Dear Friend, 

Coming up shortly, the Church calendar has three Marian feast days; and two are Solemnities. What do they have in common? The holiness and purity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 

You have an opportunity to submit your intentions that will be included in five Holy Masses invoking the intercession of the Mother of God, from December 8 – December 12.

December 8th is the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In the United States, it is a Holy Day of Obligation because under that title given to Mary, as the Immaculate Conception, she was proclaimed the Patroness of the United States. Let us invoke the Blessed Mother to sweep our country clean from pornography, illicit, unnatural and impure acts of lust, and to fill every citizen’s heart with a desire for modesty and to live morally - not only in the clothing worn but also in the foul language spoken so frequently in daily conversations. May Our Lady come to the aid of all those who suffer from gender dysphoria, i.e. transgenderism, that they may experience God’s love and be open to know the truth – not to give in to reconstruct or change their natural gender – to keep their bodies pure.

December 10th is the Memorial Feast of Our Lady of Loreto. In the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also known as the Litany of Loreto, we recite the following invocations: Mother most pure, pray for us, Mother most chaste, pray for us, Mother inviolate, pray for us and Mother undefiled, pray for us. It is indeed a beautiful way to praise Mary’s purity and holiness. 

December 10th is also the 100th Anniversary of the Apparition of the Virgin Mary of Fatima, together with her Infant Son Jesus, to the Venerable Servant of God, Sister Lúcia dos Santos. On that day, the Blessed Virgin Mary, under her title of Our Lady of Fatima and of the Most Holy Rosary, appeared with the Child Jesus and revealed her Immaculate Heart encircled with thorns. The Child Jesus asked us to have compassion on His Mother’s Heart and to make reparation for the offenses by which ungrateful and sinful men pierce it at every moment. Cardinal Burke will offer a Holy Mass at 12:15 PM on December 10, at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in La Crosse, Wisconsin. All are welcome to attend in person.

December 12th is the Solemnity of Our Lady of Guadalupe, also called the Virgin of Guadalupe and the Patroness of the Americas. Under this title of the Blessed Mother, she is also called the Patroness of the Unborn and the Pro-life Movement. I have read about young people asking the Virgin of Guadalupe to come to their aid in remaining pure and chaste until their Sacramental Marriage. Cardinal Burke will offer a Holy Mass at 1:00 PM on December 12, at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in La Crosse, Wisconsin. All are welcome to attend in person.

Let us entrust all of our petitions to the Holy and Pure Virgin Mary, who will never abandon us, for she is our Mother!

May the Blessed Virgin Mary, who leads us to the tender mercy of God, continue to assist us in all our necessities and especially for many graces to be bestowed upon Cardinal Burke. Our heavenly Mother watches over His Eminence with great love, let us also thank her!

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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