The Rosary and the Fátima Prayers
You are invited to join in our Rosary prayer in Pymble.
11:00am
Saturday, 14 October 2023
Sacred Heart Church
2 Richard Porter Way Pymble
"Pray the Rosary every day to obtain peace for the world."
Our Lady of Fátima
Reflecting on the message of Fátima and in the month of October coinciding with the month of the last appearance of the Blessed Virgin Mary to the three shepherd children in Fátima, we pray the Rosary together.
Everyone is invited to participate.
On 13 May 1917, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to three shepherd children in Fátima, Portugal with an urgent message for the world. She would appear five more times, on the thirteenth day of each month, with the final apparition taking place in October.
In the series of apparitions, Mary identified herself as “Our Lady of the Rosary”. She urged the three children to pray the Rosary every day for peace in the world (World War I was raging at the time) and to make sacrifices for the conversion of sinners.
Over the course of these visits, and the preceding visits, in which an angel prepared the children for her coming, there were five prayers taught to Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta.
These five Fátima prayers, given to the children by Our Lady and the Angel of Peace, are a gift to help us pray effectively for the souls caught in the unseen battle that rages around us every day. These prayers should be recited daily as we offer sacrifices for the conversion of sinners, and in reparation for the many sins committed against God.
The Pardon Prayer
The angel who appeared to the children called himself “the Angel of Peace” and “the Angel of Portugal”.
He taught them the following prayer:
My God, I believe, I adore, I hope and I love Thee. I ask pardon for those who do not believe, do not adore, do not hope and do not love Thee.
The Angel’s Prayer
On one occasion, the three children saw the angel prostrate himself before a host and chalice that hung in the air. Worshipping the Eucharist, the angel prayed:
Most Holy Trinity—Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I adore Thee profoundly. I offer Thee the most precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all the tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges, and indifferences whereby He is offended. And through the infinite merits of His Most Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg of Thee the conversion of poor sinners.
The Eucharistic Prayer
During the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima, the children found themselves “moved by an interior impulse” (as Lucia later explained) to say the following prayer together:
Most Holy Trinity, I adore Thee. My God, my God, I love Thee in the Most Blessed Sacrament.
The Sacrifice Prayer
The Blessed Mother taught the children to offer all their personal sacrifices to God by praying:
O My Jesus, I offer this for love of Thee, for the conversion of sinners, and in reparation for the sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
The Rosary Decade Prayer
The Blessed Mother stressed the critical importance of praying the Rosary daily for the conversion of sinners and for peace in the world. She asked that the following prayer be recited at the end of each Rosary decade:
O My Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of Hell, lead all souls to Heaven, especially those in most need of Thy mercy.
Shrine Of Our Lady Of The Rosary Of Fátima