The
Association Madonna of the tears
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How
can One respond to the Call of Mary’s Tears?
Here
is A Proposal for You!
The
event of Mary’s weeping marked the history of
Syracuse and brought the convergence of numerous
pilgrims from all over the world to honor the
Blessed Mother, who with her prodigious weeping, had
wished to once again, like at Lourdes and at Fatima,
recall the whole world to conversion and holiness of
life.
Wishing
to respond to this silent and eloquent appeal of the
Blessed Mother of God while celebrating the occasion
of the 10th anniversary of the consecration and
dedication of Our Lady of Tears Shrine, by His
Holiness John Paul II, on 6 November 1994,
OUR LADY OF TEARS
ASSOCIATION
HAS BEEN ERECTED IN SYRACUSE, ITALY.
The
Association proposes the following objectives:
1. To divulge and propagate the prodigious event of
Mary’s weeping from 29 August - 1 September 1953 in
Syracuse and to spread the message of Mary’s tears:
an invitation to conversion, prayer, and penance;
2. To help the increase of devotion and love towards
the Immaculate and Sorrowful Heart of Mary who, with
her tears, expresses her maternal charity towards us
her children;
3. To offer willing service to the Church for the
construction and growth of the Kingdom of God in
collaboration with the Pope and college of bishops;
4. To promote and support the charitable works
undertaken by Our Lady of Tears Shrine;
5. To help and nourish the members’ life of faith.
Every member commits:
1. To participate at the celebration of the Holy
Mass, to read and meditate the Word of God as
spiritual nourishment for their personal faith life,
and to regularly frequent the Sacrament of
Reconciliation;
2. To the daily recitation of the Holy Rosary,
offered for personal and universal conversion, world
peace, the Pope, bishops, and priests, vocations to
the priesthood and the consecrated life in service
to the Shrine, for families, the sick, the elderly,
youth, and for all those who recommend themselves to
Our Lady of Tears;
3. To visit the sick with the blessed cotton touched
to the miraculous image, as a token of fraternal
charity;
4. To unite in communion of prayer with the Shrine
in Syracuse, on the 29th of every month by reciting
the Chaplet and the Petition to Our Lady of Tears
and by participating at the members’ annual
encounter to be held on November 6th at Our Lady of
Tears Shrine;
5. To actively collaborate in the effort to form Our
Lady of Tears Association into an extended family in
which love, concord, and mutual respect equally
reign, through the willingness to welcome our
Heavenly Mother’s invitation with which once again,
with the sign of her tears, she indicates to us to
“do that which Jesus tells us”.
Spiritual benefits extended to the members
of Our Lady of Tears Association
1. On the 29th of each month, the Holy Mass will be
celebrated for all of the Association’s members.
2.
All of the members will benefit from the daily
prayer offered at the foot of the image of Our Lady
of Tears.
Procedure for membership
to Our Lady of Tears Association
One can join Our Lady of Tears Association:
1. By submitting one’s full name and address;
2. By
depositing a €15 membership fee which provides the
membership card, member’s medal, to be worn on the
29th of each month and for the annual encounter, and
monthly bulletin of Marian spirituality.
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