Bishop Athanasius Schneider composed a prayer on behalf of the Confraternity of
Our Lady of Fatima, a community dedicated to “living out the call of Our Lady of
Fatima,” to be prayed daily for the Pope’s upcoming consecration. (March 25)
Let
us Pray,
O Immaculate Heart of Mary, you are the holy Mother of God and our
tender Mother. Look upon the distress in which the Church and the whole of
humanity are living because of the spread of materialism and the persecution of
the Church. In Fatima, you warned against these errors, as you spoke about the
errors of Russia. You are the Mediatrix of all graces. Implore your Divine Son
to grant this special grace for the Pope: that he might consecrate Russia to
your Immaculate Heart, so that Russia will be converted, a period of peace will
be granted to the whole world, and your Immaculate Heart will triumph, through
an authentic renewal of the Church in the splendor of the purity of the Catholic
faith, of the sacredness of Divine worship and of the holiness of Christian
life. O Queen of the Holy Rosary and our dear Mother, turn your merciful eyes to
us and graciously hear this our trusting prayer. Amen.
+ Athanasius Schneider,
Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Mary in Astana.
