DAY 34
Excerpt from "Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Through the Brown Scapular and the Rosary."
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In the summer of 1916, an angel appeared to the three shepherd children and told them, “Make of everything you can a sacrifice, and offer it to God as an act of reparation for the sins by which He is offended, and in supplication for the conversion of sinners. You will thus draw down peace upon your country. I am its Angel Guardian, the Angel of Portugal." [1]
Could prayer and sacrifice draw down peace upon our country? To do so is not difficult.
“This is the penance which the good Lord now asks: the sacrifice that every person has to impose upon himself is to lead a life of justice in the observance of His Law. He requires that this way be made known to souls,”[2] wrote Sister Lucia in a letter to her spiritual director.
Fr. De Marchi, whom many considered an expert in the Fatima apparitions, wrote, “[People] need not perform heroic sacrifices as did the children at Fátima; rather, they must fulfill their daily duties in life. And because these duties are oftentimes hard and burdensome, they become works of penance and sacrifice” [3]
“The devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary is…a lesson and school of love, of charity towards God and towards our neighbor, which should manifest itself in the fulfillment of all our daily duties of life,”[4] taught the Very Reverend Canon Galamba de Oliveira.
[1] Sister Mary Lucia of the Immaculate Heart, Fatima in Lucia’s Own Words, Sister Lucia’s Memoirs, ed., Father Louis Kondor, SVD., (Fatima, Portugal, Postulation Centre, Imprimatur 1976), pp. 151-152
[2] John De Marchi, The Crusade of Fatima, The Lady More Brilliant Than the Sun, trans., Asdrubal Castello Branco and Phillip C. M. Kelly, C.S.C., (New York, P. J. Kennedy & Sons, 1948), p. 159
[3] Ibid, pp. 159-160
[4] Very Reverend Canon Galamba de Oliveira, as cited in A Heart for All, a synthesis produced by the Most Reverend João Venancio, D.D., Bishop of Leiria-Fatima (AMI Press, Washington, NJ 1972), p. 154.
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In thanksgiving (last 27 days): Hail, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, my Mother Mary, hail! At thy feet I gratefully 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 ten 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 thanksgiving; from thy bounty thou hast given me the favor I so earnestly and trustingly sought. I despaired not of what I asked of thee, and thou hast truly shown thyself my Mother.
PRAY A ROSARY
Choose either:
1. Rosary of the Day: Sorrowful 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 thanksgiving (last 27 days): Hail, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, my Mother Mary, hail! At thy feet I gratefully 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 ten 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 thanksgiving; from thy bounty thou hast given me the favor I so earnestly and trustingly sought. I despaired not of what I asked of thee, and thou hast truly shown 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 thanksgiving (last 27 days): Sweet Mother Mary, I offer thee this Spiritual Communion to bind my bouquets in a wreath to place upon thy brow in thanksgiving for (specify request - In thanksgiving for helping usher in 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