Days 4 & 5: St. Jacinta and St. Francisco Marto - The Call to Apostolate
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“Pray, pray very much an make sacrifices for sinners; for many souls go to hell because there is no one ot make sacrifices andd to pray for them”
~ Our Lady of Fátima, August 19, 1917
“In this field of the apostolate, we all have a mission to accomplish which has been entrusted to us by God” (Sister Lúcia, “Calls,” pg. 145)
The Fourth Meditation by: St. Francis de Sales
On sin for Days 4 and 5
Preparation
1. Place yourself in the presence of God.
2. Beseech him to inspire you.
Considerations by: St. Francis de Sales
1. Call to mind how long it is since you began to sin, and examine how much since that beginning sins have been multiplied in your heart. How every day you have increased them against God, against yourself, and against your neighbor, by work, by word, or by desire.
2. Consider your evil inclinations, and how far you have followed them: and by these two points you shall find that your sins are greater in number than the hairs of your head, yea than the sands of the sea.
3. Consider in particular the sin of ingratitude against God, which is a general sin, and extends itself over all the rest, making them infinitely more enormous. Consider then how many benefits God has bestowed upon you, and how you have abused them all in prejudice of the giver: and in particular, how many inspirations have you despised? How many good motions have you made unprofitable? But above all, how many times have your received the sacraments? and where are the fruits of it? What is become of all those precious jewels with which your dear spouse adorned you? All these have been buried under your iniquities. With what preparation have you received them? Think on this ingratitude, that God having run so far after you, you have run from him to lose yourself?
Affections and Resolutions by: St. Francis de Sales
1. Be confounded at your misery. O my God! how dare I appear before thine eyes? Alas! I am but the corruption of the world, and a very sink of sin and ingratitude. Is it possible that I have been so disloyal, as not to have left any one of my senses, nor any one of the powers of my soul, which I have not corrupted, violated, and defiled; and that not so much as one day of my life has passed, in which I have not brought forth such wicked effects? Is it thus that I have recompensed the benefits of my creator, and the precious blood of my redeemer?
2. Crave pardon, and cast yourself at the feet of your Lord, like the prodigal child, like a penitent Magdalene, or like a woman that has defiled her marriage-bed with all kinds of adultery. Mercy, O Lord, upon this poor sinner! Alas! O living fountain of compassion, have pity on this wretch.
3. Resolve to live better. No, O Lord, never more, with the help of thy grace, never more will I abandon myself to sin. Alas! I have loved it too much; now I detest it, and embrace thee. O Father of Mercy, I will live and die in thee.
PRAY THE MEU DEUS with Padre Nuno here:
Pray the Seven Sorrows Rosary or the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary as outlined below:
READ SISTER LÚCIA’S MEMOIR HERE:
END THE ROSARY with the ACT OF CONSECRATION TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY: SHORT
LEADER 2: “Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary”
LEADER 2 / ALL: My Queen and my Mother,
I give myself entirely to you;
and to show my devotion,
I consecrate to you this day
my eyes,
my ears,
my mouth,
my heart,
my soul,
my whole being without reserve.
Wherefore, good Mother, as I am yours,
keep me, and guard me, as your own property and possession. Your own devoted child. Amen.
LEADER 1 (ADULT): + In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
LONG FORM CONSECRATION
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