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| Village of the Immaculata, Bologna, Italy |
Opening Prayer to the Immaculata
O Immaculata, Queen of heaven and
earth,
I know I am not worthy to approach you, to
fall on my knees before you with my face to the ground, but since I love you so
much, I dare to ask you to be so good as to tell me who you are.
The truth is that I desire to know you
every day better,
unlimitedly better, and love you ever more
ardently, with a boundless passion. Moreover, I desire to reveal to other souls
who you are, so that a growing number of people may know you ever more
perfectly and love you ever more passionately, so that you may become the
Queen
of all hearts, both present and future, and this as soon as possible!
Even today, some do not know even your
name.
Others, immersed in the gutter of immorality,
do not dare to look up at you. Still, there are also those who believe they do
not need you to reach their purpose in life; but there are also those whom Satan — the angel that was
transformed into a demon for not recognizing you as his Queen — does not allow
to pay you homage.
Many are those who love you, but only
few are prepared to do anything you ask of them, like toiling, suffering, and
even offering their lives in sacrifice!
O Queen of heaven and earth, I pray that you
may soon reign in every single heart and that all men may recognize you as
their Mother and God as their heavenly Father, thus loving one another as
brothers and sisters. Amen
Reading from the Writings of St. Maximilian Kolbe
“Who are you,
my Lady? Who are you, O Immaculate Conception? In order to understand more
accurately who the Immaculata is, it is absolutely necessary to admit one’s
total nothingness, to bring oneself to humble prayer in order to gain the grace
of knowing her, and to endeavor personally to experience her goodness and
power.”
Closing Prayer
Father, you prepared the Virgin Mary to be the worthy mother of your
Son. You let her share beforehand in the salvation Christ would bring by his
death, and kept her sinless from the first moment of her conception. Help us by
her prayers to live in your presence without sin. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
O Mary, conceived without sin,
Pray for us who have recourse to you, and for those who do not have recourse
to you, especially the enemies of the Holy Church and those who are recommended
to you.
Hymn to Our Lady
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