“Immaculate Heart of Mary, help us conquer the power of evil. From famine and war, deliver us. From nuclear war, deliver us. From sins against human life at its very beginning, deliver us. From hatred and from the demeaning of the dignity of the people of God, deliver us. From every kind of injustice, within nations and among nations, deliver us.”
It’s been 40 years, always a significant number in our Church history since Pope St. John Paul II wrote these words within the Act of Consecration of the modern world to Our Lady of Fatima on May 13, 1982.
With the chaotic and perilous times we are currently experiencing, I wanted to share these words I’ve said daily for a long time. Catholics worldwide would benefit from saying this prayer after every Mass for themselves, their children and the world.
Chris Goodman lives in Charlotte.