Dear Friend,

In less than a week, on August 1st, His Eminence, Cardinal Burke, will be offering the Operation Storm Heaven Holy Mass, and the Holy Rosary – joining all the Rosary Warriors around the world, united in prayer, knocking on heaven’s door. 

You have an opportunity to submit your intentions that His Eminence will include in the Holy Mass and Rosary on Thursday, August 1st. 

Also, I’d like to bring to your attention two upcoming events taking place at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Both of the following events are open to the public if you are able to attend:

~ Wednesday, July 31: Raymond Cardinal Burke will be the main celebrant for the Sixteenth Anniversary of the Shrine’s Dedication Holy Mass at 12:15 PM Central Time.

~ Monday, August 5: His Eminence, Cardinal Burke will offer a Solemn Pontifical Mass in the Usus Antiquior at 11:00 AM Central Time.  This date is the patronal feast day of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome. In 2011 Pope Benedict the XVI affiliated the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe with the Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore (Saint Mary Major) in Rome. On August 5, pilgrims have the occasion to gain a Plenary Indulgence.  A livestream link will be emailed at the beginning of August. 

The month of August is dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. There are more significant Marian feast days than any other month. 

August 2 – Our Lady of the Angels and the Portiuncula indulgence

August 3 – First Saturday of the Month: Receiving Holy Communion in reparation for the offenses committed against the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 

August 5 – St. Mary Major, Our Lady of the Snows

August 15 – The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

August 17 – Our Lady of Knock (new date.) The historical feast day is August 21.

August 22 – The Immaculate Heart of Mary (traditional) / The Queenship of Mary

August 24 – Our Lady, Health of the Sick

August 26 – Our Lady of Czestochowa 

What does this mean for you? Plan more time to pray to Our Lady, requesting her intercession, for your family and this topsy-turvy world that has clearly lost its moral compass. Give the Blessed Mother your faults and shortcomings.  Ask for a firm resolution to overcome them – the grace of discipline. Wasting too much time? Ask for the grace of efficiency daily. 

Recently, in a homily, Cardinal Burke said: “Our responsibility is, as Our Lady of Fatima teaches us so clearly, to transform the situation of the world and the Church by overcoming in our lives any sin and darkness, by daily turning to Christ and seeking to follow Him with all our heart.” Our Lady desires to take you by the hand and help you develop a deeper relationship with her Son, so that all fears, worries and anxieties subside. 

Remember that we are Rosary Warriors!  Please take the time now to present your new or updated intentions and prayer requests for Operation Storm Heaven before the 1st of August.

Thank you for being part of Cardinal Burke's Rosary Crusade Operation Storm Heaven. Do not forget to recite the Holy Rosary every day as Our Lady requested, if you do not do so already.

Finally, if you know others who have intentions and would like to submit them, and to help others join Operation Storm Heaven, please forward this email to your family and friends and ask them to click here. 

Yours in the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary,

Thomas McKenna

Founder and President

Catholic Action For Faith And Family
https://www.catholicaction.org/

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