August 30 - Our Lady Mediatrix (Belgium) - Santa Maria de Cárquere (Portugal)

At the hour of our death, the Blessed Virgin Mary will be at our side

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Unsplash/Dolina Modlitwy

In the Middle East, Jordanians, like other Christians in the East, are very attached to the Blessed Virgin.

As priests, we try to promote the praying of the rosary, because it is a very concrete devotion which brings the believer into the life of Jesus and Mary. We even know Orthodox people who pray the Catholic rosary every day!

When we ask the Blessed Virgin to pray for us "now and at the hour of death" fifty times a day, we come to understand that this "hour of death" is the most important hour of our lives. So we tell the faithful that they must pray the rosary with faith, conviction, tranquility and peace, because at the hour of their death, the Blessed Virgin will be at their side.

This is why I always carry an extra rosary in my pocket to give to anyone who doesn't have one with them!

H.E. Selim Sayegh, former auxiliary bishop of Jerusalem and former Latin patriarchal vicar of Jordan 

Excerpt from : https://www.france-catholique.fr/Chretiens-d-Europe-revenez-a-la-foi.html

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