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March 27, 2020
Dear Family of Mary!
Our Lady said to us on Wednesday:
Dear Family of Mary!
Our Lady said to us on Wednesday:
"Dear children! I am with you all these years to lead you to the way of salvation. Return to my Son; return to prayer and fasting. Little children, permit for God to speak to your heart, because Satan is reigning and wants to destroy your lives and the earth on which you walk. Be courageous and decide for holiness. You will see conversion in your hearts and families; prayer will be heard; God will hear your cries and give you peace. I am with you and am blessing you all with my motherly blessing. Thank you for having responded to my call." (March 25, 2020)
She tells us to "Be courageous and decide for holiness. You will see conversion in your hearts and families; prayer will be heard; God will hear your cries and give you peace." I believe we are being given just such an opportunity today as we join the world in praying for an end to the Coronavirus Pandemic.
Here is a short news announcement about this hour of prayer for the whole world from the Vatican News:
Pope announces extraordinary Urbi et Orbi blessing
By Christopher Wells - Vatican News - 22 March 2020
Pope
Francis on Sunday called for all Christians to respond to the
coronavirus pandemic "with the universality of prayer, of compassion, of
tenderness", adding, "Let us remain united. Let us make our closeness
felt toward those persons who are the most lonely and tried".
Speaking
after the traditional recitation of the Angelus, the Holy Father called
on all Christians to join together in prayer. "In these trying days,
while humanity trembles due to the threat of the pandemic, I would like
to propose to all Christians that together we lift our voices towards
Heaven," he said.
The
Pope also announced that on Friday, 27 March, he will preside over a
moment of prayer on the sagrato of St Peter's Basilica, the platform at
the top of the steps immediately in front of the façade of the Church.
"I invite everyone to participate spiritually through the means of
communication", he said.
The
ceremony will consist in readings from the Scriptures, prayers of
supplication, and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament; and will conclude
with Pope Francis giving the Urbi et orbi Blessing, with the possibility
of gaining a plenary indulgence for all those who listen to it live
through the various forms of communication. The blessing "to the City
[of Rome] and to the World" is normally only given on Christmas and
Easter.
The Director of the Holy See Press Office
confirmed that the moment of prayer on Friday will be broadcast live
from the Vatican, beginning at 6:00 pm Rome time [12:00 pm Chicago
time]. He noted that the plenary indulgence attached to the Urbi et
orbi blessing is subject to the conditions foreseen by the recent Decree of the Apostolic Penitentiary.
It will be a powerful moment of prayer for all of us! We can cry out to God together and He will hear our cry and answer us!! Here is what the Mary TV streaming schedule will be for today (March 27):
3PM Medjugorje Time (10AM Eastern Daylight Time) - Hour of Mercy
4PM Medjugorje Time (11AM EDT) -Rosary with Denis and Cathy
5PM Medjugorje Time (12PM EDT) - Evening Rosary
6PM Medjugorje Time (1PM EDT) - Adoration + blessing Urbi et Orbi - Vatican
7PM Medjugorje Time (2PM EDT) - Evening Mass
7:45PM Medjugorje Time (2:45PM EDT) - The Way of the Cross
I also want to include the Decree of the
Apostolic Penitentiary on the granting of special Indulgences to the
faithful in the current pandemic, 20.03.2020. This decree explains how
the plenary indulgence may be obtained, and for whom as we pray together
with the Pope on the internet.
Decree of the Apostolic Penitentiary on the granting of special Indulgences to the faithful in the current pandemic, 20.03.2020
Decree of the Apostolic Penitentiary on the granting of special Indulgences to the faithful in the current pandemic, 20.03.2020
The
gift of special Indulgences is granted to the faithful suffering from
COVID-19 disease, commonly known as Coronavirus, as well as to health
care workers, family members and all those who in any capacity,
including through prayer, care for them.
"Be
joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer" (Rom 12:
12). The words written by Saint Paul to the Church of Rome resonate
throughout the entire history of the Church and guide the judgment of
the faithful in the face of all suffering, sickness and calamity.
The
present moment in which the whole of humanity, threatened by an
invisible and insidious disease, which for some time now has become part
of all our lives, is marked day after day by anguished fears, new
uncertainties and above all widespread physical and moral suffering.
The
Church, following the example of her Divine Master, has always had the
care of the sick at heart. As Saint John Paul II points out, the value
of human suffering is twofold: "It is supernatural because it is rooted
in the divine mystery of the Redemption of the world, and it is likewise
deeply human, because in it the person discovers himself, his own
humanity, his own dignity, his own mission" (Apostolic Letter Salvifici
Doloris, 31).
Pope
Francis, too, in these recent days, has shown his paternal closeness
and renewed his invitation to pray incessantly for those who are sick
with the Coronavirus.
So
that all those who suffer because of COVID-19, precisely in the mystery
of this suffering, may rediscover "the same redemptive suffering of
Christ" (ibid., 30), this Apostolic Penitentiary, ex auctoritate Summi
Pontificis, trusting in the word of Christ the Lord and considering with
a spirit of faith the epidemic currently underway, to be lived in a
spirit of personal conversion, grants the gift of Indulgences in
accordance with the following disposition.
The
Plenary Indulgence is granted to the faithful suffering from
Coronavirus, who are subject to quarantine by order of the health
authority in hospitals or in their own homes if, with a spirit detached
from any sin, they unite spiritually through the media to the
celebration of Holy Mass, the recitation of the Holy Rosary, to the
pious practice of the Way of the Cross or other forms of devotion, or if
at least they will recite the Creed, the Lord's Prayer and a pious
invocation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, offering this trial in a spirit
of faith in God and charity towards their brothers and sisters, with the
will to fulfil the usual conditions (sacramental confession,
Eucharistic communion and prayer according to the Holy Father's
intentions), as soon as possible.
Health
care workers, family members and all those who, following the example
of the Good Samaritan, exposing themselves to the risk of contagion,
care for the sick of Coronavirus according to the words of the divine
Redeemer: "Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for
one's friends" (Jn 15: 13), will obtain the same gift of the Plenary
Indulgence under the same conditions.
This
Apostolic Penitentiary also willingly grants a Plenary Indulgence under
the same conditions on the occasion of the current world epidemic, also
to those faithful who offer a visit to the Blessed Sacrament, or
Eucharistic adoration, or reading the Holy Scriptures for at least half
an hour, or the recitation of the Holy Rosary, or the pious exercise of
the Way of the Cross, or the recitation of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy,
to implore from Almighty God the end of the epidemic, relief for those
who are afflicted and eternal salvation for those whom the Lord has
called to Himself.
The
Church prays for those who find themselves unable to receive the
Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick and of the Viaticum, entrusting
each and every one to divine Mercy by virtue of the communion of saints
and granting the faithful a Plenary Indulgence on the point of death,
provided that they are duly disposed and have recited a few prayers
during their lifetime (in this case the Church makes up for the three
usual conditions required). For the attainment of this indulgence the
use of the crucifix or the cross is recommended (cf. Enchiridion
indulgentiarum, no.12).
May
the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God and of the Church, Health of the
Sick and Help of Christians, our Advocate, help suffering humanity,
saving us from the evil of this pandemic and obtaining for us every good
necessary for our salvation and sanctification.
The present Decree is valid notwithstanding any provision to the contrary.
Given in Rome, from the seat of the Apostolic Penitentiary, on 19 March 2020.
Mauro Cardinal Piacenza -Major Penitentiary
Krzysztof Nykiel - Regent
Given in Rome, from the seat of the Apostolic Penitentiary, on 19 March 2020.
Mauro Cardinal Piacenza -Major Penitentiary
Krzysztof Nykiel - Regent
Here is the link to the document on the Vatican Website:
May we all respond to Our Lady's call, and with deep conviction follow her lead:
"Be courageous and decide for holiness. You will see conversion in your hearts and families; prayer will be heard; God will hear your cries and give you peace."
Cathy Nolan
© Mary TV 2020
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