Invitation from Pope Francis

The Pope announced that on the Feast of the Annunciation, Wednesday 25^th March (yesterday), at 12:00 noon (local time GMT+1), there would be a worldwide prayer of the “Our Father”. Many thanks to all those who answered the call. Similarly on Friday 27^th March at 18:00/6pm (local time GMT+1), there will be a prayer at the empty Saint Peter's Square, presided by the Pope, with the exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and a possibility to gain a plenary indulgence. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2020-03/pope-calls-for-christians-to-unite-in-prayer-for-end-to-pandemic.html

Let's join in this prayer, and let's ask Mary to show us how to pray. Here is a passage from the “Book of Heaven” that can help us. I'll let Mother Mary explain to us how to pray.

Passage from “Book of Heaven” by Luisa Piccarreta, the Little Daughter of the Divine Will – 15 June 1916

I felt the Queen Mama near me, and She told me: “My daughter, pray.” And I: ‘My Mama, let us pray together, for by myself I don't know how to pray.' And She added: “The most powerful prayers over the Heart of my Son, and those which move Him the most, are for the creature to clothe herself with everything He Himself did and suffered, since He gave everything as gift to the creature. Therefore, my daughter, surround your head with the thorns of Jesus, bead your eyes with His tears, impregnate your tongue with His bitterness, clothe your soul with His Blood, adorn yourself with His wounds, pierce your hands and feet with His nails, and like another Christ present yourself before His Divine Majesty. This sight will move Him in such a way that He will not be able to deny anything to the soul who is clothed in His own insignia. But – O, how little do creatures know how to make use of the gifts which my Son gave them! These were my prayers upon earth, and these are my prayers in Heaven.”

If Mother Mary can obtain for us all the graces that contribute to the good of our soul, then let us follow the example of the prayer that she prayed on earth, and continues to pray in Heaven by intercession. Let's pray in the way that she teaches us, and let us ask for Mercy and deliverance.

Community prayer

Act of Spiritual Communion (by Mgr Raymond Centène)

Lord Jesus, I firmly believe that You are present in the Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist. I love You more than anything and I desire You with all my soul. “My body longs for you, like a dry, weary land without water.” (Psalm 62) I want to receive You today with all the love of the Virgin Mary, with the joy and the fervor of the Saints. Since I am prevented from receiving You sacramentally, come at least spiritually to visit my soul. In this time of absence, may this Eucharistic fast to which I am subjected bring me in communion with Your sufferings, especially with the feeling of abandon that You felt on the Cross when You cried out: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” May this sacramental fast bring me in communion with the sentiments of Your Most Holy Mother and of St Joseph when they lost You in the temple of Jerusalem; with the sentiments of Your Holy Mother when she received You, lifeless, at the foot of the Cross. May this Eucharistic fast bring me in communion with the suffering of Your mystical Body, the Church, throughout the world where persecution, or the absence of priests, are obstacles to sacramental life. May this Eucharistic fast bring me to understand that the Eucharist is an over-abundant gift of Your love and not a given for my spiritual comfort. May this Eucharistic fast be a reparation for all the times when I received you with a heart that was badly prepared, cold, indifferent, without love nor thanksgiving. May this Eucharistic fast ever increase my hunger to receive You truly and substantially in Your body, Your blood, Your soul and Your divinity when the circumstances will allow me. And until then, Lord Jesus, come to visit us spiritually through Your grace to strengthen us in our trials. Maranatha, come Lord Jesus.

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Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone. Col 4:6