"Multiply the cenacles of prayer."(375g)
We pray in preparation for the Second Pentecost through the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart, for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ and for the conversion of all priests and all mankind.
1. SIGN OF THE CROSS
2. PRIVATE ACT OF CONTRITION
3. HYMN:
O Sacrament Most Holy - O Sacrament Divine All praise and all thanksgiving be every moment Thine.
OR
Veni Creator, Veni Creator, Veni Creator Spiritus
OR
"Come, Holy Ghost"
4.INVOCATION: "Come Holy Spirit, come by means of the powerful intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Your well-beloved Spouse." (THREE TIMES)
5. PRAYER: O Mary, our Heavenly Mother, we gather here in obedience to Your request to form cenacles of prayer of the Marian Movement of Priests. We pray especially for all priests, that they may be drawn to and consecated to Your Immaculate Heart, to be united with Your Son, Jesus, His Church under the Pope, and all the Truths contained in the Gospel. O Mary, we ask Your blessing on this cenacle, for its success in Your cause. Guide new members to this holy work and shower each one with Your special graces to persevere in prayer for Your priest-sons. Remember, O Mother Mary, our intentions and those who are absent.
6. THE HOLY ROSARY - after EACH DECADE - 1. Hymn as above. 2. Prayer to Holy Spirit as above.
Conclude Rosary with Hail Holy Queen and Let us Pray: O God, Whose only begotten Son.....Prayer to St. Michael.
7. PRAYERS FOR OUR HOLY FATHER, THE POPE (Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be)
8. READINGS FROM OUR LADY'S BOOK (To the Priests, Our Lady's Beloved Sons.")
9. ACT OF CONSECRATION TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY:
Virgin of Fatima, Mother of Mercy, Queen of Heaven and Earth, Refuge of Sinners, we who belong to the Marian Movement consecrate ourselves in a very special way to Your Immaculate Heart.
By this act of consecration we intend to live, with you and through you, all the obligations assumed by our baptismal consecration. We further pledge to bring about in ourselves that interior conversion so urgently demanded by the Gospel, a conversion that will free us of every attachment to ourselves and to easy compromises with the world so that, like You, we may be available only to do always the will of the Father.
And as we resolve to entrust to You, O Mother most sweet and merciful, our life and vocation as Christians, that You may dispose of it according to Your designs of salvation in this hour of decision that weighs upon the world, we pledge to live it according to Your desires, especially as it pertains to a renewed spirit of prayer and penance, the fervent participation in the celebration of the Eucharist and in the works of the apostolate, the daily recitation of the Holy Rosary, and an austere manner of life in keeping with the 'gospel, that shall be to all a good example of the observance of the law of God and the practice of the Christian virtues, especially that of purity.
We further promise You to be united with the Holy Father, with the hierarchy and with our priests, in order thus to set up a barrier to the growing confrontation directed against the Magisterium, that threatens the very foundation of the Church.
Under Your protection, we want moreover to be apostles of this sorely needed unity of prayer and love for the Pope, on whom we invoke Your special protection.
And lastly, insofar as is possible, we promise to lead those souls with whom we come in contact to a renewed devotion to You.
Mindful that atheism has caused shipwreck in the faith to a great number of the faithful, that desecration has entered into the holy temple of God, and that evil and sin are spreading more and more throughout the world, we make so bold as to lift our eyes trustingly to You, O Mother of Jesus and our merciful and powerful Mother, and we invoke again today and await from You the salvation of all Your children, O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary. (with ecclesiastical approval)
10. ACT OF CONSECRATION TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS - O Sacred Heart of Jesus, Filled with infinite love, broken by my ingratitude, pierced by my sins, yet loving me still ~accept the consecration that I make to You of all that I am and all that I have. Take every faculty of my soul and body and draw me, day by day, nearer and nearer to Your Sacred Heart, and there as I can bear the lesson, teach me Your blessed ways.
11. SIGN OF THE CROSS -
If circumstances permit, the cenacle may also include any of the following:
+Holy Mass
+Liturgy of the Hours
+Holy Hour
+Scripture Reading
+Benediction
+Silent Prayer
+Hymns
+Chaplet of Divine Mercy
Fraternity (fellowship) is encouraged after the cenacle of prayer is completed. Rosary meditations may be read aloud. The reading from "To the Priests, Our Lady's Beloved Sons" is important. By entering into the messages, we accustom ourselves to Our Lady's way of seeing, feeling, loving, praying and working. If all 15 decades of the Rosary are recited, the message may be read and meditated upon between the Joyful, Sorrowful, and the Glorious Mysteries. Meditation on the messages is necessary for they trace out a simple and luminous way which we are to travel in order to grow in Her love and in life with Her through consecration to Her Immaculate Heart. Meditation consists of silent reflection on Our Lady's words, or if a priest is present, he may provide the cenacle members with a brief commentary on the message. Discourses, other messages and digressions should not be introduced. Our Lady says: "...complicated discourses...serve only to dry up the heart, to weary the mind and to take away from the soul every impulse of filial affection for me." (16b) Family Cenacles and Children's/Youth Cenacles are desired by Our Lady. For more information or to register your cenacle contact: The Marian Movement of Priests, 944 Sabattus Street, Lewiston, ME 04240-3712. If a priest is available to serve as moderator, he must be an enrolled member of the MMP. The contact person must also be an enrolled member of the MMP. Enrollment is done on an individual basis by those who make the Act of Consecration to Mary's Immaculate Heart and wish to be on the MMP mailing list. All cenacle members are encouraged to enroll with the MMP Headquarters: The Marian Movement of Priests, National Headquarters, P.O. Box 8, St. Francis, ME 04774-0008. Or interested cenacles can sign up at The Marian Center, 165 Sears Avenue, Louisville, KY 40207-5051. and we will forward to the above addresses. Books are available, inquire at The Marian Center or the above addresses.
"Pray always; pray more; pray with the Holy Rosary. Multiply cenacles of prayer...With your prayer you can obtain everything from the Lord. With your prayer made together with Me, Your heavenly Mother, you can obtain the great gift of bringing about a change of hearts and conversion. Each day, through prayer you can drive away from yourselves and from your homeland many dangers and many evils." (392fg)
"Above all, spread all about you family cenacles, which are desired by Me as a remedy for the great evils which are today threatening the life of Christian families." (392f) "..Only in the cenacle of My Immaculate Heart, when the whole Church will have entered in, will the great prodigy of the Second Pentecost take place." (355b)
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Saturday, November 03, 2001