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Those who do not pray, are lost.” — St. Padre Pio

because he knows it will destroy his plans. It is Our umph. Let us rekindle our fervor to make her known
Lady who heals hearts and converts heretics. She will and loved by the recitation of the Rosary and thereby
be the one victorious in the battle. usher in her triumph. She asks us to pray, do pen-
T his is a spiritual battle as we are fighting ners. We must see others as she sees them — with
ance and make atonement for the conversion of sin-
against Satan and the fallen angels. Our mis-
love and compassion. Many today are deceived by
sion should be to make Our Lady known and
loved through the recitation of the Rosary, teaching the dragon; the evil one. Our Lady wants us to pray
those we encounter how to meditate on the Gospel for these lost souls. She is their mother and wants
message contained in each of the Rosary’s myster- their conversion in order that they may be in Heaven
ies. We need humility, love and courage to reach out with the Holy Trinity for all eternity. This is the good
to our brothers and sisters with Our Lady’s weapon, news!
confident that she will do the rest. Let us ask God, through Our Lady, for the grace to
We are entering the final battle predicted in Chap- live in His Divine Will. She will lead us to the Eternal
ter 12 of The Book of Revelation. Many victories can Banquet of Heaven. This is the work that St. Louis-
be chalked up to the Rosary: Lepanto in 1571, Austria Marie Grignon de Montfort predicted for the Apostles
in 1955, Brazil in 1964 and Poland in 1981. There are of the Last Days. When God fills us with His flame
many more. A one-world government, new age phi- of Love, it overflows, and we must extend that Love
to the world. Our only desire should be for the holi-
losophies and the global elite are no match for the ness God wants for us. This is the Church’s Universal
Queen of Heaven and her powerful weapon, the Ro- Call to Holiness. This is when Jesus’ and Our Lady’s
sary! We hold that the greatest victories of the Rosary miracles will manifest all around us.
are yet to come.
As Our Blessed Mother’s faithful children, we can Many souls will be touched by our Rosary Cru-
trust in her maternal care. She will crush the serpent’s sades. Let us all renew our commitment that the Holy
Spirit will guide us, as He continues to guide His holy
head and in the end, her Immaculate Heart will tri-
Church. V

“Our present life is given only to gain the
eternal one, and if we don’t think about it,
we build our affections on what belongs to
this world, where our life is transitory. When
we have to leave it, we are afraid and become
agitated. Believe me, to live happily in this pil-
grimage, we have to aim at the hope of arriving
at our Homeland, where we will stay eternally.
Meanwhile, we have to believe firmly that God
calls us to Himself and follows us along the path
towards Him. He will never permit anything to
happen to us that is not for our greater good.
He knows who we are, and He will hold out His
paternal hand to us during difficulties, so that
nothing prevents us from running to Him swiftly. But to enjoy this grace, we
must have complete trust in Him...“ — Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina

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