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Dear Friends and Benefactors,
Following upon last year’s Rosary Crusade, it seems fitting to continue in our
supplication to the Mother of God for help and so I would like to announce the
Heart of Mary Crusade. This crusade, already begun in Spain, was proposed by
Bishop de Galaretta at last year’s General Chapter.
Through this crusade we are making an urgent call to souls to wake up from their
lethargy and indifference to God’s will and submit themselves to the same by
striving to be perfect Christians. “My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge
and the way that will lead you to God.” (Our Lady in Fatima)
This is not a new devotion but simply an answer to Our Lady’s petition at
Fatima, where she asked that souls establish devotion to her Immaculate and
Sorrowful Heart for the salvation of souls, the establishment of peace and the
reign of Our Lord Jesus Christ. “God wants that the devotion to my Immaculate
Heart be extended throughout the world” (Our Lady in Fatima).
She has also told us that: “In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph.”
We can each contribute to this triumph by answering her appeal and consecrating
ourselves to her Immaculate Heart and by also propagating this same devotion.
Jacinta said to Lucia: “You will stay here to tell everyone that God wants to
establish in the world the devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. When the
time comes to speak of it, do not hide.” Thus no matter what age or state of
life, we are all called to participate.
The Crusade’s Objectives
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To make a campaign for
consecrations to the Immaculate Heart of Mary: A consecration of adults,
children, young people, families, homes, schools, churches, dioceses, cities,
etc. This consecration should not consist only of a recitation of words, but it
should be a whole way of Christian life and a solemn promise to live it under
Our Lady’s special protection. In this way, we will prepare and obtain the
consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary: “The time has come in
which God asks the Holy Father to consecrate, in union with all the bishops of
the world, Russia to my Immaculate Heart, promising to save it by this means.”
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To propagate the devotion of
the five first Saturdays: “Say that to all those who on the first
Saturday of five consecutive months, go to confession, receive Holy Communion,
pray the rosary, and keep me company for fifteen minutes, meditating on the
fifteen mysteries of the rosary, with the intention of making reparation to me,
I promise to assist at the hour of their death with all the graces necessary for
their salvation.”
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To practice the spirit of
reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary requested by God in Fatima, through
the rosary, prayer, sacrifices, and the fulfillment of our duties of state.
“Do you wish to offer yourselves to God, being eager to make sacrifices and
to accept voluntarily all the sorrows that He wishes to send you, in reparation
for so many sins by which His Divine Majesty is offended, in reparation for the
blasphemies and the offenses made to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and to obtain
the conversion of so many sinners?”
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To console the Immaculate
Heart of Mary: “My child, look at my Heart surrounded by thorns which
ungrateful men unceasingly pierce by their blasphemies and ingratitude. You at
least try to console me.” It is about making up for and offering the love and
veneration of those souls who do not love nor venerate it. It is a duty of
gratitude! “Didn’t Our Lady say,” Francisco exclaimed, “that we had to suffer
greatly in order to make reparation to Our Lord and to Mary’s Immaculate Heart
for so many sins by which they are offended? They are so sad! If we could
console them with these sufferings, we would be happy!”
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An apostolate for the
Immaculate Heart of Mary: “Jesus wants to use you to make me known and
loved. He wants to establish in the world the devotion to my Immaculate Heart.”
“In order to save them [sinners] Our Lord wants to establish in the world
the devotion to my Immaculate Heart.” Deep down the Immaculate Heart Crusade is
essentially an answer to this petition. It is essentially apostolic! “I have
come to put fire on earth, and what could I desire but for it to burn?” (Luke
12:49)
I am sure that many of you will
recognize that these objectives are already part of your daily lives. Others
will realize that they should be practicing them or at least be more regular in
doing so. For each of us, however, whether enlisting as a crusader or simply
cooperating with our ladies requests, this Crusade can be an incentive to take
more seriously our life of prayer and devotion, as well as a means to develop
the spirit of reparation and consolation.
Further information regarding the Heart of Mary Crusade should be available in
our chapels during this month of October. Additional brochures can be requested
from the Regina Coeli House or online at
heartofmarycrusade@sspx.org.
Sincerely in the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
Fr. John D. Fullerton |
