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Our Lady of Victories and Arch-; Our Lady of Fatima and Millions of Memorares June 24,2014

Tonight I am going to present to you made into a temple to a false god, then, it Our Lady under two different titles and their was used as the Stock Exchange. The stories. The titles of Our Lady of Victories at this time were expelled from and Our Lady of Fatima at first glance, do the Church. When it was finally reclaimed not appear to have any correlation. for Catholic worship, between the years Occurring 81 years apart from each other 1800-1809, few parishioners remained. The and in two different countries, one is a church was re-erected as a parish, but locution and the other is a series of because it was located in a business apparitions, however the common fruit of neighborhood and lack of faith was a fruit of both events is the connection in praying for the revolution, the Church had very low the conversion of sinners. Our Blessed attendance. The church was open but the Mother on both occasions shows us the hearts of men were away from God. importance of bringing souls to her, who have no one else to pray for them. Let’s After the apparitions to St. Catherine now look at the stories as they happened in Laboure, the pastor of the parish, which the Marian age of history. included the Motherhouse of the Daughters of Charity, was Father Charles des In December 1629 Louis XIII Gennettes. He was familiar with the financed all the work for a convent church at Rue de Bac even if was not for the Augustinians, called “the little personally acquainted with St. Catherine. In Fathers” and named it Our Lady of 1832, Fr. des Gennettes was transferred to Victories, this was in appreciation to the the Church of Our Lady of Victories which Virgin for the recent victories won by the had an illustrious past in regard to devotion French. The Blessed Mother chose this to Mary, but had fallen upon bad times since place to bring to God her dispersed children the French Revolution. separated because of sin and its consequences. One brother, Fiacre, when For almost four years, Fr. des returning from a pilgrimage to Savona Gennettes tried everything he could think of (Italy) began invoking Our Lady of to win the people back to the faith, but he Victories under the title of “Refuge of saw no fruit of his efforts. He finally Sinners” which is a title we now use in the decided that he should resign because he litany of Loreto. It wasn’t long before the saw himself as nothing but a failure, when church experienced difficulties. on Sunday, December 3, 1836 during Mass at the altar of the Blessed Virgin he began During the French Revolution the praying the Eucharistic , and made church was closed and desecrated, first great effort to recollect himself during the

Consecration when he heard a voice say, but he would have no part of speaking with “Consecrate your parish to the Most Holy the priest. and .” After th Mass, he convinced himself that it was all On December 12 , Fr. des Gennettes his imagination. But then he knelt to make returned to Mr. Joly’s house. The servants his thanksgiving, he heard the message were hesitant to allow the priest in the clearly and unmistakably repeated. He house, but he insisted that he see Mr. Joly. immediately had great interior peace in his After only speaking a few words Mr. Joly soul with the message. asked the priest to bless him and at that moment he exclaimed, “Your visit has been He went forward and composed the so good for me, Father! I cannot see you but rules for a confraternity of Our Lady and I feel your presence. The moment you had it approved by the bishop within the entered my room I felt peace, interior calm, week. The next Sunday, December 10, 1836 and a joy which I have never experienced at Mass, he announced to the ten people before.” (roman catholic saints) Fr. des attending that there would be Vespers of Gennettes asked Mr. Joly if he would like to Our Lady in the evening and that he would make a confession and he immediately explain the rules of the Confraternity agreed. Fr. was now sure that he was doing afterwards. To Father des Gennettes the will of God. The Confraternity swiftly amazement over four hundred people, a spread, becoming an , in large number of them men, were present! 1838 by decree of Pope Gregory XVI, he At this gathering the hearts of the people erected perpetually in the Church of Our present couldn’t help but be transformed as Lady of Victories, the Confraternity of the they prayed and litanies to Our Lady Blessed and Immaculate Heart of Mary, for and in the end everyone present decided to the conversion of sinners. return to the church and participate in these devotions which animated their faith and Through Papal approval, Our Lady brought back peace and joy to their hearts. of Victories with its official Confraternity, became a precursor of the Fatima Even after an evening as he just apparitions; the main promoter of the experienced, Fr. des Gennettes was not devotion and consecration to the Immaculate completely convinced this was the work of Heart of Mary, including also the the Lord. Therefore, he decided to ask the approval as well Blessed Virgin for a sign. There was still spreading devotion. one minister left of Louis XVI’s, Mr. Joly, and he in his youth accepted anti-clerical We are much more familiar with the doctrine and was against the Church. Mr. story of Fatima, but to review, in Fatima, Joly now in is 80’s, blind and very ill had Portugal there were 3 young children: Lucia, for many years refused to practice any type Francisco, and Jacinta. Our Lady appeared of religion. On previous occasions Fr. des to these 3 shepherd children from May 1917 Gennettes had tried to visit with Mr. Joly, to October 1917 and prior to the May apparition there were three appearances

from the Angel of Peace in the summer of Christians. This second conversion is an 1916. In these apparitions these children uninterrupted task for the whole church were taught to pray and sacrifice for the whom, “clasping sinners to her bosom, [is] conversion of sinners. In the very first at once holy and always in need of apparition, Our Blessed Mother asked the purification, [and] follows constantly the children “Are you willing to offer yourselves path of penance and renewal.” This to God, by bearing the sufferings He wills to endeavor of conversion is not just a human send you as an act of reparation for the sins work. It is the movement of a “contrite that offend Him, and to humbly beg for the heart,” drawn and moved by grace to conversion of sinners?”(Silva, 75) In her respond to the merciful love of God who initial meeting with the children Our Blessed loved us first.” (CCC 1428) We are drawn Mother does not hesitate to ask the children and moved by grace to pray for those who to offer themselves. It is through the series are in need of our prayers. Praying for the of apparitions the children truly learn what conversion of sinners is a duty of every this means. It was in the July apparition baptized Christian springing forth from the that the Fatima seers were taught the prayer command to forth and to baptize all nations which we pray at the end of each decade of given from Jesus in the Gospels. We as the : “O my Jesus, forgive us our disciples begin with prayer but do not allow sins; save us from the fires of hell; and it to stop there precisely because of Our lead all souls to heaven, especially those in Lady’s words, “Pray, pray a great deal and most need of Your mercy.” As we can make many sacrifices for sinners, many begin to see Our Blessed Mother imbued the souls go to Hell because they have no one to teaching of praying for the conversion of pray and make sacrifices for them.” sinners among the 3 children. Although it (Johnston, 102) The sacrifices being asked would be pertinent, time does not allow, of us do not have to be great. No one is going through each apparition of Fatima, being asked to save the world Jesus has and showing the reference to the conversion already done this for us. Blue Army leader of sinners. John Haffert asked Sister Lucia in 1946 what Our Lady meant by the word sacrifice, Pope St. John Paul states, the seer answered: “By sacrifice, Our Lady “Conversion is at the centre of the message said that she meant that faithful fulfillment of Fatima. It is a continual commitment to of one’s daily duty…The rosary is important seek and bear witness to Jesus Christ our because we must pray it if we are to fulfill Lord, ‘the way of eternal life (cf. John 13:3) our daily duty…The Five First Saturday’s which necessarily passes through penitence devotion is also important because if people (cf. Luke 13:3) and through prayer.” (John make them, they will purge themselves of Paul II, Francis Johnston, 20) Praying for sin once a month and renew their purpose to the conversion of sinners, what is this fulfill their daily duty.” (Johnston, 103) conversion? The Catechism of the says, “Christ’s call to conversion Daily duty….the conversion of continues to resound in the lives of sinners….prayer….all of these hold special

places in the life and spirituality of a Sister conversion of sinners, in Paris. Due to one of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, we teach of our Sister’s translating this form from the in our active apostolate, and our prayer French, we have forms for you to complete. apostolate is to pray for the conversion of You are able to enroll as an individual, a sinners and the sanctification of priests. family or a community. There is no fee According to Pope Leo XIII in his attached to the enrollment unless you want Encyclical on Devotion of the Rosary in to send an offering on your own. 1883, he states, “It has always been the habit of Catholics in danger and in troubled times The purpose of the Arch to fly for refuge to Mary, and to seek for confraternity according to the Canonical peace in her maternal goodness.” (Pope Leo statutes “Article 2 states: XIII, Supremi Apostolatus Officio, 2) 1. To honor with an act of veneration, Asking our Blessed Mother to assist us is of homage and of prayers the what our mission is in the Millions of Immaculate Heart of the very Holy Memorares. With the prayer of the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ, Memorare we are able to ask the Blessed only Son of God, made flesh by Mother for her assistance in bringing many Love for us, and dead on the Cross- souls to her Son. for the forgiveness of sins and the We are inviting you to join the IHM salvation of all men. Sisters in praying Mother Teresa’s “quick 2. To achieve by the merits of the Heart novena” for the intentions of the conversion of Mary, so perfectly adjusted to the of sinners. Additionally we are asking Our Heart of Jesus, the conversion of Lady to help us build our Novitiate/House of Sinners.” (notre dame) Formation. The novena consists of nine In addition what is required for each person Memorares in petition and one in enrolled is also outlined in the Canonical thanksgiving and can be said throughout the statutes and it states: day or all ten at once. We are hoping to Article 8 shower Our Lady with millions of “Every person who is registered commits to Memorares; you can help us by pledging a say each day at least one “Holy Mary” for thousand Memorares for this intention. We the conversion of Sinners and the intention will be presenting these Memorares to Our of the Church and the Pope. As far as it is Lady of Fatima at her newly built on possible for them, the members of the arch- our new property each year on May 13th and confraternity are invited to participate in the October 13th - the anniversary of her first Eucharist celebrated on the first Saturday of and last apparition at Fatima in 1917. each month in honor of the very Holy Virgin Mary.” (notre dame) Tonight we have an exciting opportunity. We are making available to These are also listed in your handout you the opportunity to enroll tonight in the that you complete. We also have available Arch confraternity of prayer for the tonight, if you need them, Memorare cards

to help keep track of the number you have Triumphant in the Desires of the Patriarchs, Triumphant in the Zeal of the Apostles, completed. Once the card is completed you Triumphant in the Light of the Evangelists, can mail that back into the Motherhouse and Triumphant in the Wisdom of the Doctors, Triumphant in the Crowns of the Confessors, we will enter that number into the total for Triumphant in the Purity of the Numerous Bands of the next procession event, whether it is in Virgins, Triumphant in the Triumph of the Martyrs, May or October. Triumphant in Thy All-Powerful Intercession, Triumphant under Thy Many Titles, In conclusion, let us also remember Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Lord. that in praying for the conversion of sinners, Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, that this conversion process must start with Graciously hear us, O Lord. Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, Have our own conversion first. Let us invoke Our mercy on us, O Lord. Lady for her intercession to help us perform V. Pray for us, O Blessed Lady of Victories! our daily duty well, by praying the Litany to R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Our Lady of Victories. Let Us Pray O Victorious Lady! Thou who hast ever such Lord, have mercy on us. powerful influence with thy Divine Son, in conquering the Christ, have mercy on us. hardest of hearts, intercede from those for whom we pray, Lord, have mercy on us. that their hearts being softened by the rays of Divine Grace, Christ, have mercy on us. they may return to the unity of the true Faith, through Christ, graciously hear us. Christ, our Lord. Amen. God, the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us. God, the Son, Redeemer of the World, Have … God, the Holy Ghost, (Catholic Tradition.org) Holy Trinity, one God, Our Lady of Victories, Pray for us. Triumphant Mother of The Archdiocese of Our Lady of Victories, Pray … Triumphant Mother, scourge of all schismatics, Triumphant Daughter of the Father, Triumphant Mother of the Son, Triumphant Spouse of the Holy Ghost, Works Cited Triumphant Choice of the Most Holy Trinity, Triumphant in Thy Immaculate Conception, Triumphant in Crushing the Head of the Serpent, The Arch confraternity of Our Lady of Triumphant Over All Children of Adam, Triumphant Over All Our Enemies, Victories. www.notredamedesvictoires.com Triumphant in the Embassy of the Archangel Gabriel, 28 May 2014 Triumphant in Thy Espousal to St. Joseph, Triumphant at the Scene o Bethlehem, Triumphant in Thy Flight into Egypt, Catechism of the Catholic Church. United Triumphant in Thy Exile, States Catholic Conference, Inc.- Triumphant in Thy Humble Dwelling at Nazareth, Triumphant in Finding Thy Divine Child in the Temple, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1994. Triumphant in the Earthly Life of Our Lord, Triumphant in His Passion and Death, Triumphant in the Resurrection, Triumphant in the Ascension, History of Our Lady of Victories. Triumphant in the Descent of the Holy Ghost, www.roman-catholic-saints.com/our-lady- Triumphant in Thy Sorrows, Triumphant in Thy Joys, of-victory-paris.html. 28 May 2014 Triumphant in Thy Entrance in to the heavenly Jerusalem, Triumphant in the Angels Who Remained Faithful, Johnston, Francis. Fatima: The Great Sign. Triumphant in the Felicity of the Blessed, Rockford: Tan Books, 1980. Triumphant in the Grace of the Just, Triumphant in the Announcement of the Prophets,

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