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Our Lady of Fatima

"I am the Lady of the Rosary"
On 10th December 1925, the Most Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to Lucia
of Fatima. Elevated on a luminous cloud next to the Blessed Virgin was the
Child Jesus.
The Blessed Virgin rested Her hand on Lucia's shoulder and showed her a
Heart encircled by thorns, which She was holding in Her other hand.
The Child Jesus:
"Have compassion on the Heart of your Most Holy Mother, covered
with thorns, with which ungrateful men pierce it at every moment, and
there is no-one to make an act of reparation to remove them."
The Blessed Virgin
"Look, My daughter, at My Heart, surrounded with thorns with which
ungrateful men pierce Me at every moment by their blasphemies and
ingratitude. You at least try to console me and say that I promise to
assist at the hour of death, with the graces necessary for salvation, all
those who, on the first Saturday of five consecutive months, shall
confess, receive Holy Communion, recite five decades of the Rosary and
keep me company for fifteen minutes while meditating on the fifteen
mysteries of the Rosary, with the intention of making reparation to
Me"
"You have seen hell, where the souls of poor sinners go. To
save them, God wishes to establish in the world the
devotion to My Immaculate Heart. If what I say to
you is done, many souls will be saved ...
In the end, My Immaculate Heart will triumph... Do
not lose heart - I will never forsake you; My
Immaculate Heart will be your refuge, and the way that will lead you to
God ...
Sacrifice yourselves for sinners, Pray the Rosary every day.
I am the Lady of the Rosary"
Prayer of Pope Pius X11
Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, in this tragic hour of the world's
history, we entrust and consecrate ourselves to your Immaculate Heart, our
only refuge, our hope, our salvation.
Have pity on this world, torn by the most terrible conflicts, burning
with the fires of hate, victim of its own sins.
May your Heart be moved at the sight of so much ruin, pain and sorrow.
We consecrate to your maternal heart our persons, our families, our
country--the whole of humanity.
Protect and save us!
O Heart of Mary, source of true love, fill our selfish hearts with
divine charity and with that true brotherly love without which there can
never be peace.
Grant that men and nations may understand and fulfill the precept of
your Divine Son, LOVE ONE ANOTHER, in order that true peace may be firmly
established in the Justice and Truth of Christ.
O Virgin Immaculate, Mother of God and My Mother
O Virgin Immaculate, Mother of God and my Mother, from your sublime
heights turn your eyes of pity on my. Filled with confidence in your
goodness and knowing full well your power, I beg you to extend to me your
assistance in the journey of life, which is so full of dangers for my
soul. In order that I may never be a slave of the devil through sin, but
may ever live with my heart humble and pure, I entrust myself wholly to
you. I consecrate my heart to you forever, my only desire being to love
your Divine Son, Jesus. Mary, none of your devout servants has ever
perished; may I, too, be saved.
Saint Ephraem of Edessa
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