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Post by magdalena on Jul 3, 2017 20:52:58 GMT -5
Prayer for the Conversion of America
Dear God, bring the Faith to our beloved country. It was once a virgin land wherein the only praise was that of the murmur of the Mass on the shores, the hills and the prairies. Zealous priests and explorers claimed it for Thee, giving Thy Holy Name to its rivers, lakes and cities. From east to west they traveled, from mission to mission, from Mass to Mass until the land was encircled by prayer and gave of its bounty to Thy glory. And now it is dedicated to Thy Immaculate Mother. May she find America again, as she once found the lost Child Jesus in the Temple. May she touch the hearts of our people, disposing them to receive the ancient faith, and thus showing them the things that are to their peace. We ask this of Thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
taken from a prayer card in a chapel
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Post by magdalena on Jul 3, 2017 21:04:22 GMT -5
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Post by magdalena on Jul 3, 2017 21:07:58 GMT -5
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Post by magdalena on Jul 3, 2017 21:23:29 GMT -5
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patronages_of_the_Immaculate_ConceptionOn 13 May 1846, the United States bishops unanimously chose the Virgin Mary, conceived without sin, as patroness of the country, a decision approved by Pope Pius IX on February 7 of the following year and published in a decree of 2 July 1847.[50] On 10 April 1848, a voting process and discussion was made on the regularisation of the rubrics for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception to be celebrated in that country. By 1849, this decree was published at the 7th Provincial Council of Baltimore.[51] The decrees were signed and witnessed by Cardinal Giacomo Filippo Fransoni.[52] On 8 July 1914, Pope Pius X sent an apostolic letter to Archbishop of Baltimore Cardinal James Gibbons approving the patronage of the Immaculate Conception for the new construction site of the National Shrine. On 10 April 1919, Pope Benedict XV reiterated this patronage and stated that he had ordered a mosaic of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception to be made in the Vatican Mosaic Studio for the shrine's high altar.[53] In 1923, Pope Pius XI chose a mosaic version of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo's La Purísima Inmaculada Concepción for installation at the shrine,[54] which is the largest Roman Catholic church in the United States of America.
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Post by magdalena on Jul 3, 2017 21:36:56 GMT -5
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Post by mikemac on Jul 12, 2017 15:52:11 GMT -5
Wonderful thread magdalena. The early records of Catholicism in North America are marvelous. The prophecy of Shining Shirt is another one. There was a short 8 post thread about Our Lady of America in another forum. It turns out that there was a Heavenly request to place the statue of Our Lady of America in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. The Heavenly request says if the statue is placed in the basilica great things will happen, but dire warnings if it isn't. www.ourladyofamerica.org/wordpress/The local ordinary Archbishop Leibold approved the apparitions of Our Lady of America. And when he was an Archbishop Cardinal Raymond L. Burke also approved it. www.ourladyofamerica.org/wordpress/approval/canonical-opinion/More can be read about Our Lady of America here. The True Story of Our Lady of America What is God’s plan for the role of Our Lady of America in the redemption of mankind and the renewing of the face of the earth in these troubled times? www.unitypublishing.com/Apparitions/OLA-OutlineFinal.htmAnd here www.ewtn.com/library/BISHOPS/burkeolamer.HTMNevertheless apparently the statue of Our Lady of America has not been placed in the basilica. To show that there is all kinds of room to find a place of honor for the Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of America at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington you just need to take a tour of the shrine from the web site. There are all kinds of little chapels and statues of Our Lady at the shrine. Some that I have never heard of before like Our Lady of La Vang, Our Lady of Bistrica, Our Lady of Ta' Pinu, Our Lady of Mariazell, Our Lady of Antipolo, Our Lady of Vailankanni, Our Lady of Holy Hostyn and more. It was nice to see that there is a Pope Saint Pius X chapel there, but to think that there is no place for the Statue of Our Lady of America in the National Shrine that is called America’s Catholic Church does not make any sense, especially when Our Lady requested it over 50 years ago before the Shrine was even completed. www.nationalshrine.com/site/c.osJRKVPBJnH/b.5947909/k.A2AD/Virtual_Tours.htmAgain like Fatima, it seems like Catholic bishops are finding the flimsiest excuses to avoid Our Lady’s simple requests. That said you got to give it to Cardinal Burke for requesting a proper consecration of Russia to Mary's Immaculate Heart this past May 13th. |
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