Fall 2017 IPVS NEWS 1 Issue No. 22 FALL 2017

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AN ENCOUNTER WITH OUR LADY(by Joan Russell OF -Committee FATIMA member for the Diocese of Dallas.) On the 24th of June, the Diocese of arrival. Dallas bid farewell to the International Continued drenching rain was the Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of forecast for June 2nd, Our Lady’s first Fatima. For 22 days the custodians of official day touring the diocese. This the statue of Our Lady of Fatima, Carl inclement weather was definitely Malburg and Victor Fernandez, fulfilled not in the plans for Sacred Heart an ambitious schedule of parish visits Vietnamese parish and their outdoor that our Dallas committee had prepared candlelight procession. However, Mary’s for them. Responding to an inspiration intercession was apparent as one of to have IPVS visit during the 100th Sacred Heart’s parishioners shared with anniversary of the Fatima apparitions, me: the chairperson of our committee “It was a miracle, God heard our successfully arranged a visit between prayers through the intercession of Our June 2nd-24th. This key date was an Lady of Fatima. Father Dominic (the opportunity for us to celebrate the 100th pastor) asked our parishioners in every anniversary within the timeframe of the Mass since last month to pray for nice original apparitions, fulfill the plenary weather so we can have a procession indulgence on June 13th and have 22 around the Parish Hall and our Church. days of Our Lady of Fatima’s message Last Friday night, I was with Father renewed in our hearts. Dominic since we had Mass at 6:30 PM The first planning stages included and Adoration after the Mass. Before letters mailed to all the parishes in I left, I was driving in drenching rain our diocese with a return envelope around the Parish Hall and the Church and instructions to choose three dates to survey the road, pavement, and between June 2-June 24th to schedule a celebrated in our diocese. This includes: of a drum and ornate canopies hoisted grasses. They were soaking wet with parish visit. The letters in the mail and Ordinary and Extraordinary Roman protectively over the Blessed Sacrament. many puddles. By Saturday morning, an empty calendar of June in front of us, rite, Syro-Malabar rite, Byzantine Women wore ceremonial saris and it was still cloudy dark, and rain. In the we waited. Within 48 hours we received Liturgy and Maronite. The opportunity held decorative umbrellas ringed with afternoon the sky was clearing and our a phone call. An anxious voice asked if of visiting the parishes and meeting tassels. The Knights of Columbus road, and pavement were dry so we had it was too late to request a date on the the committees was the highlight of flanked Our Lady in their colorful a beautiful procession.” calendar. That was the first request and preparing for Our Lady’s June visit. regalia. How moving to hear the gentle, Our Blessed Mother was just then letters poured in with dates and Traveling to the parishes broadened our soothing voices of the Vietnamese beginning her blessings. The Carmelite times and there were few overlapping understanding of the great connection parishioners reciting the rosary and see Sisters had concluded ten days of conflicts. The ease with which the we share as Catholics through so many the evening candle-light processions. their retreat. The evening of Pentecost calendar dates filled was the first diverse representations of our faith. The Chapel of the Carmelite Sisters was Sunday had not been reserved on the indication to us of Mary’s hand already Parish enthusiasm was apparent as each filled with the sweet melodic voices calendar. Reverend Mother was thrilled working on our behalf, leading us to her committee assimilated the Foundation’s of the Sisters singing the Hail Mary in their Monastery had been asked to host Son. suggestions and then created their many languages. There were exquisite Our Lady of Fatima for the evening Within a month we had scheduled individual celebrations. I will never floral arrangements as well as simple and as the schedule worked out the 28 parishes, the Carmelite Monastery, forget overhearing the words of one bouquets lovingly brought to Our Lady. next day event did not begin until early the Sisters of the Holy Family of pastor to his key committee member, Mary’s children did not hold back afternoon. This allowed the IPVS to Nazareth Retreat Center and St. Joseph’s “Let’s make this a very special day, one expressing their love for her and her remain overnight for an all-night vigil Retirement Home. The calendar was the parishioners will always remember.” Son. with the sisters. now full and the next step was to visit The liturgical calendar for the month Mr. Malburg and Mr. Fernandez Reverend Mother shared this with the parishes to meet their committee of June has an abundance of important arrived on the rainy evening of June 1st me: “She arrived just as we came out of members and discuss the Foundation’s feast days: Pentecost Sunday, Solemnity with the statue of Our Lady of Fatima. our 10 day retreat on Pentecost! It was suggestions to prepare for the parish of The Holy Trinity, the Most Holy Body The Blessed Mother was already busy like coming out of the Upper Room into event. and Blood of Christ and the Most Sacred before she even began her official tour the arms of the Blessed Mother to be The Diocese of Dallas consists of Heart of . On those feast days the next morning. A seminarian student enflamed by the Holy Spirit. Our little 1,300,000 Catholics and sprawls across the celebrations had an exceptional from our parish was being ordained a chapel was filled to capacity and as Her 7,523 square miles in 9 counties. The expression of pomp and ceremony priest June 3rd. The chairperson of our welcoming ceremony came to a close, diversity of our parishes is rich in ethnic enhanced with beautiful outdoor committee arranged for him to have people were calling to tell us that the groups as well as liturgies. Both the processions, one more unique than the a private prayer visit before the statue Monastery had a huge, vibrant rainbow Roman rite and the Eastern rite are other. Matachines danced to the beat of Our Lady on the first evening of her over it.” 2 IPVS NEWS Fall 2017

The Blessed Mother continued to but the Universal Church.” remember praying the Rosary on my own care for her daughters. The Sisters of And from St. Peter the Apostle each and every night. I remember the the Holy Family of Nazareth graciously Parish: “We at St. Peter the Apostle have pain of not seeing my own mother, not reserved rooms for part of the a culturally diverse parish. However, feeling the warmth of her embrace, and custodians stay. Again Mary’s hand was during this visit, we all gathered as her not knowing if and when I will ever see evident as the sisters personal retreat children to participate in this great her again. Yet, I never cried and I never coincided with the reservations. The teaching mission. It is evident that our wavered. My heart resolute and my Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady found commitment and prayers are needed thoughts focused on praying the Rosary. a home in their chapel after a long day of now as we hear about the world-wide Through this life-changing experience, touring. tragedies on a daily basis.” I believe that Our Lady came and Mary’s intercession continued. A committee member from St Rita’s comforted me each night as I slept alone. Our diocese sponsored a Eucharistic shares her thoughts on Our Lady of I felt the “touch” of a mother but not of conference for Saturday, June 17th. The Fatima’s visit: “At St. Rita’s we were my own. Not till later in life did I realize purpose of the conference was to deepen blessed to receive the visit of Our Blessed that was Mother Mary there beside me all the understanding of the true presence Mother of Fatima on the solemnity of those lonely nights. The night I witnessed of Jesus. One of the topics was Fatima Corpus Christi! As we processed around Our Lady of Fatima statue in our church and the Eucharist. The Conference was the parish campus, from one altar to the brought me such peace. I remembered in need of a speaker for that topic. Mr. next, the Blessed Mother was carried in such comfort during those lonely nights Malburg’s visit in the diocese perfectly front of the Blessed Sacrament as guiding when I was separate from my parents. As coincided with the Conference date and us, then as we approached the altars, she I stood before Our Lady of Fatima statue, his speaking time did not conflict with stood by the side so we could adore the I was humbled by her simplicity and the parish visits. Body and Blood of her Son. It was the tenderness. That experience reminded From the Bethlemite Sisters, Staff most beautiful experience!” me of my life altering experience - one and Residents of St. Joseph Residence: The following inspirational testimony that few will ever know and one that brought Our Lady of Fatima to the “For us at St. Joseph’s Residence the visit from a parishioner at Sacred Heart has made me a better person because of parishes as early as 7:30 am and stayed of our Lady of Fatima was a moment Parish confirms the love of a Mother it. Thank you for that special memory as late as 10 pm. By the 22nd day they of GRACE. It was a beautiful spiritual that Mary has for her children. “ I am and helping me bridge the gap across so had travelled 1,400 miles, distributed experience that touched our lives deeply, one of the privileged parishioners that many years back into lost memories.” nearly 12,000 scapulars as well as giving a beautiful encounter with our Lady had the once-in-a-lifetime experience In the early morning hours of June away almost 11,500 booklets of Fatima. Fatima honoring our place again. We felt at our parish with Our Lady of Fatima. 24th, the last day of the IPVS tour, heavy The combined efforts of Our Lady’s a great spiritual joy, which has remained When I was only 4 years of age, I was lost rains began. The parish event began at custodians plus so many parishioners in our hearts. Our gratitude goes to all at sea during our escape from Vietnam. 3:00 in the afternoon. A large outdoor made this an extraordinary event in our the members of the team who made this Through my youthful eyes I witnessed procession was planned to circle the diocese. It was not just a singular parish rich religious experience possible for us.” death, fear, and pain… the pain of seeing parish campus around the building site event. Together we witnessed all of us From a parishioner of Santa Clara the sorrows of others. The pain of seeing of the new sanctuary and then back to being Mary’s children and what great parish who organized the event: my own parents fading in a distant as I the existing parish sanctuary. As the numbers we are! The Blessed Mother “Personally I was very excited to be asked continue to be swept further and further rains continued through the morning, appeared 100 years ago to invite her to prepare her visit. I felt she was the one after our boat had been destroyed. That the prospects of an outdoor procession children to participate in the Peace Plan telling me to do it. But the day of the fateful night of December 24th, 1979 diminished. However, at 2:30 pm the from Heaven. Her invitation was to event I saw all those coming from far forever changed my life and left an rains stopped and the sun came through sacrifice for the conversion of sinners, away churches to be with her and to visit indelible mark upon my heart. With the dark clouds. The procession began recite the rosary daily and observe the for the first time our church…I think the the Will of God, Malaysian fishermen on schedule! Five First Saturday Devotion. 100 years Blessed Mother with her presence unified rescued me and another 14yr boy at Mr. Malburg and Mr. Fernandez later she came to reacquaint us with us all in one, as in Pentecost. No Santa the time and for the next 1-2 months professionally managed the tour with the same relevant message. Let us not Clara or Blessed Sacrament Church or… we lived in a shelter along the coast. I precision. Seven days a week they disappoint her!

WHY FATIMA? (by Charles M. Urban, Sr.) During this past year and leading to a room in a hotel near the Vatican and the children contained in the second the 100th Anniversary of Our Lady of on May 13 walked into St. Peter’s Square MAY 13, 1981 – ALL NIGHT VIGIL secret as follows: “…I shall come to Fatima’s apparitions, we have been and shot the pope with a 9mm Browning Distinctly do I recall the evening of May ask for the Consecration of Russia to my blessed with the canonizations of Sts. automatic. A handwritten note was 12, 1981, (at which time we had earlier Immaculate Heart, and the Communion John Paul II, Mother Theresa of Calcutta, found in his pocket that read: “I am convened at St. Bridget of reparation on the First Saturdays. If and most recently this year on the killing the pope as a protest against the in Hobart, Indiana, for an all night vigil my requests are heeded, Russia will be anniversary of the first apparition, May imperialism of the Soviet Union and the sponsored by the Blue Army of O.L. converted, and there will be peace; if not, 13, 1917, Jacinta and Francisco Marto, United States and against the genocide Fatima – Diocese of Gary), when Rose she will spread her errors throughout the the two youngest visionaries of Fatima. that is being carried out in Salvador and Mary (Malburg) hurriedly announced world, causing wars and persecutions of Afghanistan.” He pleaded guilty, saying that there had been an attempted the Church. The good will be martyred; MAY 9, 1981 - MEHMET ALI AGCA he acted alone, and in July 1981 was assassination on Pope John Paul II. the Holy Father will have much to suffer; On May 9, 1981, Agca took a plane sentenced to life in prison. At that moment, it must have various nations will be annihilated. from Majorca to Milan and entered Source: http://www.history.com/this- crossed the mind and heart of every In the end, my Immaculate Heart will under an assumed name. He took day-in-history/pope-john-paul-ii-shot participant the words Our Lady gave triumph. The Holy Father will consecrate Fall 2017 IPVS NEWS 3

Russia to me, and she shall be converted, of the Lord, this human world of ours, The following are excerpts from Bishop Arabic words: ‘We are God’s host, each of and a period of peace will be granted to which we entrust and consecrate to you, Fulton J. Sheen’s book, “The World’s us has ninety-nine eggs, and if we had a the world.” for we are full of concern for the earthly First Love” hundred, we should lay waste the world and eternal destiny of individuals and Moslemism is the only great post- with all that is in it.’” DECEMBER 28, 1983 – POPE JOHN peoples. Christian religion of the world. Because The problem is, how shall we prevent PAUL II FORGIVES AGCA In a special way we entrust and it had its origin in the seventh century the hatching of the hundredth egg? It consecrate to you those individuals under Mohammed, it was possible is our firm belief that, the fears some DECEMBER 28, 2014 – AGCA LAYS and nations which particularly need to unite within it some elements of entertain concerning the Moslems are ROSES AT THE POPE’s GRAVE to be thus entrusted and consecrated. Christianity and of Judaism, along not to be realized, but that Moslemism, ‘We have recourse to your protection, with particular customs of Arabia. instead, will eventually be converted to JUNE 7, 1981 - “ACT OF ENTRUSTMENT” holy Mother of God!’ Despise not our Moslemism takes the doctrine of the Christianity — and in a way that even After the attempt, as is well known, petitions in our necessities.” unity of God, His Majesty and His some of our missionaries never suspect. Pope John Paul II immediately thought Creative Power, and uses it, in part, as It is our belief that this will happen of consecrating the world to the MARCH 25, 1984 - “CONSECRATION a basis for the repudiation of Christ, not through the direct teaching of Immaculate Heart of Mary and he FOR THE WORLD” the Son of God. Misunderstanding the Christianity, but through a summoning himself composed a prayer for what he 25 March 1984. Pope St. John Paul II in notion of the Trinity, Mohammed made of the Moslems to a veneration of called an “Act of Entrustment”, which Union with All the Bishops of the World, Christ a prophet, announcing him, just the Mother of God. This is the line of was to be celebrated in the Basilica of Consecration of all Individuals and as, to Christians, Isaias and John the argument: Saint Mary Major on 7 June 1981, the Peoples of the World to the Immaculate Baptist are prophets announcing Christ. The Koran, which is the Bible of the Solemnity of Pentecost, the day chosen Heart of Mary. The Christian European West barely Moslems, has many passages concerning to commemorate the 1600th anniversary The Pope then continued more escaped destruction at the hands of the the Blessed Virgin. First of all, the Koran of the First Council of Constantinople forcefully and with more specific Moslems. At one point they were stopped believes in her and the 1550th anniversary of the references, as though commenting on near Tours and at another point, later on and, also, in her Virgin Birth. The third Council of Ephesus. Since the Pope the Message of Fatima in its sorrowful in time, outside the gates of Vienna. The chapter of the Koran places the history was unable to be present, his recorded fulfillment: Church throughout northern Africa was of Mary’s family in a genealogy which Address was broadcast. [EWTN…see “Behold, as we stand before practically destroyed by Moslem power, goes back through Abraham, Noah, and source below} you, Mother of Christ, before your and at the present hour, the Moslems Adam. When one compares the Koran’s Immaculate Heart, we desire, together are beginning to rise again. description of the birth of Mary with MARCH 25, 1984 - “ACT OF with the whole Church, to unite If Moslemism is a heresy, as Hilaire the apocryphal Gospel of the birth of CONSECRATION” ourselves with the consecration which, Belloc believes it to be, it is the only Mary, one is tempted to believe that …On 25 March 1984 in Saint Peter’s for love of us, your Son made of himself heresy that has never declined. Others Mohammed very much depended Square, while recalling the “fiat” uttered to the Father: ‘For their sake’, he said, ‘I have had a moment of vigor, then gone upon the latter. Both books describe by Mary at the Annunciation, the Holy consecrate myself that they also may into doctrinal decay at the death of the old age and the definite sterility of Father, in spiritual union with the be consecrated in the truth’ (Jn 17:19). the leader, and finally evaporated in a the mother of Mary. When, however, Bishops of the world, who had been We wish to unite ourselves with our vague social movement. Moslemism, she conceives, the mother of Mary is “convoked” beforehand, entrusted all Redeemer in this his consecration for the on the contrary, has only had its first made to say in the Koran: “O Lord, I vow men and women and all peoples to the world and for the human race, which, in phase. There was never a time in which and I consecrate to you what is already Immaculate Heart of Mary, in terms his divine Heart, has the power to obtain it declined, either in numbers, or in the within me. Accept it from me.” which recalled the heartfelt words pardon and to secure reparation.” devotion of its followers. When Mary is born, the mother says: spoken in 1981: (Pope JPII continues) The power of this consecration The missionary effort of the Church “And I consecrate her with all of her lasts for all time and embraces all toward this group has been, at least on posterity under thy protection, O Lord individuals, peoples and nations. It the surface, a failure, for the Moslems against Satan!” overcomes every evil that the spirit of are so far almost unconvertible. darkness is able to awaken, and has in The reason is that for a follower of fact awakened in our times, in the heart Mohammed to become a Christian is “And I of man and in his history. much like a Christian becoming a Jew. Source: https://www.ewtn.com/fatima/ The Moslems believe that they have the consecrate her secret-of-fatima.asp final and definitive revelation of God to the world and that Christ was only a MARY AND THE MOSLEMS – by Bishop prophet announcing Mohammed, the with all of her Fulton J. Sheen last of God’s real prophets. At the present time, the hatred of the posterity under Moslem countries against the West is becoming a hatred against Christianity thy protection, “O Mother of all men and women, itself. Although the statesmen have not and of all peoples, you who know all yet taken it into account, there is still their sufferings and their hopes, you grave danger that the temporal power O Lord against who have a mother’s awareness of all of Islam may return and, with it, the the struggles between good and evil, menace that it may shake off a West Satan!” between light and darkness, which afflict which has ceased to be Christian, and the modern world, accept the cry which affirm itself as a great anti-Christian The Koran passes over Joseph we, moved by the Holy Spirit, address world power. Moslem writers say, in the life of Mary, but the Moslem directly to your Heart. Embrace with “When the locust swarms darken vast tradition knows his name and has some the love of the Mother and Handmaid countries, they bear on their wings these familiarity with him. In this tradition, 4 IPVS NEWS Fall 2017

WHY FATIMA? ...Continued Joseph is made to speak to Mary, who centuries. At the time when they were is a virgin. As he inquired how she finally driven out, the last Moslem chief conceived Jesus without a father, Mary had a beautiful daughter by the name of answered: “Do you not know that God, Fatima. A Catholic boy fell in love with when He created the wheat had no need her, and for him she not only stayed of seed, and that God by His Power made behind when the Moslems left, but the trees grow without the help of rain? even embraced the faith. The young All that God had to do was to say. ‘So be husband was so much in love with her it, and it was done.’” that he changed the name of the town The Koran has also verses on the where he lived to Fatima. Thus, the Annunciation, Visitation, and Nativity. very place where Our Lady appeared in Angels are pictured as accompanying 1917 bears a historical connection to the Blessed Mother and saying: “Oh, Fatima, the daughter of Mohammed. Mary, God has chosen you and purified The final evidence of the you, and elected you above all the relationship of Fatima to the Moslems women of the earth.” In the nineteenth is the enthusiastic reception which chapter of the Koran there are forty-one the Moslems in Africa and India and verses on Jesus and Mary. There is such elsewhere gave to the Pilgrim statue a strong defense of the virginity of Mary of Our Lady of Fatima, as mentioned here that the Koran, in the fourth book, earlier. Moslems attended the Church attributes the condemnation of the Jews services in honor of Our Lady; they to their monstrous calumny against the allowed religious processions and even Virgin Mary. prayers before their mosques; and in Mary, then, is for the Moslems the Mozambique the Moslems, who were true Sayyida, or Lady. The only possible unconverted, began to be Christian as serious rival to her in their creed would soon as the statue of Our Lady of Fatima be Fatima, the daughter of Mohammed was erected. himself. But after the death of Fatima, Missionaries in the future will, more Mohammed wrote: “Thou shalt be and more, see that their apostolate the most blessed of all the women in among the Moslems will be successful Paradise, after Mary.” In a variant of the in the measure that they preach Our text, Fatima is made to say: “I surpass Lady of Fatima. Mary is the advent of all the women, except Mary.” Christ, bringing Christ to the people before Christ Himself is born. In any apologetic endeavor, it is always best “I surpass all the to start with that which people already accept. Because the Moslems have a women, except devotion to Mary, our missionaries should be satisfied merely to expand the Gospel of Luke, that Mary could Christ with every spiritual blessing in and to develop that devotion, with the not be, even in their own eyes, the most the heavens, before the foundation of the Mary.” full realization that Our Blessed Lady blessed of all the women of heaven if world, to be holy and without blemish will carry the Moslems the rest of the she had not also borne One Who was the before him. In love, he destined us for This brings us to our second point, way to her Divine Son. She is forever a Savior of the world. If Judith and Esther adoption to himself through Jesus namely, why the Blessed Mother, in this “traitor,” in the sense that she will not of the Old Testament were prefigures Christ, in accord with the favor of his twentieth century, should have revealed accept any devotion for herself, but will of Mary, then it may very well be that will for the praise and glory of his grace herself in the insignificant little village of always bring anyone who is devoted to Fatima herself was a post-figure of that he granted us in his beloved.” Fatima, so that to all future generations her to her Divine Son. As those who Mary! The Moslems should be prepared she would be known as “Our Lady of lose devotion to her lose belief in the to acknowledge that, if Fatima must give FULFILLMENT (of GOD’s Holy Will) Fatima.” Since nothing ever happens Divinity of Christ, so those who intensify way in honor to the Blessed Mother, it THROUGH CHRIST – (Eph 1:7-10) out of heaven except with a finesse of devotion to her gradually acquire that is because she is different from all the “In him we have redemption by his all details, I believe that the Blessed belief. other mothers of the world and that blood, the forgiveness of transgressions, Virgin chose to be known as “Our Lady Many of our great missionaries in without Christ she would be nothing…” in accord with the riches of his grace of Fatima” as a pledge and a sign of Africa have already broken down the Source: http://ignatiusinsight.com/ that he lavished upon us. In all wisdom hope to the Moslem people, and as an bitter hatred and prejudices of the features2009/fsheen_maryandislam__ and insight, he has made known to us assurance that they, who show her so Moslems against the Christians through jun09.asp the mystery of his will in accord with his much respect, will one day accept her their acts of charity, their schools and favor that he set forth in him as plan for Divine Son, too. hospitals. It now remains to use another THE FATHER’S PLAN OF SALVATION the fullness of times to sum up all things Evidence to support these views approach, namely, that of taking the (Eph 1:3-6) in Christ, in the heavens and on the is found in the historical fact that forty-first chapter of the Koran and “Blessed be the God and Father of Our earth.” the Moslems occupied Portugal for showing them that it was taken out of Lord, Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Fall 2017 IPVS NEWS 5

“OH BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, OUR DEAREST MOTHER AND ST. MICHAEL, THE ARCHANGEL, CAST THE DEVIL INTO HELL” (by By David Blum) AT THIS VERY MOMENT, the Blessed great power with the signs which Lord has entrusted the souls of the Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Fatima is accompanied your great victories of old. redeemed to be led into heaven. Pray, gathering Her forces throughout the In pity, watch over the church and His therefore, that the God of Peace to world to do battle with the devil and his Holiness Pope Francis and every order of “crush satan,” beneath our feet, that forces of evil here on earth. the clergy and laity suffering in grievous He may no longer retain men captive The challenge has been laid down warfare. Hasten Oh Most Powerful and do injury to the Church. Offer our and the “Battle enjoined with the great “destroyer of Heresies” the hour of great prayers to the Most High, that without apostles of the latter times” with their mercy by inspiring “All of the Hierarchy delay they may draw His mercy down rosary in their hands and their “Brown to promulgate the Five First Saturdays of upon us; St. Michael, take hold of “the Scapular” of Carmel around their necks Reparation into the church. dragon, the old serpent, which is the calling upon their “Great Glorious We call upon you St. Michael, St. devil and satan...and bind him into the Queen of Angels; Queen of Patriarchs; Raphael and St. Gabriel and all you bottomless pit-so that he may no longer Queen of Virgins; Queen of All Saints; heavenly angels and saints to help us in seduce the nations.” Queen conceived without original sin; this battle of the end times to defeat the Queen assumed into Heaven; Queen devil and his minions of the followers ST. MICHAEL PRAYER of Peace and Queen of the most Holy here on earth. St. Michael the Archangel, defend us Rosary. Most Glorious Prince of the Heavenly in battle, be our protection against the In these times of brazen impiety, armies, St. Michael, the Archangel, wickedness and snares of the devil. multitudes of mortal sins; sins of defend us in “our battle” against the May God rebuke him we humbly pray, homosexuality and abortion--rampant “Spirit of wickedness in high places”- and do thou Oh Prince of the Heavenly and uncontrollable sins of immodesty; come to the assistance of men whom Hosts, by the Power of God, cast into Hell flagrant and shameless sins against all God has created in His likeness and satan and all the evil spirits who prowl of the Ten Commandments, especially whom He has redeemed at a great price throughout the world seeking the ruin of the First, Fifth & Sixth. from the tyranny of the devil. souls. Amen. Yes, we call upon you, Oh Blessed Holy Church venerates Thee as Her Virgin Mary, to show again your Guardian and protector; to Thee, the PLEAS FROM HEAVEN Will people ever wake up to the fact answers, SIMPLE ANSWERS, to all the and not depend on someone else, and that GOD INTERFENED AT FATIMA and world problems for peace when She recognize that each one of us has a foretold the rise of communism which appeared at Fatima in 1917. Her simple responsibility to do something….and would spread its errors “throughout the requests included: offering up our daily the answer is so SIMPLE….The Fatima entire world” if people do not listen to duty, daily Rosary, consecration to Her Message. Each one of us will be held the message which He gave us through Immaculate Heart and the Five First responsible. Our Lady and confirmed with a public Saturdays. The heart of the Fatima Message and miracle so that “everyone may believe”? Certainly Our Lord is most offended First Saturday Devotion is Eucharistic It is sad to say that people have not not only by the outrageous sins we see Reparation. Therefore, it is important listened to the Heavenly Message and all about us, but most especially by that Catholics know and appreciate we did see a rise of communism, the those who know and who have received the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and the effects of which continues to spread its so much from Him—who do not love Eucharist. errors “throughout the entire world.” Him enough to pray, to do penance, Only by stopping the offenses against Is there not a frightening, sickening to offer sacrifices to Him, to turn back God can there be True peace. Our Lady of feeling of things falling apart right here the tide of evil that engulfs the present Fatima predicted wars and persecutions in our own country, and throughout the world. would come if mankind did not convert. world? It would seem that not enough There is no peace among individuals, Her predictions have come true and people have fulfilled the requests of families, societies and nations. Even are still playing out in our catastrophic Our Lady of Fatima. In order to prevent nature seems to have gone into a state of times. the loss of immortal souls and further revolt. Where will the peace our hearts Do we not all belong to God’s plan? destruction, should we not heed Our yearn so much come from? Let us wake up and unite our sufferings Lady’s pleas? Our Lady gave us the We have to wake up, really wake up with those of Jesus. Let us fulfill Our Lady 6 IPVS NEWS Fall 2017

PLEAS FROM HEAVEN ...Continued of Fatima’s request to offer up our daily well. She promises Her presence at the Dr. Thomas Smyth, of Ireland, wrote: and the Pope), I will come to ask for the duty, pray a daily rosary, wear the brown hour of death. All who lead good lives “When we practice the devotion of consecration of Russia to my Immaculate scapular as a sign of consecration, and have a reasonable assurance of going to the Five First Saturdays with love and Heart and the Communion of Reparation accept Our Lord’s personal invitation to Heaven, but how wonderful it is to have devotion, the whole message of Our Lady on the First Saturday.”. make the Five First Saturdays. the assurance of dying well! Of dying in of Fatima blossoms out into something This indicates that in 1917 Our Lady On December 10, 1925, Our Lady the arms of Mary! Of being presented very beautiful—changing one’s whole gave the conditions which the world made this electrifying statement: “I into the presence of God by His Mother! life. And when a sufficient number of must fulfill in order to obtain a Christian promise to assist them at the hour of (Editor’s Note: I was blessed to be at the side of my people practice this devotion it is certain world, while announcing another comatose mother before she died when suddenly she death, with all the graces necessary for very lovingly looked up and cried out “Mary, Mary, that we shall have the triumph of the devotion which the elite, Her chosen the salvation of their souls all those who Mary.” For years my mother made the First Saturdays.”) Immaculate Heart of Mary and the era of children, could practice in order to on the First Saturday of five consecutive peace she promised.” cause the floodgates of Her Immaculate months, go to confession, receive Next, there is a second most And, what is the punishment for not Heart to open with enough grace to Holy communion, recite the rosary important reason why we should make establishing in the world devotion to the cause the world to finally listen to the and keep me company for 15 minutes the Five First Saturdays: Our Lady has Immaculate Heart of Mary through the basic conditions for that peace, namely meditating on its mysteries with the promised by this means to bring an end five First Saturdays? Our Lady tells us by ceasing to offend God, by making intention of offering me reparation.” “I to the world crisis. that: “God is going to punish the ‘World’ the sacrifices necessary to obey His promise salvation to those who adopt If enough people were aware of the for its crimes by means of war, hunger, Commandments in reparation for sins this devotion and the souls who practice tremendous graces to be obtained from persecutions of the church and of the throughout the world. it will be beloved of God. They will be this simple devotion of the Five First Holy Father.” Will you “Have pity on the Heart of as flowers placed by me adorning His Saturdays, would not every sincere and This is evident from the very words of Your Most Holy Mother that is covered Throne.” devout Catholic hasten to fulfill these Our Lady Herself in the July apparition with thorns which ungrateful men pierce In addition to promising us Heaven, conditions? And why do so few fulfill of 1917: “To prevent this (i.e., war, Her (Heart) without anyone making an Our Lady promises us the grace of dying them? hunger and persecution of the Church Act of Reparation to remove them?”

FATIMA -- BLESSED SISTER ELENA AIELLO Sister Elena Aiello was born on April ones and all those who accept my urgent 5, 1895. She had 7 brothers and sisters. warnings, and they, especially by the She became a and later founded recitation of my rosary will be saved.” the Sister Minims of The Passion of Our “If the people do not recognize in Lord Jesus Christ. This order was based these Scourges of Nature (earthquakes; on the similar order of Monks founded famine; hurricanes, tornadoes) the by San Francesco di Paola. Sister Elena warnings of , and do not experienced apparitions of St. Francesco return to God with truly Christian living, and other saints as well as the Blessed another terrible war will come from the Mother. Sister Elena Aiello was made East to the West. Russia with her secret venerable by Pope John Paul II in 1992. armies will battle America; will overrun Sister Elena began suffering the …spread the devotion to my stigmata every from Immaculate Heart…” 1923 until her death on June 16, 1961. “IN THESE TRAGIC HOURS, THE On September 14, 2011, Feast of the WORLD HAS NEED OF PRAYERS AND Exaltation of the Cross, Pope Benedict PENANCE BECAUSE THE POPE, THE XVI declared Sr. Elena Aiello “Blessed” PRIESTS, AND THE CHURCH ARE Elena Aiello—Mystic, Stigmatic, Victim IN DANGER. IF WE DO NOT PRAY, Soul, Prophet and Foundress of “The “RUSSIA WILL MARCH UPON ALL OF Minim Tertiaries” of the Passion of Our EUROPE, AND PARTICULARLY UPON Lord Jesus Christ. ITALY, BRINGING MUCH MORE RUIN On Good Friday, April 8, 1955, Our AND HAVOC!” “I (the Blessed Virgin Mary) for a long pain. Great earthquakes will swallow Lady said to Blessed Elena: “You are to Good Friday – 1960 – The Blessed time have advised men in many ways, up entire cities and countries and will transmit these warnings to all, in order Virgin Mary Speaks: “How youth lives but they do not listen to my maternal bring epidemics, famine, and terrible that the new generation will know that in perdition! How many innocent souls appeals, and they continue to walk the destruction—especially where the sons men had been warned in time to turn to find themselves enwrapped in a chain paths of perdition. But soon terrifying of darkness are. Propagate the devotions God by doing penance and thus could of scandals! The world has become as manifestations will be seen, which to my Immaculate Heart (the 5 First have avoided these punishments.” a flooded valley, overflowing with filth will make even the most obdurate Saturdays), Mother of Mercy, Mediatrix On August 22, 1960, Our Lady said and mud! Some of the most difficult sinners tremble! Great Calamities of Men, who believe in the Mercy of “Do not fear, for I will accompany with Trials of “Divine Justice” are yet to come, will come upon the world, which will God, and Queen of the Universe.” my maternal protection, my faithful before the deluge of fire.” bring confusion, tears, struggles and Fall 2017 IPVS NEWS 7

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