DAY 35
Excerpt from "Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Through the Brown Scapular and the Rosary."
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Tragically, on May 13, 1981, the anniversary of the first Fatima apparition, Pope John Paul II suffered a near-fatal assassination attempt in Saint Peter’s Square in Rome. The world watched in horror, as many prayed for a miraculous recovery.
Five months after the attack, the Holy Father returned to Saint Peter’s Square to meet the faithful who had gathered. He said on that occasion:
“Again I have become indebted to the Blessed Virgin and to all the Patron Saints. Could I forget that the event in Saint Peter’s Square took place on the day and at the hour when the first appearance of the Mother of Christ to the poor little peasants has been remembered for over sixty years at Fatima in Portugal?
"For, in everything that happened to me on that very day, I felt that extraordinary motherly protection and care, which turned out to be stronger than the deadly bullet.”[1]
Pope John Paul II also said, “It was all a testimony to divine grace….Agca [his assassin] knew how to shoot, and he certainly shot to kill. Yet it was as if someone was guiding and deflecting that bullet.[2]
[1] Pope John Paul II, Memory and Identity, Conversations at the Dawn of a Millennium, (Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., New York, NY 2005), p. 159.
[2] Ibid, p. 163.
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PRAY A ROSARY
Choose either:
1. Rosary of the Day: Glorious 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 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.
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 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, see below) which thou in thy love hast obtained for me. Hail, Mary, etc. (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