.Our Lady of Guadalupe, mystical rose, make intercession for holy Church, protect the Sovereign Pontiff, help all those who invoke thee in their necessities, and since thou art the ever Virgin Mary and Mother of the true God, obtain for us from thy most holy Son the grace of keeping our faith, sweet hope in the midst of the bitterness of life, burning charity and the precious gift of final perseverance. Amen. (500 days indulgence, Pope Pius X, August 18, 1908.)
This prayer is so full of meaning. In fact, the whole apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City is ripe with meaning. Let us begin, though, with the prayer.
Make intercession for holy Church, protect the Sovereign Pontiff. Mary is the protector of the Church and of her head, the Pope. Why did God in His Divine Providence add this to this particular prayer?
We are reminded that Mary is Mother of the true God, which has been attacked by the heretics of today, the Modernists. As such this prayer can be said to be a Profession of Faith in this doctrine. Remember that our prayers not only petition, they often express the truths of the Faith!
obtain for us... the grace of keeping our faith. Did Pope Saint Pius X know that our faith would soon be attacked far more than previously? Remember he had already said that he feared Antichrist had already been born, when he approved this prayer!
We ask for burning charity, because we are now in the time with charity shall grow cold.
