This document provides an overview of the Catholic consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary as requested by reported visions of the Virgin Mary in Fatima, Portugal in 1917. It discusses the differing perspectives of the Catholic Church, Russian Orthodox Church, and Catholic organizations on the fulfillment of this consecration. It also explores various Marian icons that have been linked to the messages of Fatima, including Our Lady of Kazan, Derzhavnaya, and Perpetual Help, as attempts to find a unifying image of Mary between Orthodox and Catholic traditions.

1. In Study of Mariology, Christianity & Catholicism:
THE CONSECRATION OF RUSSIA TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY
Introduction:
The “Consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary”, by a specific act of a
“Pope” along with all the other bishops of the world, was allegedly ordered in an
apparition by “Our Lady of Fátima” (in 1917 in Portugal).
The (Catholic) Carmelite nun Sister Lúcia, one of the 3 (poor shepherd) "visionaries" of
the Marian apparitions, stated that at different times the Virgin Mary had given her
messages that emphasized praying the Holy Rosary, and that she had made a number
of prophecies and promises, one of these being that the “consecration of Russia” would
usher in a period of world peace.
However, the Blessed Virgin Mary did not specify who that “Pope” would be, to fulfill the
“Consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary”; thus, attempts were made
on who that “Holy Father” would be to fulfill the order of the Virgin Mary (Mother of God).
A. THE SECOND SECRET OF FATIMA
Lúcia lived in Spain from 1925 to 1946, during the time of the Second Spanish Republic
and the Spanish Civil War.
In 1929 Lúcia Santos was a novice at the Sisters of St. Dorothy convent in Tuy, Spain.
Her first mention of the Blessed Virgin's request for the consecration of Russia is in the
autumn of 1929.
Lúcia reported that on the night of 13 June 1929, while she was praying in chapel, that
she experienced a vision in which the Blessed Virgin said that it was God's will that the
Pope, in union with all the Bishops of the world, consecrate Russia to her Immaculate
Heart. Sister Lúcia reported this to her confessor who asked her to write it down.
In a meeting with the (Roman Catholic) Cardinal Sodano, Sister Lucia pointed out that
she had received the vision but not its interpretation. According to Sister Lúcia, the
Virgin Mary requested the consecration of Russia to her Immaculate Heart on several
occasions.
In two letters she sent in May 1930 to Fr. Gonçalves, her confessor, Lúcia linked the
consecration of Russia with the “Devotion of the Five First Saturdays”, which she had
first discussed in context of the apparitions she had purportedly experienced previously
as a postulant at Pontevedra in 1925.
However, the Roman Catholic Church (in Rome) has issued no decision regarding the
reported visions at either Pontevedra or Tuy.

2. In August 1941, Sister Lúcia wrote her third memoir in which she described the
apparition of 13 July 1917. She said that the Virgin told them:
"God wishes to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart. If what I say to
you is done, many souls will be saved and there will be peace.
The [First World] war is going to end; if people do not cease offending God, a worse one
will break out during the pontificate of Pius XI.
When you see a night illumined by an unknown light, know that this is the great sign
given you by God that He is about to punish the world for its crimes, by means of war,
famine, and persecutions of the Church and of the Holy Father.
To prevent this, I shall come to ask for the consecration of Russia to my Immaculate
Heart, and the communion of reparation on the first Saturday's. If my requests are
heeded, Russia will be converted, and there will be peace.
If not, she will spread her errors throughout the world, causing wars and persecutions of
the Church. The good will be martyred, the Holy Father will have much to suffer, various
nations will be annihilated.
In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph. The Holy Father will consecrate Russia to
me, and she will be converted, and a period of peace will be granted to the world."
B. CLAIM OF THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH
Orthodox (Catholic) Christians often see the “Fátima Consecration of Russia” in the light
of the history of Latin-Orthodox religious conflict going back a thousand years; when the
Orthodox (Catholic) Church (in Constantinople) separated from the Roman Catholic
Church (in Rome), in the 11th century.
They tend to interpret the Fátima consecration as an encroachment by Latin Christianity
on Orthodox territory while Catholics tend to see the matter as followers of Christ versus
atheistic Communism.
Orthodox (Catholic) Christians and especially members of the Russian Orthodox
Church have not given any approval to the concept of the “Consecration of Russia” for
two reasons:
1) Russia was already “Christian” at the time of the alleged Fátima apparitions and had
a long history of devotion to the “Theotokos” (or the “Mother of God”); and
2) The concept contains what appears to be an implicit proselytism of Russian Orthodox
(Catholic) Christians to the Roman Catholic Faith.

3. Orthodox apologists thus tend to understand the phrase "Russia will be converted" as
implying conversion from Orthodox (Catholic) Christianity to Roman Catholicism (of
Rome), and the acceptance of the Roman Catholic Pope’s “papal infallibility” and
universal supreme jurisdiction (or “papal supremacy”).
Roman Catholics respond that the Marian apparitions at Fátima took place after the
March 1917 revolution that deposed Tsar Nicholas and the April 16 [N.S.] return to
Russia of Lenin.
Russia was thus already in the throes of revolution and facing a renewed threat from a
Bolshevism particularly hostile to all organized religion when prayers for Russia were
first requested in May.
The final October miracle occurred just weeks before the “Communist Revolution”. They
argue that this timing suggests that the consecration refers to the threat that Russia
faced from atheistic Communism.
C. CLAIM OF THE CATHOLIC ORGANIZATIONS
The Vatican City (in Rome, Italy) claimed that the “Consecration of Russia”, of what
(Catholic) Sister Lúcia declared in her writing, was fulfilled during the 1980s when the
consecration was allegedly performed by the (Roman Catholic) Pope John Paul II in
Saint Peter's Square in the Vatican City (on March 25, 1984).
The Vatican City (in Rome, Italy) claimed that the “Consecration of Russia” had been
properly accomplished and was accepted in “Heaven” (of the Roman Church of Rome).
In addition to this Consecration, Pope Pius XII (1942), Pope John Paul II (1984), Pope
Benedict XVI (2010) and Pope Francis (2013) have consecrated the “World” to the
“Immaculate Heart”, with Pius XII also specifically consecrating "the peoples of Russia"
in 1952, sometimes worded as "acts of entrustment".
The claim of Vatican City was not accepted by the leaders at the “Fatima Centre” in
Canada (including the Roman Catholic priests Father Nicholas Gruner and Christopher
Ferrara).
The claim of Vatican City was not accepted by the “Blue Army of Our Lady of Fátima”
(also known as the “World Apostolate of Fátima” in the United States of America), with
its general purpose:
"The promotion of the authentic teaching of the Roman Catholic Church and the strict
adherence to the tenets of the Gospel; the personal sanctification of adherents through
faithful adherence to the Message of Our Lady of Fátima and the promotion of the
common good by the spreading of that Message of Fátima".
D. WHAT THE CONSECRATION OF RUSSIA COULD MEAN

4. In 1946, during a gathering of the youth at Fátima, the (Roman Catholic) Sister Lucia
was asked by a young Russian Christian girl (Natacha Derfelden) on how the
“conversion of Russia” would come about.
However, Sister Lucia stated that the “conversion of Russia” would come through the
Orthodox Church and "the Oriental rite", seemingly, meaning the conversion implied the
reconciliation and reunion between the “Russian Orthodox Church” (in Moscow,
Russia), and the “Roman Catholic Church” (in Rome, Italy).
However, the conception of “Theotokos Derzhavnaya” Orthodox icon points out that the
Virgin Mary (mother of Jesus) is considered as the actual “Tsarina” (or the female
monarch) of Russia by the religious appeal of Nicholas II (known in the Russian
Orthodox Church as “Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer” as the last “Emperor of All
Russia” who ruled from 1894-1917).
Thus, the “Consecration of Russia” may refer to a return of the “Russian monarchy”,
possibly through the following: 1) The image of Mother Mary, 2) The head of the
Russian Orthodox (Catholic) Church, and/or 3) The head of the government of Russia.
E. IN SEARCH FOR A UNIFYING IMAGE OF MARY
1. “Our Lady Derzhavnaya”
The (Russian Orthodox) “Theotokos Derzhavnaya” icon was brought to Fátima
(Portugal) in 2003 and 2014, together with another significant (Russian Orthodox)
“Theotokos of Port Arthur” icon.
The “Our Lady Derzhavnaya” ("The Sovereign", "The Reigning Icon") is an 18th century
Russian Orthodox icon considered as one of the most revered Mother Mary images in
Russia.
2. “Our Lady of Port Arthur”
The “Theotokos of Port Arthur” (“Our Lady of Port Arthur”, also known in Russian as the
“Theotokos upon Swords” and the “Far Eastern Gatekeeper”) is an Eastern Orthodox
icon, representing the Theotokos (Virgin Mary) with God the Father, with two
Archangels, and the Virgin Mary holding the “Mandylion” (or the “image of Edessa” as a
holy relic consisting of a square cloth upon which a miraculous image of the face of
Jesus had been imprinted).
3. “Our Lady of Kazan”
Another revered Russian Orthodox icon is that of “Our Lady of Kazan” that was returned
by the (Roman Catholic) Pope John Paul II, believed to be linked to the secret of “Our

5. Lady of Fatima” for the religious icon’s mystical status of securing the destiny of “Mother
Russia”.
After the papal assassination attempt in 1981, the Roman Catholic Pope John Paul II
became convinced that his life had been saved by the intervention of the Ever-Blessed
Virgin herself, and that he was saved from the “Third Secret of Fatima” (that a “Bishop
in White” will find the hidden ‘Cross made of tree bark’, then the soldiers killed him”).
So the pope tried to bring the Christian religion back to the communist countries in
Europe (as his gratitude).
In 2003, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with the (Roman Catholic) Pope John
Paul II (in Vatican City in Rome); and the Pope blessed the icon of the Ever-Blessed
Virgin Mary; then in 2004, the pope gave back the icon to the Russian Orthodox Church
(in Moscow, Russia).
After 10 years that the Theotokos religious icon was displayed in the papal apartments,
an incense-filled Liturgy of the Word celebration was done inside the Vatican; and the
(Roman Catholic) Pope John Paul II said:
“How many times have I prayed to the Mother of God of Kazan, asking her to protect
and guide the Russian people and to precipitate the moment in which all the disciples of
her Son, recognizing themselves as brothers, will know how to reconstruct in fullness
their compromised unity”.
4. “The Immaculate Heart of Mary”
The “Immaculate Heart of Mary” is a well-known (Marian) Catholic devotional name
used to refer to the interior life of the Blessed Virgin Mary (mother of Jesus), her joys
and sorrows, her virtues and hidden perfections, and, above all, her virginal love for
God the Father, her maternal love for her son Jesus, and her compassionate love for all
people.
The Eastern Catholic Churches also utilize the image, devotion, and theology
associated with the Immaculate Heart of Mary (however, the religious art resembles
more of the Eastern Orthodox tradition).
The Roman Catholic view is based on scripture, particularly the Gospel of Luke.
Traditionally, the Roman Catholic “Immaculate Heart” is depicted as a red heart with a
flame on top, pierced with seven wounds (or swords), weeping & mourning, and
sometimes holding 3 black nails in her hand; in homage to the “seven dolors of Mary”
(also known as “Our Lady of Sorrows” or the “Sorrowful Mother”).
In other images of the Roman Catholic “Immaculate Heart”, roses or another type of
flower may be wrapped around the heart.

6. 5. “The Immaculate Heart of Mary & the Sacred Heart of Jesus”
The Catholic devotion to the “Immaculate Heart of Mary & the Sacred Heart of Jesus”
(also known as the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus), focuses on the heart of Mother Mary
(as the “Mother of God”) and her Son Jesus (as the “Son of God”).
In religious art, Mother Mary (as the “Mother of God”) is depicted as a grown-up woman
with an Immaculate Heart that shines a bright light, while oftentimes, her Son Jesus (as
the “Son of God”) is depicted as a grown-up man with a Sacred heart that also shines a
bright light (however, with a distance between them).
Other religious art for the “Immaculate Heart of Mary & the Sacred Heart of Jesus”
depicts Mother Mary’s son Jesus as a young child or a baby sitting (or standing) on her
thigh, or depicted with a warm embrace between the mother and child.
The “Mother Mary & Baby Jesus” image is also believed to be the fulfillment of the
Bible’s prophecy: “And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: ‘King of
kings and Lord of lords’” in Revelation 19:16; and the “Mother gave birth to a child who
will rule all nations” in Revelation 12:1-5 (when Mother Mary became the “True Royal
Throne of the Child Jesus”, as a humble son obedient to his mother).
6. “Our Lady of Perpetual Help”
“Our Lady of Perpetual Help” (also known as “Our Lady of Perpetual Succour”, “Mother
of Perpetual Help” and “Holy Mary of Perpetual Help”) is a Roman Catholic title of the
Blessed Virgin Mary (mother of Jesus), as represented in a celebrated 15th-century
Byzantine (Orthodox Catholic) Theotokos icon, and also associated with the same
name of the Marian apparitions.
The title “Perpetual Help” is given to the Blessed Virgin Mary that emphasizes her
unfailing eagerness to pray for the welfare of all her fellow human beings, especially
those who seek her divine intercession.
The title "Our Lady of Perpetual Help" was originally derived from Virgin Mary's own
Marian apparition to a young little girl, because Mother Mary also appeared to her
Roman father, but he did not listen to her wishes; thus in the story, the Child Jesus in
the picture was better represented by the humility of a young girl, than that of a man.
The “Our Lady of Perpetual Help” icon originated from the “Keras Monastery” (an
Eastern Orthodox church dedicated to the Virgin Mary, situated in the Greek island of
Crete in Greece, in Europe).
And since 1499, the religious icon has been in Rome (in present-day Italy, in Europe),
and enshrined in the Church of Saint Alphonsus (in Esquiline Hill, in the city-state of
Rome).

7. Stories among the Roman Catholic religious say that a merchant stole the miraculous
painting of “Our Lady of Perpetual Help” from the Eastern Orthodox church, and brought
it to Rome; then the merchant was struck with a disease, but was cared by a Roman
friend whom the Virgin Mary appeared (and to his daughter), and gave orders that the
image be venerated publicly by the Christians.
7. “Our Lady of Fatima”
“Our Lady of Fatima” (formally known as “Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of Fátima”) is
a Catholic title of the “Blessed Virgin Mary” based on “Marian Apparitions” reported in
1917 by three shepherd children at the rural village of “Cova da Iria”, in the province of
Fatima, in Portugal (Europe).
The 3 children included a young girl named “Lúcia de Jesus Rosa dos Santos” (later
became “Lucia of Fatima” with religious name “Sister Maria Lúcia of Jesus and of the
Immaculate Heart” as “the little Servant of God”); and her 2 cousins: a young girl named
“Saint Jacinta de Jesus Marto”, and his brother “Saint Francisco de Jesus Marto”.
Then the published memoirs of Sister Lúcia dos Santos in the 1930s revealed two
secrets that she claimed came from the Blessed Virgin, while the Third Secret was to be
revealed by the Catholic Church in 1960.
The controversial events at Fátima gained fame partly due to the elements of the
secrets, including prophecies and eschatological revelations (relating to the judgment
and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind).
F. PRAYERS OF CONSECRATION TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY
1. PRAYER TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY:
“O Immaculate Heart of Mary, Heavenly beauty and splendor of the Father, You are the
most valued Heavenly treasure. New Eve, immaculate in soul, spirit and body, Created
of the godly seed by the Spirit of God, You are the spiritual Mother of mankind. Pure
Virgin, full of grace then and now, Your whole being was raised Heavenly in full glory,
To be elevated above all the hosts within the Kingdom of God.
O Heavenly Mother, Queen of Heaven and earth, I recognize the glory of your highest
title, The Immaculate Heart of Mary! Loving Mother, dispenser of endless blessings,
You who continuously intercedes on our behalf, Please present my need before your
loving Son Jesus.
(In your own words, make your special request here. Do not just mention a word. Speak
to the Immaculate Heart of Mary as you would speak to another person, begging your
Heavenly Mother to plea to Jesus on your behalf, that you be granted this special
request.)

8. O Immaculate Heart of Mary, I know that you are now presenting my need before
Jesus, For you have never turned away those in dire need. Mother dearest, I await your
favorable answer, submitting myself to the Divine will of the Lord, For all glories are His
forever and ever. Amen.”
2. PRAYER OF CONSECRATION TO MOTHER MARY: “Mother Mary, My Queen and
my Mother, I give myself entirely to you; and to show my devotion to you, I consecrate
to you my heart, my whole body, and my whole being. Wherefore, good Mother, as I am
your own, please keep me, please guard me, as your own child, as much as you loved
the Child Jesus in your arms. Amen.”
3. ACT OF CONSECRATION TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY:
“O most pure heart of Mary, full of goodness, show your love towards us. Let the flame
of your heart, O Mary, descend on all people. We love you immensely. Impress on our
hearts true love so that we may long for you. O Mary, gentle and humble of heart,
remember us when we sin. You know that all people sin. Grant that through your most
pure and motherly heart, we may be healed from every spiritual sickness. Grant that we
may always experience the goodness of your motherly heart, and that through the flame
of your heart we may be converted. Amen.”
(dictated by “Our Lady of Medjugorje” to the Catholic visionary Jelena Vasilj, 1983)
4. CONSECRATION TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY:
O Mother of Pieta, Immaculate Mary, Queen of heaven and earth. We consecrate
ourselves – body, mind and soul to your Immaculate Heart. We consecrate all our
prayers, works, joys and sufferings, all that we have and possess, our family and our
country. We dedicate ourselves to you in great service of love, to make use of us, for
the salvation of all humanity and the assistance of the Holy Church of which you are the
Mother. From now on we wish to do everything with your help, to speak bravely at all
times for the truths of our Faith, to live according to God’s Will, to be obedient to the
Pope and the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church, and to follow the Ten
Commandments of God. Through your Immaculate Heart, may we your loving children
live truly the Kingdom of your Son, as it is heaven, here on earth, Amen.
(prayer by Emma C. de Guzman of La Pieta Prayer Group, and the Roman Catholic
visionary for the Marian Apparitions of “Our Mother of Love, Peace & Joy”)
5. CONSECRATION TO THE IMMACULATE QUEEN OF HEAVEN AND EARTH: “O
Mother Mary, Holy Mother of God, we humbly approach your Immaculate Heart under
your title: ‘Immaculate Queen of Heaven and Earth’ to pray and intercede for the
forgiveness of all our sins. Please help us feel sorry for having offended our Lord Jesus,
and please ask pardon through the merits of the Sacred Wounds. We beg that you also
pray for our spiritual needs and material needs for family welfare.

9. O Holy Virgin Mother, the evil forces of the Prince of Darkness are all around seeking to
ruin our souls through their malice and wickedness. We entreat you, therefore, with your
spouse foster Father Saint Joseph and the Holy Family, to send all your Holy Saints and
Angels to protect us, to keep us away from all dangers and accidents, from our
enemies, visible and invisible, and from all temptations of sins. Please help us also to
become worthy to love, serve, obey and glorify the name of your Son Jesus, for the total
consecration of our lives to your Immaculate Heart now and forever and ever. Amen.”
6. CONSECRATION TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY:
“Most Holy Virgin Mary, tender Mother of all, to fulfill the desires of the Sacred Heart of
Jesus and the request of the Vicar of your Son on earth, we consecrate ourselves and
our families to your Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart.
O Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, and we recommend to you, all the people of our
country and all the world.
Please accept our consecration, dearest Mother, and use us as you wish to accomplish
your designs upon the world.
O Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, and
Queen of the World, rule over us, together with the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ, Our
‘King of kings, Lord of lords’.
Save us from the spreading flood of modern paganism; and please kindle in our hearts
and family homes the love of purity, the practice of a virtuous community life, an ardent
zeal for souls, and a desire to pray the Holy Rosary more faithfully.
We come with confidence to you, O Throne of Grace and Mother of Fair Love. Please
inflame us with the same Divine Fire which has inflamed your own Sorrowful and
Immaculate Heart.
Make our hearts and family homes your Marian shrine, and through us, make the Heart
of Jesus, together with your rule, triumphant in every heart and home. Amen.”
(prayer written by Roman Catholic Pope Pius XII, also called the “Marian Pope”)
7. PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF LOURDES:
"O Ever Immaculate Virgin Mary, The Immaculate Conception, The Immaculate Heart,
Our Mother of Mercy, The Health of the Sick, The Refuge of Sinners, The Comfortress
of the Afflicted, you know our wants, our troubles, our sufferings. Look upon us with
mercy. When you appeared in the grotto of Lourdes, you made it a privileged sanctuary
where you dispense your favors, and where many sufferers have obtained the cure of
their infirmities, both spiritual and corporal. We come, therefore, with unbounded

10. confidence to implore your maternal intercession. Our loving Mother Mary, please
obtain our request. We will try to imitate your virtues of love, so that we may one day
share your company in heaven, and bless you in eternity. Amen."
8. PRAYER TO OUR MOTHER OF THE EUCHARIST:
“O Sacrament Most Holy, O Sacrament Divine, all praise and all thanksgiving be every
moment Yours. O Virgin Mary, Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament, the glory of
Christians, the joy of the Universal Church, and the hope of the world, pray for us.
Please kindle in all the faithful a lively devotion to the Most Holy Eucharist, so that we
may all be worthy to receive Holy Communion every day. Our Lady of the Most Blessed
Sacrament, pray for us. Let us with Mary Immaculate adore, thank, supplicate, and
console the most and beloved Sacred Heart of Jesus. Blessed be the holy and
Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God! Amen.”
9. PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL (“Our Lady of the Brown Scapular”):
"O most blessed and Immaculate Virgin Mary, ornament and beauty of Mount Carmel,
thou who beholdest with thy special kindness those who wear thy blessed Brown
Scapular, please look lovingly upon me, and cover me with the mantle of thy motherly
protection. Please fortify my weakness with thy divine power, enlighten the darkness of
my understanding with thy enlightened wisdom; and increase the holy virtues of Faith,
Hope and Charity in me, and please adorn my soul with the divine graces and holy
virtues that will make me pleasing to thee and thy Divine Son Jesus Christ. Please
assist me during my life, and please console me at the hour of my death and present
me to the most blessed Holy Trinity as thy devoted Christian servant, to praise and
bless thee in Heaven forever. Amen."
10. PRAYER FOR PROTECTION FROM MOTHER MARY (THE MOTHER OF GOD):
“O Mother Mary, Holy Mother of God, please be our protector and defender against all
that is harmful or evil. Please bring our needs before Almighty God, that we may be
surrounded by God’s Holy Angels, and give us the grace to conquer every danger and
overcome all that would threaten our health and well-being. Please be for us the divine
light in times of darkness, spiritual strength when we are weak, wisdom in our
confusion, healing in times of illness, and courage to work through life’s problems and
difficulties. Please give us joy when we are sad, bread to feed our hunger, and eternal
life to defeat the power of death. O Virgin Mary, please guide our life-journey, so that we
may always walk safely together with you and your Divine Son, Jesus Christ in God’s
loving friendship. Amen.”
11. PRAYER TO MARY, MEDIATRIX OF ALL GRACE:
“O Mary, Most Holy and Immaculate Mother of God, of Jesus, our Victim-High Priest,
True Prophet, and Sovereign King, I come to you as the Mediatrix of All Grace, for that
is truly what you are. O Fountain of all Grace! O Fairest of Roses! Most Pure Spring!

11. Unsullied Channel of all of God’s Grace! Receive me, Most Holy Mother! Present me
and my every need to the Most Holy Trinity! That having been made pure and holy in
His Sight through your hands, they may return to me, through you, as graces and
blessing. I give and consecrate myself to you, Mary, Mediatrix of All Grace, that Jesus,
Our One True Mediator, Who is the King of All Nations, may Reign in every heart.
Amen.”
12. NOVENA PRAYER TO MOTHER MARY:
“O Mother Mary, Queen of the Holy Rosary, we thank you for your maternal protection,
and the many blessings we have received through your powerful intercession to God.
Blessed Mother, you asked at Fatima for the daily recitation of the Holy Rosary, for
peace in the world, and among the souls throughout Humanity. We offer our rosary as a
spiritual ‘Bouquet of Roses’ for the intention of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, your holy
son, in atonement for the offenses committed against your Immaculate Heart, and in
petition we ask in this Novena. With confidence we ask for your powerful intercession.
We place these intentions in your hands, beseech you to please present them to your
son Jesus Christ, Son of God; because your son will never refuse what you ask of Him.
(please mention your petitions) …And so we ask for the power of the Holy Spirit of
Family Love, to purify our hearts for peace throughout Humanity, so as to become your
holy children, as the worthy Children of God. Amen.”
13. MIRACULOUS MEDAL PRAYERS:
“O Virgin Mary, the Immaculate Conception, conceived without sin, please pray for us
who have recourse to you, and for all who do not have recourse to you, especially the
enemies of the Mother Church and those recommended to you. Amen.”
(prayer taught by the Virgin Mary during the Marian apparition to the Roman Catholic
nun Saint Catherine Laboure, in Paris, France)
14. PRAYER FOR THE ARMY OF THE IMMACULATE ONE:
“O Holy Virgin Mother of God, Mary Immaculate, We dedicate and consecrate ourselves
to you under the title of ‘Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal’. May this Medal of Honor be
for each one of us a sure sign of your affection for us and a constant reminder of our
heavenly duties toward you. Ever while wearing it, may we be blessed by your loving
protection and preserved in the divine grace of your Son Jesus Christ. O Most Powerful
Virgin Mary, Mother of Our Savior Jesus Christ, please keep us close to you every
moment of our lives. Please obtain for us, your children, the divine grace of a happy
death; so that in union with you with the Holy Trinity and the Holy Family, that we may
enjoy the bliss of Heaven forever. Amen.”

12. (prayer taught by the Roman Catholic Saint Maximilian Kolbe of the “Militia
Immaculatae”, meaning the "Army of the Immaculate One")
15. PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE FROM EVIL:
“O Virgin Mary, Immaculate Heart! Please help us to conquer the menace of evil, which
so easily takes root in the hearts of the people of today, and whose immeasurable
effects already weigh down upon our modern world and seem to block the paths
towards the future!
From famine and war, deliver us. From nuclear war, from incalculable self-destruction,
from every kind of war, deliver us. From sins against the life of man from its very
beginning, deliver us. From hatred and from the demeaning of the dignity of the children
of God, deliver us. From every kind of injustice in the life of society, both national and
international, deliver us. From readiness to trample on the commandments of God,
deliver us. From attempts to stifle in human hearts the very truth of God, deliver us.
From the loss of awareness of good and evil, deliver us. From sins against the Holy
Spirit, deliver us, deliver us.
Accept, O Mother of Christ, this cry laden with the sufferings of all individual human
beings, laden with the sufferings of whole societies. Please help us with the power of
the Holy Spirit to conquer all sin: individual sin and the “sin of the world”, sin in all its
manifestations.
Let there be revealed, once more, in the history of the world the infinite saving power of
the Redemption: the power of merciful Love! May it put a stop to evil! May it transform
consciences! May your Immaculate Heart reveal for all the light of Hope! In the Name of
Jesus, Son of God. Amen.”
(written by the Roman Catholic Saint Pope John Paul II)
16. PRAYER TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS AND THE IMMACULATE HEART
OF MARY:
“O Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, we consecrate ourselves
to the Most Holy Love of Your Two Hearts. We wish to make reparation for all the sins
of the world, including our own. We offer these things for the love of the Hearts of Son
Jesus & Mother Mary. We will keep our mind on the beauty of family love, and turn our
thoughts away from evil things. We will not show off but remain humble. We will offer up
all our sufferings, sickness and hurts. We will seek God’s Will, not our own. We will
show appreciation for the kindness, the blessings that we receive, and God for all
blessings. We will do everything in our life for the love of God. And we will love others,
as God has loved us. O Sacred Heart of Jesus, through the Intercession of the
Immaculate Heart of Mary, receive the offering and consecration we now make
ourselves to You. Please keep us faithful until death. Please bring us one day to the
Happy Home in Heaven. We desire to live forever with God the Father and the Most

13. Holy Spirit, and with You My Jesus, together with Your Most Immaculate Mother.
Amen.”
17. THE LEONINE PRAYERS (OF POPE LEO XIII):
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou amongst women, and
blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death. Amen. (Said 3 times)
Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness, and our hope. To thee to we
cry, poor banished children of Eve. To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and
weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy
toward us, and after this exile, show unto us the blessed Fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O
clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. That we may be made worthy of the promises of
Christ. Let us pray:
O God, our refuge and our strength, look down with mercy upon the people who cry to
Thee; and by the intercession of the glorious and immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of
God, of Saint Joseph her spouse, of the blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and of all the
saints, in Thy mercy and goodness hear our prayers for the conversion of sinners, and
for the liberty and exaltation of the Holy Mother the Church. Through the same Christ
Our Lord. Amen.
Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle; be our protection against the
wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray: and do
thou, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God, thrust into hell satan and all
the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Have mercy on us.
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Have mercy on us.
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Have mercy on us. Amen.
G. ABOUT POPE LEO’S PRAYERS:
The “Leonine Prayers” (or “Prayers after Mass”) are a set of prayers that from 1884 to
early 1965 were prescribed for recitation by the priest and the people after Mass (that
includes the “Hail Mary” prayer, “Hail Holy Queen” prayer, “O God, Our Refuge &
Strength” prayer, “Prayer to the Archangel Michael”, & invocation to the “Sacred Heart
of Jesus”, etc.).
The “Prayers after Mass” were prescribed by the (Roman Catholic) Pope Leo XIII; and
the prayers were reinforced by the (Roman Catholic) Pope Pius XI and the (Roman
Catholic) Pope Pius XII to pray for the “conversion of Russia”, as part of the “Three
Secrets of Our Lady of Fatima”.

14. However, the “Prayers after Mass” were in effect only until after Vatican II in 1965 (that
possibly removed the obligation).
The “Prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel” was composed by the (Roman Catholic)
Pope Leo XIII to defend against “The Great Apostasy”…
When the apostolic (Roman) Church (of Rome) has fallen away from the original faith
founded by Jesus (and promulgated through his twelve Apostles); as predicted by many
Catholic saints and the messages of visionaries among Marian Apparitions.
(researched)