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

Pope Francis Calls for a Day of Prayer and Fasting for Peace on Saturday, September 7

Today Pope Francis took the first, dramatic public action of his pontificate.

During his Sunday Angelus message, he called upon Catholics everywhere — and also all Christians and all men and women of good will — to join him in a day of prayer and fasting for peace in Syria, where civil war has left thousands dead, and the involvement of other powers threatens a still wider war, this coming Saturday, September 7, the vigil of the Feast of the Birth of Mary, the Mother of God.

He asked Catholics everywhere to fast on Saturday along with him, and also to gather in their various parish churches to participate with him as he prays in Rome.

So the world will see something dramatic this Saturday: Pope Francis himself will be in St. Peter’s Square on Saturday evening from 7 p.m. until midnight, praying and fasting with the faithful of Rome and of the whole world, for peace in Syria and in the whole world.

Read Robert Moynihan's letter in its entirety HERE.

Pope to consecrate world to Mary's Immaculate Heart

Immaculate Heart of Mary, Sacred Heart Church, Oahu

It is vital that we understand the importance of our Holy Father doing this! Pope Francis will consecrate the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary this Oct. 13 as part of the Marian Day celebration that will involve the statue of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima. Read the rest HERE.

Pope Francis' Installation Mass 2013/03/19

For those of you who may have missed this beautiful inaugural Mass of our Holy Father Pope Franics.

Pope Francis

Pope Francis

Yesterday was such a thrilling day!  The Holy Spirit has answered our prayers!  All of us who prayed for our cardinals to heed the Holy Spirit's whispering guidance will now be  offering a prayer in thanksgiving.  We  have a very humble holy father who apparently is very strong when it comes to defending the Church and her teachings.  He is also very concerned about all her people.  He sees Christ in each one of us as the photo below shows.  He took the name of a man so humble he did not think himself worthy of even being a priest.  St. Francis of Assisi.  He is the first Jesuit to become a pope.  This surprised the world since (with all due respect to all the Jesuit priests) humility is not the first word one thinks of when we hear the word Jesuit.  To paraphrase Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, that is all gravy on the meat.  He was chosen because of his strength and his inner peace.  He is what the Church needs at this time.

Kissing the feet of an AIDS patient.  Source: his facebook page

Personally, it is very exciting having a pope from South America!  What pride for all Latin America!  It is also encouraging since South America has been losing many of Catholics to evangelical Protestantism or to the secular world.  The election of Pope Francis is just what Latin American needs to bring many Catholics back home to Rome.