Feast of Our Lady of Fatima
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Our Lady of Fatima Church Piscataway, New Jersey Feast of Our Lady of Fatima Wednesday, May 13, 2020 6:00 p.m. Rosary; 6:30 p.m. Mass Father Arlindo Paul Da Silva Main Celebrant Father Dennis Kaelin Homilist 1 HOLY ROSARY with the Fatima Ave in between each verse After 1st Decade: After 2nd Decade: In Fatima’s Cove on the thirteenth of May, The Virgin Maria surrounded by light, the Virgin Maria appeared at midday. God’s mother is ours, for she gives us this sight. Refrain Refrain: Ave, Ave, Ave Maria! Ave, Ave, Ave Maria! After 3rd Decade After 4th Decade The world was then suffering from war, To three shepherd children, the Virgin plague and strife, and Portugal mourned then spoke, a message so hopeful with for her great loss of life. Refrain peace for all folks. Refrain th After 5 Decade With Sweet Mother’s pleading, she asked us to pray Do penance, be modest, the Rosary each day. Refrain HOLY MASS Gathering Song: Immaculate Mary Immaculate Mary, your praises we sing. You reign now in heaven with Jesus our King. Refrain: Ave, Ave, Ave, Maria. Ave, Ave, Ave Maria! In Heaven the blessed your glory proclaim; on earth we your children invoke your fair name. Refrain. We pray for our Mother, the Church upon earth, and bless, Holy Mary, the land of our birth. Refrain. Penitential Rite Gloria Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace to people of good will. We praise you, we bless you, We adore you, we glorify you, We give you thanks for your great glory, Lord God, heavenly King, O God, almighty Father. Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, You take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us; You take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer; You are seated at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us. For you alone are the Holy One, You alone are the Lord, You alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen 2 Liturgy of the Word First Reading Responsorial Psalm: You are the highest honor of our race. Gospel Acclamation Gospel Homily Preparation of the Gifts: O Holy Mary Refrain: O holy Dwelling Place of God, O holy Temple of the Word, O holy Mary, holy Mother of God. Sanctus: Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts. Heaven and earth are full, full of your glory. Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest. Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest. Mystery of Faith: We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and profess your Resurrection, until you come again. Amen Lamb of God: Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: grant us peace. Communion: O Sanctissima (Latin Verses) English Translation O sanctissima, o piissima, O most holy, o most loving, dulcis Virgo Maria! sweet Virgin Mary! Mater amata, intemerata, Beloved Mother, undefiled, ora, ora pro nobis. pray, pray for us. Tu solatium et refugium, You are solace and refuge, Virgo Mater Maria. Virgin, Mother Mary. Quidquid optamus, per te speramus; Whatever we wish, we hope it through you; ora, ora pro nobis. pray, pray for us. Ecce debiles, perquam flebiles; Look, we are weak and deeply deplorable; salva nos, o Maria! save us, o Mary! Tolle languores, sana dolores; Take away our lassitude, heal our pains; ora, ora pro nobis. pray, pray for us. Virgo, respice, Mater, aspice; Virgin, look at us, Mother, care for us; audi nos, o Maria! hear us, o Mary! Tu medicinam portas divinam; You bring divine medicine; ora, ora pro nobis. pray, pray for us. 3 Prayer to Mary, Our Queen and Mother O most holy and pure Virgin, our Mother! You who are the Mother of our Lord, The Queen of the world, the advocate and refuge of sinners! We, your loving children, now come to you. We honor you, great Queen, And give humble thanks to you for the many favors which have come to us through your intercession. We love you, O Mother most worthy of all love. Receive us as your children, And cover us with the mantle of your protection, You who are the Mother of mercy! And since you are so close to God, implore Him to deliver us from all temptations, and to give us the grace to overcome them. Pray for us that we may love Christ in this world as you love him, and intercede for us that we may have the grace of a good and happy death. O most loving Mother, by your love for God, we beg you to be at all times our helper, but above all at the last moment of our lives. Cease not your supplications until you see us safe in heaven, where forever we will bless you with all the angels and saints and forever worship the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen. Mary, Queen of heaven and earth, pray for us. Mary, Queen of Angels, pray for us. Mary, Queen of Patriarchs, pray for us. Mary, Queen of Prophets, pray for us. Mary, Queen of Apostles, pray for us. Mary, Queen of Martyrs, pray for us. Mary, Queen of Confessors, pray for us. Mary, Queen of Virgins, pray for us. Mary, Queen of all Saints, pray for us. Mary, Queen conceived without original sin, pray for us. Mary, Queen assumed body and soul into heaven, pray for us. Mary, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, pray for us. Mary, Queen of Peace, pray for us. 4 Concluding Rite Dismissal Final Blessing Closing Hymn: Lady of Fatima (Traditional) Verse 1 Verse 3 Lady of Fatima, hear us, we pray! Thy heart is pierced with thorns of men’s sin, We are thy children, show us the way. Help us by prayer those souls to win. Help bring us peace to this world by thy prayer, Holding thy rosary, Immaculate Heart, Keep us, Sweet Lady, safe in thy care. Holding thy rosary, Immaculate Heart, REFRAIN REFRAIN Lady of Fatima, help us, we plead! Kneeling before Thee, our prayers intercede. We’re gathered together, Thy rosary to say, Lady of Fatima, hear us we pray! Verse 2 Thou art so lovely, O Lady of Light! Thy soul is spotless, as thy robe is white. Placing our trust in Thy heart as we pray, Queen of the Rosary, bring peace in Thy day. REFRAIN 5 The Story of Fatima During World War I, Pope Benedict XV made repeated but forlorn pleas for peace, and finally in May 1917, made a direct appeal to the Blessed Mother to intercede for peace in the world. Just over a week later, Our Lady began to appear at Fatima, Portugal to three shepherd children, Lucia dos Santos, age 10, and her cousins, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, ages nine and seven. Fatima was a small village about 70 miles north of Lisbon. The Angel of Portugal However, in the spring of the previous year, 1916, the children had their first supernatural encounter as a means of preparing them for their meetings with the Queen of Heaven. As they were looking after their sheep one day they saw a dazzlingly beautiful young man, seemingly made of light, who told them he was the Angel of Peace. He invited them to pray with him. Later on in the summer, the Angel again appeared to the children and encouraged them to pray and make sacrifices as a way of drawing down peace on their country. In the autumn, the children again saw the Angel as they were looking after the sheep. He appeared before them holding a chalice in his hands, above which was suspended a host from which drops of blood were falling into the chalice. The Angel left the chalice suspended in the air and prostrated himself before it in prayer. He taught them a prayer of Eucharistic reparation. He then gave the host to Lucia and the chalice to Francisco and Jacinta, saying: “Take and drink the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, horribly outraged by ungrateful men. Repair their crimes and console your God.” Then he prostrated himself again in prayer before disappearing. The children did not tell anyone about these visits of the Angel, feeling an interior necessity to keep quiet about these events. May 13, 1917 On May 13, 1917, the three children took their flocks out to pasture in the small area known as the Cova da Iria (Cove of Peace). After lunch and the Rosary they suddenly saw a bright flash of something like lightning, followed quickly by another flash in the clear blue sky. They looked up to see, in Lucia’s words, “A lady, clothed in white, brighter than the sun, radiating a light more clear and intense than a crystal cup filled with sparkling water lit by burning sunlight.” The children stood there amazed, bathed in the light that surrounded the apparition as the Lady smiled and said: “Do not be afraid, I will not harm you.” Lucia, as the oldest, asked her where she came from. The Lady pointed to the sky and said: “I come from heaven.” Lucia then asked her what she wanted. “I have come to ask you to come here for six months on the 13th day of the month at this same hour.