Cardinal Burke: Pray for America, all continents and the threatened Church!

In 1531, Our Lady quickly converted the South American continent to Catholicism through her apparitions from December 9th to 12th in Guadalupe. The continents of our earth and the Church, which is noticeably threatened by sin and obscurity, urgently need a similar miracle. His Eminence Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke asks all Catholic Christians to offer the following prayer daily from March 12 to December 12, 2024. But why a novena not just for 9 days, but for 9 months? Because the miracle we are asking for is immense and our prayers must be genuine and passionate.

"O Virgin Mother of God, we fly to your protection and beg your intercession against the darkness and sin which ever more envelop the world and menace the Church. Your Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, gave you to us as our mother as He died on the Cross for our salvation. So too, in 1531, when darkness and sin beset us, He sent you, as Our Lady of Guadalupe, on Tepeyac to lead us to Him Who alone is our light and our salvation.

Through your apparitions on Tepeyac and your abiding presence with us on the miraculous mantle of your messenger, Saint Juan Diego, millions of souls converted to faith in your Divine Son. Through this novena and our consecration to you, we humbly implore your intercession for our daily conversion of life to Him and the conversion of millions more who do not yet believe in Him. In our homes and in our nation, lead us to Him Who alone wins the victory over sin and darkness in us and in the world.

Unite our hearts to your Immaculate Heart so that they may find their true and lasting home in the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. Ever guide us along the pilgrimage of life to our eternal home with Him. So may our hearts, one with yours, always trust in God's promise of salvation, in His never-failing mercy toward all who turn to Him with a humble and contrite heart. Through this novena and our consecration to you, O Virgin of Guadalupe, lead all souls in America and throughout the world to your Divine Son in Whose name we pray. Amen."

(Novena prayer written by His Eminence Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke)