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Almighty God tells us in Holy
Scripture that the Blessed Virgin will defeat the devil, his followers and
plots: "I will put enmities between thee and the Woman, and thy seen and Her
seed: She shall crush thy head and thou shalt lie in wait for Her heel." (Gen.
3:15). In Her appearances at Fatima, the Mother of God solemnly promised us
final victory over the forces of evil in our own time. "In the end, My
Immaculate Heart will triumph," She told us, "the Holy Father will consecrate
Russia to Me. Russia will be coverted and a period of peace shall be given to
mankind."
 Because the warnings that Our Lady gave the world at Fatima are so
stern and terrible, many have mistakenly characterized Her Message as
"apocalyptic." Yet at the heart of the Fatima Message is the promise of peace
which the Blessed Virgin offers to all men and women of faith and good will. In
both its simplicity and its universality, Our Lady's Message is an unique
Heaven-sent opportunity for all people everywhere to work for a real, lasting
peace in our homes, churches and nations.
"If people do what
I tell you, many, souls will be saved and there will be
peace."
Our Lady's Peace Plan is founded on three simple, but powerful
requests. The first is a request for prayer, most particularly the Holy
Rosary and the devotion of the Brown Scapular. The second calls for us
to make reparation for the sins and outrages perpetrated against God's Grace
and blasphemies against the Holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary. The third
request is for consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, both on a personal
basis and, publicly, that of Russia (and Russia specifically) by the
Pope and all the world's bishops.
PRAYER. Each time
the Blessed Virgin appeared to the three children at Fatima, She repeated Her
requests that we pray the Rosary each day. In the final vision, on October 13,
1917, Our Lady silently held out the Brown Scapular of Mount Carmel as a sign
of Her desire that we undertake this great devotion. In fact, Sister Lucy has
stated that "the Scapular and the Rosary are inseparable." Emerging from faith,
prayer becomes the unshakeable foundation for peace in Heaven's plan for our
salvation.
Read more about the Rosary and Scapular (See "The Most Holy Rosary" and "The Brown Scapular of Mount Carmel")
REPARATION. At Fatima, Our Lady told the seers
that Our Lord is much offended by sin and declared that "people must amend
their lives and ask pardon for their sins." She also told them that She would
return later to ask for a new devotion of reparation in order to save souls.
True to Her word, on the evening of December 10, 1925, She and the Child Jesus
appeared to Sister Lucy in her convent cell in Pontevedra, Spain. Showing the
young nun a Heart encircled by thorns, Our Lady told her to announce to the
world in Her Name that she would assist, at the moment of death, all those who,
on the First Saturday of five consecutive months confesssed, recieved Holy
Communion, recited five decades of the Rosary and spent fifteen minutes
meditating on the mysteries of the Rosary with the intention of making
reparation to Her. Arising from hope, this great devotion of the Five First
Saturdays now unites millions of hearts in an unbroken chain of reparation for
sin and atonement for offenses against the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
Read more about the Five First Saturdays
(see "The Five First Saturdays")
CONSECRATION. To
consecrate is to make holy, to dedicate to God and to declare as sacred. Our
Lady's Plan for Peace is a call to both personal and public
consecration. In accordance with Holy Gospel, the Mother of God asks each of us
to consecrate our lives to Her Immaculate Heart, letting it become our gateway
to Her Son, Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. At the same time, Our Lady also
asks the Church to publicly acknowledge Her divinely-appointed rôle as
the Mediatrix of all Graces and Queen of Peace by consecrating Russia (and
specifically Russia) to Her Immaculate Heart in a public ceremony by
the Pope and all the world's Catholic bishops. "By this means," She promises,
"to convert that poor nation" and bring peace to the world. Speaking to Sister
Lucy, Our Lord has confirmed that it is His intention that this great public
act shall glorify His Blessed Mother's Immaculate Heart throughout the world.
Deriving as it does from charity or selfless love, the act of consecration is
the single most important element in Our Lady's Plan for Peace.
Consecrate yourself to the Immaculate Heart
Read more about the Consecration of Russia
 Speaking to Sister Lucy, Our
Lord has said: "I wish My Church to...put the devotion to this Immaculate Heart
beside the devotion to My Sacred Heart." The Plan for Peace which Our Lady
announced at Fatima is, in essence, an effort to unite the hearts of millions
with those of Herself and Her Divine Son, the union of which is the very source
and wellspring of true peace in the world.
St. James the
Apostle has written that he who can do good and does not, does evil. Our Lady
has given us a simple Three-Point Plan to bring peace to our families, to our
nations, to our communities and to the entire world. She asks so little, yet
promises so much. Join us in working for the great triumph of Her Immaculate
Heart and the peace of Heaven that is promised through the Grace of Her Son,
Our Lord, Jesus Christ.
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