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The Reign of Mary
No. 180: Spiritual Aids for Confraternity Members (July, August, September)
July
- “More souls go to hell for sins of the flesh than any other reason,” revealed Our Lady of Fatima to Jacinta Marto. Practice and promote modesty in dress, especially during the warm summer months, encouraging others by word and example.
- Daily extra prayer: 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: The Devotion of the Holy Rosary and the Five Scapulars (Mueller); Prayer: The Key to Salvation (Mueller); The King’s Good Servant, But God’s First (Monti); In Garments All Red (Poage)
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: The Sermons of St. Francis de Sales on Our Lady; Self-Abandonment to Divine Providence (Caussade); The Fourteen Holy Helpers (Hammer), St. Dominic (Dorcy); Dressing with Dignity (Hammond)
September
- September is dedicated in a special way to Our Lady’s Seven Sorrows. Gain merit with your crosses by uniting them to hers.
- Intention: Pray for our seminarians as they begin another year of studies.
- Daily extra prayer: Seven Hail Marys in honor of the Seven Sorrows of Mary.
- Suggested books for spiritual reading: Mary, Sweet Hope of My Soul (booklet), Around the Year with the Von Trapp Family, The Spiritual Combat (Scupoli); All About the Angels (EDM)