The Fatima Ave

1. In Fatima’s Cove on the thirteenth of May, the Virgin Maria appeared at midday. REFRAIN: Ave, Ave, Ave Maria! Ave, Ave, Ave Maria!



2. The world was then suffering from war, plague, and strife, and Portugal mourned for her great loss of life. AVE...



3. The Virgin Maria surrounded by light, God’s Mother is ours, and She gives us this sight. AVE...



4. To three shepherd children the Virgin then spoke, a message so hopeful, with peace for all folk. AVE...



5. With sweet Mother’s pleading, She asked us to pray, do penance, be modest, the Rosary each day. AVE...



6. All Portugal heard what God’s Mother did say, converted she sings of her Queen to this day. AVE...



7. We all must remember Our Lady’s bequests, do all that She asks for, obey Her requests. AVE...



8. She warned of behavior from which we must turn, of thoughts, words, and actions which Christians must spurn. AVE...



9. She told us that Jesus is so much offended, and asked that our living be firmly amended. AVE...



10. To Her sad, sweet pleading our promise is made, that God’s Law in all things be strongly obeyed. AVE...



11. From nation to nation Her fair name is praised, as souls from sin’s bondage are contritely raised. AVE...



12. Our thanks to the Godhead, Whose ways are so sure, for giving us Mary, our Mother Most Pure. AVE...



13. Our hearts, overflowing with kindness and love, thank Her for God’s graces bestowed from above. AVE...



14. Hail, Refuge of sinners! Hail, Star of the Sea! Hail, Queen of Creation! Our hope is in Thee! AVE...



15. All hail Virgin Mary! This Star guides our way, our Country’s Protectress, America’s Way! AVE...

Sister Lucy of Fatima Speaks on the Rosary

“The Most Holy Virgin in these last times in which we live has given a new efficacy to the recitation of the Rosary to such an extent that there is no problem, no matter how difficult it is, whether temporal or above all, spiritual, in the personal life of each one of us, of our families, of the families of the world, or of the religious communities, or even of the life of peoples and nations, that cannot be solved by the Rosary. There is no problem I tell you, no matter how difficult it is, that we cannot resolve by the prayer of the Holy Rosary.

“With the Holy Rosary, we will save ourselves, we will sanctify ourselves, we will console Our Lord and obtain the salvation of many souls.”

The Miraculous 54-Day Rosary Novena

On March 3, 1884, Our Lady of Pompeii appeared before the gravely ill daughter of an Italian military officer and, through her, gave the world a new devotion of tremendous power.

For over a year, Fortuna Agrelli had been in great distress and even near-death. Indeed, her case had been given up as hopeless by the most celebrated physicians. In desperation, on February 16, the afflicted girl and her family began a novena of Rosaries.

Two weeks later, the Queen of the Holy Rosary appeared before Fortuna one evening. Sitting upon a high throne, surrounded by luminous figures, Our Lady was holding the Divine Child on Her lap and a Rosary in Her hand. Both were arrayed in golden garments and were accompanied by Sts. Dominic and Catherine of Siena.

“Child, your faith has pleased Me.” Our Lady said to Fortuna, “Whoever desires to obtain favors from Me should make three novenas in petition of the prayers of the Rosary, and three novenas in thanksgiving.”

Obedient to Our Lady’s command, Fortuna and her family completed the six novenas whereupon the young girl was restored to perfect health and her family showered with many blessings

How to Say the Miraculous 54-Day Rosary Novena

The Novena consists of five decades of the Rosary each day for twenty-seven days in petition; then immediately five decades each day for an additional twenty-seven days in thanksgiving, whether or not the request has been granted.

The meditations vary from day to day. On the first day meditate on the Joyful Mysteries; on the second day the Sorrowful Mysteries; on the third day the Glorious Mysteries; on the fourth day meditate again on the Joyful Mysteries; and so on throughout the fifty-four days.