October is the month dedicated to the Most Holy Rosary. Through the years and put to the test, the Rosary has proven to be the most formidable weapon against evil, second only to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Our Lady at Fatima illustrated this truth in a marvelous manner. At every apparition from May 13 to October 13, 1917, the Mother of God exhorted the children (and us) to pray the Rosary every day. Right before she delivered the promised sign, the miracle of the sun, a sign of biblical proportions, she declared her name to be The Lady of the Rosary. Sister Lucia to whom the Lord entrusted the task of establishing devotion in the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary spoke of the miraculous power of the Rosary during her last public interview in 1957: the Most Holy Virgin in these last times in which we live has given a new efficacy to the recitation of the Rosary to such an extent that there is no problem, no matter how difficult it is, whether temporal or above all, spiritual, in the personal life of each one of us, of our families, of the families of the world, or of the religious communities that cannot be solved by the Rosary. There is no problem I tell you, no matter how difficult it is, that we cannot resolve by the prayer of the Holy Rosary.
During this same interview Sr. Lucia spoke of the apocalyptic battle: the Devil is in the mood for engaging in a decisive battle against the Virgin. And a decisive battle is the final battle where one side will be victorious and the other side will suffer defeat. Hence from now on we must choose sides. Either we are for God or we are for the devil. There is no other possibility. We can see this battle reaching its culminating point during our times. Let us answer the call of Our Mother to pick up this sword forged from the burning flames of her Immaculate Heart and manfully take our stand with the Church Militant.
Pray the Rosary!
We all need to pray the rosary as much as we possibly can during this battle. You can set-up on your own, dedicated rosary calendar that you can share with other friends and family so that others can see open time slots and add their names. Let us spread this throughout the world!
Please pray for these specific intentions and you may also add your own.
1. Salvation of souls
2. Conversion of sinners
3. The Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
4. The protection and flourishing of the Traditional Latin Mass in the life of the Church.
**It is important that at the conclusion of praying the rosary that we also pray the Saint Michael Prayer as well as this prayer request from Bishop Schneider!