Introduction
Worldwide Children and Youth
Eucharistic Holy Hour
Catholic school children and all the children of the world
are following the way of the little shepherds of Fatima!
“The proper meaning of catechesis, in fact, must be this: to bring the flame of Jesus’ love, even if it is a small one, to the hearts of children, and through the children to their parents, thus reopening the places of faith of our time.”
– Pope Benedict XVI (Bressanone, Italy, August 22, 2008)
Dear Cardinals and Bishops,
Clergy, Catholic Educators, and Parents,
You may hold the key to open the door for a New Springtime for families!
At Fatima, the “Angel of Peace” was sent as a Tutor in Love by our Blessed Mother to draw the little shepherds into the Eucharistic Presence of Jesus. He taught them how to adore Jesus, to pray, and to make sacrifices for the conversion of the world as a kind of prelude to what the essence of her message would be.
God Is Offended – We Must Do Penance and Amend our Lives
Lucia wrote in her Memoirs:
“The words of the Angel were indelibly impressed upon our minds. They were like a light which made us understand who God is, how He loves us and desires to be loved, the value of sacrifice, and how pleasing it is to Him and how, on account of it, He grants the grace of conversion to sinners …”
The Worldwide Children and Youth Eucharistic Holy Hour is a call to the world’s clergy, catholic educators, and parents to escort the children of the world into their parish churches and chapels each year on the first Friday of October, to spiritually unite the prayers of our world’s Catholic school children and all the Catholic children of the world, as they are guided into the School of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. It’s easy, and free, and will serve as a first step to open the hearts of our children and youth then the parents.
During these tumultuous times in which we live in which so many parents are burdened with anxiety concerning the material and temporal needs of their children, it’s logical to send a call to those who already have the daily care of the souls of our world’s children.
The Worldwide Children’s Eucharistic Holy Hour lends the opportunity to open a floodgate of graces and mercy on our world, as millions of children throughout the world gather into the Eucharistic Presence of Jesus, united in prayer as they console the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, make reparation to His Most Sacred Heart as requested by the “Angel of Peace” at Fatima, Portugal, and give them the unprecedented opportunity to pray for the needs of their own family and all the families of the world. It is easy and logistically straightforward for clergy, school principals, and teachers to literally walk their students to their parish churches and chapels to participate.
The children of the world are wounded by the scourges of divorce, drugs, abuse, impurity – and the list goes on. Who is going to repair these wounded hearts? We must bring them into His Presence to be bathed in His love because He alone can “fan the flame of faith in the souls of our world’s children, and through the children to their parents, thus reopening the places of faith of our time.” The fruit of this Eucharistic global event will be untold graces that will be shed on the families of the world.
DOMESTIC CHURCH ENTRUSTED TO THE PRAYERS OF CHILDREN
In his 1994 Christmas Letter to the world’s children, Pope John Paul II stated:
“At the close of the year of the family and in this letter he wrote: “My dear young friends, it is to your prayers that I want to entrust the problems of your own family and all the families in the world.”
We need a crusade to guide the children of the world into the presence of Jesus, rather than leaving it to chance of them finding the Blessed Sacrament while on earth, and thus leaving only the terrible examples offered to them by immoral television programming, movies, and magazines.
Please consider making an appeal to your diocese to participate in and support the Worldwide Children’s Holy Hour, which is always held on the first Friday in October. By doing so, you would be an instrument in the hands of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and our Eucharistic Lord in the realization of the long-awaited New Springtime for our families and the world.
The Worldwide Children and Youth Eucharistic Holy Hour will bring grace and peace to families – it will help change the world. Not with great words, not with great actions, but with great love … and God’s beloved little children will lead them.
Our children will be transformed in holiness and become active evangelizers in their parishes, schools, and families, and thus will have hope of escaping the consequences of a world that has literally lost its way.