Special Rosary Issue

Issue 72 Reprint In This Issue … Rosary of Our Lady, Hope of the World by Father Nicholas Gruner...... 3 25 Million Rosaries for Peace...... 7 Pope John Paul II Proclaims 2003, Year of the Rosary...... 8 Mary’s Holy Rosary The Scourge of Satan by Father Gino Burresi...... 11 A Gift from Heaven by Father Stefano Manelli...... 16 No Sword Like It by Father Lawrence Underdonk...... 20 Sister Lucy Speaks on the Rosary...... 20 Arm of Peace by Father P. Leite...... 21 I Witnessed the Rosary Miracle by Stephen Wells...... 27 Rosary Before the Blessed Sacrament...... 28 Prayers of the Rosary...... 29 54-Day Rosary Novena...... 30 15 Promises for Praying the Most Holy Rosary...... 35 Block Rosary – You Can Do This...... 36 Is Your Family Protected? by Mary Michele...... 38 Rosary Intentions by Joseph Cain...... 42 Dear Mary – I Love You by Josephine...... 44 The Faithful Abandoned by Father Nicholas Gruner...... 45 Petition to Our Holy Father...... 47 Ideals of the Crusade of Mary Immaculate Extracts from writings of St. Maximilian Marie Kolbe...... 48 Rosary of Our Lady, Hope of the World By Father Nicholas Gruner, S.T.L., S.T.D. (Cand.)

“I want you to come here on the 13th of next month and to continue praying the Rosary every day in honor of Our Lady of the Rosary, in order to obtain peace for the world and the end of the war, because only She can help you.” ...Our Lady of Fatima, July 13, 1917

oday, the world and the learned its lesson and repeats Church are in the gravest history. God promised there Tcrisis in the history of would never be another world- mankind. wide flood but He foretold, Sin has run rampant. Good is through His Holy Mother at Fat- out, evil is in, even worse than ima, of an even greater chastise- the days of Noah and the chas- ment about to befall mankind. tisement of the Great Flood. It was in 1917 that Our Lady God almost always sends appeared at Fatima to three prophets and warnings before children with the following He chastises, but too many look message: upon His warning as not apply- “You have seen hell, where ing to themselves. the souls of poor sinners go. To Then God allows some signifi- save them, God wishes to estab- cant disaster or chastisement lish in the world devotion to to happen and many still look My Immaculate Heart. If what upon this wake-up call as not I say to you is done, many souls their fault, as not really fair. will be saved and there will be Some might be tempted to blas- peace ... pheme God by saying that He is “When you see a night illum- without compassion. ined by an unknown light, They have not learned suf- know that this is the great sign ficiently nor thought suffi- given you by God that He is ciently enough to realize that about to punish the world for God allows this short-term its crimes, by means of war, suffering to save us from eter- famine and persecutions of the nal suffering in hell. Church and of the Holy Father. Mankind, today, has not “To prevent this, I shall come

3 The Fatima Crusader to ask for the consecration of of Mary, has STILL not been Russia to My Immaculate Heart, done. The simple request for and the Communion of Repara- the Communion of Reparation tion on the Five First Saturdays. on the First Saturdays has not “If My requests are heeded, been widely heeded. (See page Russia will be converted, and 6 for this simple request). there will be peace; if not, she World Goes in will spread her errors through- Wrong Direction out the world, causing wars Pope John Paul II said when and persecutions of the Church. he went to Fatima in 1982 The good will be martyred, the that the world has gone in the Holy Father will have much to opposite direction from the one suffer, various nations will be indicated by Our Lady, that sin annihilated ... has institutionalized itself. “In the end, My Immaculate In 1917, when Our Lady first Heart will triumph. The Holy told us that we were in a crisis - Father will consecrate Russia to abortion was not even yet legal- Me, and she will be converted, ized anywhere in the world, not and a period of peace will be even in Russia. It only became granted to the world ... legal in Russia in the 1920s. “When you pray the Rosary, And, by now, that error of Rus- say after each mystery: O my sia has spread around the world Jesus, forgive us our sins, save so that we now have 50 million us from the fires of hell. Lead babies murdered every year. all souls to Heaven, especially As St. Thomas Aquinas those most in need.” explains, the first fruit of error So, not only did God warn us, is injustice. With the error He gave us a solution, a way that God and God’s rights are out. We didn’t have to suffer excluded from out laws and through these trying times, but other social institutions – such we are, because His Message as our hospitals then the false sent through His Holy Mother “right” of men and women is has been ignored. The simple proclaimed, “my body is mine I request that the Holy Father, do not owe any service to God.” together with the Catholic bish- Today, mothers proclaim their ops of the world, on the same “right” to legally murder their day, to consecrate specifically own children in their womb. A Russia to the Immaculate Heart real right comes from God, and

The Fatima Crusader 4 God does not give us the right prayer of the Holy Rosary ...” to kill our fellow man. All of us have plenty of prob- Clearly, mankind has progres- lems today; even the Church is sively deteriorated in morality being torn apart and attacked and spirituality at an alarm- from within and without. But ing pace, even after Our Lady it is our Rosary prayers that warned of our crisis in 1917. The will assist us in staying in the world has gone in the opposite Church by our faithfulness, direction from that which Our thus benefiting from Our Lord’s Lady came to show us. promise: “Thou art Peter, and Even so, Our Lady never ceases upon this rock I will build My to give us hope. Jesus Himself Church; and the gates of hell said, “It is never too late to have shall not prevail against it.” recourse to Jesus and Mary.” Matt. 16:18 The Rosary Cause Reparation for Sin is for Great Hope Necessary to Restore Peace Heaven knew where the world It was the Flemish mystic Pere and mankind was heading. Lamy - called “another Cure of Heaven knew Their urgent Ars” by his bishop - who was message would be ignored, told by God that World War I distorted, silenced. So Heaven “had three causes: blasphemy, sent those of us who would Sunday labor, and the desecra- listen, a coat of armor, a weapon tion of Marriage.” At Fatima, to defend ourselves and our the Blessed Virgin confirms families, and carry us through this teaching, when She tells these very hazardous days. us; “war is a punishment for That Heaven-sent weapon, as sin” and announces in the great you will read in this Fatima Cru- Secret: “if people do not cease sader, is the Rosary. offending God, another worse The Rosary can heal our coun- war will begin in the reign of tries’ problems, our personal Pius XI.” Thus, World War II problems, our children’s prob- broke out. lems, our fears, our frazzled The Fatima Message is nerves, all our troubles. Sister designed to remove the cause Lucy tells us: of war, which is sin. Just before “There is no problem, I tell the great miracle of Oct. 13, you, no matter how difficult it Our Lady had said: is, that we cannot resolve by the “People must amend their

5 The Fatima Crusader lives and ask pardon for their surrounded with thorns with sins,” and then, growing sad- which ungrateful men pierce der: “They must not offend Her at every moment without Our Lord any more, for He is there being anyone to make an already too much offended.” act of reparation in order to Many years later, reflecting on take them away.” these words, Sister Lucy wrote: Then the Most Holy Virgin “Of all the words spoken said to her: at this apparition, the words “Look My daughter, at My most deeply engraved upon Heart, surrounded with thorns my heart are those of the with which ungrateful men request made by Our Heavenly pierce Me at every moment Mother: ‘Do not offend Our by their blasphemies and Lord and God any more, for He ingratitude. You at least try is already so much offended!’ to console Me and announce “How loving a complaint, in My name that I promise to how tender a request! Who assist at the moment of death, will grant me to make it echo with all the graces necessary through the whole world, so for salvation, all those who, that all the children of Our on the First Saturday of five Mother in Heaven may hear consecutive months shall con- the sound of Her Voice!” fess, receive Holy Commun- Later on, in the Fatima appar- ion, recite five decades of the itions, Jesus Himself came to Rosary, and keep Me company tell us that the Immaculate for 15 minutes while meditat- Heart of Mary has been much ing on the 15 mysteries of the offended. Rosary, with the intention of On Dec. 10, 1925 Sister Lucy making Reparation to Me.” received a visit from the Virgin We Must pray the Rosary and the Child Jesus. The Most Every Day Holy Virgin put Her hand on Our Lady continually encour- Lucy’s shoulder and showed her ages us to pray the Rosary and a Heart surrounded by thorns which She held in the other Continued on page 60 hand. At that same moment, the Child said to her: “Have compassion on the Heart of your Most Holy Mother,

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Following are excerpts of the Holy Father’s new Encyclical on the Holy Rosary.

he Rosary of the Virgin message in its entirety, of which Mary, which gradually it can be said to be a com- Ttook form in the second pendium. It is an echo of the millennium under the guidance prayer of Mary, Her perennial of the Spirit of God, is a prayer magnificat for the work of the loved by countless Saints and redemptive Incarnation which encouraged by the Magisterium. began in Her virginal womb. Simple yet profound, it still With the Rosary, the Christian remains, at the dawn of this people sit at the school of Mary third millennium, a prayer of and are led to contemplate the great significance, destined to beauty on the face of Christ and bring forth a harvest of holiness. to experience the depths of His It blends easily into the spiritual love. Through the Rosary the journey of the Christian life, faithful receive abundant grace, which, after 2,000 years, has as though from the very hands lost none of the freshness of of the Mother of the Redeemer. its beginnings and feels drawn by the Spirit of God to “set out The Popes and the Rosary into the deep” (duc in altum)! Numerous predecessors of in order once more to proclaim, mine attributed great import- and even cry out, before the ance to this prayer. Worthy of world that Jesus Christ is Lord special note in this regard is and Savior, “the way, and the Pope Leo XIII who, on 1 Sept. truth and the life” (John 14:6), 1883, promulgated the Encyc- “the goal of human history and lical Supremi Apostolatus Offi- the point on which the desires of cio, a document of great worth, history and civilization turn.” the first of his many statements The Rosary, though clearly about this prayer, in which Marian in character, is at the he proposed the Rosary as heart a Christocentric prayer. In an effective spiritual weapon the sobriety of its elements, it against the evils afflicting has all the depth of the Gospel society.

The Fatima Crusader 8 Among the more recent Popes my youthful years this prayer who, from the time of the has held an important place in Second Vatican Council, have my spiritual life. I was power- distinguished themselves in fully reminded of this during promoting the Rosary, I would my recent visit to Poland, and in mention Blessed John XXIII and particular at the Shrine of Kal- above all Pope Paul VI, who waria. The Rosary has accom- in his Apostolic exhortation panied me in moments of joy Marialis Cultus emphasized, in and in moments of difficulty. To the spirit of the Second Vatican it, I have entrusted any num- Council, the Rosary’s evangel- ber of concerns; in it, I have ical character and Christocen- always found comfort. Twenty- tric inspiration. I, myself, have four years ago, on 29 October often encouraged the frequent 1978, scarcely two weeks after recitation of the Rosary. From my election to the See of Peter,

9 The Fatima Crusader I gratefully acknowledged: “The Today, as I begin the 25th Rosary is my favourite prayer. year of my service as the Suc- A marvelous prayer! Marvelous cessor of Peter, I wish to do the in its simplicity and its depth. same. How many graces have [...] It can be said that the Ros- I received in these years from ary is, in some sense, a pray- the Blessed Virgin through the er-commentary on the final Rosary: Magnificat anima mea chapter of the Vatican II Consti- DominumI I wish to lift up my tution Lumen Gentium, a chapter thanks to the Lord in the words which discusses the wondrous of His Most Holy Mother, under presence of the Mother of God Whose protection I have placed in the mystery of Christ and my Petrine ministry: Totus Tuus! the Church. Against the back- The Rosary, ground of the words Ave Maria a Contemplative Prayer the principal events of the life The Rosary, precisely because of Jesus Christ pass before the it starts with Mary’s own experi- eyes of the soul. They take ence, is an exquisitely contem- shape in the complete series of plative prayer ... By its nature the joyful, sorrowful and glori- the recitation of the Rosary calls ous mysteries, and they put us for a quiet rhythm and a lin- in living communion with Jesus gering pace, helping the individ- through – we might say – the ual to meditate on the mysteries heart of His Mother. At the same of the Lord’s life as seen through time, our heart can embrace in the eyes of Her who was clos- the decades of the Rosary all the est to the Lord. In this way the events that make up the lives of unfathomable riches of these individuals, families, nations, mysteries are disclosed.”| the Church, and all mankind; our personal concerns and those CALL NOW 1-800-263-8160 of our neighbor, especially those To register your promise to pray five who are closest to us, who are decades of the Rosary daily for the dearest to us. Thus the simple graces needed for the Holy Father and prayer of the Rosary marks the the bishops to consecrate Russia to rhythm of human life. the Immaculate Heart of Mary With these words, dear broth- Your Rosary pledge intention will be ers and sisters, I set the first year placed on the altar before the Pilgrim of my Pontificate within the Virgin Statue blessed by Pope Paul VI. daily rhythm of the Rosary.”

The Fatima Crusader 10 Mary’s Holy Rosary The Scourge of Satan By Father Gino Burresi

Father Gino Burresi lived near Rome at San Vittorino, where Our Lady of Fatima appeared to him. She asked him to build a shrine there in Her honor. He bears in his body the five wounds of Christ, like St. Padre Pio did before him. Many miracles have taken place at San Vittorino through Our Lady of Fatima’s intercession.

ur Lady is the Mother of Religious. Therefore, I would call God, our Mother, and the Rosary “the scourge of satan.” OShe is the Mother of the Let this be our resolve: to have Church. But She too has been more love for the Sacraments, driven away from our hearts and for the Pope, and for the Blessed frequently from our churches as Virgin. well, pushed out into hallways or If we reject even one of these relegated to a garden. I would cornerstones of our faith we put never dream, I would never ourselves outside the Church of have the courage to take the Christ. only memento I have left of my Four Aids to Assist Us mother, her photograph, and Along the Path of God throw it out! And yet, devotion Prayer, the Sacraments of Con- to Our Lady and the prayer She fession and Holy Communion, most strongly asked of us, the Rosary, have been undermined. penance, and the sanctification And perhaps some of us who will of Sundays and Holy Days are wear the religious habit, may the four aids to assist us along the Lord forgive us, have been the path to God. Just as an auto- first to tell you that the Rosary mobile moves more efficiently is an outdated practice, a boring with the support of four, rather repetition of words. than just three wheels, likewise But I know the one who really we move more efficiently along loves another never tires of say- the right path when we use the ing to the person he cherishes, fourth wheel – Sunday, when “I love you.” In the Rosary we we must go to Mass. have the Bible, the Prophets, the The sanctification of Sun- life of Jesus and Mary, the life day is a most reasonable act of of the Christian, and that of the gratitude toward God. In our

11 The Fatima Crusader days there is no man who would that is just a fancy excuse for not work for an employer who then praying. And I assure you that denies him his salary at the end since that day, I’ve been saying to of the week. He insists on his our Lord, “Lord, when I bend my paycheck, and if it doesn’t come knee before You, remove from on time or if it is not paid in full, me any thought that I am wast- he fights for his rights, which ing my time!” is totally justifiable. I wouldn’t Our Lady has insistently stressed question that at all. the recitation of the Holy Rosary But we tend to forget that we as a prayer. The world’s situation have a Father in Heaven and the today is so sad! Love is hard to father of a family also has certain find, and charity, goodness, and rights over his children. He can justice are all sluggish, the dignity say to them, “You always come of the human person is fading to me to ask for something, but fast. Today, people talk only of you never give me anything!” rights, money, well-being; and We have lived another seven they ignore the spiritual values. days. Isn’t it right that on Sun- Dear young people, what can days we take our hats off and we do to change this sad situa- say to the Lord, “Lord, I am here tion? Our Lady of Fatima shows to give you thanks for the seven us the way of salvation in Her days You gave me?” Really, God message. The arms of violence is satisfied with so little! must be met with the arms of Prayer prayer. Our Lady invites us to say Our Lady, in Her great love, the Rosary, thinking and meditat- pointed out to us the most effi- ing on the Mysteries, which con- cient means to become good tain the whole Gospel. We need Christians. The first is prayer: con- to say the Rosary many times and versing with God and remaining we need to say it well. in union with Him. Our brothers Don’t pay any attention to those the Saints who walked the earth people, even if they are priests, like us, understood its value and who tell you otherwise. Tell them became great men of prayer. Just instead to teach you how to say recently, a fellow who thought he the Rosary well. Our Lady came was really “with it” told me quite from Heaven to warn us and to seriously that prayer is a waste show the way to save ourselves. of time and that after all, every- She appeared at Fatima to root thing is a prayer today. Well, out the Phariseeism of our age.

The Fatima Crusader 12 Let’s Return to the we grow in virtue. We will have Holy Rosary more charity, be less selfish, and It is urgent for us to cling to the detach ourselves from so many mantle of Mary, to have the Rosary material things which only in our hands once again! But if the make us constantly restless. We shepherd does not take the beads will also keep the Command- in his hand, neither will the sheep. ments more scrupulously in Dear priests, I don’t see the Ros- order to follow more closely the ary in your hands any more. And Church founded by Jesus Christ the families in your parishes don’t to be the guiding light for all have it either. And you see what is men, who are all our brothers. becoming of them. Mary’s Rosary A Quarter of an Hour for is no longer to be found in the fam- Mary: The Daily Rosary ilies, but we do find divorce, sep- Set aside a quarter of an hour arations, and discord. There is no ear day for Mary’s Rosary. Offer more prayer and its absence keeps Her these 15 minutes so that you these people away from the Sacra- really pray the Mysteries. ments. People without prayer and In the Holy Rosary, I find the the Sacraments lack everything, whole Bible, simplified. The four you can be sure of it. And so the Gospels are contained in it. There family disintegrates too. I find the coming of Christ, my Until We Have the Rosary in redemption, my Christian life, and Our Hands Again ... my religious life – because in the Our age is dismaying, because Rosary mysteries we see humil- we have lost God. And look, ity, detachment from the things there is no way out. If we want of this earth, charity in dealing to be saved there is only one with our fellow men and women. way: Mary Most Holy and Her Everything is in the Rosary! Immaculate Heart. But until Her And then I begin to think. Do I blessed Rosary is in our hands, I behave properly? Do I act as the don’t see much hope; escape will Gospel demands, as the Rosary be an illusion. teaches? Do I think of what I am If the Rosary comes back, then really saying in the “Our Father”? we will think a little more ser- The Value of the Rosary iously about our Christian life, The prayer which the Blessed appreciate more the Christian Virgin Mary particularly desires virtues, and so much of our the most is the Most Holy Ros- wickedness will disappear as ary. We know this from Her 13 The Fatima Crusader appearances at Fatima. Today this be a good priest.” prayer is bitterly opposed and When a postulant, a religious, those who are against it call them- or a seminarian does not like the selves “wise.” They have already Rosary, send him or her home abandoned it because for them it because such a person would is a prayer which says nothing, a never be a good priest or a good useless repetition of words. Really, nun. I feel sorry for them. The Family Rosary In the Rosary we contem- We have just recited the Ros- plate the life of Jesus, the life of ary, but have you never asked Mary, and our own Christian life. yourselves why God cannot enter Hence, it is most worthwhile. into so many homes? Is it because Why does Heaven insist so much so many families don’t pray any on the recitation of the Rosary? more; they don’t go to the Sac- Because in the Mysteries we find raments and so they gradually the entire Gospel. Unfortunately, become infected with material- the Holy Gospel is little known, ism, which chokes and blinds and seldom meditated upon, and con- ends by leaving them in darkness. sequently poorly lives. It is truly In times past it was such a joy in praying the Rosary that we to be part of those families, all return to the Gospel and become gathered together in front of Our true disciples of Christ. Lady’s picture, even the little Mary is a living person, not a ones, and the parents would teach memory. We talk and converse them the “Our Father” and the with Her when we pray, especially “Hail Mary” and then all would in the Rosary, because there we say the Rosary. But now we have meditate and ask Her help to put dropped the Rosary; our children into practice what we’ve medi- don’t even know what it is. tated upon. When the bishop was But, dear parents, if we do not about to decide on the ordination put the Rosary into the hands of of the future Curé of Ars, he hesi- our little ones, what will your tated because Saint John Marie sons be carrying when they are Vianney had very little ability in 18? Will they spend their youth his studies. But then the bishop uselessly? If they did not find the asked, “Do you know how to say same “arms of love,” you may one the Rosary?” “Oh yes, very well,” day find them carrying guns, the he replied. And then the bishop arms of hate, and will their par- said, “We will ordain him. He will ents not be partly to blame?

The Fatima Crusader 14 Either the Rosary or a Pistol Holy Communions of We must take the Rosary in our Reparation on hands again because we need to the Five First Saturdays hold onto something. If you do The second means to be good not choose the beads that speak Catholics, requested by Our Lady of love, you will perhaps reach at Fatima, is marked by frequent for a pistol that speaks of hate. reception of the Sacraments of We see this sort of thing every Penance and the Holy Eucharist. day. “Go to Holy Communion often, We do not find people who especially for these specific inten- pray the Rosary turning around tions, on five First Saturdays. to shoot someone. No, they have Receive Communion to offer rep- learned that there are mysteries aration to My Heart which you to love in the Rosary; there is a have so deeply offended.” Bible of love; there are prophets Unfortunately, we must admit of love; and there is also a life of that She, our great and Most Holy love, our own Christian life. Mother is, of all women, the most Let us return to our knees and mistreated and offended. Let let us pray to the Lord that the us make reparation for the pain Divine Child and His Blessed caused to this Heart by ourselves Mother will give each of us the and by others. Let’s really live strength to be content with what our Sacramental life, particularly God’s Holy Will sends us each Confession and Communion; in day, and that we will never be this way we will always have light attached to worldly things, which in our heart; not to sin any more, can never make us truly happy. but to love; not words, but deeds, When our needs are fulfilled, that to adequately respond to love. should be enough to satisfy us. If How many saints in our times all you need is a small car, why reached the heights of perfec- break your back to get a big one? tion because of the Rosary and Today’s world is dissatisfied Holy Communion! How many and knows no peace. Even that saints spent whole nights in “other world,” our inner self, is church on their knees before restless. Why? Because we have the Blessed Sacrament! let materialism sweep us away. Today, Jesus is left alone in our And where materialism is in churches – but men also remain command, Christ, the Author of alone today, because when we | Peace, does not enter in. lose Jesus we lose everything.

15 The Fatima Crusader A Gift from Heaven By Father Stefano Manelli, S.T.D.

t Lourdes and at the streets of Turin, met a poor, Fatima Our Lady old, hunchbacked woman, who A appeared particularly to recited the Rosary softly as she recommend to us the recitation walked. of the Rosary. At Lourdes She “Why in such a hurry, good Herself held a beautiful Rosary lady?” asked the saint. while Bernadette recited the “Oh, Reverend, I pass to clean Hail Marys. At Fatima, in every the streets!” apparition, She recommended the “To clean the streets ... ? What recitation of the Rosary, especially do you mean?” during the last apparition, when “Look, last night there was the She presented Herself as the carnival and the people commit- “Lady of the Rosary.” ted many sins. Now, I am saying It is truly of great importance the Hail Marys to cleanse this that Our Lady gave us the Rosary. place of sin.” When She spoke at Fatima of the The Rosary cleanses the soul of salvation of sinners, of the ruin sin and adorns it with grace. The of the souls in hell, or wars and Rosary saves souls. St. Maximil- of the future of our age, Our Lady ian Kolbe wrote in his agenda, indicated and recommended the “Many Rosaries, many souls Rosary as the prayer that saves. saves.” Do we think of this? We Sister Lucy of Fatima tells us will save many souls by recit- in short that “in our time the ing the Rosary. What charity of Blessed Virgin gave an added inestimable value would this be! efficacy to the Holy Rosary, What can we say of the con- so that there is no problem, version on sinners through the material or spiritual, national Rosary? We ought to speak of St. or international that cannot Dominic, St. Louis de Montfort, be solved with the Rosary and the Holy Curé of Ars, St. Joseph other sacrifices.” Cafasso, St. Padre Pio, etc. Saves and Sanctifies The Rosary does good to all – One morning St. Joseph sinners, men of good will, and Cafasso, while passing through saints.

The Fatima Crusader 16 When St. Philip Neri was years he recited daily more than asked what prayer to choose, 100 Rosaries. A gigantic model he responded immediately, who guaranteed the fecundity of without hesitation, “Recite the the Rosary for his sanctification Rosary and recite it often.” and for the salvation of souls. Even when St. Padre Pio was “How many thousands of souls asked what prayer he preferred were mysteriously attracted to most, he answered almost that priest, who for hours and abruptly, “the Rosary.” hours, day and night, with swol- The saints, above all, have len and bleeding hands recited shown the efficacious grace of the Rosary while standing at the the Rosary. Many saints were true foot of Our Lady’s Statue. He apostles of the Rosary – St. Peter has truly shown that the Rosary Canisius, St. Charles Borromeo, is the chain of salvation which St. Camillis de Lillis, St. Anthony hangs from the hands of Our M. Gianelli, St. John Bosco, etc., Savior and his Blessed Mother perhaps among the greatest and and which indicates the source most remarkable examples was of every grace that comes down St. Padre Pio. He is the most pres- to us, and where our every hope tigious of all humanity. For many must go up.” (Pope Paul VI). MUST Reading For Everyone! Order Your Copy Today!

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17 The Fatima Crusader Humility Gospels, “Behold the Handmaid “Scoundrel!” shouted the of the Lord.” (Luke 1:38.) It is devil to the Holy St. Curé of Ars manifested in the Visitation to while pushing him hard against St. Elizabeth, who rightly cried the wall of the room. “You have out, “Whence is this to me, that already robbed me of 80,000 the Mother of my Lord should souls this year, and if there come to me?” (Luke 1:43.) It would be four priests like you shines forth in the birth of Jesus I would surely end my reign on which took place in a poor stable earth ...” He acknowledged that because “there was no room for his being a priest was a special them in the inn” (Lk. 2:7). It is gift from Our Lady, because he wrapped up in thick silence and knew how to say the Rosary well, hidden for 30 years in Nazareth. remained always in his humility, It is resplendent of opprobrium aware of being unworthy in all and ignominy on Calvary where aspects. Above all, he thought of Our Lady was present as the praying and doing penance with Mother of the Condemned. all his strength. The rest God did The humility of Our Lady is for him. These were the things more or less proportional to that humiliate hell totally, and Her Supreme Regality. She was made it unable to face this hum- highly exalted because She was ble priest. supremely humble. It is the truth of God’s word, We must learn humility from “every one that exalteth him- this school. self, shall be humbled; and he The Rosary Every Day that humbleth himself, shall All the prayers, knowledge be exalted.” (Luke 14:11.) And and love of St. Bernadette still, “God resisteth the proud, seemed to consist in the Rosary. and giveth grace to the hum- Her sister Antoinette said, “Ber- ble.” (1 Peter 5:5.). nadette did nothing but pray If now we think of the sur- and did not know what else to passing grandeur of Our Lady, say besides the Rosary.” we will understand immediately The Rosary is an evangelical, of humility that must be in Her, Christological and contempla- “Exalted above all the choirs of tive prayer in the company of Angels.” Our Lady. (Marialis Cultus, The humility of Our Lady is 44-47). Praise and supplication noted in the first pages of the which constitute the Hail Mary

The Fatima Crusader 18 urge the mind towards contem- Let us recite it and promise Our plation of the present mystery Lady to end the Marian month of the Rosary. with it. “Every day a Rosary for The Rosary can be said equally You, O Mary!” well on the street as at the foot In The Immaculate Heart of the altar. When the mind is At Fatima the Rosary was the recollectedly turned to Mary, it gift of the Immaculate Heart of pleases Our Lady if it is said in Mary. We want to conclude the the church or on a train, while Marian month putting our Ros- walking or flying in an airplane. ary in the Immaculate Heart of Is it possible that we cannot Mary with the commitment of find even a quarter of an hour reciting it daily. daily to offer a Rosary to Our The Rosary and the Immacu- Lady? The Rosary can be said late Heart of Mary mark the any place, any time, with any- final triumph of the Kingdom of body, without books or cere- God for this epoch. monies, aloud or in silence. True devotion to the Rosary Let us think of the Rosaries and to the Immaculate Heart recited in the wards of the hos- of Mary guarantees salvation. pitals by St. Camillis de Lillis Even Our Lady says that the and St. Bertilla Boscardin; on souls devoted to the Rosary the way to Rome by St. Vincent and to Her Immaculate Heart Palotti; on a train and on board will be chosen ones of God “as a ship by St. Frances Cabrini; in flowers placed by Me to adorn the Sahara Desert by Brother His throne.” Charles de Foucauld; in royal Our Lady Herself wants to places by the venerable Maria light and to keep burning in us Christina of Savoy; in concen- the love for the Rosary and for tration camps and in the bun- Her Immaculate Heart. ker of death by St. Maximilian Take action Kolbe; above all in the family Recite a Rosary in thanksgiving. by Blessed Anna Maria Taigi, by the parents of St. Thérèse Offer a Mass and Communion and by the mother of St. Maria in thanksgiving. Goretti. Let us not waste time on trivial and detrimental Consecrate yourself to the things, when we have a pre- Immaculate Heart of Mary.| cious treasure like the Rosary.

19 The Fatima Crusader No Sword Like It by Reverend Lawrence Underdonk, C.Ss.R.

avid slipped into the We run to the Church and cry: dark temple and looked “Have you at hand a spear or Daround. “I need food,” he sword?” whispered to the high priest. “You She answers: “Here is the can have the Holy loaves; that is Rosary, the sword of the Woman all there is here.” “And do you Who crushes the head of satan have at hand a spear or a sword?” with Her heel.” And well can David added. “Here is the sword we smile and say with David: of Goliath, the Philistine that “There is no sword like it. Give you killed with your sling. If you it to me.” will take it, take it for we have This most powerful prayer to no other.” And David smiled and Our Lady has indeed earned said: “Give it to me.” the title of “Sword.” For it is not This Old Testament narrative only a powerful weapon in the is sometimes applied to the Ros- hands of Her spiritual children ary. Like young David, fleeing against the attacks of hell, it has for his life from Saul, men are made the difference on many a fleeing, not from a king and his battlefield on which Christian army, but a more deadly enemy, armies were engaged in moral satan and his enticements. conflict with infidels.| Truly David’s words apply to us.

Sister Lucy Speaks on the Rosary Regarding the Holy Rosary, Sister Lucy, speaking to Father Fuentes in the authentic Dec. 26, 1957, interview, said: “Look, Father, the Most Holy Virgin in these last times in which we live has given a new efficacy to the recitation of the Rosary to such an extent that there is no problem, no matter how difficult it is, whether temporal or above all, spiritual, in the personal life of each one of us, of our families, of the fam- ilies of the world, or of the religious communities, or even of the life of peoples and nations, that cannot be solved by the Rosary. There is no problem I tell you, no matter how difficult it is, that we cannot resolve by the prayer of the Holy Rosary. With the Holy Rosary, we will save ourselves. We will sanctify ourselves. We will console Our Lord and obtain the salvation of many souls.”

The Fatima Crusader 20 Arm of Peace By Father P. Leite, S.J.

The following article written by Father Leite, SJ. was published in Christ to the World with the imprimatur of the Vicarate of Rome. It is most appropriate today, considering the many imminent moral and physical dangers that threaten each of us. The eminent appeal of the Rosary is well expressed by St. Anthony Mary Claret who writes: “The ancient peoples of the East had a practice of offering rose- wreaths to be worn as crowns, to distinguished persons; and true Christians have the praiseworthy practice of offering each day, with great devotion, the crown of Marian roses to their beloved Mother, the Blessed Virgin. Such was the practice of St. Louis, King of France, St. Vincent de Paul, St. Charles Borromeo, the great Bossuet, Fenelon, St. Francis de Sales, St. Francis Xavier, and others. Ever since the year 1208, during which the glorious St. Dominic taught people to pray it daily, there has not been a saint nor any person distinguished for learning and virtue, not an observant religious community, not a well-ordered seminary, which has not had the devotion to the Rosary.” (Taken from St. Anthony Mary Claret’s El Colegial Instruido Barcelona 1865, 1:25). Our Lady Promoted the the war”, because She said that Rosary Six times at Fatima only She can help you (July 13, ur Lady appeared six 1917). times at Fatima. During “Everyone should continue Oeach of these apparitions to recite the Rosary in order She requested that we allow no to obtain the end of the war.” day to pass without reciting the (Sept. 13, 1917). Rosary. Three times She indicated The facts – old as well as new that the recitation of the Rosary – show that the Rosary is truly is a needed way to obtain peace: the arm of peace “Recite the Rosary every day to obtain peace for the world It Defeated the Albigensian Heresy and the end of the war” (May In the 13th Century, a terrible 13, 1917). danger threatened the Catholic She wanted everyone to con- Church, especially in the South tinue saying the Rosary every of France: the Albigensian her- day in honor of Our Lady of the esy. The Albigensians are more Rosary, “in order to obtain peace dangerous than the Moors, for the world and the end of declared Pope Innocent II.

21 The Fatima Crusader At the request of the Pope, of the Crusades, one common the Christians of north France supplication was lifted up from organized a crusade for the all of Europe, amongst all her defense of the Faith, but events peoples, so also today, may all did not at first favor them. St. in the world, in cities, in towns, Dominic propagated the Ros- in villages, be united in desire ary, and victory did not have by one same effort, to seek by to be long awaited. The Battle unceasing prayers, to obtain the of Muret, near Toulouse, took favor from the powerful Mother place on Sept. 12, 1213. There, of God that the destroyers of 2,000 Christian soldiers van- Christian and human civiliza- quished 100,000 men of the tion be overcome and that true Albigensian army. peace shine over the afflicted To whom was this resounding and upset nations.” (Encyclical victory over heresy attributed? Ingravescentibus malis). Simon of Montfort, head of Through it Mary won the the Crusaders’ army, did not Battle of Lepanto hesitate to attribute it to Our In 1571, the Moslems strove Lady of the Rosary. Thus, he to take revenge for the defeats erected on the very place of suffered in the West during the the victory, a chapel under the preceding centuries, especially name of Our Lady of the Rosary. in Portugal and Spain. They On Sept. 29, 1937, Pope Pius wanted to attack Europe, com- XI wrote: “We strongly desire ing from the near East. Chris- that during the month of Octo- tendom was seriously menaced. ber, the Holy Rosary be recited Pope St. Pius V especially saw with an increase in devotion by the danger. He saw that it was all Christians ... May She, Who not simply a struggle between victoriously cast the terrible sect rival nations but a menace for of the Albigensians from the the Catholic Faith in the West. frontiers of Christian peoples, Thus, he worked for a spirit- be invoked and implored to ual and temporal mobilization dissipate the new efforts of our of the faithful. In particular, he times, and in particular, those of asked that on the First Sunday the Communists who, for more in October of the year 1517, the than one reason, and by their Holy Rosary be honored by its perversity, bring to mind those recitation and by processions ancient heresies. As in the time of confraternities, in order to

The Fatima Crusader 22 implore from Our Lady, the Confraternities of the Ros- help which was necessary for ary, particularly in Rome, had the Christians. marched through the streets in At the same time a Christian procession reciting the Rosary. fleet commanded by John of This victory put an end to Austria, son of Charles V and the naval power of the Turks brother of Philip II, headed and saved Christian Europe. St. towards the near East. It was Pius V attributed this victory to the wish of the Holy Father the Rosary more than to armed that each combatant be pro- forces and he ordered that the vided with a Rosary and that he invocation, “Help of Christians, promise to recite it in order to pray for us” be added to the obtain the protection of Mary. Litany of the Blessed Virgin. On Sunday, Oct. 7, the Chris- Moreover, he established a feast tian and Turkish fleets met in to celebrate the 7th of October Lepanto Gulf, off the coast of every year, in thanksgiving for Greece. The bitter battle which the victory, under the title of lasted all afternoon finished “Our Lady of Victory.” with a brilliant victory by the His successor, Gregory XIII, Christians. That very even- instituted the Solemnity of the ing, St. Pius V had, at Rome, Holy Rosary, to be celebrated a clear knowledge of this suc- every year on the First Sunday cess. The same afternoon, the of the month of October in order

23 The Fatima Crusader to bring to mind this victory. has about 10 million inhabit- On May 10, 1955, Pope Pius ants. One million of them, with XII said: “The name given to Chancellor Figl at the head, Our Lady of ‘Queen of the Most promised to recite the Rosary Holy Rosary’ brings to mind, every day. On May 13, 1955, without any doubt, a great vic- the anniversary day of the first tory won over the infidels; but apparition at Fatima, the Rus- even more it brings to mind the sians decided to leave Austria. conquests of the Faith over evil Therese Neuman, the great and religious ignorance.” stigmatized German mystic, Monsignor Francisco Ren- who was nourished by the deoriro, O.P., wrote: “It is espe- Blessed Sacrament alone for 10 cially since the victory of Lepanto years, said a short time before that the faithful have become her death: “Certainly it was the accustomed to invoking Mary by prayers and the Rosaries of the the means of the Holy Rosary at Austrian people which merited times of public calamity.” its liberation.” Even today the It Was An Instrument of unforeseen liberation after 10 Grace for Austria years of Russian occupation is There is in central Europe astonishing. only one small country which is In September 1972, an Aus- entirely free: Austria. This is an trian bishop, speaking before extraordinary fact if we remem- the entire episcopate of the ber that Austria was occupied country, as well as more than by the Russians in 1945, at the 30,000 people, on the occasion end of the Second World War. In of the 25th Anniversary of the 1954 one of the supreme heads Reparation Rosary, declared: of Russia even declared: “That “Just as Austria was freed from which we occupy we shall never the Communist yoke by the abandon.” fervent recitation of the Ros- But Austria was liberated. ary, it will be in like manner by Why? How did the Russians the arm of the Rosary that the abandon it without war, without world will be freed from the the use of force, even though present assaults of the devil and it was but a small, unarmed his associates.” If we recite the nation? Rosary, Our Lady will give us The reply must be sought in true liberty and peace. the power of the Rosary. Austria

The Fatima Crusader 24 Through the Rosary Most Blessed Virgin for the lib- Mary protected Brazil eration of his country. In 1964 Brazil was in a very This is what he said and dangerous state. One journalist wrote: wrote: “Communism’s hold on “We have overcome, thanks to Brazil seemed imminent. How- Our Lady of the Rosary. It is the ever, it did not come about, thanks message of Fatima, lived in Brazil, to the strength of the Rosary.” which just saved us in time ... The This is what happened. The situation in my country was very entire public life of the coun- serious. Every aspect of human try was openly directed towards activity was undermined. The key Marxism by the authorities, and positions were in the hands of this as much in politics as in the notorious Communists, those is economy and public instruction. favor of Communism. The unions Nothing worse could be imagined. were mostly controlled by them. The errors of Marxism were even “Continual strikes, many of introduced into the clergy. In the which were of an openly political young clergy there are some- nature, provoked disturbances times confusions of an ideological everywhere. The universities nature. It was this confused clergy themselves were affected. I who was responsible for allowing noticed myself the seriousness the Marxists to take hold of the of the situation when I traveled Catholic Youth Movement. from November 1963 to March But the people remained sens- 1964 to all the capital cities of ible. They reacted and began to Brazil, where I was in contact recite the Rosary. First of all, the with the university milieux. In simple and pious women started the middle of March I finished alone. The men and young lads my travels with this conclusion: followed. Television recorded it is a fact that the Church has and showed programs where lost the universities ...” women could be seen opposing The penetration in the Cath- the Communists. It is this which olic faculties was very profound. saved Brazil at the last moment: Even in our colleges there were the recitation of the Rosary. Communist cell groups ... Cath- In July 1964, the promoter olic associations were not spared. of the Marian Confraternities There remained only one of Brazil, Father Valerio Alber- hope: devotion to the Blessed ton, went to Fatima to thank the Virgin ...

25 The Fatima Crusader Repeated calls for prayer and formed a true pacifying army in penance, according to the spirit of the struggle for freedom. Fatima, brought the Faith back to Women had given the example life – the Faith which moves moun- by their courage and confidence tains. Thus the impossible came in Our Lady. They contributed to pass: the miracle of a war won enormously to the failure of the without any drop of blood shed. Marxist Revolution of 1964. They, The contra-revolutionary high and their children, distributed command foresaw at least three thousands of brochures with this months of bitter fighting. But a supplication: “Mother of God, force which was inexplicable, protect us and spare us from new humanly speaking, made the sufferings ... “ whole military organization col- Women passed in the streets, lapse, an organization which has reciting the Rosary out loud and been patiently and diabolically singing songs. On March 17, built up over several years col- 1964, the “March of the Family lapsed, like a house of cards. for Freedom, with the Help of The evidence of the working of God,” was organized. Every grace was such that all were con- week, the Cardinal Archbishop of vinced that this could have no Rio de Janeiro put Catholics on human explanation. Military and their guard, demanding of them civil heads of the contra-revolu- prayer and penance according to tion were almost unanimous in the spirit of Fatima, in order to attributing this victory to a spe- obtain the mercy of God by the cial grace of the Blessed Virgin. intercession of Our Lady. Many declared that the Rosary While it is true that many prob- had been the decisive arm. lems remain in this great country, Faced with this perilous situa- it is equally true that on March tion, Catholic associations had put 31, 1964, without armed conflict, all their efforts in the service of the and without any blood being Blessed Virgin. Two hundred thou- shed, the hour of freedom and sand men and lads, enrolled in the peace sounded.| 2,000 Marian congregations, had

The Fatima Crusader 26 in history – the removal of some I Witnessed of the disciplines augmented the the permissiveness of the age – e.g. fasting from midnight until Rosary receiving of Holy Communion the next morning did at least Miracle lend considerable weight to by Stephen Wells the solemnity of the occasion – more so than today. Do we really pray any more fer- ear Father Gruner, vently today in our own language We are so deluged than we did in Latin? At least Dwith opinions, histories, there was no room for individual expert evaluations, modifica- interpretations as there is now. tions, amendments, deletions More to the point of your and additions that we mere work, I am amazed at how mortals are tempted to imitate many of our parishioners do not the ostrich (bury our heads in know why the priest says the the sand) and wait for it to all three Hail Mary’s (specifically go away. for the conversion of Russia) at Unfortunately, the sands of the foot of the altar after Mass. time are fast running out and I will be very frank with you there may soon be no sand left – if it wasn’t for my experience for us to bury our heads in! with the British Army in Aus- I can understand why there tria at the end of the war, I may is opposition to your work, the have had difficulty in accepting Message of Fatima is dramatic- many of your reports. Briefly, ally opposed to popular percep- while serving in Austria in the tions of the present day. We live Army of Occupation, I observed in an age of permissiveness, an a weekly procession (I think era where there is no apparent every Friday) reciting the Ros- penalty for non-performance ary while visiting the shrines of our duty – in some cases around the town. This went on our sworn duty. From a purely all over Austria. lay observation, I felt at the In the face of this, the Rus- time that the Vatican II Council sians, realizing that their doc- made changes too sweeping, trines would never take hold in too fast and at the wrong time such an atmosphere, withdrew

27 The Fatima Crusader – and when they packed up and hold up the light of objective left, so did we! faith! And I will try to keep on The Russian withdrawal was supporting you. I spent 26 years particularly remarkable when as a counselor with the Employ- you consider the strategic ment Service and I know how importance of Austria – both hard it is to get people to see Napoleon and Hitler held the facts and face them. view that “he who holds Vienna, Keep up the good work. holds the key to Europe.” God Bless.| We need someone like you to Rosary Recitation Before the Blessed Sacrament Approved There have been objections that it is not proper to recite the Rosary before the Blessed Sacrament. First of all, Pope Leo XIII already in 1883 had ordered that the Rosary be recited before the Blessed Sacrament exposed during the whole month of October. And it was done, till very recent years, for about 100 years. Are we going to say that the great Pope was mistaken, and the so-called ‘modernizers’ of the Church have discovered the truth? It is definitely an error (some have said, ‘satanical error’) to con- demn this practice now! ... The present Pope, John Paul II, who started daily Eucharistic adoration in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome has approved this reci- tation, prescribed to the Sisters Disciples of the Divine Master, whose founder enjoined the recitation of the 15 decades of the Rosary with the Blessed Sacrament exposed as one of their Apos- tolate chief works of daily Eucharistic Adoration.|

ROSARY CAMPAIGN Dear Blessed Lady of Fatima, I am prepared to offer ( ) decades of the Rosary daily with the intention of winning for the Holy Father those graces he will need to finally solemnly and publicly consecrate specifically Russia, with all the bishops of the Church, to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Signature...... Please copy and forward this sacrifice for Jesus and Mary to The Fatima Center (address on page 63) so he can place it on the altar before the Pilgrim Virgin statue solemnly blessed by Pope Paul VI.

The Fatima Crusader 28 The Prayers of the Rosary

The Sign of the Cross: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. How to The Apostles’ Creed: I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of Say the Heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord; Who was conceived by Rosary the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was cruci- fied, died, and was buried. He descended into hell, the third day He arose again The OUR FATHER from the dead. He ascended into Heaven, The HAIL MARY sitteth at the right hand of God, the Father 1. Make the Sign of the Almighty; from thence He shall come to Cross and say the Apostles’ Creed judge the living and the dead. I believe in 2. The GLORY BE the Holy Ghost, the Holy Catholic Church, 3. “O MY JESUS” the Communion of Saints, the forgiveness 4. Announce the mystery of sins, the resurrection of the body, and 5. HAIL, HOLY QUEEN life everlasting. Amen. Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hal- lowed be Thy name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy Will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen. Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with Thee. Blessed art Thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of Thy womb, Jesus. Hail Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Glory Be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. The Fatima Decade Prayer: O my Jesus, forgive us our sins; save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to Heaven, especially those who are most in need. Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, Hail our life, our sweetness and our hope. To Thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To Thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Turn then, Most gracious Advocate, Thine eyes of mercy towards us, and after this our exile show unto us the blessed Fruit of Thy womb, Jesus, O Clement, O loving, O Sweet Virgin Mary. V. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God. R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. Let Us Pray: O God, Whose only begotten Son, by His life, death, and resurrec- tion has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life; grant, we beseech Thee, that meditating upon these mysteries of the most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may imitate what they contain, and obtain what they promise, through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

29 The Fatima Crusader 54-Day Rosary Novena “For 13 months Fortuna Agrelli, the daughter of Commander Agrelli, had endured dreadful sufferings and torturous cramps; she had been given up by the most celebrated physicians. On Feb. 16, 1884, the afflicted girl and her relatives commenced a novena of Rosaries. At Naples, in the Commander’s house, the Queen of the Holy Rosary favored her with an apparition on March 3. The Blessed Virgin Mary, sitting upon the high throne, sur- rounded by luminous figures, held the Divine Child on Her lap, and in Her hand a Rosary. “Mary looked upon the sufferer with maternal tenderness, and the patient saluted Her with the words: ‘Queen of the Holy Rosary, be gracious to me, restore me to my health! I have already prayed to Thee in a novena, O Mary, but have not yet experienced Thy aid. I am so anxious to be cured!’ “’Child,’ responded the Blessed Virgin, ‘you have invoked Me by various titles and have always obtained favors from Me. Now, since you have called Me by that title so pleasing to me, ‘Queen of the Holy Rosary’, I can no longer refuse the favor you petition; for this name is most precious and dear to Me. Make three novenas, and you shall obtain all.’ “Once more the Queen of the Holy Rosary appeared to her and said, ‘Whoever desires to obtain favors from Me should make three novenas of the prayers of the Rosary, and three novenas in thanksgiving.’ “This miracle of the Rosary made a very deep impression on Pope Leo XIII, and greatly contributed to the fact that in so many Encyclicals he urged all Christians to love the Ros- ary and say it fervently.” The Novena consists of five decades of the Rosary each day for 27 days in petition; then immediately five decades each day for 27 days in thanksgiving, whether or not the request has been granted. First day meditate on the Joyful Mysteries; second day the Sorrowful Mysteries; third day the Glorious Mysteries; fourth day meditate again on the Joyful Mys- teries; and so on.

Here is a table to help you pray the 54-day Rosary Novena In Petition In Thanksgiving 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 J S G J S G J S G J S G J S G J S G 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 J S G J S G J S G J S G J S G J S G 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 J S G J S G J S G J S G J S G J S G

J: Joyful Mysteries are recited on this day of your novena. S: Sorrowful Mysteries are recited on this day. G: Glorious Mysteries are recited on this day. A Laborious Novena, but a Novena of Love. You who are sincere will not find it too difficult, if you really wish to obtain your request. Should you not obtain the favor you seek, be assured that the Rosary Queen, who knows what each one stands most in need of, has heard your prayer. You will not have prayed in vain. No prayer ever went unheard. And Our Blessed Lady had never been known to fail. Look upon each Hail Mary as a rare and beautiful rose which you lay at Mary’s feet.|

The Fatima Crusader 30 THE MYSTERIES OF THE ROSARY

Our Lady taught Blessed Alan de la Roche and said to him in a vision: “When people say 150 Hail Mary’s, this prayer is very helpful to them and is a very pleasing tribute to Me. “But they will do better still and will please Me even more if they say these Hail Mary’s while meditating on the life, death and passion of Jesus Christ – for this meditation is the soul of this prayer.”

THE FIVE JOYFUL MYSTERIES 1. THE ANNUNCIATION: And when the angel had come to Her, he said, “Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with Thee, blessed art Thou among women.” Luke 1:28

2. THE VISITATION: And Elizabeth was filled with the 3. BIRTH OF JESUS: And She brought forth Her Holy Ghost, and cried out with a loud voice, saying, firstborn Son, and wrapped Him up in swaddling “Blessed art Thou among women and blessed is the clothes, and laid Him in a manger, because there fruit of Thy womb!” Luke 1:41-42 was no room for them in the inn. Luke 2:7

31 The Fatima Crusader 4. THE PRESENTATION: And when the days of Her 5. FINDING JESUS IN THE TEMPLE: And it came purification were fullfilled according to the Law of to pass that after three days, they found Him in Moses, they took Him to Jerusalem, to present Him the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, to the Lord. Luke 2:22-23 both listening to them and asking them questions. Luke 2:46 THE FIVE SORROWFUL MYSTERIES

1. THE AGONY IN THE GARDEN: And His sweat became as drops of blood running down upon the ground. And rising from prayer He came to His disciples, and found them sleep- 2. THE SCOURGING AT THE PILLAR: Pilate then ing for sorrow. Luke 22:44-45 took Jesus and had Him scourged. John 19:1

The Fatima Crusader 32 3. CROWNING WITH THORNS: And they stripped 4. CARRYING OF THE CROSS: And bearing the Him and put on Him a scarlet cloak; and platting a cross for Himself, He went forth to the place crown of thorns, they put it upon His head, and a called Calvary, in Hebrew, Golgotha. John 19:17 reed in His right hand. Matthew 27:28-29 THE FIVE GLORIOUS MYSTERIES

5. THE CRUCIFIXION: And Jesus cried out with 1. THE RESURRECTION: He is risen. He is a loud voice and said: “Father, into Thy hands I not here. Behold the place where they laid commend My spirit.” And having said this, He ex- Him. Mark 16:6 pired. Luke 23:46

33 The Fatima Crusader 2. THE ASCENSION: So then the Lord, after He 3. DESCENT OF THE HOLY GHOST: And suddenly had spoken to them, was taken up into Heaven, there came a sound from Heaven, as of a mighty and sits at the right hand of God. Mark 16:19 wind coming, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Acts 2:2

4. THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN: 5. MARY IS CROWNED QUEEN OF HEAVEN AND Thou art the glory of Jerusalem … the honor of EARTH: And a great sign appeared in Heaven: a our people … the hand of the Lord hath strength- woman clothed with the sun, and the moon was ened Thee, and therefore Thou shalt be blessed under Her feet, and upon Her head a crown of forever. Judith 15:10-11 twelve stars. Apocalypse 12:1

The Fatima Crusader 34 15 Promises for Praying the Most Holy Rosary

1. Whoever shall faithfully serve Me without the Sacraments of the by the recitation of the Rosary, shall Church. receive single graces. 8. Those who are faithful in reciting 2. I promise My special protection the Rosary shall have during their life and the greatest graces to all who and at their death the light of God shall recite the Rosary. and the plenitude of His graces; at the moment of death they shall par- 3. The Rosary shall be a powerful ticipate in the merits of the saints in armor against hell, it will destroy paradise. vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies. 9. I shall deliver from Purgatory those who have been devoted to the 4. It will cause virtue and good Rosary. works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God; it 10. The faithful children of the Ros- will withdraw the hearts of men from ary shall merit a high degree of glory the love of the world and its vanities, in Heaven. and will lift them to the desire of eternal things. Oh, that souls would 11. You shall obtain all you ask of Me sanctify themselves by this means. by the recitation of the Rosary.

5. The soul which recommends itself 12. All those who propagate the holy to Me by the recitation of the Rosary, Rosary shall be aided by Me in their shall not perish. necessities.

6. Whoever shall recite the Rosary 13. I have obtained from My Divine devoutly, applying himself to the Son that all the advocates of the consideration of its sacred mysteries Rosary shall have for intercessors the shall never be conquered by misfor- entire celestial court, during their life tune. God will not chastise him in and at the hour of death. His justice, he shall not perish by an 14. All who recite the Rosary are My unprovided death; if he be just, he sons, and brothers of My only Son, shall remain in the grace of God, and Jesus Christ. become worthy of eternal life. 15. Devotion to My Rosary is a great 7. Whoever shall have a true devo- sign of predestination. tion for the Rosary shall not die

35 The Fatima Crusader Block Rosary You Can Do This! You can make it as small as you want or as big as you want.

Look at the remarkable fruits perhaps be deprived of priests. of the recitation of the Rosary In the Philippines, a sim- by family groups. ilar movement called by the In Nigeria, a lay-apostolate same name, “The Block Ros- movement is spreading spon- ary Movement” is arousing the taneously and with phenomenal same enthusiasm there among rapidity among the mass of the laymen, developing with the faithful and particularly among same rapidity and yielding the young. It is the “Block Ros- abundant fruit. Some 80 groups ary Movement” which gath- of 30 families and more met ers individuals and families by for half an hour every even- blocks of houses to recite the ing for the whole month of Rosary together every evening. October to recite the Rosary It is essentially a prayer move- together, sing hymns and listen ment comprising hymns and to a Bible reading with com- other prayers in addition to the mentary. Moreover, devotion to Rosary, and often Bible readings Mary had been renewed, many and religious instruction. This is people have resumed the habit a remarkable movement which of family prayer, the spirit of might well become a new instru- neighborliness has increased, ment of evangelization in view parish associations have a new of its spirit and enthusiasm. lease on life. Such a successful Could not this movement movement really deserves the be launched and developed attention of everyone, espe- in many other African and cially priests, and we pray that it Asian missions? It would be may develop all over the world, specially useful in countries especially in mission countries, threatened by persecution, in to the great advantage of the order to ensure an intense life evangelization of the non-Chris- of faith and prayer in Christian tians and the dechristianized communities which will soon right here in North America.

The Fatima Crusader 36 The Block Rosary is more with them. In this way, “family than the recitation of the Ros- prayer” becomes “neighbor- ary in private. The Block Rosary hood prayer.” is comprised of a group of fam- The Living Rosary cere- ilies, living in the same district. mony. The participants take They agree to come and pray up their places in the shape of round the statue of the Blessed a Rosary in the street or in a Virgin in or in front of the house square; each bead of the Ros- of one of them. Every evening ary is an adult representing his after the prayer meeting, which family. When his turn comes lasts for half an hour, the statue to speak over the microphone, is carried to the next house by each one received the light of candlelight procession and to his neighbor, so that at the end the accompaniment of singing. of the prayer all the candles, all People are very keen to have the the torches are burning. In the statue “sleeping at their house!” center of the living Rosary, the Thus they have the whole day mysteries are represented by to invite the neighbors to children or other members of come in the evening to pray the families.|

“One day through the Rosary and Scapular, I will save the world.” ... Our Lady to St. Dominic Promises of Our Lady to those who are enrolled in the Scapular of Mount Carmel and wear it continually 1. Whosoever dies clothed in this Scapular shall not suffer eternal fire. It shall be a sign of salvation, a protection in danger, a pledge of peace. 2. Whosoever devoutly wears the Scapular of Mount Carmel, observes chastity according to his state in life and recites daily five decades of the Rosary (when substitution of the Rosary for the Little Office is granted*) would be freed from the pains of purgatory on the first Saturday after death. Pope Paul VI “... Ever hold in great esteem the practices and exercises of devotion to the Most Blessed Virgin which have been recommended for centuries by Magisterium of the Church. And among them we judge well to recall especially the Marian Rosary and the religious use of the Scapular of Mount Carmel.” *Note: All Catholics enrolled in the Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel may receive the benefit of substituting five decades of the Rosary daily for the Little Office of Our Lady, by filling out our Fatima Crusade pledge and on it requesting this benefit, and sending the pledge to us at the Fatima Center Headquarters.

37 The Fatima Crusader Is Your Family Protected? by Mary Michele

ith all that is going on shall grow in grace and become in the Church and the worthy of eternal life.” (One of W world, many people the 15 promises of the Blessed believe we are living in The End Virgin Mary). Times. We see those who claim to At Fatima, She told the three be “Religious” mocking God and shepherd children, “You have using their positions to carry out seen hell, where the souls of poor unthinkable acts against Church, sinners go. ... many souls go to hell State and humanity. We see real because they have no one to pray churchmen and laity renounced and make sacrifices for them”, and persecuted. Our Blessed and Our Lady promised St. Dom- Mother, Our Lady of Fatima has inic: “With the Rosary and Brown warned us of what is to come and Scapular I will save the world.” It how to prepare. If the Vatican really does not matter when The never reveals the Third Secret of End comes, it only matters when Fatima or if the New World Order Your End comes. Will you be closes all of the Catholic churches ready? Will you be saved? Will and sanctuaries all over the world, you participate in Our Lady’s our wonderful, beautiful Mother peace plan? Can you refuse the has given us all we need to survive what is to come. This Glorious Mother of God? Woman told us; “In the end My Here is how my family is Immaculate Heart will triumph!” preparing: I have the privil- How are we to prepare? ege of praying the Rosary with How will we survive? How extended family members every will we protect our families? Thursday evening. Sometimes Our Blessed Mother promised we are a little crowded, but no St. Dominic and Blessed Alan, one seems to mind. We pair “Those who will recite My Rosary up, one adult and at least one piously, considering its Mysteries, child. In our family we have shall not be overwhelmed by mis- more adults than children. The fortune not die a bad death. The children will move from adult sinner shall be converted; the just to adult, not wanting anyone to

The Fatima Crusader 38 have to say their decade alone. or a reminder of something the We all have out own special Blessed Mother has promised us. intentions, and if one of us is He always uses current events having a senior moment, some- to show what the devil is up one will always remind us of the to and how God metes our His forgotten intention. We’ve had judgement on nations that allow some family members come and babies to be murdered before go. The core group remains. The they can see the light of day. We children never forget to pray for can see how things are spiral- those who do not come anymore ing down the slippery slope. I or their intentions. Notice, I said am only 45, and just a few years the children never forget, we ago murder was a rare thing in adults are forgetful creatures. our area. Today it is almost an This has been very edifying for everyday occurrence, not even all of us. When we started out, counting the abortuaries in the several years ago, the young- neighboring counties. est would offer their intentions Our Family Rosary is a trav- for Mommy, Daddy, Grammy, eling Rosary. We like to spread Grampy, Uncle Paka and Aunt the wealth of grace around. If it Gebeka. As they got older, they is a special date, like the anni- moved on to correct pronun- versary of having the Sacred and ciations of aunts and uncles’ Immaculate Hearts enthroned, names and praying for school a birthday, a new addition or friends and teachers. Now they just feeling the need to have have graduated to praying for a spiritual boost, we move the Holy Mother Church, Our Holy Rosary to that particular house. Father, the souls in Purgatory, We even take the Family Rosary those who have no one to pray to our friends’ homes. Friends for them, and those in the hos- of ours, a married couple, have pital. The first time I heard one an outdoor shrine set up in of my youngest cousins come honor of the Blessed Mother; up with “those in the hospital” we went and prayed the Rosary I knew she was on her way to there this summer. It was won- helping many souls. derful to share the blessings Our Family Patriarch starts and graces with our friends. the Rosary. He always has a les- The Rosary is all we will have son for us, not anything very left in the future. The time is long. Maybe just a Bible verse coming when we will not be

39 The Fatima Crusader able to assist at the Holy Sacri- Rosary, by the vocalization of fice of the Mass. Except for Bap- the Names of Jesus and Mary, or APOSTLES OF THE tism and Marriage, we will be for praying the Our Father, Hail denied access to all sacraments. Mary, Glory Be, the Apostles’ The Rosary is a grace-filled habit Creed, or for making the Sign of that needs to be formed today. It the Cross. With all of this to be is the only way we will be able to gained for yourself and/or for keep the faith alive. Remember “those who have no one to pray Rosary that Our Lord and Savior, Jesus for them,” shouldn’t you start Christ said, “For where there are this week? Start even today! two or three gathered together in “But lay up to yourselves treasures My name, there I am in the midst in Heaven, where neither rust nor of them.” (Matt. 18:20). moth doth consume, and where Helping Our Lady Reach Out To Millions of Faithful Souls If you have not taken the time thieves do not break through, not to pray the Rosary with your steal.” (Matt. 6:19). family in the past, start today. One word of warning: the With hectic schedules and life devil hates the Rosary. He will styles it is hard to get everyone put all kinds of distractions and in one place at the same time, impediments in the way once but it can be done. It takes com- you make a commitment to start mitment. Make it a habit. Pick this endeavor. Little trivialities one day of the week and stick will be blown up into major dis- to it. Not everyone will be able turbances of great proportion. to make it every week. Some- Do not let these things disturb times you may have to change your peace or resolve to pray the day, so long as at least two the Family Rosary. Again, you or more are together. If you are may have to change the day, separated from extended family, time or place, or maybe only ask a couple of close friends. Ask a couple of the core group can friends to join your Family Rosary meet. This is to be expected, and encourage them to start their just persevere and you will see own Family Rosary. You will be what the Great Mother of God amazed at the spiritual growth of can really do for your and your the children. You will be amazed family.| at your own spiritual growth. This does not include the par- Pray the Rosary tial and plenary indulgences that may be gained by praying the every day!

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The Fatima Crusader 42 The Presentation of Our Lord in The Crucifixion: The spirit the Temple: Purity of body, mind, of offering up small sacrifi- heart and will, and the grace to ces daily, in thanksgiving for honor and reverence my par- Christ’s redemptive Crucifixion ents, elders and superiors. He suffered for our sins. The Finding of Our Lord in the Glorious Mysteries Temple: Wisdom and the grace For that grace which the to follow the motions of Holy Blessed Virgin Mary asks for Providence. me. For all those who have Sorrowful Mysteries asked for my prayers, said I For that grace which the would pray for, should pray Blessed Virgin Mary asks for for, all those who have no one me. For the Pope, for his spirit- to pray for them. (Then follows ual, physical, mental health any special people to be prayed and well being; for his spiritual for by name). enlightenment concerning Fat- The Resurrection: The grace of ima, concerning Tradition. The a lively faith, love for God and same intentions for the next zeal in His service. Pope; the same intentions for The Ascension: The grace of a the Pope, whoever is the one, great longing for Heaven, my who will consecrate Russia. For true home and the grace of the that grace which the Blessed Virtue of Hope. Virgin Mary asks for me. For an The Descent of the Holy Ghost: increase in love for Mary. All the gifts and graces bestowed The Agony in the Garden: Con- upon the Apostles and the trition for my sins and the grace Blessed Mother at Pentecost; to forgive others. the grace of charity and the The Scourging at the Pillar: The desire for sanctification. grace to mortify my senses. The Assumption: The grace of The Crowning with Thorns: a tender devotion for so good Mortification of my pride a Mother and the grace of a and self-love and the grace to happy death. despise the world; to be in the The Coronation: Perseverance world but not of it. in grace and a crown of Glory Carrying the Cross: Patience in hereafter; true devotion to the tribulation and the grace to rec- Blessed Virgin Mary and the ognize and accept daily trials as grace to love God as much as blessings from God. Our Lady wants me to.|

43 The Fatima Crusader Dear Mary, I Love You

The following poem was sent in by one of our readers who clearly is full of love and devotion to the Blessed Mother.

A Rosary each day to see how Your children Is my way to say, have forgotten Thee; “Dear Mary I love you so.” Through my mind only one thought does flow. Each Mystery of Joy, when You gave us Your Boy, Please hasten the hour makes my endless love when You use Your Divine constantly grow! Power to crush satan’s head forever. Through each Joyful Mystery Your purity does teach me As I continue my Rosary, to accept God’s Will I’ll endeavor to beg gladly and freely. for God’s Mercy on all

And as I continue, And now as I pray on each bead I do beg You, the Glorious Mysteries, Dear Mary I must concentrate do not let me stray. on our Dear Lord’s victories.

Just let me prove to You, The greatest of all in all the things that I do, was His great Resurrection, my constant desire to pray. and Your victory Dear Mother And as I continue my Rosary was Your Heavenly to pray the Assumption. Sorrowful Mysteries I now must say, Oh Queenly Mother, with aching heart With Jesus my Brother, and tears in my eyes, I offer You all that is mine. Dear Jesus, You suffered so! Now I end my Rosary, and I hope I do please Thee, And Dear Mother Mary Dear Mother, I beg to be Thine. how hurt You must be ... Josephine

The Fatima Crusader 44 The Faithful Abandoned by Father Nicholas Gruner, S.T.L., S.T.D. (Cand.)

erplexed Catholics must look for in those publicly pro- remember Our Lady said: fessing the evangelical counsels. P“In the end, My Immaculate As Father Paul Crane, S.J., Heart will triumph!” editor of Christian Order, puts it Many true Catholics these so aptly: “It is not merely a case days, in the laity and in the of the hungry sheep looking up priesthood in Canada, the United and not being fed. Nowadays States and overseas, increasingly the hungry sheep are not even see themselves without help and bothering to look up, so cer- without any apparent solution. tain are they that they will not It is a terribly upsetting situa- be fed. Experientia docet, they tion for them all because they know from bitter experience see many Church officials and that there is no point in their organizations and individual doing so.” Catholics falling by the wayside And Father Crane further to the spirit of the world. The explains: “It is greatly to their apostasy seems to have invaded credit, enormously so, that Church officials, parishioners despite the frustration that and chancery offices. besets them, they have held fast No longer do many of our to the Faith of their Fathers, the true-Catholic brethren look up Faith for which the English Mar- to the bishops and their pastors tyrs died. To my way of think- for help in the distress they feel ing, contemporary Catholics and the hunger they experience who hold so firmly to their Faith, for pure, simple Catholicism often against all odds, are the which they expected to find pro- true martyrs of our own time. claimed, taught and experienced May God bless them for it.” at the parish level, in the catech- It is a great credit to the ortho- isms, in the liturgical and prayer dox Catholics that they have life of the parish, in the books held on to the faith, despite and sermons that are offered to the bad example, the heretical them within the Catholic com- teaching, the heteropraxis of munity, and in the exemplary the “modern Catholic” parish. lives they have been taught to

45 The Fatima Crusader What can any true and consecrate Russia. loyal Catholic do? All the Pope needs to do is give We must pray. At Fatima Our the order, under pain of excom- Lady insisted on the Rosary, at munication, to all the Catholic least five decades of the Rosary bishops, to consecrate Russia on every day. We must pray because the same day in a solemn, public it is by prayer that we will save ceremony. our souls. “He who prays will be If some of the bishops do not saved. He who does not pray will co-operate, their co-operation be condemned” said St. Alphon- would not be necessary because sus de Liguori. This is especially they would be excommunicated true in our time because we and would no longer be Catholic are living in a time of apostasy, bishops. the Great Apostasy predicted in And it seems that it is only neces- Sacred Scripture when even the sary for the Pope to give the order elect would be deceived, if that to the bishops to conform to Our were possible. Lady’s request for the conversion Our Lady promised to St. Dom- of Russia to take place and peace inic and Blessed Alan that if we given to the world. Of course he, prayed the Rosary every day we himself, must personally carry out would not fall into heresy. And if this command of Our Lady. one had already fallen into heresy, Sister Lucy did not suggest that that is, been deceived by the devil the Pope had to wait until he had and his followers into denying an the consent of the bishops before article of faith so that he would be formally asking them, rather, she led to hell if he persisted in that said it was for the Pope to give the error, Our Lady promised if he order. That order given, plus the prayed the Rosary, he would not Pope’s own obedience, is all that long stay in heresy. Prayer, espe- is necessary, and I quote from her cially the Rosary, is more import- letter of May 29, 1930 to Father ant for all of us today than ever. Bernard Goncalves, her confessor. It is true that some few, a rem- “The good God promises to nant of Faithful, will be left even end the persecution of Russia if in the time of full blown apos- the Holy Father deigns to make tasy and the conquest of world- and orders that the bishops of wide anti-Christ victory, which the Catholic world make a sol- is certain to happen if the Pope emn and public act of repara- does not soon give the order to tion and consecration of Russia

The Fatima Crusader 46 to the Most Sacred Hearts of will approve and recommend Jesus and Mary, and His Holi- he practice of the already indi- ness promising that upon the cated Reparatory end of this persecution that he Continued on page 62

do Petitions work? According to Pope Pius XII, it was also on account of the petitions of the faithful that the Assumption of Mary was finally defined infallibly in the Holy Catholic Church. Few things weaken Our Lady’s enemies more than the knowledge that millions of faithful Catholics are united in this holy mission of petitioning for the consecration of Russia. PETITION TO OUR HOLY FATHER Most Holy Father, Vatican Council II states that the faithful have the obligation and the right to make known to their pastors what their spiritual needs are (Const. On the Church, Par. 37). It has been solemnly defined by Vatican I (Denzinger 1830) and the Second Council of Lyons (Denzinger 466) that we have the right to have recourse to Your Holiness in matters which pertain to ecclesiastical jurisdiction. Most Holy Father, time is running out. The time of mercy is about to be succeeded by the day of wrath. Our Lady of Fatima revealed precisely what must be done in order to avert the terrible chastisement that threatens our lives and our souls. Sister Lucy of Fatima has told us publicly: “The Most Holy Virgin told Francisco, Jacinta and myself, many nations will disappear from the face of the earth. She said that Russia will be the instrument of chastisement chosen by Heaven to punish the whole world if we do not beforehand obtain the conversion of that poor nation.” To prevent this chastisement, Our Lady said She would come to ask for the Consecration of Russia. It is only “by this means” that Russia will be converted and peace brought to the world. Holy Father, do not be taken in by “overtures of peace.” Communism and its leaders are avowed enemies of Christ and our Holy Catholic Church. Our Lady forewarned us of the intrinsic evil of Communism and gave us the only solution. We beseech you to not delay any longer. The dangers which threaten our faith and our lives grow greater with each day that Our Lady’s request remains unfulfilled. ------

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47 The Fatima Crusader Ideals of the Crusade of Mary Immaculate Introduction by St. Maximilian himself

How to read? When you approach the time for reading about Mary Immaculate, always remember that you are entering into contact with a living, loving person, someone Who is pure, without any stain of sin – the Blessed Virgin Mary. Remember, that the words which you are reading are not fully able to express who She is, because these words are only human, taken from earthly language, words representing things in human form. Mary Immaculate is the being completely belonging to God, hence we can say She excels in an infinite way, as it were, everything which surrounds us. She will reveal Herself to you through the sentences you read, and She will inspire you with thoughts, convictions, and feelings, which even the author himself would not think at the moment of his writing. Concentrate, as you read, on purifying your conscience. The more frequently you purify your soul by the Sacrament of Penance, the nearer your thoughts will be to the truth as regards Mary Immaculate. Acknowledge sincerely that, without Her help, you are unable to know anything about Her, and in consequence you would be unable to love Her. Realize that She alone must more and more illuminate your mind and fortify your heart with the love and attract it to Herself. For that reason, remember also, that the whole fruit of your reading depends on prayer for Her. Do not begin reading until you have said a prayer to Our Lady. Do not attempt to read a lot, but, rather, try to interweave your reading with mental aspirations of your heart to Her, especially when some distractions are rising in your heart. When you have finished your reading, give to Her freedom to bring the full effects, that from it, She may bring forth the best fruit. Any book on Our Lady should be read, not in a spirit of curiosity, but rather, slowly and carefully. Whatever we have read should be put into practice. The abundance of thoughts are so beautiful and it opens our mind to so many reflections, and at the same time, creates admirable a feeling of happiness which leads our minds to the more frequent renewal of good intentions directed to Mary Immaculate. It is enough to offer only five minutes daily for spiritual reading, but we should be constant about it and fully devote these few minutes to reading.This will be for us, a guarantee of progress in the life of our souls. It will also be a healthy food for our souls because it will give us more and more lofty aspirations in our journey to the heights of sanctity, and to a greater union with Mary Immaculate.

The Fatima Crusader 48 Extracts from the writings of Immaculate” because whatever St. Maximilian Marie Kolbe leads to salvation and sanctifica- hrough Mary Immaculate, tion springs from the working of we can become great God’s grace in the soul and the T saints and that, in a very Mother of God is the Mediatrix easy way. of all graces – just as Jesus Christ Mary Immaculate, Mediatrix is our Mediator. of all graces, can obtain the We offer our gifts to Jesus grace of conversion and sancti- through Mary Immaculate in fication at all times and every- order that She may make them where. She wants to regenerate stainless and acceptable, and the soul of each one in the uni- through Him we offer them to verse. She wants to regenerate God the Father – that they, united our order too. with the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, What is the meaning of con- may be of infinite value and version and sanctification worthy of the majesty of God. through Mary Immaculate? It Whatever Mary gives to Jesus means that the graces for con- Christ is undefiled and whatever version and sanctification are Our Lord gives to God the Father obtained through Her. is infinite. Therefore, the honor “I can do all things in Him who which we pay to God through strengthens me” through Mary Mary and Jesus is Immaculate Immaculate. And why through and Infinite. Her? The Church tells us in the Our life should be a continua- words of a long line of Popes tion of Jesus Christ’s life on this that God’s Kingdom is divided, earth through Mary. With the as it were, into two parts. He has help of Mary Immaculate we can retained for Himself the function do everything. The nearer we of meting out justice, but to the draw to Mary Immaculate we Blessed Virgin He has assigned can do everything. The nearer the function of granting mercy. we draw to Mary Immaculate And as God, in His infinite the more holy we become. goodness, does not wish to pun- The Mother of God is the Medi- ish us for our transgressions, He atrix of all graces and sanctity is has given us the Blessed Mother the perfect work of God’s grace. to exercise His mercy towards The devil knows that the us. Again we have he right to nearer we draw to Mary add the phrase “through Mary Immaculate the more graces we

49 The Fatima Crusader shall obtain from Her hands. adore and love Jesus through us so For that reason, he tries at all that we become Her instruments. costs to alienate souls from the The Love of Mary Blessed Mother, even under Immaculate the guise of devotion to Jesus The love of Mary Immaculate Christ. The devil knows that is the most perfect love with God wills to work through Mary which a creature can ever love Immaculate; he knows that God. With Her heart let us try to when a soul strays from Her, it love the Sacred Heart of Jesus will not obtain so much grace. more and more. This should be For us, therefore, it is very our greatest endeavor. vital that we should live through Let us try to gain, not merely Her, with Her, in Her. many souls but as many as pos- Whether we are attracted to sible, and through Her to unite this way of grace or not; whether them as closely as possible with we are in light or darkness, we the most Sacred Heart of Jesus. always go forward if we keep This is the program: to conquer close to Our Immaculate Mother. first our own heart and then the Mary Immaculate is the ladder hearts of others ... up which we climb to the Sacred Each single thought, action and Heart of Jesus. If that ladder is suffering of Mary Immaculate taken away from us we shall not was the ‘most perfect act’ of the reach our aim – we shall fall to love of God, of the love of Jesus. the ground. We firmly believe We must tell every soul that that She leads us to Jesus Christ. exists and will exist to the end If anyone teaches what is con- of time, through the medium of trary to this, let him be anath- good example, of words, writing, ema, let him be condemned. printing, radio, painting, sculp- If we want to love Jesus Christ ture, etc., what Mary Immacu- with the heart of Mary Immacu- late would think, say and do in late, to receive Him with Her the practical situations of the heart, to love Him with Her aspir- everyday life of men in every ations, to make acts of reparation profession, so that the most per- and thanksgiving through Her, fect, the uttermost love that She then – whether we understand or bore towards the Heart of God feel what is happening – we shall may inflame the earth. in truth approach Jesus through The essence of the love of Her heart; or rather, She will God consists exclusively in the

The Fatima Crusader 50 fulfillment of the Will of God at even if the feelings of the heart each moment. The more this ful- are not stirred, she can be certain fillment causes us difficulty, even that she is making constant prog- aversion or repulsion, the greater ress and mounting steadily higher. will be the manifestation of love. Love which is the ‘bond of per- But even these difficulties do not fection’ is nourished and stirred belong to the essence of this love into action only by suffering, which can exist without them. They sacrifice and the cross. serve only to manifest this love. In loving others for Her sake, Let us emulate one another we give to Mary Immaculate the in growing in our love for Mary greatest proof of our love. Immaculate, and in so doing we How can we prove that Mary shall draw others to love Her Immaculate loves us? If we love more. Our hearts are so small Her, then She loves us far more. and so frail. We shall never be What is meant by the unlimited able worthily to return that love love of Mary Immaculate? Mary with which She loves us. Immaculate is so united to God Let us all try to intensify more through love that She is raised and still more our love for Mary not only high above all the saints, Immaculate and always to have but also above angels and arch- recourse to Her, as children to angels, above the cherubim and their mother. seraphim. Therefore, the more One act of perfect love regener- boundless our love for Mary ates the soul. Let us often make Immaculate, the more does it lift use of this means. It is not so diffi- us up to Her and unites us with cult in practice, for the essence of Her by love, elevating us, too, this act is – the love of sacrifice: above the choirs of angels. an endeavor through self-sac- What is meant by the unlimited rifice to give pleasure to Mary love of Mary Immaculate? She is Immaculate, putting aside the the nearest to God and we are motive of reward or punishment. the nearest to Her, and, there- The essence of the love of God fore, through Her to God Him- consists neither in feelings nor in self. God gave us that white moving words of sweetness; it lies ladder in order that we might exclusively in the will. Hence, if reach Him through Her. To use the soul is determined with Her another analogy, She clasps us to will to persevere in the way to Her Mother’s heart and brings us sanctity, and the love of God, then to God Himself.

51 The Fatima Crusader But these are merely different according to “Her” will. Be Her pictures, similitudes, analogies. child, Her servant, Her slave of The reality is incomparably more love, in every way that anyone has beautiful, loftier, more Divine. ever described or that anyone, any- “Behold Your Mother” where, will ever succeed. In one As for you, my child” word – be Hers until you are Her [a] Love Her as your mother, true Crusader – that others may to the point of sacrifice. She become more Hers, as you are, and loved you even to the point even more than you. Thus all those of sacrificing Her own Divine who now live and will live through- Son. At the Annunciation She out the world will co-operate with received you freely as Her child. Her in the battle with the serpent. [b] She will make you like to Ours is a great mission – to Herself; She will purify you more show in our everyday life what a and more, and feed you with the Crusader of Mary Immaculate is. milk of Her grace. Only let Her I am ready to go at any moment guide you freely and form you. to the missions anywhere, in holy Watch over the purity of your obedience, if Mary Immaculate soul, purify it in Her love. Do should manifest Her desire for it ... not give way to discouragement, We are Crusaders of Mary even if you should fall frequently Immaculate, ready for any exped- into mortal sin. An act of perfect ition, anywhere, at any time as a love with purify you. Crusader to suffer, to work and to [c] Let Her do with you what die ... In order to seal his love for She will, so that She may not Mary Immaculate! And so in cru- be in any way restricted in the sade-like style to shed his blood exercise of Her maternal dut- to the last drop to haste the win- ies towards Her child. Be Her ning of the whole world for Her. property, that She may use you We are called Her ‘Crusaders’ in accordance with Her will for because whoever belongs to Her any purpose, without limitation. does not confine himself solely You belong absolutely to Her, to consecration of himself to the your Lady and your Queen ... A Immaculate, but strives, as he servant sells his work. You offer alone can, to offer Her the hearts your work and your suffering of others, as he has offered his and whole self, as a gift. own: and in this way to win as Ask Her to ignore your wishes, many hearts as possible for Her, and always to deal with you freely the hearts of all those who are in

The Fatima Crusader 52 existence now, or who will exist love Jesus in him and through even to the end of the world. him incomparably more than he A soul which belongs to the could himself, even though he Crusade of Mary Immaculate tried in every possible way. ceases to be troubled even about He knows that every grace his salvation. He recognizes that enters the soul coming from God everything does not depend on the Father through Jesus and his own will but comes from Mary and in no other way. So the hand of God through Mary through Jesus and Mary comes Immaculate, and he, on his part, every answer to this grace, every tries to do everything he can do return, love for love, is able to learn more perfectly the will of reach God the Father. He knows Mary Immaculate and to fulfill that this is the only way to the it more faithfully, though it be at easiest and highest sanctity and the cost of much suffering, even to the greatest glory of God. to the shedding of his blood. The more a soul becomes the The Crusader of Mary Immacu- property of Mary Immaculate, to late is not indifferent to the the point of the winning of an spread of evil, but hates evil with even greater number of souls, and his whole heart, and fights on of becoming through the Immacu- every occasion, at all times and late more and more the property in all places, these evils which of Jesus Christ, and through Him poison human souls. the more perfect property of God There is no heroism which a the Father in heaven, the more soul cannot attain with the help does that soul become the Cru- of Mary Immaculate. sader of Mary Immaculate and To suffer, to work and to die the deeper it penetrates into the for God alone, through Mary essence of the Crusade. Immaculate and as an instru- It is not enough to try to be in ment in Her hands – this is an every sense the property of Mary ideal worthy of the Crusader of Immaculate, but we desire to radi- Mary Immaculate. ate Her in order to draw to Her The Crusader of Mary Immacu- other souls, not only the souls of late knows that the quickest and the living, but also all those who easiest way to belong to Jesus will ever come into existence, and to God is in Mary Immacu- without any limitation. In a word, late and through Mary Immacu- we want to be more and more late. He knows that She will Hers until we become Crusaders

53 The Fatima Crusader ready for complete sacrifice to always time for caresses, however the last drop of our blood in order holy they are: we also need protec- to conquer the whole world and tion, dryness, dereliction, etc. Let every single soul for Her – as us, therefore, allow Her to apply quickly as possible – as quickly as them as She wishes as a means for possible – as quickly as possible! our sanctification. One thing only He who has known and loved must be continually deepened and Mary Immaculate and who has that is the desire to allow our- given himself to Her so com- selves to be directed by Her to give pletely, that he has left nothing, ourselves more and more perfectly reserved nothing for himself, who to Her and to show obedience to wants to become more and more Her will by Holy Obedience. Hers in every sense, who desires, He who in life tries to avoid in his solicitude for the Kingdom crosses as much as possible and of souls, that others should give does not practice mortification in themselves more completely to anything does not yet know the Her; who does everything pos- meaning of happiness. He who sible for this end, and tries not suffers much for love can also to miss any opportunity, even enjoy the depth of love. though he has to sacrifice much, Just as for the farmer, the har- even to sealing this ideal with his vest is the period of greatest blood, who, indeed, looks upon it effort, gathering its fruit into the as the greatest happiness, the cul- barns and stockyards, so for the mination of his desire to sacrifice soul there is the laborious har- his own life, to gain souls for Her vest during which it can collect – all souls, wherever they may be, as many favors as possible, but without distinction of nationality there are moments bristling or race, whether they live now or with suffering and crosses. in the future. ... This is the per- When God sends us pain and fect Crusader of the Immaculate. suffering and the soul walks Her Will, Not Mine on thorny ground, it is time to Let us not always desire to feel rejoice that God has destined it that sweetness of our devotion to for high perfection. Mary Immaculate because that God shows special love towards would be spiritual greed. Let us those He chastises in this world allow ourselves to be directed by because in Purgatory punishment Her according to Her own will is long and heavy but free sub and not as we like. There is not continued on page 56

The Fatima Crusader 54 The Little Flower, St. Thérèse, teaches us that no little act of charity or sacrifice for the Glory of God is ever too small.

Before St. Thérèse died she said: “I will spend my Heaven doing good on earth.” She has brought many souls to the Faith and strengthened the Faith of the lukewarm and pious alike. St. Thérèse, pray for us and send us a rose! “I will send down a shower of Rose Petals from Heaven.”...St. Thérèse

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The Fatima Crusader 56 soul. From sacrifice originates Christ, and His beloved Mother spiritual joy. Mary Immaculate. Suffering is Suffering is the school of love. the School of Love What happiness will fill us on Let us remember that love our deathbed when we realize lives and is nourished by sacri- that we exhausted ourselves fices. Let us be grateful to Mary and suffered so much for Mary Immaculate for interior peace, Immaculate. for being uplifted by love but let Flame of Love us not forget that even every- Love does not rest idle, but thing which is good and beauti- spreads like fire which draws ful is not the essence of love. everything to itself. And we Independent of this love, its also, members of the Crusade of permanent existence, the very Mary Immaculate, must strive summit of it was when Jesus that we ourselves should be Christ said on the cross “My transformed in these flames of God, My God, why hast Thou love – and then that the same forsaken Me?” fire may transform all the souls Very often, storms will rage which are and which ever will and thunder roar around us; but be in the world. if we are consecrated to Mary Let us pray and bear our Immaculate without reserve, we crosses, let us love earnestly can be sure that no harm will the souls of all our neighbors, come to us unless Our Beloved whether friends or enemies, Mother permits it, and in spite and let us trust with one end in of working and suffering when view – that She may become the it is for the salvation of souls Queen of each and every soul in we shall find sweet repose. And the world as quickly as possible. again, when crosses overwhelm Every time we are seen in us, the Grace of God will warm public, every time we go to the our hearts and inflame them city or elsewhere, we preach a with such love that we will sermon and the more holy we burn with a thirst for suffering are, the more efficacious will be without limit and thirst to be our apostolate, which should humiliated and scoffed at and flow out from the fullness of even abandoned in order to our interior grace. show how much we love Our The simplest way in which to Father, and best friend Jesus secure the salvation of a soul is to

57 The Fatima Crusader urge it to do and to suffer every for her and through Her to the little thing – according to the love of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Will of the all-powerful God – for (Who loved us even to the death Mary Immaculate, the most gra- of the Cross), such a one will cious Queen of Heaven and earth. show ‘the greatest love’ towards Mary Immaculate makes us the Most Sacred Heart, and will grow in love for Her until we are be more closely united with Him. ready to be completely sacrificed Let us remember that Mary for Her cause. She wants us to gain Immaculate will repay gener- more and more souls for Her, to ously for even the smallest mark help all souls to know Her and to of honor paid to Her. If those love Her, so that they may come, among whom we are spreading through Her, nearer and nearer Her Kingdom do something for to the Divine Heart of Jesus, Who Her, She will never forget it. loved us so much that He chose to Let us never stop in our apos- be nailed to the cross and to stay tolate of winning hearts for Mary in the tabernacle for us. Immaculate. Let us pray for the But how could we be apostolic spread of Her reign in souls, let if the ardor of our love, instead us offer, for that purpose, our of increasing, were to grow worries and our troubles, and cold? Let us pray often and fer- let us above all try to make Her vently for each individual, and completely satisfied with us. We each individual for all, so that shall achieve this when our souls Mary Immaculate may save us are always pure. from such a misfortune. In working for souls we must We have to lead all souls to excel ourselves, so that the vessel the feet of Mary Immaculate! So of our apostolic zeal may over- there is need of great effort and flow with grace onto other souls. sacrifice in order to arrive as If evil does not delay but works quickly as possible at our glorious quickly and according to plan, shining goal – ‘the winning of the then we, in this Crusade of Mary whole world for Mary Immacu- Immaculate must not stop work- late and through her, for the ing. It is a matter of saving souls; of Sacred Heart of Jesus. Therefore, gaining the whole world and each to the attach, to the conquest!’ single soul for Mary Immaculate. The more one spreads the We are working for the sanctifica- glory and love of Mary Immacu- tion through Mary Immaculate of late and the more souls he gains all souls will the end of the world.

The Fatima Crusader 58 It would be a misfortune to fail in will be emptied, honest workers winning even one soul. will unite together, families will We can do nothing of our- overflow with virtue, peace and selves, but with the help of Mary happiness will reign and all dis- Immaculate we shall convert the cord and pain will be banished whole world, and draw the whole for it is now the ‘New Era’ ... world to Her feet. Let us be Hers – We love our neighbor who is entirely and without limits. near to us but do we have a place Let us live by the love of Mary in our hearts for the poor souls Immaculate; let us work for love who remain in the bonds of her- for Her – and may that love radi- esy or of schism? Let us open our ate from us to others. hearts to them and let us endeavor It is surely the Will of God to introduce Mary Immaculate to win all souls through Mary to these poor souls in order that Immaculate – and we should She may bring them to God, the offer all our troubles, discomforts source of true happiness. and sufferings that She may con- Though all Hell be against quer the world. you, you will win There should be no question as In the missions, also, you will to whether this one or that has find not only external difficul- done more for Mary Immaculate ties but Our Lord will permit, but only whether each has done for His Glory and for the mani- as much as possible to bring festation of the goodness and about Her reign in every soul as power of Mary Immaculate, that quickly and as perfectly as pos- you should pass through dis- sible – that each may live in Her couragement and anxiety, etc. If and work in Her; and in Her, love only, you put no trust in yourself the Heart of God Himself. This is but put your whole confidence the only question and it concerns in the Mediatrix of all graces, the limitless and intensified love Our Immaculate Mother, you of the creature for the Creator. will certainly win through, even Why does discouragement though all hell be against you. enter your heart, O ye of little Not only will you not yield faith? Enkindle love for and trust but you will find that you have in Mary Immaculate wherever enough strength to console you are and you will soon see others and to comfort their souls, tears flowing from the eyes of the reminding them where they most hardened sinner, prisons should go for light and strength.

59 The Fatima Crusader Fortify your invasion of in the above article should help us Heaven with an increase of grow in our love for Our Lady and prayer for the cause of Our Lady. show us how to be more fervent and effective in each one of our efforts Would that Mary Immaculate to be better Crusaders for Our Lady might always reign ...| of Fatima. Should you want us to Editor’s Note: The ideals of St. publish more of these extracts in a Maximilian brings to our attention later issue please let us know. ROSARY OF OUR LADY, HOPE OF Rosary, in order to obtain peace for THE WORLD the world and the end of the war, Continued from page 6 because only She can help you.” you pray the Rosary every day, Aug. 13: “I want you to continue you will not fall into heresy. And going to the Cova da Iria on the if you have had the misfortune 13th, and to continue praying the of falling into heresy, by praying Rosary every day.” the Rosary every day, She will pull Sept. 13: “Continue to say to Ros- you out of it. ary to obtain the end of the war.” In his encyclical on the Rosary, Oct. 13: “I am Our Lady of the Jucunda semper, Leo XIII teaches: Rosary. Continue to say the Rosary “The recourse we have to Mary in every day.” prayer follows upon the office She Our Lady made praying the continuously fulfills by the side of Rosary a condition for Francisco’s the throne of God, as Mediatrix of entrance into Heaven: Divine Grace ... Now this merciful “He will go there too, but he will office of Hers appears in no other have to say many Rosaries.” form of prayer as manifestly as it After this apparition, Francisco does in the Rosary.” began to pray the Rosary six to At Fatima, the Most Holy Virgin eight times a day. confirms this truth emphatically in The Rosary is often a condi- each of Her apparitions: tion for obtaining even temporal May 13: “Pray the Rosary every favors, as Sister Lucy reports: day, in order to obtain peace for the “I then made some requests, but world, and the end of the war.” I cannot recall now just what they June 13: “Pray the Rosary each day.” were. What I do remember is that July 13: “I want you to come here Our Lady said it was necessary for on the 13th of next month, and to such people to pray the Rosary in continue praying the Rosary every order to obtain these graces, during day in honor of Our Lady of the the year.”

The Fatima Crusader 60 All of Us Must Pray peace can spread to others, and and Tell Others ultimately, that peace can help The Immaculate Heart of Mary change the world. The peace, holds in reserve a torrent of graces tranquility and holiness that and favors, which She can pour comes from the Rosary is what out on our souls, our families, on we need now. Christendom, and the whole world This little Rosary booklet, if put — but only in response to the hum- in the hands of enough people, can ble, constant supplication of our help save the world. I pray that innumerable Rosaries. every one who reads it will pass it Sister Lucy tells us that because on or get extra copies for 10, 20, of these times, that God has given or even 100 friends and relatives. greater power to the Rosary than Just think of all the graces that in any other time in history. And so would flow from this effort alone. pray the Rosary. It is your weapon, In Austria, only 10 per cent of it is your shield, it is your guaran- the people prayed the Rosary and tee, it is your spiritual inoculation saved their country from Com- against forces of evil. munist oppression. Read the per- Your Rosary prayers can move sonal testimony in this issue of mountains, save countries, save a soldier who was actually there souls. What a privilege. And such and witnessed it. a small task. It is so easy that its Yes, we can make a difference. miraculous power is sometimes We must make a difference. overshadowed with skepticism. Its I am determined to print one stupendous miraculous power is too million of these Rosary booklets, often buried under fears and doubts. just to begin with. And with your How many more miracles we help, we can transform this effort would see if we humbly and trust- into tens of millions. fully turned ourselves over to Our I have also launched a 25 mil- Lady of the Rosary. How many pray lion Rosary Peace Campaign. the Rosary and ask Our Lady’s help That is about five per cent of with their burdens, but then con- the world population. This is a tinued to fret about them and take good start. If Austria can do it, their troubles back as if they didn’t together we can do it too. You really believe their prayers would can do this in your home, at be answered. work, at school, everywhere! The Rosary can bring peace How could we not accept the to our troubled hearts. And that Blessed Virgin’s call to pray to

61 The Fatima Crusader Her, especially with Her Most And this Love, this service to the Holy Rosary? How could we not Hearts of Jesus and Mary will give just a few minutes of our gain graces for the Holy Father time to save the world? and the bishops to finally heed I know when you have read Her urgent Message of Fatima this Crusader cover to cover, I and bring true, lasting peace to will not have to ask for your the world. More importantly, help. You will be so filled with the sooner we achieve this tri- love for the Blessed Virgin Mary umph of the Immaculate Heart that you will want to put your- of Mary, many, many more souls self in Her heart as St. Maximil- will be saved. ian Kolbe did, (see page 48) and In the Hearts of Jesus and serve Her, and along with Her, Mary, I am joyful at the thought serve Jesus in His One, Holy, of serving Them together with Catholic and Apostolic Church. you.|

THE FAITHFUL ABANDONED Continued from page 47 As the Fatima Message tells Devotion” (i.e. The Five First us, that the Pope would be Saturdays). persecuted, we must free him So we must pray for the Pope, from his persecutors like the we must pray especially the Rosary first Christians free St. Peter for him because the first triumph by praying for him, and he was of Our Lady will be the obedience freed from Herod’s prison by an of the Pope. And the Pope now angel because of their unceasing hesitates because he is persecuted. prayers.|

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