“The Blessed Virgin Mary purifies [our girts to God] of all the stain of self-love, and of that imperceptible attachment to created things…As soon as [we place those] in her most pure and fruitful hands…(s)he embellishes our works, adorning them with her own merits and virtues…” (St. Louis de Montfort, True Devotion to Mary: 147)
The Consecration of the Nation of Portugal in the 1930s brought a great Catholic revival: vocations and devotions flourished, a national government set in place implemented the social kingship of Jesus Christ. In addition, Portugal has been protected from the evils of Communism under her protection.
Our Lady of Fatima provided the world with an example of what a consecrated, converted Russia would look like. Cardinal Cerejeira on February 11, 1942, speaking in the name of all the Portuguese bishops, declared:
"Through a true miracle of love, the Mother of God continues to preserve our country and keep it unharmed like a fragile vessel miraculously saved, in the midst of tempests and perils which are apparently insurmountable. Once again, we come to recall to you this debt of gratitude to our glorious Patroness, for the peace which we enjoy – a true miracle which astonishes the world – is to us a testimony and pledge of Her patronage on high."
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