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The Reign of Mary
No. 176: Spiritual Aids for Confraternity Members (July, August, September)
July
- Jacinta Marto said that Our Lady told her more souls go to hell for sins of the flesh than any other reason. Practice and promote modesty in dress, especially during the warm summer months.
- Pray the Fatima Prayers in reparation to the Blessed Sacrament.
- Intention: Pray that our youth may be given the special graces they need to live their holy Faith with strength and conviction amidst the assaults of the world.
- Suggested books for spiritual reading: All For Jesus (Faber), The Flower of Fatima) (Medeiros), Chastity (Gerald Kelly, SJ)
August
- “Pray, pray a great deal, and make sacrifices for sinners. Many souls go to hell because there is no one to pray and sacrifice for them,” was the message of the August apparition at Fatima.
- Daily extra prayer: Act of Reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
- Intention: Commend our priests in your daily prayers.
- Suggested books for spiritual reading: Hail, Holy Queen (Liguori); Saint Philomena: Powerful with God; St. Bernard of Clairvaux
September
- September is dedicated in a special way to Our Lady’s Seven Sorrows. Gain merit with your crosses by uniting them to hers.
- Daily extra prayer: Seven Hail Marys in honor of the Seven Sorrows of Mary.
- Intention: Pray for our seminarians as they begin another year of studies.
- Suggested books for spiritual reading: Devotion to the Mother of Sorrows (pamphlet), The Holy Mountain of LaSalette, The Mass and the Christian Life