full right of disposing of me,
and all that belongs to me, without exception, according to Thy good pleasure, for the
greater glory of God, in time
and in eternity. Amen. (St. Louis-De Montfort's Consecration)
Precious Blood of Jesus, save us!
Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us!
Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us!
Immaculate mantle of Our Lady, protect us!
St Joseph, pray for us!
St Francis Xavier, pray for us!
St Joseph Vaz, pray for us!
Blesseds Francisco, Jacinta and Alexandrina
Da Costa, pray for us!
St Pio, our Spiritual Father, pray for us!
St John Paul II, our Patron, pray for us!
St Teresa of Calcutta, our founding member,
pray for us!
* All -- especially mothers -- are called
to entrust all their children to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, by name, each
morning. She will protect them, for She is the Mother of all humanity!
* Please include your local
Saints here.
CONSECRATION OF PARISH / DIOCESE /
INSTITUTION / COMMUNITY
Hail, Virgin
of Fatima, Mother of God, Mother of the Church, our Mother and Queen of heaven
and earth and Refuge of sinners, today, with great joy in our heart, we
consecrate our Parish (of ...................... ) / Diocese of ……. to your
Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart.
We
consecrate our PARISH PRIEST (Fr .....................) / our BISHOP…… and all
other PRIESTS and RELIGIOUS in this Parish / Archdiocese, who are working
tirelessly for the good of our souls. Loving Mother, enclose them all in your
Heart and make them, day by day, more and more like Jesus, so that, in their
words and deeds, they may bear witness as true followers of Jesus to believers
and non believers alike.
We consecrate
to you our ELDERLY. Only you are the support in their old age, strength in
their weakness and medicine to their illness, helping them to carry the burdens
of their old age with Christian fortitude and to grow in the love of God and
thus shine out as examples to the younger generations, before they are called
to their eternal reward by the sovereign will of Jesus, your Son. Loving
Mother, help them to carry their daily cross and thus grow in the likeness of
your Son.
We
consecrate to you our MARRIED COUPLES. You are aware of the many and great
difficulties they face in their state of life. Mother, strengthen them, so that
they will obey all God’s teachings and accept children as His precious gifts,
bringing them up in maturity, wisdom and grace, according to the commandments
of God.
We
consecrate to you our SICK BROTHERS AND SISTERS. You know their sufferings and
difficulties. Help them bear their suffering with Christian joy and hope. If it
is God’s will, dearest and loving Mother, may they receive healing and be
restored to good health soon.
We
consecrate to you our YOUTH. You know their enthusiasm, desires and dreams. You
also know the modern day problems they face: drugs, bad books, obscene movies,
illicit relationships, etc. Protect them under your mantle from all these evils
and help them follow God’s calling; and make them citizens that will bring
honour to the Church and the country.
We
consecrate to you our SMALL CHILDREN. Help them to preserve the holiness they
received at baptism and give us your wisdom and strength to bring them up
according to the law of Christ.
Finally, we
consecrate to you ALL THE PEOPLE living in this Parish / Archdiocese, some of
whom still do not accept your Son as their Saviour. Reveal to them the plan of
God in their life, so that they too will find their place in our Father’s
house, as members of the same family and sheep of the same flock.
Most loving Mother, please accept this
consecration of our Parish / Archdiocese. Through your powerful intercession
may Jesus fully reign in our hearts and may we be joyful witnesses of his
kingdom of Truth and Life, of Holiness and Grace, of Justice, Love and Peace.
And, enveloped by the light that comes from your hands, may we come to
celebrate the Centenary of your Apparitions at Fatima, giving glory to our Lord
and God forever and ever. Amen.
JUBILEE
PRAYER OF CONSECRATION (By the Shrine of Fatima)
Hail, Mother
of the Lord,
Virgin Mary, Queen of the Rosary of Fatima!
Blessed among all women,
You are the image of the Church dressed in the Paschal light,
You are the honour of our people,
You are the triumph over the mark of evil.
Virgin Mary, Queen of the Rosary of Fatima!
Blessed among all women,
You are the image of the Church dressed in the Paschal light,
You are the honour of our people,
You are the triumph over the mark of evil.
Prophecy of
the Merciful Love of the Father,
Teacher of the Annunciation of the Good News of the Son,
Sign of the burning Fire of the Holy Spirit,
teach us, in this valley of joys and sorrows,
the eternal truths that the Father reveals to the little ones.
Teacher of the Annunciation of the Good News of the Son,
Sign of the burning Fire of the Holy Spirit,
teach us, in this valley of joys and sorrows,
the eternal truths that the Father reveals to the little ones.
Show us the
strength of your Mantle of protection.
In your Immaculate Heart,
be the refuge of sinners
and the way that leads to God.
In unity
with my brethren,
In Faith, Hope and Love,
I surrender myself to you.
In unity with my brethren, through you, I consecrate myself to God,
O Virgin of the Rosary of Fatima
And thus
surrounded by the Light that comes from your hands,
I will give Glory to the Lord for ever and ever.
Amen.
Amen.
BRIEF
EXPLANATION OF THE CONSECRATION
To consecrate our person, our family, our parish,
our diocese, our nation, our world to God through the Immaculate Heart of Mary
is to PREPARE OURSELVES TO OFFER TO GOD our being and possessions, all that we
were, are and will be, our virtues and our sins, our strengths and our
weaknesses, our unfaithfulness, in an OBLATION OF LOVE, imitating Jesus Christ
who totally gave himself to the Eternal Father on the Cross.
We become true DISCIPLES AND APOSTLES of Jesus
following Mary’s steps. Consecration is the most important spiritual lesson in
Fatima. To repair the damage caused by sin we have to offer ourselves to the
Good Lord, we have to become other John’s, other beloved disciples that will
restore God’s majesty and glory diminished by the sins of the world.
We will repair the offences against His Love, and
the terrible damage against the Mystical Body of Christ, the Church that
suffers and bleeds so much for so many of her children! This is the infinite
spiritual power of CONSECRATION based on Christ’s merits and the superabundant
treasures of GRACE AND MERCY mentioned in the Apparition of Tuy. (On 13 June
1929, while Sister Lucia adored the Blessed Sacrament at midnight, the
Most Holy Trinity appeared to her accompanied by the Immaculate Heart of Mary).
Through His Passion, Death on the Cross and
Resurrection, and through our collaboration and participation in His GRACE AND
MERCY, our souls will be loved by God in a special way, with a love of
predilection.
On June 13th, 1917, Our Lady of Fatima
said to Lucia: “Jesus wishes to use you in making me known and loved. He wishes
to spread in the world the devotion to my Immaculate Heart (Communion of
Reparation of First Saturdays). I promise salvation to those who embrace this
devotion and those souls will be loved by God, like flowers placed by me to
adorn His throne… My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the way that will
lead you to God.”
So it will be for us too! Let us consecrate
ourselves and all we care for to the Immaculate Heart of Mary! The world is
fragile. We must hand it over to the Heart of our Spiritual Mother; we must
confide our fate and that of humanity to the DIVINE PROVIDENCE!
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