Unfortunately, the following very hot
spots confirm this: Ukraine against Russia, China against Taiwan, Iran and Gaza
against Israel and NATO against Russia and China, among other world
conflagrations.
Although I have already edited it in
another time, I do it again due to the prevailing need to turn again to Our
Lady for the good of the Church that suffers a fierce harassment of the
modernist heresy guilty of everything that happens worldwide, of families and
of our souls, ¡Please let us pray the holy rosary more than ever!
THE supreme apostolate that is
entrusted to us and the difficult circumstances we are going through, warn us
at every moment or imperiously push us to watch over the integrity of the
Church with all the greater care the greater the calamities that afflict her.
For this reason, while we make every
effort to defend the rights of the Church by all means and to prevent and
reject the dangers that threaten and beset her, we employ the greatest
diligence in imploring the assistance of God for divine help, with whose only
help Our cares and care can be successful.
And we believe that nothing can
lead more effectively to this end than to make us propitious with the practice
of religion and piety to the great Mother of God, the Virgin Mana, who
is the one who can bring us peace and dispense grace, placed as she is. for his
Divine Son on the cusp of glory and power, to help with the relief of his
protection to men who amid toil and danger are heading to the Eternal City.
For this reason, and close to the
solemn anniversary that recalls the innumerable and numerous benefits that the
devotion of the Holy Rosary of Mary has brought to the Christian people, we
want this devotion to be the object of particular attention in the Catholic
world in the current year. that through the intercession of the Virgin Mother
we obtain from her Divine Son fortunate relief and an end to our ills.
For the same we have thought, Venerable
Brothers, to direct you
These letters, so that, once known Our
purpose, you excite with your authority and with your zeal the piety of the
peoples so that they comply with it carefully.
In critical and
distressing times he has always been the principal
and solemn care of Catholics to take
refuge under the aegis of Mary and take refuge in her maternal goodness; This
shows that the Catholic Church has always and rightly placed all its trust in
the Mother of God. Indeed, the Virgin, free from the original stain,
chosen to be the Mother of God and associated with the work of salvation for
the human race, enjoys close to her Son a favor and a power so great that they
have never Neither men nor angels could obtain it the same. Thus, since it
is extremely sweet and pleasant for them to grant their help and assistance to
all who ask for it, it is of course to be expected that they will warmly
welcome the prayers that the universal Church directs to them.
But this piety, so great and so full of
confidence in the Queen of Heaven, has never shone more brilliantly than when
the violence of errors, the overflow of customs, or the attacks of powerful
adversaries, have seemed to endanger the Church of God.
History, ancient and modern, and the
most memorable celebrations of the Church recall the public and private prayers
addressed to the Blessed Virgin, such as the aid granted by Her; and also
in many circumstances public peace and tranquility, obtained through his
intercession. Hence those excellent titles of Helper, Benefactor and Comforter
of Christians; Queen of armies and Dispenser of Vitoria and peace, with
which she has been greeted.
Among all titles, that of the Most Holy
Rosary is very especially worth mentioning, by which the distinguished benefits
that Christianity owes it have been perpetually consecrated.
None of you are unaware, Venerable
Brethren, how much trouble and bitterness the Albigensian heretics caused
the Holy Church of God at the end of the twelfth century, who, born of the
sect of the last Manichaeans, filled the South of France with their
pernicious errors, and all the other countries of the Latin world, and carrying
everywhere the terror of their weapons, spread their dominion everywhere with
extermination and death.
Against such terrible enemies, God
raised up in his mercy the famous Father and founder of the Dominican Order.
This hero, great for the integrity of
his doctrine, for the example of his virtues and for his apostolic labors,
strove to fight against the enemies of the Catholic Church, not with force or
arms, but with the deepest faith. in the devotion of the Holy Rosary, which he
was the first to propagate, and which his children have taken to the four
corners of the world. He foresaw, in effect, by divine inspiration,
that such devotion would put enemies to flight, like a mighty war machine, and
confuse their audacity and mad impiety. This was justified by the facts. Thanks
to this way of praying, accepted, regularized and put into practice by the
Order of Santo Domingo, piety, faith and harmony began to take root, and the
projects and devices of heretics were destroyed; many lost ones returned to the
right path and the fury of the wicked was restrained by the Catholic weapons
wielded to resist them.
The efficacy and power of this prayer
were experienced in the 16th century, when the innumerable armies of the Turks
were on the eve of imposing the yoke of superstition and barbarism on almost
all of Europe. For this reason, the Sovereign Pontiff Pius V, after reviving in
all the Christian Princes the feeling of common defense, tried to the extent
possible to make Christians propitious to the Almighty Mother of God and to
attract her help upon them. invoking her through the Holy Rosary. This noble
example, which in those days was offered to earth and heaven, united all minds
and persuaded all hearts; so that the Christian faithful decide to shed their
blood and sacrifice their lives to save their religion and their country,They
marched regardless of their number to meet the enemy forces gathered not far
from the Gulf of Corinth: while those who were not fit to take up arms, like a
pious example of supplicants, implored and saluted Mary, repeating the formulas
of the Rosary and they demanded the triumph of the combatants.
The Sovereign Lady thus begged, very
soon heard their prayers, then, engaged in naval combat in the Echinada
Islands, the squadron of the Christians, reported, without experiencing great
casualties, an illustrious victory and annihilated the enemy forces.
For this reason, the same Holy Pontiff,
in gratitude for such an important benefit, wanted it to be consecrated with a
feast in honor of María de las Victorias in memory of that
memorable combat, and then Gregory XIII sanctioned said festivity with the name
of the Holy Rosary. .
Likewise, in the last century important
victories were achieved over the Turks in Tenesvar, Hungary and Corfu, which
were obtained on days consecrated to the Blessed Virgin, and after the public
prayers of the Holy Rosary were completed. This inclined Our predecessor
Clement XI to decree for the universal Church the feast of the Most Holy
Rosary.
Thus, once it has been demonstrated
that this formula of praying is agreeable to the Blessed Virgin and so
appropriate for the defense of the Church and the Christian people, as to
attract all kinds of public and private benefits, it is not surprising that
several of Our predecessors have dedicated themselves to promoting it and
recommending it with special praise.
Urban IV assured that the
Rosary provided advantages to the Christian people every day; Sixtus V
said that this way of praying yields to the greater honor and glory of
God, and that it is very convenient to ward off the dangers that
threaten the world; Leo X declared that he had been instituted against
heresiarchs and pernicious heresies, and Julius III called him praise
of the Church. Saint Pius V also said of the Rosary that with the propagation
of these prayers the faithful began to become aroused in prayer and
that they became different men from what they used to be; that the darkness of
heresy was dispelled, and that the light of faith shone in its splendor. Finally,
Gregory XIII declared that Saint Dominic had instituted the Rosaryto appease
the anger of God and implore the intercession of the blessed Virgin Mary.
Inspired by this thought and by the
examples of Our predecessors, we have seen fit to establish solemn prayers,
raising them to the Blessed Virgin in her Holy Rosary, to obtain from Jesus
Christ equal help against the dangers that threaten us. You see, Venerable
Brothers, the difficult trials to which the Church is exposed every
day; Christian piety, public morality, faith itself, which is the highest
good and the principle of all virtues, all are threatened every day with the
greatest dangers.
Not only do you know how difficult this
situation is and how much we suffer from the pot, but also your piety makes you
experience Our bitterness; for it is very painful and regrettable to see so
many souls rescued by Jesus Christ, torn to salvation by the whirlwind of a
lost century and plunged into the abyss and into eternal death.
In our times we are in so much need of
divine help as in the time when the great Sunday raised the banner of the
Rosary of Mary, in order to cure the ills of its time. That great Saint,
illuminated by the heavenly light, clearly glimpsed that, to heal his century,
no remedy could be as effective as attracting men to Jesus Christ, who is the
way, the truth, and the life, prompting them to go to the Virgin, to
whom is granted the power to destroy all heresies.
The formula of the Holy Rosary was
composed in such a way by Saint Dominic, that in it the mysteries of our
salvation are remembered by their successive order, and in this matter of meditation
an ejaculation prayer to God the Father is mixed and as intertwined with the
Angelic Salutation. of Our Lord Jesus Christ. We, who seek a remedy for similar
ills, have the right to believe that, using the same prayer that served Santo
Domingo to do so much good, we will also be able to see the calamities that
afflict our time disappear.
For this reason, we not only strongly
encourage all Christians to dedicate themselves publicly or privately and
within their families to reciting the Holy Rosary and to persevere in this holy
exercise, but we also want the month of October of this year to be
entirely consecrated to the Queen of the Rosary. We hereby decree and
order that throughout the Catholic world the Rosary festivity be celebrated
solemnly in the current year with splendor and pomp, and that from the first
day of the month of October next until the second day of the month of November
in all the curial Churches and if the ordinary ones deem it appropriate, in
other churches and chapels to the Blessed Virgin, at least five mysteries of
the Rosary, adding the Lauretan litanies. I also wish that the people attend
these pious exercises, and that either the holy sacrifice of the Mass be
celebrated in them, or the Blessed Sacrament is exposed to the adoration of the
faithful, and then the blessing is given with it. . It will also be to Our
pleasure that the brotherhoods of the Holy Rosary of Mary sing it in procession
through the streets according to the ancient custom.
And where, due to circumstances, this
is not possible, try to replace temples with the greatest frequency and with
the increase of Christian virtues.
In the grace of those who practice what
is arranged, and to encourage everyone, we open the treasures of the Church,
and all who attend the public recitation of the Rosary and the Litanies at the
time designated above, and pray according to our intention, we grant seven
highs and seven quarantines of indulgences for each time. And
we want those who, legitimately prevented from making such prayers in public,
to do them privately, enjoy the same grace.
And to those who, at the prescribed
time, practice at least ten times in public, or in secret if
publicly for a just cause, cannot, the indicated prayers, and duly purified
their soul, approach Holy Communion, they
we leave free from all expiation
and fodapena in the form of plenary indulgence.
We also grant a full remission of their
sins to those who, whether on the day of the feast of the Most Holy Rosary, or
in the next eight days, purified their souls through confession, approach the
Sacred Table and pray in a temple, according to our intention, to God and the
Blessed Virgin, for the needs of the Church.
Act then, Venerable Brothers! The
more you are interested in honoring Mary and saving human society, the more you
must dedicate yourself to encouraging the piety of the faithful towards the
Blessed Virgin, increasing their trust in her.
We consider ourselves to be part of the
providential plans that in these times of trial for the Church the cult of the
Blessed Virgin should flourish more than ever in the vast majority of the
Christian people.
May God please that, excited by our
exhortations and inflamed by your appeals, the Christian nations seek, with
increasing ardor, the protection of Mary: that they become more and more
accustomed to praying the Rosary, to this cult that our ancestors had the habit
of. practice, not only as an ever-present remedy for your needs, but as a noble
adornment of Christian piety. The celestial Patroness of the human race will
listen to bold prayers and will easily grant the good the favor of seeing their
virtues increase, and the wayward the favor of returning to the good and
re-entering the path of salvation. She will obtain that the avenging God of
crimes, inclining to clemency and mercy, restores the Christian world and
society, afterwards. diverted from now on all danger, the so desirable calm.
Encouraged by this hope, we beseech God
for the intercession of the One in whom he has placed the fullness of all good,
and we beg her with all our might, that she abundantly bestow upon you,
Venerable Brothers, her heavenly favors. And as a pledge of our
benevolence, we wholeheartedly give you, your clergy and the peoples entrusted
to your care the Apostolic Blessing.
Given at Saint Peter's in Rome, on
September 1, 1883,
sixth year of Our Pontificate.
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