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The Appeal of Our Lady of the Rosary

December 04, 2011

Yesterday I went to Our Lady of the Rosary, Blackfen. Mac McLernon of Mulier Fortis fame was renewing her personal vows after a beautiful Missa Cantata on the Feast of St Francis Xavier.

Our Lady of the Rosary's Parish Priest, Fr Tim Finigan, preached wonderfully on the simplicity of the message of St Francis Xavier and on the Saint's personal holiness, specifically noting that his evangelical mission was built around teaching the catechism.

By his holiness of life and his teaching of the Catechism, God worked marvels through him in winning converts to the Faith. On one day, he performed so many Baptisms that he could no longer move his arm. If only we had a St Francis Xavier going around teaching the Catechism in our Catholic schools, but, I expect that if we did have one, he'd soon be thrown the door for giving the school nurse a piece of his mind about her alacrity in giving out condoms, referring girls for abortion and the rest. Nowadays, children come out of schools k…

Catechism of the Catholic Church

Before Christ's second coming the Church must pass through a final trial that will shake the faith of many believers. The persecution that accompanies her pilgrimage on earth will unveil the "mystery of iniquity" in the form of a religious deception offering men an apparent solution to their problems at the price of apostasy from the truth. The supreme religious deception is that of the Antichrist, a pseudo-messianism by which man glorifies himself in place of God and of his Messiah come in the flesh.

Prayer for England

O Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God and our most gentle Queen and Mother, look down in mercy upon England, Thy Dowry, and upon all of us who greatly hope and trust in Thee. By Thee it was that Jesus, our Saviour and our hope was given unto the world; and He has given Thee to us that we might hope still more. Plead for us Thy children whom Thou did receive and accept at the foot of the Cross O sorrowful Mother. Intercede for our separated brethren that in the one true fold we may all be united under the chief shepherd of Christ's flock, and that by faith and fruitful in good works we may all deserve to see and praise God together with Thee in our heavenly home.