ALL AFRICA REPORT: CATHOLICS in the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kampala are observing a year of special Rosary prayers for peace. Mathias Mazinga attended the inauguration ceremony
The Catholic Archbishop of Kampala, the Most Rev. Dr. Cyprian Kizito Lwanga, on Sunday (October 31) inaugurated a year-long Rosary prayer crusade at Rubaga Cathedral.
Christians in the 54-ecclesiastical parish-archdiocese will be reciting the Rosary before mass and during the daily morning and evening prayers, till October 2011.
As a symbolic gesture of the crusade's inauguration, Lwanga lit candles and gave them to his parish priests. The prelate also handed over a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Christians of Muduuma Catholic Parish. From Muduuma, the statue will rotate among all the other parishes.
Lwanga said the intention of the rosary prayer crusade is to pray for lasting peace, which the country so badly needs before, during and after the general elections in 2011.
During the crusade, Christians will pray for reconciliation and unity, good governance and quality leadership, peaceful, friendly and tolerant co-existence, a peaceful election exercise, security of persons and their goods, the family and domestic violence, abortion, child labour, human sacrifice and defilement, the land issue, corruption, justice and reconciliation.
Citing incidents in world history where the Rosary worked miracles, Lwanga asked his flock to have absolute confidence in the power of the Rosary-prayer, which he said was a way of protection, conversion and love.
ROSARY MIRACLES
The battle of Lepanto: The battle of Lepanto took place on October 7, 1571 when a fleet of the 'Holy League', a coalition of Spain, the Republic of Venice, the Papacy, the Republic of Genoa (and some other Christian allied forces) defeated the main fleet of the Ottoman Empire.
The five-hour battle was fought at the northern edge of Patras, off western Greece, where the Ottoman forces sailing westwards from the naval station in Lepanto met the Holy League forces, which had come from Messina.
This victory was the result of the Rosary prayer crusade ordered by Pope Pius V. The miraculous victory gave the Holy League temporary control over the Mediterranean, protected Rome from invasion and prevented the Ottomans from advancing further into Europe.
The Battle of Vienna, 1683: The Battle of Vienna took place on September 11-12, 1683. Vienna had been besieged by the Ottoman Empire army of approximately 200,000 men for two months. The battle took place near the Kahlenberg Mountain in Vienna, Austria. After months of valiant resistance by a small garrison, the city was relieved by an army under King John Sobieski of Poland. The Rosary, to which the king was dedicated, was again instrumental in a military victory.
Pope Innocent XI consecrated September 12 of that year to the holy name of Mary. The Ottoman forces were hurled back yet again at Peterwardein in Hungary by Prince Eugene during the Feast of Our Lady of the Snows, on August 5, 1716. As a result of this victory, Pope Clement XI extended the Feast of the Rosary to the Universal Church.
Cardinal Nsubuga's Letter to Mary: Disturbed by the political anarchy, loss of life, war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Ugandan guerilla war of the 1980s, Emmanuel Cardinal Nsubuga travelled to Lourdes (a place in France, where the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to various individuals at different times) and wrote a letter to the Blessed Virgin Mary, requesting for her intercession to restore peace in the country. On his return, he declared a Rosary prayer campaign in his archdiocese.
As his Rosary prayer campaign progressed, he declared to the Christians that peace was at hand; Mary had given him a vision of a peaceful Uganda. Only a year later, the war ended and Uganda enjoyed relative peace.
These and many other examples of Rosary victories prove beyond doubt that the Rosary prayer is so powerful and can work miracles http://allafrica.com/stories/201011070218.html
The Catholic Archbishop of Kampala, the Most Rev. Dr. Cyprian Kizito Lwanga, on Sunday (October 31) inaugurated a year-long Rosary prayer crusade at Rubaga Cathedral.
Christians in the 54-ecclesiastical parish-archdiocese will be reciting the Rosary before mass and during the daily morning and evening prayers, till October 2011.
As a symbolic gesture of the crusade's inauguration, Lwanga lit candles and gave them to his parish priests. The prelate also handed over a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Christians of Muduuma Catholic Parish. From Muduuma, the statue will rotate among all the other parishes.
Lwanga said the intention of the rosary prayer crusade is to pray for lasting peace, which the country so badly needs before, during and after the general elections in 2011.
During the crusade, Christians will pray for reconciliation and unity, good governance and quality leadership, peaceful, friendly and tolerant co-existence, a peaceful election exercise, security of persons and their goods, the family and domestic violence, abortion, child labour, human sacrifice and defilement, the land issue, corruption, justice and reconciliation.
Citing incidents in world history where the Rosary worked miracles, Lwanga asked his flock to have absolute confidence in the power of the Rosary-prayer, which he said was a way of protection, conversion and love.
ROSARY MIRACLES
The battle of Lepanto: The battle of Lepanto took place on October 7, 1571 when a fleet of the 'Holy League', a coalition of Spain, the Republic of Venice, the Papacy, the Republic of Genoa (and some other Christian allied forces) defeated the main fleet of the Ottoman Empire.
The five-hour battle was fought at the northern edge of Patras, off western Greece, where the Ottoman forces sailing westwards from the naval station in Lepanto met the Holy League forces, which had come from Messina.
This victory was the result of the Rosary prayer crusade ordered by Pope Pius V. The miraculous victory gave the Holy League temporary control over the Mediterranean, protected Rome from invasion and prevented the Ottomans from advancing further into Europe.
The Battle of Vienna, 1683: The Battle of Vienna took place on September 11-12, 1683. Vienna had been besieged by the Ottoman Empire army of approximately 200,000 men for two months. The battle took place near the Kahlenberg Mountain in Vienna, Austria. After months of valiant resistance by a small garrison, the city was relieved by an army under King John Sobieski of Poland. The Rosary, to which the king was dedicated, was again instrumental in a military victory.
Pope Innocent XI consecrated September 12 of that year to the holy name of Mary. The Ottoman forces were hurled back yet again at Peterwardein in Hungary by Prince Eugene during the Feast of Our Lady of the Snows, on August 5, 1716. As a result of this victory, Pope Clement XI extended the Feast of the Rosary to the Universal Church.
Cardinal Nsubuga's Letter to Mary: Disturbed by the political anarchy, loss of life, war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Ugandan guerilla war of the 1980s, Emmanuel Cardinal Nsubuga travelled to Lourdes (a place in France, where the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to various individuals at different times) and wrote a letter to the Blessed Virgin Mary, requesting for her intercession to restore peace in the country. On his return, he declared a Rosary prayer campaign in his archdiocese.
As his Rosary prayer campaign progressed, he declared to the Christians that peace was at hand; Mary had given him a vision of a peaceful Uganda. Only a year later, the war ended and Uganda enjoyed relative peace.
These and many other examples of Rosary victories prove beyond doubt that the Rosary prayer is so powerful and can work miracles http://allafrica.com/stories/201011070218.html
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