Wondering About the Upcoming Consecration of the World to Mary?

  In August, an announcement was made that Pope Francis would soon consecrate the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.  Mary, who is an important figure not only in the Roman Catholic Church but in others such as the Eastern Orthodox, Anglecan and Lutheran churches, is highly revered and loved by many people.  Pope Francis, the newly elected head of the Catholic Church, requested that the statue of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima be brought to Rome for the consecration taking place on October 13th. 

    Our Lady of Fatima, who appeared to three Porteguese children in 1917, requested the reparation of sins.  During her apparitions, she spoke of increasing prayer and devotion to her Immaculate Heart.  Now, almost one hundred years later, Pope Francis will carry out the Blessed Mother’s desire and consecrate the world as a whole to her care.  On October 12^th, the statue will journey from its home in the Chapel of Apparitions to Rome where the pope will celebrate mass the next day.  After, it will be returned to its home in Portugal.  A quote from the Catholic News Agency article by Archbishop Rino Fisichella:

“The Holy Father strongly desires that the Marian Day may have present, as a special sign, one of the most significant Marian icons for Christians throughout the world and, for that reason, we thought of the beloved original Statue of Our Lady of Fatima.”

    Mary is an important part of many lives, and this upcoming consecration has excited the Catholic community as a whole.  To read more about the consecration to her Immaculate Heart, click on the link below.

http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/pope-to-consecrate-world-to-marys-immaculate-heart/