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How will you commemorate the 90th Anniversary of the Fatima Message?
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College students organize a Public Square Rosary in Mainz, Germany. |
Join the Public Square Rosary Campaign
Imagine one thousand or more rallies across America in public places. Faithful Catholics carry banners mentioning Our Lady of Fatima and her message. They gather together young and old to pray the rosary. They offer public witness to a message so often ignored.
Approaching the 90th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady at Fatima, is it not time to look for supernatural solutions to our nation’s problems? Is it not time for the Fatima message to be proclaimed far and wide? Is it not time for Americans to pray publicly for the future of the nation? After all, Fatima was directed to a huge public. Fatima’s Miracle of the Sun was one of the most extraordinary and spectacular public miracles in history.
Our Lady appeared at Fatima in 1917 with a message not just for individual Catholics but for the world. She outlined the grave consequences in world events if men did not convert, pray, and do penance: Russia would spread its errors worldwide, causing wars and persecutions of the Church. Many would be martyred, the Holy Father would suffer, and a chastisement would annihilate several nations.
So many of the evils foreseen by Our Lady are now taking place. And yet that which was meant to be shouted from the rooftops is rarely the topic of a Sunday sermon. How can Catholics bring the Fatima messages into the public eye?
To commemorate the 90th anniversary of Fatima, America Needs Fatima will be promoting “public square” rosary rallies across the nation. The rallies are now starting and will culminate with a thousand or more such events on October 13, the 90th anniversary of the Miracle of the Sun.
What does it take to become part of this massive effort? To organize a Public Square Rosary, all that is needed is a few friends, a Rosary, and confidence in the Blessed Mother. Any public square, busy intersection or community park will serve as a place. America Needs Fatima has set up a special center to assist you in all your needs.
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Caleb Petrone joins members of TFP Student Action for a Public Square Rosary at Gettysburg College. |
Groups are already being organized. Everyone is invited to participate. To find out more about organizing a Rosary group, click here. To see about joining an existing group, click here. On university campus, students are setting up Campus Rosary Crusade chapters in all 50 states (click here for details).
Remember that by praying the Rosary, participants are using the most powerful spiritual weapon of contemporary history. With the Rosary, Saint Dominic defeated Albigensian heresy, Catholic forces were victorious against the Ottoman Turks at the battle of Lepanto in 1571, Communists were expelled from Vienna in the 1955, and many more miracles and victories were won.
To more information on the Public Square Rosary Campaign, call 1-866-584-6012.
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Prayer in communion with Mary, the Mother of God
The Ave Maria (Hail Mary) prayer comes from the first chapter of the Gospel of Luke: the "Angelic salutation" of the Angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary, "Hail, thou that art highly favored; the Lord is with thee" [Luke 1:28], announcing that she was to become the mother of the Son of God, and from Elizabeth's greeting to her cousin, "Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb!" and "Who am I that the Mother of my Lord should come to me?" [Luke 1:42, 43]. Then follows Mary's exultant hymn of praise, the Magnificat, also called the Canticle of Mary [Luke 1:46-55].
The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains that "In prayer the Holy Spirit unites us to the person of the only Son, in His glorified humanity, through which and in which our filial prayer unites us in the Church with the Mother of Jesus (c.f. Acts 1:14)" [CCC 2673].
"Beginning with Mary's unique cooperation with the working of the Holy Spirit, the Churches developed their prayer to the holy Mother of God, centering it on the person of Christ manifested in His mysteries. In countless hymns and antiphons expressing this prayer, two movements usually alternate with one another: the first 'magnifies' the Lord for the 'great things' He did for His lowly servant and through her for all human beings (Cf. Luke 1:46-55)" [CCC 2675].
The Catechism's section, "The Way of Prayer" (Part Four, Chapter Two, "The Tradition of Prayer" - 2663-2682) gives other fruitful instruction, and explains the significance of the Ave Maria or "Hail Mary" prayer (2676, 2677).
For many centuries, the Ave Maria has formed a significant part of the Rosary, and is repeated while meditating on the "mysteries" of the Rosary. It also is the centerpiece of the Angelus. The Ave Maria has a plainchant musical setting, and the Latin words have been set to music by many of the world's great composers.
The Memorare (Remember) is a long-beloved personal prayer of petition for Mary's intercession. The Catechism observes that "Mary is the perfect Orans (prayer), a figure of the Church. When we pray to her, we are adhering with her to the plan of the Father, who sends His Son to save all men. Like the beloved disciple, we welcome Jesus' mother into our homes, for she has become the mother of all the living. We can pray with and to her. The prayer of the Church is sustained by the prayer of Mary and united with it in hope" [CCC 2679].