Submit Your Storm Heaven Intentions Today!

Dear Friend,

Today is one of the special Solemnities during Lent when we celebrate the Annunciation of the Lord; Mary saying yes to the Archangel Gabriel forever changed the world. But a day later - Friday of Passion Week, brings us to the Traditional feast of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary. So much to contemplate as we prepare for Palm Sunday, Holy Week and Holy Thursday, the beginning of the Triduum. 

Do you know the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary? Three are mysteries from Jesus’ infancy and childhood. 

The remaining four are from His Passion; together, the seven highlight Mary’s Seven Sorrows: 

1. The Prophecy of Simon 
2. The Flight into Egypt 
3. The Loss of the Child Jesus for Three Days 
4. Mary Meets Jesus on the Way to Calvary  
5. Mary Stands at the Foot of the Cross 
6. Mary Receives the Dead Body of Jesus into Her Arms
7. Mary Accompanies the Body of Jesus to the Tomb 

Rosary Warriors, as we think about our intentions approaching Holy Week, can we contemplate on these Seven Sorrows, taking one each day and meditating upon it, keeping in mind the unspeakable grief Our Blessed Mother experienced.

Let us look, not only into our interior souls, but keep in mind our fellow Rosary Warriors, especially those who carry heavy crosses.  Let us remember them and ask God to help them carry their crosses when we pray the rosary.

As part of Operation Storm Heaven each month, your intentions are added each month to the Holy Mass celebrated by His Eminence Raymond Cardinal Burke and to the Holy Rosary prayed by him and all the Rosary Warriors throughout the world on the 1st of each month.  Thursday, April 1st, is Holy Thursday, the Last Supper of Our Lord Jesus Christ, commemorating the Institution of the Holy Eucharist and the Priesthood. Let us be grateful for the priests that give us the Holy Eucharist and Administer the Sacraments. 

As a Rosary Warrior, I would like to invite you to present your new or updated intentions and prayer requests for Operation Storm Heaven before the 1st of April.

During these last remaining days of Lent, let us spend some time reflecting on what prayer intentions you may want to submit.  Here is a suggested checklist:

• Why not include the names of individuals and families who are carrying heavy crosses? 
• With the violence of senseless killings and the countless daily abortions performed, we have a lot to pray for. 
• How about remembering the priests that you have encountered, those whom you love, admire, and pray for?  
• Let’s not forget to include priests that are in need of sanctification, those who are struggling to be true to their Priestly Vows.  Those priests who are deceased, who were special to you and your family, priests who committed suicide?  And priests who are mistreated, or who are unloved, or suffer from depression or anxiety?

Let us not forget that on Holy Thursday we also need prayers for our One, Holy and Apostolic Catholic Church, to fulfill its mission for spreading the Gospel through evangelization and for the conversion of those who have fallen away. Will you include petitions for our Church to stand firm to the Magisterium? 

And remember that all the Rosary Warriors around the world will also be praying for your intentions. So, please remember to also pray for theirs.

I would like to take advantage of this opportunity to thank you for being part of Cardinal Burke's Rosary Crusade Operation Storm Heaven. I would also like to encourage you 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 are in need of prayers, and to help others join Operation Storm Heaven, please forward this email to your family and friends and ask them to click here. 

May Our Mother of Sorrows accompany us during Passion Week, Palm Sunday and Holy Week. 

Your fellow Rosary Warrior in Christ,

Thomas J. McKenna
Founder and President