“Pray, pray very much, and make sacrifices for sinners; Do not offend the Lord our God any more for He is already much offended.”
As requested, in today’s post we note another important anniversary occurs this year, the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Militia Immaculatae by Saint Maximilian Kolbe. If you remember, St. Maximilian was in Rome in 1917 when the Freemasons of Italy were parading to celebrate 200 years of Freemasonry.
In the procession, flags and posters depicting Saint Michael the Archangel being conquered and trampled underfoot by Lucifer. Long processions winded their way through the Eternal City toward Saint Peter’s Square. The marchers sang blasphemous songs and carried banners with slogans, such as ‘Satan will reign in the Vatican and the Pope will be his servant!’ This motivated St. Maximilian to found the Militia. I cannot help but wonder what St. Maximilian would think of the tragic betrayal we are enduring today.
Father Stehlin of the Society of St. Pius X, is leading a pilgrimage to Valinhos and Fatima this year and in support of the Pilgrimage we share the following. It is from the site of Father Stehlin’s Militia Immaculatae, Traditional Observance. On his site, Father Stehlin asked that this prayer be recited daily as a Novena to Our Lady of Fatima prior to August 19th when we commemorate the 100th anniversary of her fourth visit.
Novena Prayer to Our Lady of Fatima
O Immaculate Virgin Mary, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, Woman clothed with the sun, thou who didst visit Fatima one hundred years ago to make known to all men thy maternal and Immaculate Heart, receive our act of total consecration to thee. Welcome us into the safe refuge of thy Immaculate Heart as into the ark of salvation prepared by the Holy Ghost for us and for all the children of the Catholic Church in East and West.
Let each one of us find in thy Immaculate Heart this year a sanctuary of ceaseless prayer, a tabernacle of intimacy with the Most Holy Trinity, a hospital for the healing of every infirmity, a harbour of peace in the midst of the confusion that threatens even the bravest and most faithful souls. Inspire us to take up the rosary that thou so lovest, and to make it during this year the ceaseless prayer of our hearts and the expression of our desire to live and to die consecrated to thy Immaculate Heart.
Turn our hearts to the Lamb who, once immolated upon the altar of the Cross, offers Himself still for our sakes from the altars of the Church and from the tabernacles where He abides hidden, silent, and so often forsaken.
Let this year be for us a great and powerful manifestation of thy compassion for poor sinners and the beginning of the triumph of thy Immaculate Heart in the Church from the rising of the sun to its setting, and indeed in the whole world. Overcoming every resistance, be it of demons or of men, reveal to all souls the flame of love that burns in thy maternal Heart and the glory of the Father that shines on the face of His Christ, Jesus, the blessed fruit of thy womb.
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary! Amen.
Sooner or later, I hope that we will all learn to give Our Lady the obedience she asked for with humble and generous hearts. As far as I know, Our Lady of Fatima never demanded that our obedience to her required that we attack any hapless person who failed to meet our exacting standards.
If each of us – under the guise of our devotion to the Blessed Virgin of Fatima continues to strike out at every other person who somehow fails to be as perfectly observant as we ourselves are, we will be exactly where the devil wants us, so splintered into factions, hating each other – what a victory for satan!
Our Lord commanded us to love our enemies, to do good to those who persecute us. Please pray for generous hearts to love Our Lady and make reparation for sins against her Immaculate Heart. If I have failed Our Lady in any way, or misled or given scandal to my readers, I apologize and intend to make the best reparation I can, beseeching the mercy of God.
Please, pray the Rosary, especially for generous, loving hearts to love our enemies and to love our friends who strike us as well.
Thank you for reading. I pray for you always.
† Immaculate Heart of Mary, Queen of our hearts, Mother of the Church, do thou offer to the Eternal Father the Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ, for the conversion of poor sinners, especially our Pontiff.
Please pray for a pope and bishops who will obey and Consecrate Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary!
~ by evensong for love of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ, King.
Vouchsafe that I may praise thee, O Sacred Virgin! Give me strength against thine enemies!