Feastday of Our Lady of Fatima

The paragraph in blue, as well as the quote from Pope Paul VI, has been excerpted from “Dictionary of Mary”, from the section entitled, Fatima and the Popes:

Call for Renewal of Personal Consecration

On May 13, 1967, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Apparitions of Our Lady at the Cova da Iria, Paul VI went to Fatima on a pilgrimage of prayer and peace.  For that occasion he published an Exhortation directed to the whole Church on the veneration and imitation of the Blessed Virgin entitled Mary, Mother of the Church (Signum Magnum).  In it Paul VI invites all Catholics to renew personal consecration to the Immaculate Heart of the Mother of the Church:

It was 25 years ago that our predecessor Pius XII addressed the people of Portugal (October 31, 1942) by radio and solemnly consecrated the Church and the whole human race to the Immaculate Heart of the Virgin Mary.  We repeated this consecration on November 21, 1964.  So now we urge all members of the Church to consecrate themselves once again to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, to translate this pious act into concrete action in their daily lives.  In this way they will comply ever more closely with God’s will and, as imitators of their heavenly Queen, they will truly be recognized as her offspring.

Two calls; well, three really.  Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, continual renewal of that consecration, and “to translate this pious act into concrete action” in our daily lives.  Mother Mary will show us how.

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Prayer to Our Lady of Fatima

O Most Holy Virgin Mary,
Queen of the most holy Rosary,
you were pleased to appear to the children of Fatima
and reveal a glorious message.
We implore you,
inspire in our hearts a fervent love
for the recitation of the Rosary.
By meditating on the mysteries of the redemption
that are recalled therein
may we obtain the graces and virtues that we ask,
through the merits of Jesus Christ,
our Lord and Redeemer.

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