Dear Bishops of the United States of America,
In this time of crisis and trial for America and the world, I believe it is time we turned to Our Lady for help, because Our Lord Jesus Christ has entrusted World Peace to Her. These trials have happened in the past, and again and again Mother Mary has protected Christian nations from ruin. Remember Lepanto and and the battle between the Christian forces and the Ottoman Turks and Portugal, which was saved from war and anti-Christian forces in this century! Below is a Consecration to Our Lady that could be made by all the bishops at your next meeting, which would surely bring special graces and help for our nation that is under siege.
NATIONAL CONSECRATION TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY
Dear Immaculate Conception, the Shepherds chosen by Your Son to watch over and feed in His name the sheep He has acquired at the price of His Blood, in this land dedicated to You, Holy Mary, come today as the official and consecrated representatives of their flocks, and in an act of filial homage of faith, love and trust , to solemnly consecrate the United States of America to Your Immaculate Heart. Take it from our fragile hands into Your own; defend it and guard it as Your own property; make Jesus reign, conquer and rule in it. Outside of Him there is no salvation. We, the bishops of your people, feel a terrible storm raging around us, threatening to disperse and destroy the faithful flock of those who bless You because You are the Mother of Jesus. Afflicted, we stretch out our suppliant hands towards Your Son, as we cry out: “Save us, O Lord, for we perish!
” Intercede for America, O Our Lady, in this grave hour when from the East blow furious winds, bringing cries of death against Your Son and against the civilization founded on His teachings, deceiving minds, perverting hearts, and lighting the fires of hatred and revolution in the world. Help of Christians, pray for us!
Intercede for America, Our Lady, in this troubled hour when the unclean waves of an open immorality, which has even lost the notion of sin, exalt the rehabilitation of the flesh in the face of the very Cross of Your Son, threatening to choke in this world the lily of virtue nourished by the Eucharistic Blood of Jesus. Virgin most Powerful, pray for us!
Intercede for America, Our Lady, in this hour of passions and doubts when even the good run the risk of being lost . . . Unite all the people of the United States around Your Son, in the love of the Church and also in the cultivation of virtue, in respect for order and fraternal charity. Queen of Peace, pray for us!
Remember finally, Patroness of our country, that America proclaimed You blessed among all women in many lands throughout the world. In remembrance of what it once did for Your glory, O Immaculate Conception, save it, by giving it Jesus, in Whom it will find Truth, Life, and Peace!
[Adapted from a Consecration by Manuel Cardinal Gonsalves Cerejeira+†]
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