POPE FRANCIS’ INTENTIONS FOR CURRENT NEEDS •
On Sunday 7 May, Pope Francis asked thousands of people gathered in St. Peter’s Square to pray the Rosary for peace during the month of May.
After praying the Regina Coeli for the first Sunday of May, Pope Francis said: “In this month of May we pray the Rosary particularly for peace. Please, let us pray the Rosary for peace, as asked by the Virgin of Fatima where, in a few days, I will be making a pilgrimage for the occasion of the centenary of the first apparition.”
Pope Francis visited Fatima for the first time on 12 May for the centenary of the Blessed Mother’s apparitions to the three young shepherds. On Saturday 13 May, he canonised two of them – Jacinta and Francisco Marto.
Living the Rosary
In a beautiful talk from 1949, Fr. Joseph Kentenich invited us to pray and live the Rosary in union with Mary, in Covenant with her. By crowning Mary each day with the Rosary and offering her this crown of love and life in the fountain of graces from the shrine, we are helping to renew the world.
Original: Spanish, 07.05.2017. Translation: Sarah-Leah Pimentel, Cape Town, South Africa
