Petition to Our Lady of the Rosary - Partial Indulgence

PETITION TO OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY OF POMPEII

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

I.
O august Queen of victories, Virgin who reignest in paradise, whose mighty name causes heaven to rejoice and hell to tremble, o glorious Queen of the most holy Rosary, we, thy happy children chosen by thy goodness in this century to build thee a temple at Pompeii, kneeling at thy feet on this solemn day to commemorate thy latest triumphs on the spot where idols and demons were formerly worshipped, we pour out with tears the feelings of our hearts and with a filial confidence lay before thee our miseries.

From that throne of mercy where thou sittest as Queen, o Mary, turn down thy pitiful eyes on us, on our families, on Italy, on Europe, and the whole Church; take into pity the afflictions which overwhelm us and the cares which embitter our life. Thou seest, o Mother, how many dangers of soul and body, how many calamities and afflictions press upon us.

O Mother, keep back the arm of justice of thy indignant Son, and conquer by thy mercy the hearts of sinners, since they are our brethren and thy children, redeemed through the blood of our sweet Jesus and through the wounds of thy most tender heart pierced with the sword. Show thyself to all in this day, as thou art, the Queen of peace and mercy.

Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of mercy,…
-    Vouchsafe that I may praise thee, o sacred Virgin.
-    Give me strength against thy enemies.
-    Pray for us, Queen of the most holy Rosary,
-    That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

II.
It is but too true that we, although thy children, are the first who crucify Jesus in our hearts and wound anew thy heart by our sins. We confess it, we deserve the severest chastisements; yet remember how thou didst receive, on the top of Golgotha, the last drops of that divine blood, and the testament of our dying Redeemer. And this testament of a God, sealed with the blood of a Man-God, appointed thee our Mother, the Mother of sinners. Thus, as our Mother, thou art our Advocate and our Hope. To thee, amidst sighs,  do we lift up our hands, crying for mercy!

Have pity, good mother, have pity on us, on our souls, on our families, on our relations, on our friends, on our departed brethren, above all, on our enemies, and on so many who claim the name of Christians, yet wound the loving heart of thy Son. Pity, o Mother, we now implore thee for pity on the erring nations, on all Europe, on the whole world, that they may repair repentant to thy heart. Be merciful to all, o Mother of mercy.

Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of mercy,…
-    Vouchsafe that I may praise thee, o sacred Virgin.
-    Give me strength against thy enemies.
-    Pray for us, Queen of the most holy Rosary,
-    That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

III.
What does it cost thee, o Mary, to hear us? What does it cost thee to save us? Did not Jesus entrust to thy hands all the treasures of his graces and mercies? Thou sittest as Queen at the right hand of thy Son, crowned with immortal glory, above all the choirs of angels. Thou extendest thy dominion as far as the heavens expand, the earth and all the creatures that people it are subject to thee. Thy power even reaches hell; and thou alone,  o Mary, canst rescue us from the devil’s grasp. Thou art almighty by grace, and therefore thou canst save us. Now if you sayest thou wilIest not help us because we are ungrateful children and unworthy of thy protection, tell us at least to whom shall we have recourse in order to be released from so many evils? Oh! No, thy maternal heart will never bear to see the ruin of thy children. The divine Child we behold on thy knees, the mystical crown we admire in thy hand, both inspire us with hope that we will be heard. And full of confidence in thee, we throw ourselves at thy feet, we trust ourselves as feeble children into the arms of the tenderest amongst mothers and today, this very day, we expect from thee the graces we are longing for.

Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of mercy,…
-    Vouchsafe that I may praise thee, o sacred Virgin.
-    Give me strength against thy enemies.
-    Pray for us, Queen of the most holy Rosary,
-    That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us ask Mary for her blessing

We now ask of thee, o Queen, a last favor which thou canst not refuse on this solemn day. Grant to all of us thy constant love and in a special manner thy maternal blessing. No, we will not leave thy feet today nor cease clasping thy knees till thou hast blessed us. Bless now, o Mary, the sovereign Pontiff: to the first laurels of thy crown, to the ancient trophies of the Rosary, whence thou art called Queen of victories, add also this one, o Mother, grant triumph to religion and peace to mankind. Bless our bishop, the priests and particularly those who promote the honor of thy Sanctuary; bless finally all those who are associated to thy new temple of Pompeii and who practice and spread devotion to thy most holy rosary .

O blessed rosary of Mary, sweet chain which unites us to God, bond of love, which connects us with the angels, tower of safety against the assaults of hell, sure harbor in the universal shipwreck, never more shall we part with thee; thou shall be our comfort in the hour of agony: to thee the last kiss of our life; and the last word of our dying lips shall be thy sweet name, o Queen of the Rosary of Valle di Pompei. Mother dear, only refuge of sinners, supreme comforter of the afflicted, blessed be thy name, now and forever, on earth and in heaven. Amen.

Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of mercy,…
-    Vouchsafe that I may praise thee, o sacred Virgin.
-    Give me strength against thy enemies.
-    Pray for us, Queen of the most holy Rosary,
-    That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Sister of the Nativity

Jeanne Royer, known in relion as Sister of The Nativity was born at the village of Beaulot, near Ferns, Brittany. Jeanne entered the Convent at the age of 21 years. Her education was rudimentary having learned how to read. She had many visions, and told of prophecies, one being the announcement of the French Revolution, where she envisages the death of the King “One day I was in prayer in front of the Blessed Sacrament, The Lord showed me that the King would be put to death, I begged not to allow it, my prayers were too weak”

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“One day I heard a voice which said ‘The new Constitution will appear to many other than what it really is. They will bless it as a gift from heaven; whereas it is in fact sent from hell and permitted by God in His just wrath. It will only be by its effects that people will be led to recognize the Dragon who wanted to destroy all and devour all….”¹

“…One night I saw a number of ecclesiastics. Their haughtiness and air of severity seemed to demand the respect of all. They forced the faithful to follow them. But God commanded me to oppose them. ‘”They no longer have the right to speak in My name’ Jesus told me ‘It is against My wish that they carry out a mandate for which they are no longer worthy…”²

“…I saw a great power rise up in the Church. It plundered, devastated and threw into confusion and disorder the vine of the Lord, having it trampled under foot by the people and holding it up to ridicule by all nations. Having vilified celibacy and oppressed the priesthood, it had the effrontery to confiscate the Church’s property and to arrogate for itself the powers of the Holy Father, whose person and laws it held in contempt” ³

“I had a vision: Before the father and the son both seated a virgin of incomparable beauty, representing the church was kneeling. The Holy Ghost spread His wings over the virgin and two other persons. The wounds of Our Lord seemed alive. Leaning on the cross with one hand, he offered to His father with the other hand the chalice which the virgin had given to him. She supported the Chalice which the master held in the middle. The father placed one hand on the cup and raised the other to bless the virgin.  I noticed that the chalice was only half filled with blood, and I heard these words spoken by the saviour at the moment of presentation?: “I shall not be fully satisfied  until I am able to fill it right up to the brim” I understood then that the contents of the chalice was only half-filled with blood of the early martyrs and that this vision had reference to the last persecution of the Christians who’s blood would fill the chalice; thereby completing the number of martyrs predestined. For at the end of time, there will be as many martyrs as in the early church and even more, for the persecutions will be far more violent. Then the last Judgement will no longer be delayed….” ⁴

“…I see in God that a long time before the rise of Antichrist the world will be afflicted with many bloody wars. Peoples will rise up against peoples and nations will rise against nations sometimes allied, sometimes enemies in their fight against the same party.  Armies will come into frightful collisions and will fill the earth with murder and carnage….”⁵

“…These infernal and foreign wars will cause enormous sacrifices, profanations, scandals and infinite evils, because of the incursions that will have been made into the Church…” ⁶

“…As well as that I can see that the earth will be shaken in different places by frightful earthquakes. I see whole mountains cracking and splitting with a terrible din. Only too happy will one be if one can escape with no more than a fight but no I see come out of these gaping mountains whirlwinds of smoke, fire, sulphur and tar which reduce to sinders entire towns. All this and a thousand other disasters must come before the man of Sin (antichrist)…”⁷

“I saw in the light of the lord that the faith and our Holy religion would become weaker in almost every Christian kingdom. God has permitted that they should be chastized by the wicked in order to awaken them from their apathy. And after the justice of God has been satisfied he will spread the faith and restore the discipline of the church in those countries where it had become tepid and lax…” ⁸

“I saw in God that our mother Holy Church will spread in many countries and will produce her fruits in abundance to compensate for the outrages she has suffered from impiety and persecutions of her enemies…”⁹

“I saw that the poor people  weary of the arduous labors and trials that God sent to them shall be thrilled with a joy that God will infuse in their good hearts. The church will become by her faith and by her love more fervent and flourishing that ever. Our good mother the church will witness many amazing things even on the part of her former persecutors for they will come forwards and throw themselves at her feet, acknowledge her and implore pardon from God and from her for all the crimes and outrages that they had perpetrated against her. She will no longer regard them as her enemies but she will instead welcome them as her own children….” ¹⁰

“…Now all the true penitents will flow from all sides to the Church, which will receive them into her bosom. The entire community of the faithful will pour out their hearts in hymns of penance and thanksgiving to the glory of the Lord…” ¹¹

“…I saw in Gods essence a numerous assembly of ministers of the church who like an army in battle and like a firm and unflinching column shall sustain the rights of the church and of her head and shall restore its ancient discipline.”  ¹²

“…I see in God a great power lead by the Holy Ghost which will restore order through a second upheaval. I see in God a large assembly of pastors who will uphold the rights of the church and of her head. They will restore the former disciplines. I see in particular, two servants of the lord who will distinguish themselves in this glorious struggle and who by the grace of the Holy Ghost, will fill with ardent zeal the hearts of the illustrious assembly….” ¹³

 “…All the false cults will be abolished; all the abuses of the Revolution will be destroyed and the altars of the true God restored. The former practices will be put into force again and our religion –at least in some respects  -will flourish more than ever….” ¹⁴

 “…I see in God that the church will enjoy a profound peace over a period which seems to me to be of a fairly long duration This respite will be the longest of all that will occur between the revolutions from now until the General judgement. The closer we draw to the General Judgement the shorter will be the revolutions against the church. The kind of peace that will follow each revolution will be shorter also. This is so because we are approaching the End of Time and little time will be left for either the elect to do good or for the wicked to do evil….” ¹⁵

“…One day the Lord said to me ‘A few years before the coming of my enemy, Satan will rise up false prophets who will announce the Antichrist as the true Messiah, and they will try to destroy all our Christian beliefs. And I shall make the children and the old people prophesy. The closer we get to the reign of Antichrist, the more will the darkness of Satan spread over the earth and the more will his satellites increase their efforts to trap the faithful in their nets…” ¹⁶

“…One day I found myself in a vast plain alone with God. Jesus appeared to me and from the top of a small hill showing me a beautiful sun in the horizon. He said dolefully: “the world is passing away and the time of my coming draws near. When the sun is about to set one knows that the day is nearly over and that night will soon fall. Centuries are like days for me. Look at this sun; see how much it still has to travel and estimate the time that is left in the world.“ I looked intently and it seemed to me that the sun would set in about 2 hours. Jesus said “Do not forget that those are not millenaries but only centuries and they are few in number” But I understood that Jesus reserved to Himself the knowledge of the exact number and I did not wish to ask him more. It sufficed me to know the peace of the church and the restoration of the discipline were to last a reasonably long time…”¹⁷

“The Holy Father is most unhappy; because of him the whole Church is in desolation..” ¹⁸

“Many precursors, false prophets, and members of infernal secret societies, worshippers of Satan, shall impugn the most sacred dogmas and doctrines of our holy religion, shall persecute the faithful, shall commit abominable actions; but the real and extreme abomination and desolation shall more fully be accomplished during the reign of Antichrist, which shall last about three years and a half. Woe, woe, woe to the last century which is descending! What tribulations precede its commencements. Out of this mighty voice I recognized that these woeful tribulations will make their appearance in the age before the judgment. And as I pondered over and weighed, in God, the century, I saw, that which begins with 1800 will not yet be the last. I see that when the Second Coming of Christ approaches, a bad priest will do much harm to the Church...” ¹⁹

“When the time of the reign of Antichrist is near, a false religion will appear which will be opposed to the unity of God and His Church. This will cause the greatest schism the world has ever known. Errors will cause ravages as never before. The nearer the time of the end, the more the darkness of Satan will spread on earth, the greater will be the number of the children of corruption, and the number of the just will correspondingly diminish...”²¹

“…Antichrist will kill the Pope, probably by crucifixion. As a child of ten he will know more than anyone else in the world and when he is thirty he will begin his real work. Fifteen days after the ascension of Enoch and Eli as into Heaven, terrible catastrophes will come upon the earth: most severe earthquakes, tidal waves inundating much of the earth's surface, culminating in a thick darkness over the entire earth. “ ²²

“My Father, God has manifested to me the malice of Satan, and the perverse and diabolical intentions of his emissaries against the Holy Church of Jesus Christ. At the command of their master these wicked men have traversed the earth like furies, with the intention of preparing the way and the place for Anti-Christ whose reign is approaching. Through the corrupted breath of this proud spirit they have poisoned the minds of men. Like persons infected with pestilence, they have reciprocally communicated the evil to each other, and the contagion has become general. What convulsions! what scandals! The thick vapours which I have seen rising from the earth, and obscuring the light of the sun, are the false maxims of irreligion and of license, which in part originated in France, and in part came to us from abroad. These have succeeded in confounding all sound principles, and in spreading everywhere such darkness as to obscure the light both of faith and of reason.The storm began in France and France shall be the first theatre of its ravages after having been its forge…”  ²³

“…But the church in council assembled shall one day strike with anathemas pull down and destroy the evil principles of that criminal constitution. I saw in God’s essence a numerous assembly of ministers of the Church, who like an army in battle array, and like a firm and unflinching column shall sustain the rights of the church and of their Head, and shall reestablish its ancient discipline… What a consolation! What consolation, what joy for all the truly faithful!…I saw in the Divinity a great power guided by the Holy Spirit which shall destroy all the abuses of Revolution: religions shall be abolished (Protestantism): the altars shall be reestablished and religion shall more than ever flourish…” ²⁴

“When the persecution against the Church has spread like a wild raging fire even to place where it was thought there was no danger then the Lord who knows how to draw glory out of everything will suddenly command the mighty fore stream and Satan to halt. Then will universal peace be proclaimed.” ²⁵

References

1. Yves Dupont Catholic Prophecy  (Tan Books and Publishers, Rockford Illinois 1973 p. 53

2. ibid

3. ibid p 53-54

4. ibid p 54

5. ibid

6. ibid

7. ibid p. 54-55

8. ibid p 55-56

9. ibid p 56

10. ibid

11. ibid

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13. ibid

14. ibid

15. ibid p 57

16. ibid

17. ibid p 59

18. Yves Dupont Prophecies and Portents For Our Times, p. 12.

19. (Ted and Maureen Flynn The Thunder of Justice: The warning, the Miracle and the Chastizement (Maxkol Communications, Steriling VA 1993) p 262

20. ibid

21. ibid

22. (Rev G. Culleton The Prophets and Our Times (Tan Books and Publishers, Rockford Illinois, 1974) p 179-180)

23. ibid

24. ibid

25. ibid

Fall Rosary Procession

11th Annual Candlelight Rosary Procession –

for Peace in the world and peace in families

“Sweet chain of Mary linking us to God.” Pope John Paul II

On Friday October 4th 2013, Father John Paul Erickson will lead the 11th annual Candlelight Rosary Procession from the Minnesota State Capitol to the Cathedral of Saint Paul. In this public witness of our Catholic Faith, we will gather to invoke our Blessed Mother’s intercession as we pray for the intentions of our new Holy Father Pope Francis, for priests and for holiness and peace in families and in the world. At the Cathedral we will entrust our families to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and honor Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament.

In these times of serious challenge and uncertainty, Our Lady continues to turn our attention to the power of the Holy Rosary. Together let us rededicate ourselves to this prayer, the prayer she has repeatedly held out to us in all her approved apparitions. Remember the words of Pope Pius XII -  “Put great confidence in the Holy Rosary for the healing of evils which afflict our times. Not with force, not with arms, not with human power, but with Divine help obtained through the means of this prayer, strong like David with his sling…”

Gathering time on State Capitol approach – 6:30 pm; Procession begins at 7:00 pm.

Bring a busload from your parish or area. 

Contact: First Student Inc. Charter bus Rental 651-645-3959.

www.firstcharterbus.com

Download a poster/flyer and more details on the Procession website:www.familyrosaryprocession.org

Act with Faith, Hope and Charity

Occasionally, summer's hot temps give us the opportunity to attend mass at a local air conditioned parish, yesterday's high temp in the 90's was once such occasion.  We usually either end up at Saint Odilia's  in Shoreview or Maternity of Mary in Saint Paul.  Yesterday we attended Maternity of Mary, where the Pastor, Father Peter Williams is my favorite homilist (and favorite confessor too).  He gave the a most apropos homily, which I'll try and summarize (wish I had recorded him). 

He started off by relating a story of a three year old he had met the previous week and how the boy had come up to Father several times and showed by word or deed that he was now a "big boy" now.   Later, though, the boy showed his abstinence in other behavior and would throw a tantrum or stomp off.  The only question the boy would ask is "Why".  Why do I have to do this?  Why do I have to eat that?  Why do I have to go to bed? 

In counseling parishioners one of the toughest hurdles that he encounters is how difficult it is for people to get past the why.  Why does my husband have cancer, he is too young.  Why can't I find a job?  Why doesn't my son attend mass?  Why is my boss so inconsiderate?  Why won't my father quit drinking? 

He related that we have to move beyond the "why" to the "where".  Where is God's plan in it?  God's challenges give us the opportunity to grow in holiness.  We need to accept God's challenges, find God's plan in them, and take the opportunity to act with Faith, Hope and Charity.  FHC!

Tolerance #1

For some time I have been wanting to put together a list of good blog entries on tolerance. I was inspired by Jan B's entry today:

"There is also teaching about women and modesty that in my opinion could bear some re-thinking. Last year we had a rosary in the park and invited surrounding parishes to join us, and a few did. It was ferocious weather and we ended up in our church and one of our youth was scandalized by two of the women from another parish who came back to church with us, because they wore pants. The pants were loose, thick, worn under long coats, and were perfectly modest. It made me think that we could perhaps do better to teach ‘modesty’ rather than ‘no pants no where no time’ and also wonder if the present interpretation didn’t originally come from a certain quarter of the community which has departed."

Chapel Veils: Ask Mom for Help

This is a repost from Philothea on Phire

The following is a comment made by good friend of this blog, Elizabeth, on my “Happy Mother’s Day” post. I thought it was worth sharing more widely, as a post of its own.

I wanted to share a "mother moment" I had this morning, I truly believe, with our Blessed Mother. 

Before I entered the church at the nearby Novus Ordo parish, I came up with a compromise of sorts with my self-consciousness when wearing a veil at a NO church. All winter, I simply wore a hat at Mass. Now that it's not hat weather… uh oh.  

So I put the veil over my head and tied it back under my hair, like a bandana. Silly, eh? I figured that this would be a way to ease into wearing it, while at the same time not being quite so noticeable to others. I know… like everyone in the church is looking at me, right? :) And besides, who cares if everyone looks at you! Further silliness!

So I knelt in my spot in front of the gorgeous statue of Our Lady, right up front in the handicapped row, and asked her to please help me to not be concerned about the looks I may get from others, or what other people may or may not think about it (including the army of VII priests there). I asked Her to please help me to don my veil at every Mass – just like I used to when I was able to attend the Traditional Mass, where every woman wears one. Please, please, please. Then I said a Hail Mary and the St. Michael prayer to settle myself in for the Mass, and sat back in the pew.

There was a tap on my shoulder.

I turned around to face a rather handsome, serious-faced man who leaned forward to whisper to me, "I haven't seen a woman wearing a veil in church in decades. I just wanted to tell you how beautiful it is to see you wearing a veil. Thank you for that."

I kid you not: that's what he said. And no one can tell me that that wasn't an answer to my heartfelt prayer! It brought a tear to my eyes, and I thanked Our Lady.

Awesome moment.

Rosary Procession May 5th