March 25th Consecration of Russia and Ukraine
On March 25th, Pope Francis will consecrate both Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The Ukrainian Bishops of the Latin Rite asked Pope Francis to do this “in these hours of immeasurable pain and terrible ordeal for our people.” This consecration was requested by the Blessed Virgin of Fatima, and Fatima shrines around the world are united in prayer for the conversion of Russia.
Read about the consecration here: Pope Francis to consecrate Russia and Ukraine to Immaculate Heart of Mary (denvercatholic.org)
Prayer for the Consecration:
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Archbishop Aquila has called upon the Faithful of the Archdiocese of Denver to join in nine days of prayer beginning March 17, 2022. Initiated by Catholics in Ukraine, the novena leads up to the Feast of the Annunciation, on March 25th, when Pope Francis will consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Saint Peter’s Square in Rome. This date is historically significant, as on the same day in 1984, Saint John Paul II consecrated Russia and the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
We Pray…
O Immaculate Heart of Mary, Holy Mother of God and our most tender Mother. Look down upon the distress in which the Church and all humanity finds itself due to the spread of godlessness, materialism and the persecution of the Catholic Faith, errors of which you warned in Fatima.
You are the Mediatrix of all graces. Obtain for us the grace that all the bishops of the world, in union with the Pope, may consecrate Russia and Ukraine to Your Immaculate Heart on March 25, 2022. By this consecration we hope — as you told us in Fatima — that, at a time appointed by God, Russia will be converted, and mankind will be granted an era of peace.
We hope that by this consecration, the triumph of Your Immaculate Heart will soon draw near and the Church will be authentically renewed in the splendor of the purity of the Catholic Faith, the sacredness of the liturgy and the holiness of the Christian life.
O Queen of the Holy Rosary and our most tender Mother, turn Your merciful eyes toward the Pope, the bishops and each of us, and graciously hear our fervent and trusting prayer.
Amen.
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