Submit your intentions for the Feast Day Holy Mass on the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, August 15.

Dear Friend, 

Wishing you and your loved ones a blessed Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary!  

Wanted to share an image of a priest constructing a large cross.  Why was he doing this?  During the years Communists governed Poland, there were a lot of restrictions. Pilgrims were stopped by police to check their documents, some were interrogated; others were forced to wait an hour before they could depart. Pilgrims carried fragments of the cross on their journey. That tradition has continued. This year, about 20 pilgrimage groups carried a fragment of the cross. When they came together, at Jasna Gora in Poland, they formed a sign of unity in the cross.

Now see the large cross the priest constructed with the pieces of wood, giving glory to God!

This photo of Bishops Kicinski and Malga leading the pilgrims, kneeling and paying homage to Our Lady at the end of a pilgrimage to her Shrine in Czestochowa, Poland is so profound. In fact, Bishop Kicinski has participated in twenty pilgrimages.

Is your pastor, or other priests you know – would you say they are Marian priests?  We must encourage our priests to devote themselves to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Why? Because the Blessed Mother can show them how to confront trials with faith.  Whenever a priest will call on Mary for help, there will be the presence of the Holy Spirit. She will open doors for priests that have not previously opened.  

Do you have First Saturday Devotions in your parish? If your pastor or the vicar does not lead the Holy Rosary before or after Holy Mass, encourage them to do so (at least on First Saturday or Marian Feast Days).  Have Holy Masses said for your priests on Marian Feast Days.  Say Holy Rosaries just for their intentions.  Devote Holy Hours of Adoration for priests. Mary, Queen of the Clergy, give us Holy, Marian Priests!!

Let us now pray for our needs, as well as the intentions of Cardinal Burke, that he may continue his tireless work in ministering to the faithful with good health:

O Mary, you shine continuously on our journey as a sign of salvation and hope.

We entrust ourselves to you, Health of the Sick.

At the foot of the Cross you participated in Jesus’ pain, with steadfast faith.

You, Salvation of the Roman People, know what we need.

We are certain that you will provide, so that, as you did at Cana of Galilee,

joy and feasting might return after this moment of trial

Help us, Mother of Divine Love, to conform ourselves to the Father’s will

and to do what Jesus tells us:

He who took our sufferings upon Himself, and bore our sorrows to bring us,

through the Cross, to the joy of the Resurrection. Amen. 

We seek refuge under your protection, O Holy Mother of God.

Do not despise our pleas – we who are put to the test – and deliver us from every danger, O glorious and blessed Virgin. Amen.

Do you have any new or updated intentions for the Solemnity Holy Mass in Honor of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary?  

May Our Lady of the Assumption bestow many graces upon you and your loved ones.

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

Thomas McKenna

Founder and President

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

P.S. Photos Source - Press Office-Jasna Gora