Our Lady of Carmel and of Fatima

The Coventry OCDS group has an unusually strong connection with Our Lady of Fatima, whose feast day is today.  The group has taken the name of ‘Our Lady of Carmel and of Fatima’.  When the meetings began just over two years ago, we grafted them on to the existing First Saturday devotions at Christ the King church in the city.  This means that we join with the parish for Holy Mass first and then participate in the Holy Hour that follows in the church, which includes the First Saturday devotions and a period of adoration with an opportunity for Confessions.  The Carmelite group then adjourns at 11 am to the Parish Room for our meeting proper, which lasts until 1pm.  On 13 May I like to think of Sister Lucia, the survivor of the three Fatima visionaries, who eventually became a Carmelite after a period as a Dorothean.   It was at the Dorothean Convent in Pontevedra in 1925 that Our Lady instructed her to spread the First Saturday Devotions.  Sister Lucia OCD, who lived on until 2005, provides a strong link between Fatima and Carmel – in addition to the original connection made at the last Fatima apparition on 13 October 1917 when Our Lady of Carmel appeared holding the brown scapular.  Our Lady of Carmel and of Fatima, Pray for us!’

Intercessions

Cancer: Brian Davis, Bernard (and wife Angela caring for him), Jacqui, Fr Jon Bielowski (Plymouth Diocese), Catherine, Alex (43 with five children), Sister Daranee Teapthong, Theresa K

Brian (recovering from Pneumonia)

Kevin (heart attack)

William Gove (recovering from stroke)

Illness:  Hilary Solomon, Katy Keeling

Siena, Elara – sick children

David OCDS – housebound

Grace – troubling ailments, job difficulties, family (deceased mother and health of father)

Mark – brain infection

Michael, Kira – vulnerable youngsters

Defence of the unborn and the elderly

We are asked to pray for the Diocese of Chiang Mai and Northern Thailand, as the Northern Mission celebrates its centenary. The process of selecting a new bishop continues.