On this feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (according to the Missal of 1962), we all bow before Her.
We give Her hyperdulia - super praise - a unique praise that only She receives because of Her merits and because of the great things that God has done for Her.
He has given Her everything He has that She can bear including His Kingdom.
Christ the King gave to Her His kingdom to rule with Him.
The servants of Christ the King are Her servants as well.
The angels and the saints obey Her every request and are eager to serve such an august Queen.
We marvel that She has been entrusted with this role which is primarily a work of mediating God's grace to men as the Co-Redemptrix and Mediatrix of all graces.
All graces really do pass through Her virginal hands.
As we think of Her as Queen in heaven, we are reminded too that She should be Queen over all the earth as well. Just as Christ should be King and is King over all the earth.
And so we we also pray that the Reign of Mary will come on the earth.
That is our sole mission in the Confraternity and why we live out the call of Fatima.
We primarily do this through the obligations of the Confraternity, the Rosary apostolate, and the Consecration to Our Lady according to St. Louis de Montfort.
It is the will of Jesus Himself that the Immaculate Heart of Mary be honored throughout the world.
It's not a matter if, but when. We have no doubt that it will happen.
We have Our Lady's word on it. "In the end my Immaculate Heart will Triumph."
The Reign of Mary will surely come on the earth after this chastisement , that we are currently in, has reached its end and men no longer offend Jesus and whose justice is satisfied by our penance.
I will be brief here but suffice it to say that Her triumph will be a global, social, geo-political Triumph that will establish Her reign truly on the earth.
The peace that Our Lady of Fatima speaks about is a peace that comes from the fact that all will profess the True Faith.
Sr. Lucia says it this way. She heard a locution right before she wrote the text of the third secret:
"After I felt my racing heart, in my spirit a soft voice said: 'In time, one faith, one baptism, one Church, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic. In eternity, Heaven!' "
After this Chastisement has reached its full measure, and it is conditional, subject to our penance and repentance, the world will become Catholic.
And the world will honor Her as the Queen of Heaven and praise and honor and esteem (hyperdulia) Her Immaculate Heart!
In the Hearts of Jesus and Mary,
Christopher P. Wendt
International Director
Confraternity of Our Lady of Fatima