Our Lady of Sorrows
During the miracle of the sun Our Lady also
appeared as the the Sorrowful Mother lamenting the great loss of souls
who would not heed her pleas and did not avail themselves to her help.
Be
an apostle to help spread the First Saturday Devotions and help Our
Lady in this great battle for souls! Consider going to parishes that do
not recite the Rosary before or after
Mass and ask the pastor if he will allow the public recitation of the
Rosary and if he will Consecrate the parish to the Immaculate Heart of
Mary. Many parishes already recite the Rosary before or after Mass but
so many do not.
What on Earth are You Doing
For Heavens Sake?
The servant of God Archbishop Fulton Sheen once said: "The problem with the World today is that there are not enough Rosaries being said."
For parishes that already recite the Rosary, does the pastor participate? This is a powerful silent example for his people. In my parish many people stay for the Rosary because Father is leading it. Many more Rosaries are then being offered. Father is placing his people and parish under our Lady's mantle of protection everyday. What greater thing can a pastor do for them? These are positive steps everyone can do towards a victory in this spiritual war.
For parishes that already recite the Rosary, does the pastor participate? This is a powerful silent example for his people. In my parish many people stay for the Rosary because Father is leading it. Many more Rosaries are then being offered. Father is placing his people and parish under our Lady's mantle of protection everyday. What greater thing can a pastor do for them? These are positive steps everyone can do towards a victory in this spiritual war.
THE TRIUMPH OF THE IMMACULATE HEART!
The means given to us by God in obtaining the final triumph of Mary "The Woman Clothed in the Sun" can be gleaned from the MESSAGE of Fatima along with the other Marian Apparitions APPROVED BY THE CHURCH in the light of the Fatima Message.
1. Say the Rosary everyday (5 decades) More if we are able. Mass often according to our state in life.
2. Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary: Individuals, Families, Parishes, Dioceses' Nations.
3. The Brown Scapular
Enrollment and wearing of The Brown Scapular of our Lady of Mt. Carmel. During the Miracle of the sun when the crowd thought it was the end of the world the children saw Our Lady appear as Our Lady of Mt. Carmel holding the Rosary and the scapular.
Lucia of Fatima said that "Our Lady never looked so Beautiful as When She Appeared at Fatima During the Miracle of the Sun in Her Carmelite Habit.
Lucia said that: "The very fact that She was Holding the Brown Scapular tells us that She Wants us to Take it and USE IT ! "OUR LADY WANTS EVERYONE TO WEAR THE BROWN SCAPULAR: IT IS THE SIGN OF CONSECRATION TO HER IMMACULATE HEART!!" Through these (the Rosary and Scapular) she will save the world.
The brown scapular will act as the blood over the doors of the Jews during passover. The angel of death passed by all the homes marked by the Blood of the lamb to deliver them from the slavery of the Egyptians.
The Triumph of Mary
God will also perform great wonders for his church when he ushers in the Triumph of Mary but in order for us to pass through the time of purification we must be marked as a child of Mary wearing her brown scapular!
Jesus was the firstborn of the Father who died for us. The scapular will identify us as his brothers and sisters. It is endowed with many privileges from the church including the Sabatine Promise. For more on the Brown Scapular.
4. Confession once a Month
The First Saturday Devotions requires one to go to confession once a month for five consecutive months. My own experience with souls returning to the practice of the faith is that after the struggle to persevere and do this for five months, overcoming the obstacles the devil places in front of them, Our Lady gives them graces beyond their imagining. You placed yourself under her mantle of protection. She becomes our mother and teacher catechist in the spiritual life. We have a grace from her a hunger to learn and grow closer to the mystery of her son in the Eucharist. A desire to defend his honor and the rights of Holy Mother Church. She wants to prepare her children for union with her son. When we receive him in Holy Communion and also at that final union with him at the end of our life.
5. Our Daily Duties
The message of Fatima consists simply in the fulfillment of our daily duties according to our state in life. Personal Consecration to Mary with the wearing of the Brown Scapular as a sign of consecration, along with daily recitation of the Rosary and First Saturday Devotions, are the sure means in obtainig the final Victory of good over evil and the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary will be obtained!
Maria Auxilium Christianorum Refugium Peccatorum
Ora pro nobis libera nos ab igne inferni!
Mary Help of Christians Refuge of Sinners,
Pray for Us, Save us from
the fires of hell!