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08/05/2021

NOVENA to OUR LADY OF FATIMA
✨ ✨ ✨ ✨ ✨Day 5
+In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen

✅PRAYER
O Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, you deigned to come to Fatima to reveal to the three shepherd children the treasures of graces hidden in the recitation of the Rosary.

Inspire our hearts with a sincere love of this devotion, so that by meditating on the mysteries of our redemption that are recalled in it, we may gather its fruits, obtain peace for the world, the conversion of sinners, the conversion of Russia, and the favor which I ask of you in this Novena.

👉(State your request here).

I ask it for the greater glory of God, for your own honor, and for the good of all souls, especially those most in need of thy mercy. Amen.

🙏Our Father... (3x)
🙏Hail Mary... (3x)
🙏Glory Be to the Father... (3x)

Litany to Our Lady of Fatima:
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, pray for our dear country.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, sanctify our clergy.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, make our Catholics more fervent.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, guide and inspire those who govern us.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, cure the sick who confide in thee.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, console the sorrowful who trust in thee.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, help those who invoke your aid.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, deliver us from all dangers.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, help us to resist temptation.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, obtain for us all that we lovingly ask thee.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, help those who are dear to us.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, bring back to the right road our erring brothers.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, give us back our ancient fervor.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, obtain for us pardon of our manifold sins and offences.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, bring all men to the feet of thy Divine Child.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, obtain peace for the world.
⭐O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.
⭐Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.
Let us Pray:

O God of infinite goodness and mercy, fill our hearts with a great confidence in Thy Dear Mother, whom we invoke under the title of Our Lady of the Rosary and our Lady of Fatima, and grant us by her powerful intercession all the graces, spiritual and temporal, which we need.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

✅REFLECTION
Mary and the Holy Spirit

In the first chapter of the Gospel of St Luke we read of the Angel Gabriel appearing to Mary

In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.

And he came to her and said, "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you!"

But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered in her mind what sort of greeting this might be. And the angel said to her,

"Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.

He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; and of his kingdom there will be no end."

And Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I have no husband?"

And the angel said to her,

"The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore, the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.'

In the Annunciation, the Spirit of God hovered over Mary. This is connected, through its symbolic language, to the creation account when the Spirit hovered over the waters (Gen 1:2).

It also calls to mind the creation of Adam, the first man, who was fashioned out of clay. The Lord breathed the breath of life into him and the man became a living being (Gen 2:7).

The encounter also recalls the cloud of glory which covered the mountain when God gave Moses the Law on Sinai (Exodus 24). The cloud covered the Tent of Meeting (Ex 40), and no one could enter because the glory of God filled the tabernacle.

Mary is a living tabernacle, an Ark of the New Covenant, a dwelling place of God Incarnate, a new temple of the Word Incarnate. Such images were freely used by the early Christian fathers. Such uses did not in any way deflect from the centrality of Jesus Christ.

Quite to the contrary. They only deepened the mystery and opened the early Church up to a deeper encounter with Jesus Christ.

Let us pray that the same Holy Spirit which came upon Mary would be poured out afresh on the Church, the Body of Jesus Christ, and upon each one of us.

Our Lady of Fatima Pray for us.

Oh, my Jesus, forgive us our sin, save us from the fires of hell,
Lead all souls to heaven
Especially those most in need of your Mercy.



Alternative Audio-Visual Reference:
🌎 https://youtu.be/ihP2QWacks4

07/05/2021

NOVENA to OUR LADY OF FATIMA
✨✨ ✨ ✨ Day 4
+In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen

✅PRAYER
O Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, you deigned to come to Fatima to reveal to the three shepherd children the treasures of graces hidden in the recitation of the Rosary.

Inspire our hearts with a sincere love of this devotion, so that by meditating on the mysteries of our redemption that are recalled in it, we may gather its fruits, obtain peace for the world, the conversion of sinners, the conversion of Russia, and the favor which I ask of you in this Novena.

👉(State your request here).

I ask it for the greater glory of God, for your own honor, and for the good of all souls, especially those most in need of thy mercy. Amen.

🙏Our Father... (3x)
🙏Hail Mary... (3x)
🙏Glory Be to the Father... (3x)

Litany to Our Lady of Fatima:
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, pray for our dear country.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, sanctify our clergy.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, make our Catholics more fervent.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, guide and inspire those who govern us.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, cure the sick who confide in thee.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, console the sorrowful who trust in thee.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, help those who invoke your aid.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, deliver us from all dangers.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, help us to resist temptation.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, obtain for us all that we lovingly ask thee.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, help those who are dear to us.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, bring back to the right road our erring brothers.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, give us back our ancient fervor.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, obtain for us pardon of our manifold sins and offences.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, bring all men to the feet of thy Divine Child.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, obtain peace for the world.
⭐O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.
⭐Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.
Let us Pray:

O God of infinite goodness and mercy, fill our hearts with a great confidence in Thy Dear Mother, whom we invoke under the title of Our Lady of the Rosary and our Lady of Fatima, and grant us by her powerful intercession all the graces, spiritual and temporal, which we need.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

✅REFLECTION

Mary is always with Jesus

Mary was at the Incarnation, Birth, Crucifixion, and Resurrection of God Incarnate. She was there throughout the often-called hidden years in Nazareth. Mary was present in moments whose impact is timeless. She was there on the day of Pentecost, the birthday of the Church.

She was there as the first evangelist and disciple who gave the first Christian testimony to her cousin, Elizabeth. She won the first convert in utero in the person of John the Baptist. This event, called the Visitation, is recorded in the Gospel of St. Luke (Luke l: 39-45).

This was followed the visit of the Angel Gabriel to Mary (Luke 1:6-38). Her response was to the Angel was not a onetime reaction. It reflected a life of surrender.

Her Fiat (Latin, let it be done) provides a pattern of life for us, if we choose to make it our own. It issued forth into a song of praise, her Magnificat.

Mary humbled herself.

She confronted her fears and entered a new way of living. All in a continued response to a gift initiated by a loving God.

We are called to respond the same way to His calling in our own life.

God is not an add on to our life. He is its source and its summit. There is a way that all men and women are invited into - not just once, but daily. The Way of the Lord Jesus. Mary walked in this way with extraordinary humility. She shows us love surrendered to Love Incarnate.

Justin Martyr and the early Christians found in her yes, the undoing of the no given by the first woman Eve. They called Mary the Second Eve, the mother of the new creation.

In her womb, she carried the One Scripture calls the New Adam.

Jesus was born from her as the first born of a new race of men and women who find a new birth through His life, death and Resurrection.

Our Lady of Fatima Pray for us.

Oh, my Jesus, forgive us our sin, save us from the fires of hell,
Lead all souls to heaven
Especially those most in need of your Mercy



Alternative Audio-Visual Reference:
🌎 https://youtu.be/ZE1uDNnh5T8

06/05/2021

NOVENA to OUR LADY OF FATIMA
✨✨✨Day 3
+In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen

✅PRAYER
O Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, you deigned to come to Fatima to reveal to the three shepherd children the treasures of graces hidden in the recitation of the Rosary.

Inspire our hearts with a sincere love of this devotion, so that by meditating on the mysteries of our redemption that are recalled in it, we may gather its fruits, obtain peace for the world, the conversion of sinners, the conversion of Russia, and the favor which I ask of you in this Novena.

👉(State your request here).

I ask it for the greater glory of God, for your own honor, and for the good of all souls, especially those most in need of thy mercy. Amen.

🙏Our Father... (3x)
🙏Hail Mary... (3x)
🙏Glory Be to the Father... (3x)

Litany to Our Lady of Fatima:
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, pray for our dear country.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, sanctify our clergy.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, make our Catholics more fervent.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, guide and inspire those who govern us.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, cure the sick who confide in thee.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, console the sorrowful who trust in thee.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, help those who invoke your aid.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, deliver us from all dangers.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, help us to resist temptation.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, obtain for us all that we lovingly ask thee.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, help those who are dear to us.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, bring back to the right road our erring brothers.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, give us back our ancient fervor.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, obtain for us pardon of our manifold sins and offences.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, bring all men to the feet of thy Divine Child.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, obtain peace for the world.
⭐O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.
⭐Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.
Let us Pray:

O God of infinite goodness and mercy, fill our hearts with a great confidence in Thy Dear Mother, whom we invoke under the title of Our Lady of the Rosary and our Lady of Fatima, and grant us by her powerful intercession all the graces, spiritual and temporal, which we need.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

✅REFLECTION
Let us pray for an authentic renewal of Marian Piety. One which turns the whole world to Jesus Christ. After all, that is the greatest desire of the Mother of the Lord. She always points us to Jesus. She is the model disciple and the first evangelizer.

An early Church Father, Gregory of Nyssa (fourth century) once wrote:

What came about in bodily form in Mary, the fullness of the Godhead shining through Christ in the Blessed Virgin, takes place in a similar way in every soul that has been made pure.

The Lord does not come in bodily form, for we no longer know Christ according to the flesh, but he dwells in us spiritually and the Father takes up his abode with him, the Gospel tells us. In this way, the child Jesus is born in each one of us. (Gregory of Nyssa, On Virginity).

The Catholic Catechism tells us:

Since the Virgin Mary's role in the mystery of Christ and the Spirit has been treated; it is fitting now to consider her place in the mystery of the Church. The Virgin Mary is acknowledged and honored as being truly the Mother of God and of the redeemer.

She is clearly the mother of the members of Christ since she has by her charity joined in bringing about the birth of believers in the Church, who are members of its head. Mary, Mother of Christ, Mother of the Church (CCC 963).

We have a Mother in this eternal family called the Church. Mary, the Mother of the Lord Jesus.

The pastoral admonitions of Pope Francis to the faithful who gathered to commemorate the centenary of the Apparitions at Fatima need to be heard by the faithful around the world.

Mary points to Jesus Christ, the One Savior of the World.

So, true Marian Piety and devotion is always Christological - it leads us into a closer relationship with Jesus Christ.

Let us pray for a New Evangelization of the Church.
Let us pray for a renewal of true Marian devotion.
Let us pray for and help to lead a new missionary age for the Church leading to the conversion to Jesus Christ of every Nation

Our Lady of Fatima Pray for us.

Oh, my Jesus, forgive us our sin, save us from the fires of hell,
Lead all souls to heaven
Especially those most in need of your Mercy



Alternative Audio-Visual Reference: https://youtu.be/IEQpJwhqmuA

05/05/2021

NOVENA to OUR LADY OF FATIMA
✨Day 2
+In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen

✅PRAYER
O Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, you deigned to come to Fatima to reveal to the three shepherd children the treasures of graces hidden in the recitation of the Rosary.

Inspire our hearts with a sincere love of this devotion, so that by meditating on the mysteries of our redemption that are recalled in it, we may gather its fruits, obtain peace for the world, the conversion of sinners, the conversion of Russia, and the favor which I ask of you in this Novena.

👉(State your request here).

I ask it for the greater glory of God, for your own honor, and for the good of all souls, especially those most in need of thy mercy. Amen.
🙏Our Father... (3x)
🙏Hail Mary... (3x)
🙏Glory Be to the Father... (3x)
Litany to Our Lady of Fatima:
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, pray for our dear country.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, sanctify our clergy.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, make our Catholics more fervent.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, guide and inspire those who govern us.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, cure the sick who confide in thee.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, console the sorrowful who trust in thee.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, help those who invoke your aid.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, deliver us from all dangers.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, help us to resist temptation.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, obtain for us all that we lovingly ask thee.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, help those who are dear to us.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, bring back to the right road our ⭐erring brothers.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, give us back our ancient fervor.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, obtain for us pardon of our manifold sins and offences.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, bring all men to the feet of thy Divine Child.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, obtain peace for the world.
⭐O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.
⭐Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.
Let us Pray:

O God of infinite goodness and mercy, fill our hearts with a great confidence in Thy Dear Mother, whom we invoke under the title of Our Lady of the Rosary and our Lady of Fatima, and grant us by her powerful intercession all the graces, spiritual and temporal, which we need.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

✅REFLECTION

Let us pray for our own personal conversion and growth in holiness.

Mary is a teacher of true Holiness.

The Catholic Catechism reminds us that what is taught about Mary in the Church always points us closer to Jesus Christ:

AND I QUOTE:

What the Catholic faith believes about Mary is based on what it believes about Christ, and what it teaches about Mary illumines in turn its faith in Christ.

God sent forth his Son, but to prepare a body for him, he wanted the free co-operation of a creature.

For this, from all eternity God chose for the mother of his Son a daughter of Israel, a young Jewish woman of Nazareth in Galilee, a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary (Lk. 1:26,27). (CCC #487, 488)

Seeking the intercession of the woman whose free consent to the invitation of the Lord - given through an angel - brought heaven to earth and earth to heaven, Let us surrender our will to the Will of God.

Let us pray for the grace we need to direct our freedom always toward Jesus Christ who is the Way, the Truth and the Life.

Let us ask for the grace to turn away from sin, those wrong choices, which are an abuse of freedom and freely turn toward the Lord.

Our Lady of Fatima Pray for us.

And, in the words taught to the children by the Angel who appeared to them:

Oh, my Jesus, forgive us our sin, save us from the fires of hell,
Lead all souls to heaven
Especially those most in need of your Mercy

04/05/2021

NOVENA to OUR LADY OF FATIMA
✨Day 1
+In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen

✅PRAYER
O Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, you deigned to come to Fatima to reveal to the three shepherd children the treasures of graces hidden in the recitation of the Rosary.

Inspire our hearts with a sincere love of this devotion, so that by meditating on the mysteries of our redemption that are recalled in it, we may gather its fruits, obtain peace for the world, the conversion of sinners, the conversion of Russia, and the favor which I ask of you in this Novena.

👉(State your request here).

I ask it for the greater glory of God, for your own honor, and for the good of all souls, especially those most in need of thy mercy. Amen.

🙏Our Father... (3x)
🙏Hail Mary... (3x)
🙏Glory Be to the Father... (3x)

Litany to Our Lady of Fatima:
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, pray for our dear country.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, sanctify our clergy.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, make our Catholics more fervent.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, guide and inspire those who govern us.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, cure the sick who confide in thee.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, console the sorrowful who trust in thee.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, help those who invoke your aid.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, deliver us from all dangers.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, help us to resist temptation.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, obtain for us all that we lovingly ask thee.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, help those who are dear to us.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, bring back to the right road our erring brothers.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, give us back our ancient fervor.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, obtain for us pardon of our manifold sins and offences.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, bring all men to the feet of thy Divine Child.
⭐Our Lady of Fatima, obtain peace for the world.

⭐O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.
⭐Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

Let us Pray:

O God of infinite goodness and mercy, fill our hearts with a great confidence in Thy Dear Mother, whom we invoke under the title of Our Lady of the Rosary and our Lady of Fatima, and grant us by her powerful intercession all the graces, spiritual and temporal, which we need.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

✅REFLECTION
On the hundredth anniversary of the Apparition of Mary, the Mother of the Lord, to the children of Fatima, Pope Francis spoke to hundreds of thousands who gathered for prayer

Francis has a deep love for Mary, the Mother of the Lord. He is a champion of popular piety as a strength for the faithful and a vehicle for a genuine renewal of devotion for the whole Church.

However, after affirming that, along with them, he was there as a pilgrim, he used the opportunity to reset Marian Piety for Catholic Christians.

In his plain-spoken manner, he juxtaposed two approaches to Marian Piety. He cautioned against one.

Then, he revealed the better way, an evangelical way, of practicing Marian Piety in a way which helps one draw closer to Jesus Christ.

The Pope asked the faithful:

Pilgrims with Mary ... But which Mary? A teacher of the spiritual life, the first to follow Jesus on the narrow way of the cross by giving us an example?

Or a Lady unapproachable and impossible to imitate? A woman blessed because she believed always and everywhere in Gods words? Or a plaster statue from whom we beg favors at little cost?

He continued:

The Virgin Mary of the Gospel, venerated by the Church at prayer? Or a Mary of our own making: one who restrains the arm of a vengeful God? One sweeter than Jesus the ruthless judge? One more merciful than the Lamb slain for us?

As we begin this Novena, nine days of prayer, let us ask the Mother of Mercy for Mercy for all the Nations.
Let us ask, through the intercession of Our Lady of Fatima, for a fresh outpouring of the grace of conversion.

And, let us pray the prayer the angel taught the three children

Oh, my Jesus, forgive us our sin, save us from the fires of hell,
Lead all souls to heaven
Especially those most in need of your Mercy.

References:
🌎 Prayer: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.bluearmy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Nine-Day-Novena-to-Our-Lady-of-Fatima.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwivm--k9JnpAhUXiZQKHdsFBaAQFjAAegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw2pb_4neQ07a8cxp58a_VQ3
🌎Reflection Text: https://www.catholic.org/prayers/novenas/novena.php?id=9&day=1
🌎Alternative Audio-Visual Novena: https://youtu.be/oiEQE1mpW58

07/04/2021

Vessel of Mercy: How to Save a Soul

Christ is alive! Yes, we will still experience hardship in this life and we still are experiencing it today, but because of the resurrection of Jesus we are brought to life! He has given us healing, rejoicing, and life beyond what we see. It is all freely given! And do you know that we are given a free pass to heaven? It is a gift that repairs the damage caused by sin, takes away the punishment, and saves our soul. And again, it is all for FREE! What is this gift, you ask? Let's talk about it on Friday, LIVE at 6:30pm (Manila time). See you!

31/03/2021

The evening Mass on Holy Thursday is referred to as The Mass of the Lord's Supper. This is where the Church re-lives the institution of the Eucharist and the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

After the homily, the "washing of the feet" ceremony follows, where the priest washes the feet of others to signify his role as servant—just as Jesus did with his disciples.

The Mass of the Lord's Supper concludes with a procession of the Blessed Sacrament to the "altar of repose," a place where the consecrated Host is kept, away from the main altar where Mass is normally celebrated.

25/03/2021

It is possible! Yes indeed. It is possible to have more joy, more freedom, and to be a lot closer to Jesus. How is it possible? SELF-MASTERY. We can't say "yes" to God until we have said "no" to the world and its comforts. This Friday , our guest is Nathaniel Binversie, the content director of Exodus 90. Join us as we will talk about specific acts of self-denial to go deeper in our love and become true gifts to others.

LIVE at 6:30PM (Manila time), March 26, 2021.
https://youtu.be/AnE6PPFwVjI