CNA Staff, Apr 30, 2020 / 10:40 am (CNA).- The EWTN network will air Friday the consecration of the U.S. and Canada to the Blessed Virgin Mary, which will take place in a liturgy celebrated by U.S. bishops’ conference president Archbishop Jose Gomez.
Gomez has invited all U.S. bishops to join him on May 1 in reconsecrating the U.S. to the Blessed Virgin Mary in response to the pandemic. The reconsecration is timed to coincide with the bishops of Canada consecrating their own country to Mary at the same time.
Archbishop Gomez, who is the Archbishop of Los Angeles, said in a letter sent to all American bishops April 22 that the Marian reconsecration would be done under the title of “Mary, Mother of the Church.”
“Every year, the Church seeks the special intercession of the Mother of God during the month of May. This year, we seek the assistance of Our Lady all the more earnestly as we face together the effects of the global pandemic,” he said in his letter.
The bishops of Canada will consecrate the Crown Dominion to Mary under the same title on the same day.
“Based on discussion with the leadership of the Canadian Catholic Conference of Bishops, the Executive Committee of the USCCB met and affirmed the fitness of May 1, 2020, as an opportunity for the bishops of the United States to reconsecrate our nation to Our Lady and to do so under the title, Mary, Mother of the Church,” Gomez said, adding that they would be doing so “on the same day that our brother bishops to the north consecrate Canada under the same title.”
EWTN will broadcast the brief liturgy and prayer of re-consecration at 3 p.m. ET, Friday, May 1, live from Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral in Los Angeles. The event will also be aired live on EWTN’s Facebook page.
EWTN Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Michael P. Warsaw said: “EWTN is honored to be airing this important Re-Consecration of the United States and Canada to Our Lady. As the bishops’ leadership demonstrates, the road out of this pandemic is through the intercession of our Heavenly Mother. May the Lord bless and protect us in these challenging times.”
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Please advise EWTN to read their FAMILY PRAYER and SPIRITUAL COMMUNION prayers a bit slower with meaning. They are too fast. It is like reading the news. I attend daily their 8am MASS, ROSARY AND DIVINE MERCY.
Please give this message to them.
Please I would love to have a copy of the Prayer to Our Lady’s Reconsecration To Our Lady prayed on May 1, 2020
My Wife got information about Free e books ie. NOVENA TO Blessed Mother on Sept. 29, 2020. Where can I get copies of this Novena? Also, at what time will the Novena be broadcasted on EWTN/
I have been trying to find information on the Novena to our Blessed Mother to be held after the morning mass on Sept. 29, 2020. My wife watches EWTN a lot and got information about free e books for this Novena. I have been unsuccessful in my search for these e books. Please advise. I recently purchased a few items from your catalogue and still have prayer books on back order. Your will be appreciated. Thanks!