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Letter #53, 2022, Tuesday, March 22: Russia[2022-03-22][Engleză]This letter will contain a document, a piece of news and two essays related to the tragic situation of conflict in Eastern Europe.A note: In the message connected with Fatima, there is a central place given a request to individual and collective repentance for sins and acts of reparation for the harm caused by those actions and omissions. “Repentance is the key to Fatima,” Fr. Anthony Gramlich, MIC, Rector of the National Shrine of Divine Mercy, has said (link). “The Blessed Mother asks us to make reparation through sacrifice for sinners.” In this context, the consecration this coming Friday, March 25, of Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary is more than an act of religious piety; it is rather a commitment, by all, to repent of sin and to make reparation for the harm caused by sin, in order to bring about that peace willed by God for the world. —RM Four documents (1) The consecration text The text of the prayer Pope Francis and Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI will use on Friday, March 25, Feast of the Annunciation, to consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of the Virgin Mary, Mother of God. Including, a link to a list of US dioceses that have made plans to join in the March 25 consecration (link) (2) Mediation of the Holy See News that President Vladimir Zelinsky of Ukraine has spoken with Pope Francis and said he would appreciate the mediation of the Pope to negotiate an end to the present conflict, and to enable humanitarian help to reach the people of Ukraine (3) Article from the Wall Street Journal A new article from the Wall Street Journal by colleague Francis X. Rocca attempts to set the present conflict in its religious context (4) Article from the Roman Jesuit journal Civiltŕ Cattolica An article by Fr. Vladimir Pachkov, SJ, a Catholic priest who teaches in Moscow, attempts to set the conflict within an even longer and more complicated context. (1) The Consecration: Official Text First, the Vatican has released the text of the prayer with which Pope Francis and Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI will consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart on the Virgin Mary on Friday, March 25, Feast of the Annunciation, 5 p.m. Rome time. The Pope has asked all the Catholic bishops in the world to join him in this consecration. The mention of Russia, and of Ukraine, is in the 11th line up from the bottom: March 25 Marian Consecration Prayer for Ukraine, Russia Released by Vatican Queen of Heaven, restore God’s peace to the world. March 22, 2022 The Vatican has sent bishops around the world the text of the prayer that Pope Francis will lead on March 25 for the consecration of Ukraine and Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary: O Mary, Mother of God and our Mother, in this time of trial we turn to you. As our Mother, you love us and know us: no concern of our hearts is hidden from you. Mother of mercy, how often we have experienced your watchful care and your peaceful presence! You never cease to guide us to Jesus, the Prince of Peace. Yet we have strayed from that path of peace. We have forgotten the lesson learned from the tragedies of the last century, the sacrifice of the millions who fell in two world wars. We have disregarded the commitments we made as a community of nations. We have betrayed peoples’ dreams of peace and the hopes of the young. We grew sick with greed, we thought only of our own nations and their interests, we grew indifferent and caught up in our selfish needs and concerns. We chose to ignore God, to be satisfied with our illusions, to grow arrogant and aggressive, to suppress innocent lives and to stockpile weapons. We stopped being our neighbour’s keepers and stewards of our common home. We have ravaged the garden of the earth with war and by our sins we have broken the heart of our heavenly Father, who desires us to be brothers and sisters. We grew indifferent to everyone and everything except ourselves. Now with shame we cry out: Forgive us, Lord! Holy Mother, amid the misery of our sinfulness, amid our struggles and weaknesses, amid the mystery of iniquity that is evil and war, you remind us that God never abandons us, but continues to look upon us with love, ever ready to forgive us and raise us up to new life. He has given you to us and made your Immaculate Heart a refuge for the Church and for all humanity. By God’s gracious will, you are ever with us; even in the most troubled moments of our history, you are there to guide us with tender love. We now turn to you and knock at the door of your heart. We are your beloved children. In every age you make yourself known to us, calling us to conversion. At this dark hour, help us and grant us your comfort. Say to us once more: “Am I not here, I who am your Mother?” You are able to untie the knots of our hearts and of our times. In you we place our trust. We are confident that, especially in moments of trial, you will not be deaf to our supplication and will come to our aid. That is what you did at Cana in Galilee, when you interceded with Jesus and he worked the first of his signs. To preserve the joy of the wedding feast, you said to him: “They have no wine” (Jn 2:3). Now, O Mother, repeat those words and that prayer, for in our own day we have run out of the wine of hope, joy has fled, fraternity has faded. We have forgotten our humanity and squandered the gift of peace. We opened our hearts to violence and destructiveness. How greatly we need your maternal help! Therefore, O Mother, hear our prayer. Star of the Sea, do not let us be shipwrecked in the tempest of war. Ark of the New Covenant, inspire projects and paths of reconciliation. Queen of Heaven, restore God’s peace to the world. Eliminate hatred and the thirst for revenge, and teach us forgiveness. Free us from war, protect our world from the menace of nuclear weapons. Queen of the Rosary, make us realize our need to pray and to love. Queen of the Human Family, show people the path of fraternity. Queen of Peace, obtain peace for our world. O Mother, may your sorrowful plea stir our hardened hearts. May the tears you shed for us make this valley parched by our hatred blossom anew. Amid the thunder of weapons, may your prayer turn our thoughts to peace. May your maternal touch soothe those who suffer and flee from the rain of bombs. May your motherly embrace comfort those forced to leave their homes and their native land. May your Sorrowful Heart move us to compassion and inspire us to open our doors and to care for our brothers and sisters who are injured and cast aside. Holy Mother of God, as you stood beneath the cross, Jesus, seeing the disciple at your side, said: “Behold your son” (Jn 19:26.) In this way he entrusted each of us to you. To the disciple, and to each of us, he said: “Behold, your Mother” (v. 27). Mother Mary, we now desire to welcome you into our lives and our history. At this hour, a weary and distraught humanity stands with you beneath the cross, needing to entrust itself to you and, through you, to consecrate itself to Christ. The people of Ukraine and Russia, who venerate you with great love, now turn to you, even as your heart beats with compassion for them and for all those peoples decimated by war, hunger, injustice and poverty. Therefore, Mother of God and our Mother, to your Immaculate Heart we solemnly entrust and consecrate ourselves, the Church and all humanity, especially Russia and Ukraine. Accept this act that we carry out with confidence and love. Grant that war may end and peace spread throughout the world. The “Fiat” that arose from your heart opened the doors of history to the Prince of Peace. We trust that, through your heart, peace will dawn once more. To you we consecrate the future of the whole human family, the needs and expectations of every people, the anxieties and hopes of the world. Through your intercession, may God’s mercy be poured out on the earth and the gentle rhythm of peace return to mark our days. Our Lady of the “Fiat,” on whom the Holy Spirit descended, restore among us the harmony that comes from God. May you, our “living fountain of hope,” water the dryness of our hearts. In your womb Jesus took flesh; help us to foster the growth of communion. You once trod the streets of our world; lead us now on the paths of peace. Amen. *** P.S. If anyone has the means and inclination, this letter would be greatly helped by your support. To send a small donation click here or on the red button below. Support the Moynihan Letters (2) Mediation of the Holy See? President Vladimir Zelinsky wrote on Twitter on March 22 (today) that he had just spoken with Pope Francis. (Ukraine’s ambassador to the Holy See confirmed that the call took place early this morning, March 22.) Here is a Catholic News Agency report on the matter (link) by Hannah Brockhaus: In New Phone Call, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy Tells Pope Francis He Would Welcome Vatican Mediation Zelenskyy said he told the Pope ‘about the difficult humanitarian situation and the blocking of rescue corridors by Russian troops.’ By Hannah Brockhaus/CNA Vatican March 22, 2022 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy [Note: There are several different English spellings of the president’s name] said on Tuesday that he had spoken to Pope Francis on the phone, telling the Pope that he would welcome Vatican mediation to end the suffering in his country. Writing on Twitter on March 22, Zelenskyy said he told the Pope “about the difficult humanitarian situation and the blocking of rescue corridors by Russian troops.” The Ukrainian president also said that “the mediating role of the Holy See in ending human suffering would be appreciated” and thanked the Pope “for the prayers for Ukraine and peace.” Zelenskyy also referenced his call with Pope Francis during a speech to the Italian Parliament on March 22. Speaking via video link, the Ukrainian president said he had spoken to the Pope, who had said “very important words.” The president said that Pope Francis told him: “I understand that you desire peace. I understand that you must defend yourselves; soldiers and civilians defend their country; each one defends.” “And I responded,” Zelenskyy recalled, that “our people have become the army; [they became] the army when they saw the evil their enemy does, what devastation it has left.” Zelenskyy said that at least 117 children have been killed, thousands wounded, tens of thousands of families destroyed, and millions of homes abandoned. “And all of this started from one person,” he said. Sursa: www.InsideTheVatican.com Contor Accesări: 678, Ultimul acces: 2026-09-23 04:21:34
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