A Former Post Revisited. Loving Our Mother Mary.

The Rosary group in my Church added the prayer for the Conversion of England to their prayers a few months back. I became increasingly aware of the power of this prayer, and began to realise that it is the prayer we need for the Catholic Church in England today. A false idea of ecumenism has taken the religious spirit away from our Church and a 'rational and mature faith' with no heart or feeling has taken its place.  Our children are paying dearly. Reading the Decree on Ecumenism of Vatican II,  I realsied that the Church had never given up its claim to be the One True Church and indeed the very first statement on the Decree stated there was only One True Church. To rectify and make our Church holy again we must turn to our Mother Mary since England is her Dowry. She will lead us. So ends my very definite ideas, but my thoughts go much further. To be the light that shines in the darkness we need to be truly Catholic.  In a world torn by Adultery, Divorce, Contraception and Abortion the Catholic community must be a community in which such things are totally absent. We must be Catholic in every sense of the word totally loyal to Jesus, the Holy Father and the teachings of the Catholic Church. We therefore need priests to lead us in our devotions and prayers and in retreats which nourish our souls. How will we spread the Faith? Not by knocking on doors or carrying a catechism under our arms, but by living the truth. St Francis said "preach the Gospel always and sometimes use words. The prayer for the Conversion of England is the prayer we must spread. It must be said after our rosaries, it must be said in our night prayers, it must be taught to our Children. They must know the great glory of Mary and the beauty and love in the Catholic Faith, the wonder of the presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, and the joy of having our heavenly family completed by Jesus giving his own mother to us to be our mother.  Of course the conversion of England is not about converting just non-catholics. Many catholics today alas do not know their faith and they must be taught. But above all and most of all, we must turn to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, a Jesus so scorned and neglected, abandoned in side rooms and unworthy places because some, not the Church, claim that adoring him is 'liturgically incorrect'. Put him in the centre of our Church and in the centre of our lives again. We may be criticised for giving Mary such a warm place in our hearts, but this will be the real test of our Catholic Faith. Can we take the criticism and insults. Can we stand side by side with Jesus.   I would love one day to go to Mass and at the end to see the priest kneel and lead the community in this prayer for the Conversion of England. Pary for this great moment. God bless. John.

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