He IS Risen, hallelujah ...

The Month of May is dedicated to the the Blessed Virgin Mary and it is classified as a Rosary month.

We have prayed our own produced "Eight-days Rosary for the Deceased" Pope Francis, and the Holy See is now sede vacante, as it is a vacant seat - and the vacant seat is where the Bishop of Rome has his "cathedra", which is in the St. John Lateran Church.

The Holy See is now administered by a regency of the College of Cardinals.

Hopefully, this is a sign, that the Conclave will vote for a "Rosary Pope" and a Pope who fights against modernism! 

Cardinal Burke has a Conclave Novena Prayer.

Bishop Strickland :

As we face this time of great crisis in the Church, the mystical Body of Christ, let us believe in the tremendous power of prayer which can literally move mountains. The coming conclave to elect a new occupant of the Chair of St. Peter brings to the forefront the dire situation in which we find ourselves. Our beloved Church brims over with corruption, intrigue, and machinations unworthy of Apostles of Jesus Christ.

Let us pray fervently for the Cardinals who will gather. Let us pray that they possess even a mustard seed of faith, and that their choice is guided by deep devotion to Jesus Christ who is Truth Incarnate. May their resolve be cast as fire-tried gold, and may the Holy Ghost strengthen them with a steely will to choose only the man who is the holiest and most deeply devoted to Our Lord Jesus Christ. And may the one they select uphold and faithfully defend the Deposit of Faith that is His Bride’s great treasure.

Let us pray that the awesome responsibility they bear may gouge their shoulders deeply in imitation of the wood of Our Lord’s cross, so as to open their hearts to the precious blood of Christ which flows from His Sacred Heart.

May they have before their eyes only God’s Divine Will with the goal of purifying and renewing Christ’s Church. May they turn to the Memorare of the Immaculate Virgin Mary, imploring the Queen of Saints to enlist the entire Communion of Saints in pleading that God’s Will be done and that the corruptions of the kingdom of man be cast aside.

Amen.

Father Ripperger

Lord Jesus Christ, by entrusting to St. Peter and his successors the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, Thou didst established the office of the papacy. Grant to Thy Church, we beseech Thee, a Pope who, in his dedication to the Sacred Tradition of the Church, will seek to govern the Church according to the Deposit of Faith and for the salvation of souls. Immaculate Mary, Mother of the Church and Queen of Confessors, we consecrate to thee the conclave and the election of the Holy Father. Blessed Mother, look not upon our sinfulness or upon the infidelity of many Catholics who do not accept the teaching of thy Son, but upon the Church which is the spotless Bride of thy Son, so that we do not get the leader we deserve, but a Holy Father who will guide the Church for the glory and honor of thy Son.

Amen.

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"Then he shall say to them also that shall be on his left hand:

Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels."

(Matt 25:41).

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Pope Leo XIII wrote Providentissimus Deus which is what we still need today; "to select young men of good promise who have successfully accomplished their theological course, and to set them apart exclusively for Holy Scripture", ... "It is most desirable, therefore, that there should be numerous members of the clergy well prepared to enter upon a contest of this nature, and to repulse hostile assaults, chiefly trusting in that armour of God recommended by the Apostle, but also not unaccustomed to modern methods of attack." 

We can only look at our own knowledge, to realize that we cannot get into a verbal battle without risking looking weak.

Pope Pius X saw modernism as a universal threat which required a global reaction. 

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"As Our Lady spoke these last words, she opened her hands once more, ... The rays of light seemed to penetrate the earth, and we saw as it were a sea of fire. Plunged in this fire were demons and souls in human form, like transparent burning embers, all blackened or burnished bronze, floating about in the conflagration, now raised into the air by the flames that issued from within themselves together with great clouds of smoke now falling back on every side like sparks in huge fires"

(The third apparition of Our Lady in Fatima 1917).

"I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

John 14:6

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'Step-by-Step Rosary soldiers of Christ in the service of our Lady'

You become a Soldier of Christ at your Confirmation, and we raised the question of how can we defend our Faith, if we are not informed of what it actually means to be a Soldier of Christ. Do we have the material to actually function as a solder of Christ? 

The Rosary is our only spiritual weapon.

It is not only for defence, but also for attack - to send your prayers deep down into enemy end-zone.

To keep them busy on their side, instead of hanging around on our turf.

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What a glorious day to die!

Are we ready to take such stand? Have we prepared ourself?

How about, are we ready to dig our boots into the ground, stand firm,

kneeling before God, with our Rosary in our hand, in the trenches and say:

So be it!

Let it be!

That is OUR own FIAT.

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Keep on praying the Rosary!

“For never will anyone who says his Rosary every day become a formal heretic or be led astray by the devil.

This is a statement that I would gladly sign with my blood.”

Twenty-fifth Rose,St. Louis de Montfort

The family that prays together, stays together.

If a household do not have a "head of family", which is one man's obligation, who is actually the "head of family"?

Our signature "Step-by-Step Rosary" encompasses the traditional 15 mysteries, accompanied by historical Christian artworks depicting each scriptural scene. Religious art, language, and music are powerful tools in the battle against evil as they forge a connection between ourselves and God and serve as a constant reminder of the goodness in the world.

Our current Step-by-Step Rosary community offers the Rosary in eleven languages; English, Czech, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish and Ukrainian.

Not all versions are online, as they may be under a final local touch to complete each Rosary.

Make sure you have proper blessed gear; such as:

• Medals of your choice (St. Benedict and Miraculous medal is a good start ...). It may be a neclace, attached to your Rosary.
• Rosaries,
• Holy salt (pref. vigil of Epiphany) but salt can be exorcised and blessed all through the year. It is apparently stronger if it exorcised and blessed on the vigil of Epiphany due to January 5 being linked to the Baptism of Jesus.
• Holy water (pref. vigil of Epiphany). - see above.
• Blessed incence (myrrh or francincense, pref. Epiphany). - just like above, it can be blessed all year around but the three Magis came with gold, myrrh, and frankincense.
• Blessed candles. The candles should be blessed on Candlemas but can be blessed all year around. It should be beeswax but any candle works, as long as it is not electric or paraffin.

Our aim is to do four fasts per year, which are the following:

• 40-days St. Martin Fast.
• 40-days Lent.
• 20-days St. John the Baptist Fast.
• 14-days Assumption Fast. or 40-days St. Michael the Archangel Fast.