Join Catholics in Poland in a 9 month Novena on First Fridays
Please join Catholics in Poland in a nine month Novena on First Fridays from Friday March 4, 2016 to Friday November 4, 2016.
Catholics in Poland prepare for the Enthronement of Jesus Christ the King in the Ceremony planned for 19, November 2016 by the Episcopate of Poland. The intention is "for the Polish Conference of Bishops and Government to Enthrone Jesus Christ the King of Poland according to God's will". In addition to First Friday practices one may offer: Holy Mass, Adoration of Most Holy Sacrament, prayer, alms, fasting or other mortifications.
How can you help?
1. Join personally.
2. Encourage to join clergy and lay, family, friends and others.
3. Inform others by telephone, e-mail and SMS.
4. Post information on social media profiles and websites.
5. Print the information and post it in your parish and neighboring parishes.
Please pray through the intercession of St. Magaret Mary Alacoque, St. Faustina Kowalska, Blessed Jose Sanchez del Rio and the Servant of God Rozalia Celakówna.
„Dear Priests, the Shepherds of Christ's Church: since 1925 the Church has worshipped Jesusv Christ as the King of the Universe in her liturgy. This worship has found an expression in rituals carried out in parishes, families and in private.
In the writings of the Servant of God Rozalia Celakówna we find the following passage: “Poland will not perish if she proclaims Christ as her King in the full sense of the word. If she subjects herself to the Divine Law, the Law of Divine Love”. And elsewhere we read: “A terrible disaster will befall the world . . . Only these nations will not perish . . . that acknowledge Him their King
and Lord . . . . Poland can be saved if she accepts me as her King and Lord through Enthronement.
The states and nations that fail to accomplish the Enthronement and subject themselves to the rule of His sweet Love will disappear from the face of the earth, never to appear again”.
However, in order to accomplish the Enthronement at the highest level, we have to start at the bottom, in parishes. A prerequisite for the validity of the Enthronement is the participation therein of both the lay representatives from various circles and the clergy. The examples of already accomplished acts of Enthronement in parishes or even dioceses are numerous.
Eventually the Enthronement should be completed by the Nation and the Church through their representatives. The Enthronement, as properly conceived of, should not be limited to certain religious observances carried out within a parish, a family or privately, but should also possess a societal and national dimension. Of course, not only the legal formalities are at stake here. The Pope Pius XI writes in his Encyclical Quas Primas: “You will receive the Divine Blessing only if Lord Jesus reigns over you and your nations”.
In this book, Venerable Brethren, you will find proposals helping you with preparing the prayers for this festivity and guidelines on how to carry out the ritual of Enthronement in your parishes. The proposed service consists of hymns, prayers and passages from the writings of the Servant of God Rozalia Celakówna. Other texts have also been included, which are linked to the tradition of worshipping Christ the King in Poland. We would also like to draw your attention to the previously published book The Servant of God Rozalia Celakówna. Her Life and Mission, which offers a focus on her life and work as well as a summary of the theological principles expressed in the act of the Enthronement of Christ the King. We are making an appeal to the sensitivity of your conscience and your sense of responsibility for the Church and the world.
Father Ryszard Kubasiak
The Diocese Chaplain
of Communities for the Enthronement of Christ the King”
Catholics in Poland prepare for the Enthronement of Jesus Christ the King in the Ceremony planned for 19, November 2016 by the Episcopate of Poland. The intention is "for the Polish Conference of Bishops and Government to Enthrone Jesus Christ the King of Poland according to God's will". In addition to First Friday practices one may offer: Holy Mass, Adoration of Most Holy Sacrament, prayer, alms, fasting or other mortifications.
How can you help?
1. Join personally.
2. Encourage to join clergy and lay, family, friends and others.
3. Inform others by telephone, e-mail and SMS.
4. Post information on social media profiles and websites.
5. Print the information and post it in your parish and neighboring parishes.
Please pray through the intercession of St. Magaret Mary Alacoque, St. Faustina Kowalska, Blessed Jose Sanchez del Rio and the Servant of God Rozalia Celakówna.
„Dear Priests, the Shepherds of Christ's Church: since 1925 the Church has worshipped Jesusv Christ as the King of the Universe in her liturgy. This worship has found an expression in rituals carried out in parishes, families and in private.
In the writings of the Servant of God Rozalia Celakówna we find the following passage: “Poland will not perish if she proclaims Christ as her King in the full sense of the word. If she subjects herself to the Divine Law, the Law of Divine Love”. And elsewhere we read: “A terrible disaster will befall the world . . . Only these nations will not perish . . . that acknowledge Him their King
and Lord . . . . Poland can be saved if she accepts me as her King and Lord through Enthronement.
The states and nations that fail to accomplish the Enthronement and subject themselves to the rule of His sweet Love will disappear from the face of the earth, never to appear again”.
However, in order to accomplish the Enthronement at the highest level, we have to start at the bottom, in parishes. A prerequisite for the validity of the Enthronement is the participation therein of both the lay representatives from various circles and the clergy. The examples of already accomplished acts of Enthronement in parishes or even dioceses are numerous.
Eventually the Enthronement should be completed by the Nation and the Church through their representatives. The Enthronement, as properly conceived of, should not be limited to certain religious observances carried out within a parish, a family or privately, but should also possess a societal and national dimension. Of course, not only the legal formalities are at stake here. The Pope Pius XI writes in his Encyclical Quas Primas: “You will receive the Divine Blessing only if Lord Jesus reigns over you and your nations”.
In this book, Venerable Brethren, you will find proposals helping you with preparing the prayers for this festivity and guidelines on how to carry out the ritual of Enthronement in your parishes. The proposed service consists of hymns, prayers and passages from the writings of the Servant of God Rozalia Celakówna. Other texts have also been included, which are linked to the tradition of worshipping Christ the King in Poland. We would also like to draw your attention to the previously published book The Servant of God Rozalia Celakówna. Her Life and Mission, which offers a focus on her life and work as well as a summary of the theological principles expressed in the act of the Enthronement of Christ the King. We are making an appeal to the sensitivity of your conscience and your sense of responsibility for the Church and the world.
Father Ryszard Kubasiak
The Diocese Chaplain
of Communities for the Enthronement of Christ the King”
