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THE WAY OF SANCTIFICATION
(Extracts from the Book of Heaven by Luisa Piccarreta)
Compiled by Ann Ellison
April 26, 2020
CONSECRATION OF AMERICA TO THE BLESSED MOTHER!
Dear Divine Will Family,
I am sure most every Catholic knows of the Renewal of the Consecration of America to the Blessed Mother and I am very late in sending this news out…but thought there might be someone who has heard. Prayers for the preparations began Friday…a seven-day Novena to the Sorrowful Heart of Our Mother. For whom ever would like to use the Divine Will Dolor Rosary….it will be after the Bishop’s letter. I am sure it will be OK to catch up…you are just two days behind!
And I am sure everyone noticed that the letter of the Bishops was written on Luisa Birthday! Maybe this is the way Our Lord is answering our prayers? If not, it will be another fiat we can give to Our Lord for His Kingdom to come and reign on earth as It reigns in Heaven!
May we all be in union with our Bishops on this most wonderful day! How much good the children of the Divine Will can do praying in union with the Bishops in the Divine Will in the name of all souls, past, present and future!
We love you all and God bless each of you and yours abundantly, in and with His Holy Will!
Ann Ellison
PS: I am so sorry that the Dolor Rosary of Our Lady will not format correctly in Mailchimp…but I left it for you so at least you can pray it.
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U.S. and Canadian Catholic Bishops to Seek Intercession of Mary, Mother of the Church, for Strength in Struggle Against COVID-19
April 23, 2020
WASHINGTON – As the world continues to face the ongoing effects of the global pandemic of the coronavirus, Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has announced that the U.S. bishops will join the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops on May 1 in renewing the consecrations of the two nations to the care of our Blessed Mother.
Through a collective dedication or entrustment of a nation to Mary, an act of consecration is meant to be a reminder to the faithful of the Blessed Mother’s witness to the Gospel and to ask for her effective intercession before her Son on behalf of those in need. Bishop John Carroll of Baltimore, the first bishop of the United States, promoted devotion to Mary, the Mother of God, and placed the United States under her protection in a pastoral letter of 1792. The twenty-one bishops attending the Sixth Provincial Council of Baltimore in 1846 determined to name the Blessed Virgin Mary, under the title of the Immaculate Conception, as the Patroness of the United States, and Pope Pius IX approved this decision the following year. More recently, the dedication of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. in 1959 was the opportunity for the bishops to once again consecrate the nation to the Blessed Mother. Several popes have likewise consecrated the world to Mary on various occasions.
The consecration on May 1. . . follows a similar action of the bishops’ conference of Latin America and the Caribbean (CELAM) who consecrated their nations to Our Lady of Guadalupe on Easter Sunday. The renewal of consecration planned in this country for May 1 does not change the designation of Mary as the Patroness of the United States under the title of the Immaculate Conception. Rather, this prayer reaffirms and renews previous Marian entrustments, and unites us in solidarity with our Holy Father, who recently established the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, as a source of protection and strength.
“This will give the Church the occasion to pray for Our Lady’s continued protection of the vulnerable, healing of the unwell, and wisdom for those who work to cure this terrible virus,” said Archbishop Gomez in a letter to the U.S. bishops. Each year, the Church seeks the special intercession of the Mother of God during the month of May. “This year, we seek the assistance of Our Lady all the more earnestly as we face together the effects of the global pandemic,” he continued.
Archbishop Gomez will lead a brief liturgy with the prayer of re-consecration on Friday, May 1 at 3:00 pm EDT and has invited the bishops to join in from their respective dioceses and asked them to extend the invitation to the faithful in their dioceses for their participation. A liturgy guide will be available to assist the faithful who may join in by tuning into the USCCB’s social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
The renewal of consecration planned in this country for May 1 does not change the designation of Mary as the Patroness of the United States under the title of the Immaculate Conception. Rather, this prayer reaffirms and renews previous Marian entrustments, and unites us in solidarity with our Holy Father, who recently established the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, as a source of protection and strength.
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THE DOLOR ROSARY IN THE DIVINE WILL
Instructions
In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen!
(Pause to prostrate yourself at the very Throne of God…you are nothing, God is all!) Immerse yourself in the Divine Will as you pray the Rosary of Mary’s Dolors. Pray it in the name of everyone to give Our Lady the love, appreciation, and gratitude She deserves from all Her children for all the Sorrows She endured on our behalf. Call all souls to honor Her Sorrows and repair all human acts in the Divine Will. For God’s Kingdom to come offer this Rosary for (here put your intention(s)) and for all the intentions of the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, our Mother.
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Pray the Rosary in the usual way (without the inserts before each Hail Mary). After each Sorrow offer the following prayer:
O Sacrosanct Trinity, I offer all the good that exists in this Mystery of the (name the Sorrow) along with all the glory You would have received if all souls had made full use of this good as You intended. Making this offering with love and gratitude, in the name of all, I implore mercy, salvation and sanctification of every soul; the quick and complete Triumph of the Divine Will on earth and Its quick and complete Triumph in me. Amen!
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MARY’S FIRST SORROW
The Prophecy of Simeon
(Our Father..)
I place my “I love You, I thank You” O, Sorrowful Mother in your every step as You carry the Baby Jesus to the Temple to offer Him to God for us! (Hail Mary..)
I love and thank You in offering your Jesus in sacrifice to the Will of the Father, saying: “Behold, I come to do your Will, Oh,God!” (Hail Mary..)
I place myself in your arms next to Baby Jesus to be offered in sacrifice to the Will of the Father with Him. (Hail Mary..)
I place my love and compassion in the words of Simeon prophesying the Sorrow You would endure: “Thy own soul a sword shall pierce….” (Hail Mary..)
I also place my love and compassion in the words of the Prophetess Anna, who “spoke about the Child to all who were awaiting the Redemption of Israel.” (Hail Mary..)
I love and compassionate You in your Sorrow ever increasing as each day your love for Jesus grows stronger. (Hail Mary..)
I thank You in the name of everyone for heroically living with the knowledge of this Sorrowful prophecy for thirty-three years until it was all accomplished. (Hail Mary..)
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Supreme Majesty, I come upon your Paternal Knees to offer You all Our Blessed Mother endured in Her First Sorrow, the Prophecy of Simeon, along with all my acts of reciprocated love, gratitude, and compassion, made in the name of everyone. With this offering, along with the Mother of Sorrows, I implore mercy, salvation, and sanctification for every creature; and the quick and complete Triumph of the Divine Will on earth and Its quick and complete Triumph in me. Amen!
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MARY’S SECOND SORROW
The Flight into Egypt
(Our Father..)
I love and compassionate You, O, Sorrowful Mother, in the pain You suffer as St. Joseph explains the need to flee into Egypt. (Hail Mary..)
I love and praise You in the heroic virtue You practice in accepting God’s Will in having to flee to a land of people given to idolatry. (Hail Mary..)
My “I love You” accompanies You along the difficult journey to bring You comfort. (Hail Mary..)
I place my love and compassion in the many tears You weep upon hearing of the slaughter of the Holy Innocents. (Hail Mary..)
I love and compassionate You in the poverty and hardships You endured with more than a mother’s concern for her child during the years of exile. (Hail Mary..)
My “I love You” accompanies You again all along your difficult journey back to your homeland. (Hail Mary..)
I thank You in the name of all for all that You endured in this Sorrow to save the Savior of the world. (Hail Mary..)
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Supreme Majesty, I come upon your Paternal Knees to offer You all Our Blessed Mother endured in Her Second Sorrow, the Flight into Egypt, along with all my acts of reciprocated love, gratitude, and compassion, made in the name of everyone. With this offering, along with the Mother of Sorrows, I implore mercy, salvation, and sanctification for every creature; and the quick and complete Triumph of the Divine Will on earth and Its quick and complete Triumph in me. Amen!
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MARY’S THIRD SORROW
The Loss of Jesus
(Our Father..)
I place my love and compassion in the depths of your Heart, O, Sorrowful Mother, to ease the sudden and immense sorrow You feel when You first realize Jesus is missing (Hail Mary..)
I place my “I love You, I compassionate You” in your every heartbeat during your long and sorrowful three-day search for Jesus. (Hail Mary..)
I also place my “I love You, I compassionate You” in each of the many tears You shed during three long days. (Hail Mary..)
Once returned to Jerusalem, I love and compassionate You in the new pangs generated by each negative response to your inquires about Jesus. (Hail Mary..)
I place my “I love You” in His words: “How is it that You sought me? Did You not know I must be about My Father’s business?” (Hail Mary..)
I love You, thank You for storing these things in your Heart and pondering them. (Hail Mary..)
I love and thank You in this Sorrow, obtaining for us the grace to bear faithfully the loss of sensible graces. (Hail Mary..)
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Supreme Majesty, I come upon your Paternal Knees to offer You all Our Blessed Mother endured in Her Third Sorrow, the Loss of Jesus, along with all my acts of reciprocated love, gratitude, and compassion, made in the name of everyone. With this offering, along with the Mother of Sorrows, I implore mercy, salvation, and sanctification for every creature; and the quick and complete Triumph of the Divine Will on earth and Its quick and complete Triumph in me. Amen!
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MARY’S FOURTH SORROW
Meeting Jesus on the Way to Calvary
(Our Father..)
I love and thank You, O Sorrowful Mother, for bravely going out to meet Jesus along the Way of the Cross. (Hail Mary..)
I love and compassionate You in the immense pain You suffer as You first beheld Your Son under the Cross. (Hail Mary..)
I place my kiss of love and compassion upon your most pure eyes to comfort the pain You feel at the moment You exchange gazes with Jesus. (Hail Mary..)
I place my kiss of love on the rents that open in your Heart at each of Jesus’ falls to heal them. (Hail Mary..)
I love and thank You for giving Jesus the greatest comfort by fusing Yourself into all that He experiences along the Sorrowful Way. (Hail Mary..)
I love and thank You for the anguished prayers You offer to obtain from the Father the relief of Simon of Cyrene and Veronica. (Hail Mary..)
I love and thank You for perfectly carrying your immense Cross throughout your whole life for us. (Hail Mary..)
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Supreme Majesty, I come upon your Paternal Knees to offer You all Our Blessed Mother endured in Her Fourth Sorrow, Meeting Jesus on the Way to Calgary, along with all my acts of reciprocated love, gratitude, and compassion, made in the name of everyone. With this offering, along with the Mother of Sorrows, I implore mercy, salvation, and sanctification for every creature; and the quick and complete Triumph of the Divine Will on earth and Its quick and complete Triumph in me. Amen!
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MARY’S FIFTH SORROW
The Crucifixion and Death of Her Beloved Son, Jesus
(Our Father..)
I love and compassionate You, O Sorrowful Mother in the horror You experienced in seeing your Most Pure and Innocent Son stripped before a hateful crowd. (Hail Mary..)
I place my kiss of love and compassion upon your ears to comfort You as You hear the pounding of the nails. (Hail Mary..)
I love and thank You for uniting Yourself to Jesus’ prayer:“Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.” (Hail Mary..)
I smother out the blasphemies and hateful cries hurled at your Crucified Son with every offering of the Divine Praises. (Hail Mary..)
I love and compassionate You for every tear You shed seeing your Son hanging on the Cross for three hours. (Hail Mary..)
I love and thank You for offering Yourself as victim with Jesus on our behalf. (Hail Mary..)
I love and thank You for accepting us, the crucifiers of your Son, as your children at Jesus’ Words: Woman behold Thy son.” (Hail Mary..)
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Supreme Majesty, I come upon your Paternal Knees to offer You all Our Blessed Mother endured in Her Fifth Sorrow, the Crucifixion, along with all my acts of reciprocated love, gratitude, and compassion, made in the name of everyone. With this offering, along with the Mother of Sorrows, I implore mercy, salvation, and sanctification for every creature; and the quick and complete Triumph of the Divine Will on earth and Its quick and complete Triumph in me. Amen!
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MARY’S SIXTH SORROW
Taking Jesus Down from the Cross
(Our Father..)
I place my kiss of love and compassion, O Sorrowful Mother, in the transfixion your Heart suffers as Jesus’ Heart is pierced with a lance. (Hail Mary..)
I place my “I love You, I compassionate You” in the new rents opened in your Heart as your Beloved Son’s destroyed Body is taking down and put into your arms. (Hail Mary..)
I place my “I love You” in your fingers to help You remove the cruel crown of Thorns. (Hail Mary..)
I place my “I love You” in the tears You weep to help wash the dried Blood from the precious Body of your Son. (Hail Mary..)
I place my “I love You” in the intimate memories of Mother and Son which now rush in on You.(Hail Mary..)
I love and thank You for taking souls completely wounded by sin into your arms and healing them with the Precious Blood of Jesus. (Hail Mary..)
I place my “I love You, I compassionate You” in the voices of the disciples who express a need to proceed to the Tomb. (Hail Mary..)
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Supreme Majesty, I come upon your Paternal Knees to offer You all Our Blessed Mother endured in Her Sixth Sorrow, Taking Jesus down from the Cross, along with all my acts of reciprocated love, gratitude, and compassion, made in the name of everyone. With this offering, along with the Mother of Sorrows, I implore mercy, salvation, and sanctification for every creature; and the quick and complete Triumph of the Divine Will on earth and Its quick and complete Triumph in me. Amen!
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MARY’S SEVENTH SORROW
The Burial of Jesus
(Our Father..)
I love and praise You, O Sorrowful Mother, in drawing strength to leave Jesus in the Tomb by leaving your whole being buried in Him and taking for Yourself His Life and His Pains. (Hail Mary..)
I love and thank You for kissing His Sacred Head and taking for Yourself His Thorns. (Hail Mary..)
I love and thank You for kissing His extinguished eyes and taking for Yourself His tears and the bitterness of His gaze seeing the offenses of creatures. (Hail Mary..)
I love and thank You for kissing His Most Holy Face and taking for Yourself the blows, the spittle, the scorn and all He suffered in His Holy Countenance. (Hail Mary..)
I love and thank You for kissing His embittered mouth and taking for Yourself the bitterness of the gall, His burning thirst, His reparations and His prayers. (Hail Mary..)
I love and thank You for kissing the Wounds of His Hands and Feet and taking for Yourself all He suffered in them for evil works and for those who foolishly walk the way of perdition. (Hail Mary..)
I love and thank You for kissing His Pierced Heart and taking for Yourself His rejected Love, His unrealized desires and all the transfixion and sorrow of that Most Sacred Heart. (Hail Mary..)
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Supreme Majesty, I come upon your Paternal Knees to offer You all Our Blessed Mother endured in Her Seventh Sorrow in the Burial of Jesus, along with all my acts of reciprocated love, gratitude, and compassion, made in the name of everyone. With this offering, along with the Mother of Sorrows, I implore mercy, salvation, and sanctification for every creature; and the quick and complete Triumph of the Divine Will on earth and Its quick and complete Triumph in me. Amen!
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The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, Who art in Heaven, Hallowed 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!
The Hail Mary
Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with Thee, blessed are You among women, and blessed is the Fruit of your Womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen!
The Apostles Creed
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, His Only Begotten Son, Our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell. On the third day, He arose from the dead. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father, from whence He shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the Communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and life everlasting! Amen!
Saint Michael Prayer
St. Michael, the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, cast into Hell Satan and all the evil spirits, who roam around the world seeking the ruin of souls! Amen!