DAY 50 – OUR LADY OF AMERICA, PRAY FOR US
GO WEAPONS HOT
“Go Weapons Hot” is a military command that means to make whatever preparations are necessary so that when you pull the trigger, something happens. In spiritual terms, are we using live ammunition or are we firing blanks? In other words, are we making the preparations necessary to ensure that our efforts to combat evil and rescue souls are ignited by the fire of the Holy Spirit?
What are the preparations necessary so that “something (effective) happens” as we exercise the three offices of Christ in the war “against the principalities and powers, the rulers of this world of darkness, the evil spirits in regions above” (Eph 6:10-12)? The word “hot” (“Go Weapons Hot”) gives us an excellent acronym for understanding how we are best positioned to receive the free offer of God’s supernatural grace: H.O.T. = Humility, Obedience, Trust.
Humility: St. Ignatius of Loyola said, “There is no doubt that God will never be wanting to us, provided that he finds in us that humility which makes us worthy of his gifts, the desire of possessing them, and the promptitude to co-operate industriously with the graces he gives us.”
Obedience: St. Josemaria Escriva wrote, “The power of obedience! The lake of Gennesareth had denied its fishes to Peter’s nets. A whole night in vain. Then, obedient, he lowered his net again to the water and they caught ‘a huge number of fish.’ Believe me: the miracle is repeated each day.”
Trust: St. Alphonsus Liguori taught: “He who trusts himself is lost. He who trusts in God can do all things.” The most important aspect of the Devotion of Divine Mercy is the need to trust in God’s goodness. Jesus revealed to St. Faustina that “the vessel with which souls receive abundant graces, and special favors, is confidence!” The confident, trusting soul is like a lightning rod for God’s mercy and grace. (Excerpt from Church Militant Field Manual).
PRAY A ROSARY
Choose either:
Rosary of the Day: Joyful Mysteries
Traditional 54 Day Rotation: Sorrowful Mysteries
PETITIONS
US Grace Force Main Intentions
- For the protection and provision for the USA and the world. Mary, Queen of Peace, pray for us!
Queen of Peace Media Main Intentions
- For the intention of peace and blessings around the November election
Additional Note: Fathers James Blount, SOLT who has an international healing and exorcism ministry and Fr. Tony Blount, SOLT, Vicar General of the Society of Our Lady, both brothers in the priesthood and blood brothers are also doing a 54 Day Rosary Novena. I decided at the last moment to add their intentions to the US Grace Force 54 Day Novena as well for some added spiritual ammo. Click the image below for more information.
Church Militant Main Intentions
- For the good of the Church and the nation – especially in this election, that the Woman of Genesis crushes the head of the serpent and drives out all evil from our nation and the Church; for the restoration of truth, virtue, and order to our country; for the president, that God protect and strengthen him and that He do God’s will faithfully
Relevant Radio Main Intentions
- For the needs, peace and unity of the Church and nation
Life Site News Main Intentions
- For the President’s victory, that the Lord God of Hosts will grant that he may know how to place himself under God’s protection and may desire to make himself the knight who fights for the just and the defender of the oppressed
- That the snares that the invisible Enemy plots in the shadows may come into the light, and that those who want to promote vice and sin, and rebellion against the Commandments of God and the very laws of nature, may be defeated
- That the faith of children who run mourning and weeping to their Queen, may intercede for us with her Divine Son and obtain for us the grace to see our beloved American nation protected as well as the whole world, our families defended, and our adversaries defeated
General Intentions
- In reparation for our sins and the sins of the whole world
- For our own sanctification
- For the protection of life from natural conception to natural death, for an end to all abortions, contraception, and assisted suicide, for conversion and repentance of all abortionists and pro-choicers
- For the preservation and protection of the family and traditional marriage, for an end to same-sex marriage, the LGBTQ agenda, to cohabitation, for conversion and repentance of all those living in sin
- For the conversion of sinners, heretics, schismatics, idolaters, and lukewarm souls
- For an end to the violence, the riots, the looting, and the attacks and desecrations on our Churches
- For the conversion and repentance of all Marxists, communists, and socialists
- For the rooting out and deliverance of the deep state and deep Church
- For the truth to come out in regards to the COVID19, and the BLM movement
- For our Holy Father, Pope Francis, for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, for all Cardinals, Bishops, Abbots, Priests, Deacons, consecrated religious, lay ministers, and all the faithful, for their faithfulness, courage, and obedience to Jesus Christ and the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, for their sanctification, for their growth in holiness, and that they lead all those in their charge in holiness through words and actions
- For our President Donald Trump, for all Governors, all Mayors, Senators, Representatives, and all government civil and elected officials and servants, for their conversion and repentance, that the Holy Spirit guide and protect them and that they lead the people of the United States and their respective state and local governments with charity and justice
- For all those who are ill and afflicted, especially with the coronavirus, that they are healed of their illnesses and afflictions, for their consolation and comfort and their perseverance
- For the salvation of those who are dying
Personal Intentions
- Your own personal intentions
PRAYERS AFTER THE HOLY ROSARY
Novena in Honor of the Immaculate Conception with St. Maximilian Kolbe
Day Five: Among Her Children
Daily Opening Prayer
You are all beautiful, Mary,
and the original stain is not in you.
You are the glory of Jerusalem,
you are the joy of Israel,
you give honor to our people.
You are the advocate of sinners.
O Mary,
Virgin most prudent,
Mother most merciful,
pray for us, intercede for us,
with the Lord Jesus Christ.
O God, who by the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin prepared a worthy dwelling for your Son, grant, we pray, that, as you preserved her from every stain by virtue of the death of your Son, which you foresaw, so, through her intercession, we, too, may be cleansed and admitted to your presence. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.
A Reading from the Writings of St. Maximilian Kolbe
The Immaculata descends on earth as a good Mother among her children, to help them save their souls. Thus, she desires the conversion and sanctification of all souls, without exception. In order to carry out that work, though, she uses the tools taken from among men, as we see in the apparitions [to Bernadette]. At any rate, those are extraordinary events.
Most often, she urges the children who love her to cooperate with her in situations of normal everyday life. These same souls consecrated to her, live by her, often think of her, love her wholeheartedly, and endeavor to discern her desires—either voiced from her own lips, or offered to them in silent inner inspirations. They propagate thus her will, attracting an ever larger number of souls to ever more perfect knowledge and ever more ardent love toward her, and in her and through her, to ever deeper love toward the Divine Heart of Jesus.
At all times, the Immaculata inspires thousands of such souls devoted to herself. Many of them also come together more or less closely with one another to serve their Lady even better, in concerted effort. For this reason, the associations that work exclusively for her are many and varied. One of the youngest groups that aim to win souls over to the Immaculata and, through her, to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, is the Militia of the Immaculata. (KW 1323)
Prayer Intention
For all unborn (preborn) children and their parents; for the protection of the sacredness of human life from conception to natural death.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be
O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to you, and for all those who do not have recourse to you, especially the enemies of Holy Church and all those recommended to you.
Grace for Today
Eagerness to be attentive to inner inspirations and to work with others so as to radiate Our Lady’s presence in the world.
Daily Closing Prayer
Immaculate Virgin!
Your spotless spiritual beauty
is for us a living source of
confidence and hope.
To have you as Mother, Holy Virgin,
reassures us on the path of life
as a pledge of eternal salvation.
Because of this, O Mary,
we have recourse to you
with confidence.
Help us to build a world
where human life is always
cherished and defended,
every form of violence banished,
the peace of all tenaciously sought.
Immaculate Virgin!
grant that we may celebrate and adore
with renewed faith and ardent love
the holy mystery of the
Body and Blood of Christ.
At your school,
O Woman of the Eucharist,
teach us to remember the marvels
that God never ceases to work in
human hearts.
With motherly tenderness, Virgin Mary,
guide our steps always on the
path of good. Amen!
–Pope St. John Paul II
Dare to Live in Him 