Reminder: Pope Francis Will Consecrate the WORLD to the IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY

The consecration will take place this Sunday, October 13th, the anniversary of the last apparition of Our Lady in Fatima.  You can read more HERE and HERE.

A Prayer of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary

O Mother of Mercy, Queen of Heaven and earth,

Refuge of sinners, we consecrate ourselves to your

Immaculate Hear this day.

We give to you our hearts and souls,

our families and all that we have,

knowing that you will always lead us closer to Jesus.

We renew today the promises of our Baptism

and rededicate ourselves to following your model of purity.

May we live as good Christians,

being faithful to God, the Church

and the Pope. 

We desire to pray the Rosary,

confess our sins, partake in the Holy Eucharist,

honor your Immaculate Heart on

the first Saturday of each month and work 

for the conversion of souls.

Furthermore,

we promise O most Blessed Virgin,

that we will zealously spread devotion to you,

so that through our consecration to your Immaculate Heart and through

your own powerful prayers,

Christ the King may reign in all hearts forever.

Amen.

Source: Catholicprayercards.org

Photos from the Solemn Assembly in Defense of Traditional Marriage

These photos were taken yesterday at the State capitol. Hundreds of people from many of the Christian churches around Oahu, came out to pray to protect traditional marriage in the Aloha State, and to pray that the governor and legislators will let the people decide.

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Our Lady of the Holy Rosary

Pope Leo XIII personally started the practice of devoting October to the Rosary devotion.  In a letter of September 1, 1883, mindful of the Rosary's power to strengthen faith and foster a life of virtue, he outlined the triumphs of the Rosary in past times and admonished the faithful to dedicate the month of October to the Blessed Virgin through the daily recitation of her Rosary in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament, in order to obtain through her intercession the grace that God would console and defend His Church in her sufferings.

For the Crusade of the Family Rosary

O Queen of the most holy Rosary:

with hearts full of confidence

we earnestly beseech you to bless the Crusade of the family Rosary.

From you came the grace to begin it.  

From you must come the grace to win souls to it.  

We beg yo to bless this Crusade

so that from every home the incense of this prayer will daily rise before you,

O admirable Mother. 

Father Patrick Peyton sought to revive the practice of families reciting the Rosary daily within their homes.  Let us pray the prayer in order to restore and revive the family rosary in our life.

Source:  The Prayer Book, Catholic Press, Inc.

Mario Lanza singing Guardian Angels

Thanks to H.L. for sharing!

Happy Feast of the Guardian Angels!

Let us never take our Guardian Angel for granted.

Happy Feast of St. Therese!

St. Therese Co-Cathedral, Honolulu

The following quote was shared by Becca.

"It is such a folly to pass one's time fretting, instead of resting quietly on the heart of Jesus." ~ St. Therese of Lisieux

Father Peyton on the Family Rosary Saving Marriages in Trouble

Picture source

Yesterday, I shared Father Patrick Peyton's vision for world peace was the family recitation of the Holy Rosary.  Today, I share with you what he wrote in his autobiography about failing marriages.  He shared the story of Father Woods who was the secretary of the diocesan marriage court in Albany.

"He was constantly having to discuss the problems of couples whose marriages were in jeopardy, and he soon discovered that when he could get a husband and wife to say the Rosary together each evening with their children, a new atmosphere was quickly developed and the prospects for saving the marriage rose immediately." 

If you are interested in reading Father Peyton's autobiography, (and I highly recommend it!), you can order it from the Holy Cross Family Ministries Also, please visit their wonderful site and learn more about Father Peyton. He was a visionary for our times.

Praying the Holy Rosary with Our Families During the Month of October

Our Lady's statue, Blessed Sacrament Church, Paterson, NJ

The month dedicated to the Holy Rosary starts tomorrow October 1st.  Please consider joining me in praying the Holy Rosary with our families for the whole month of October.  If this request is too difficult to accomplish every night, at least commit to praying one decade of the Rosary nightly and 5 decades each week during this month.

There is so much love and help we receive from God's dear mother and ours, there is so much heartache, pain and suffering in this world that we need her constant intercession.   If we pick up our rosaries, praying the Holy Rosary and meditating on the life of Christ, imagine the peace we can obtain not only in our own families and communities, but throughout the entire world.

In his autobiography All for Her, Father Patrick Peyton, whose cause for canonization is underway, has this to say:

"Suddenly the thought struck me... that if all of us prayed fervently enough, we could put an end to the war.  ...What was needed was not simply an end to the fighting but an atmosphere of true peace, peace in the heart, peace in the home peace in the family.  Yes, I told myself, here was the key:  family prayer, and in particular the prayer that had consistently brought God's favor through the centuries, that had saved Christendom at Lepanto, that had been preached and practiced and promoted incessantly by saints and popes, the Rosary.  My mind ran forward with this idea.  I would enlist in a great Crusade for the family Rosary not only these seventy men with whom I lived, but all the millions of servicemen, like the soldiers and sailors before the battle of Lepanto:  and not only the servicemen, but their mothers and fathers and brothers and sisters, every family in the United States, every family in the world, all giving jut ten minutes a day to recite the same prayer as the men of Lepanto, a prayer drawn from the Scriptures, breathing the inspired word of God. 

...That was the decision I made, to devote my entire life, my every effort, to the promotion of family prayer, and particularly of family prayer expressed in the form of the Rosary said every day or every night by the family gathered together in its own home...This was what I was going to do, and I knew that I was going to succeed because Our Blessed Mother would see to it.  It was not my reputation that was at stake, but hers.

We start our little Rosary Crusade tomorrow. Won't you please join in?

Educating the Hawaii Catholic Christians About the Reality of Same-Sex Marriage

In recent years this blog has not been a forum for political issues. However, there is a Hawaii bill that is scheduled to be heard in a special session that will detrimentally change marriage forever. I recently posted about it here.

The Hawaii Republican Assembly has been closely watching other states dealing with the push for same-sex marriage. It is important to know just how dangerous same-sex marriage is to society. Please read "What same-sex “marriage” has done to Massachusett"s put out by MassResistance.org and then be sure to let others read it too. You can read this informative booklet HERE.

Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, Spiritual Father of the Blue Army

Statue of St. Padre Pio, Blessed Sacrament Church, Paterson, NJ

"I will accept all who sign the Blue Army Pledge as my 'Spiritual Children,' provided they live up to the pledge."

BLUE ARMY PLEDGE OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA

Dear Queen and Mother, who promised at Fatima to convert Russia and bring pace to all mankind, in reparation for my sins and the sins of the while world, I solemnly promise to your Immaculate Heart:

1.  To offer up every day the sacrifices demanded by my daily duty;

2.  To pray part of the Rosary+ daily while meditating on the mysteries;

3.  To wear the Scapular of Mount Carmel as profession of this promise and as an act of consecration to you.

I shall renew this promise often, especially in moments of temptation.

+Usually understood to mean at least five decades daily.

Note:  This pledge is not a vow and does not bind under sin.  Nevertheless it is a promises:  your wod to your heavenly Mother.

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(Your signed pledges will be taken to Fatima)

The pledge can be submitted online via the World Apostolate of Fatima website.

NOTE:  If you live in Hawaii and would like to become a member via the World Apostolate of Fatima, Hawaii Division, please contact me either by leaving a comment or by email.

The Blue Army (World Apostolate of Fatima)
PO Box 976
Washington, NJ 07882