TORRES DA LUZ — NOVENA -- DIRETOR ESPIRITUAL, PADRE NUNO ROCHA (PORTUGAL), odiario.substack.com | O Diário de Oração | THE DIARY OF PRAYER Os Palavras: “T.O.R.R.E.S. da Luz”
(Escrito por “O Diário de Oração”)
- Testemunho | Testimony
- Oblação | Oblation
- Reparação | Reparation
- Reconciliação | Reconciliation
- Expiação | Expiation
- Súplica | Supplication
DIA 18 DE MAIO | 18 MAY1 - DIA 27 DE JUNHO | 27th JUNE
NOVENA: Rezemos juntos a novena ao Sagrado Coração de Jesus - “Torres da Luz”2
DIA 18 DE MAIO 2025 - DIA 27 DE MAIO3
Schola: Ecclesia sanctae Dei, supra regnorum fines nectenti animas: salus perpetua.
Resp: Redemptor mundi, Tu illam adjuva!4
A. “Testemunho”
n. m. “ato ou efeito de testemunhar” (pg. 1545)5 (“Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa”)
— ENGLISH: Origin - Middle English: from Latin testimonium, from testis ‘a witness’.6
HOJE: SANTO CARLO ACUTIS7
“evidence” or “proof” provided by the existence or appearance of something, i.e. https://www.miracolieucaristici.org/en/liste/list.html
B. “Oblação”
n. f. “ofereciemento de alguma coisa à Divindade, por meio de certas cerimónias litúrgicas; oblata (DLP, “Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa”)
(2) oferenda (Do lat. oblatiōne) e “a apresentação de pão e vinho a Deus na Eucharist” (Oxford English Dictionary).8
No PARVIS da Basílica de São Pedrota, o Santo Padre, Leão XIV preside a Celebração Eucarística para o Início do Ministério Petrino do Bispo de Roma. Ele cantou a Santa Missa na língua universal da Igreja, e hoje o Evangelho foi cantado em Latim e cantado (consulte o artigo) em Grego, lembrando-nos da força unificadora da Liturgia Cósmica. In the PARVIS of Saint Peter’s Basilica, the Holy Father, Leo XIV presides over the Eucharistic Celebration for the Beginning of the Petrine Ministry of the Bishop of Rome. He sang the Holy Mass in the universal language of the Church, and today’s Gospel was sung in both Latin and sung (τραγούδι) in Greek, reminding us of the unifying force of the Cosmic Liturgy. (rosaryhourpodcast.substack.com)
ENGLISH NOTES: “Oblation” means “to offer of something to God via a Liturgical ceremony”; (2) the word offering in Latin is “oblatiōne” — which can mean “the presentation of bread and wine to God in the Eucharist” according to the Oxford English Dictionary.
MAY 18, 2025: O Início do Ministério Petrino do Bispo de Roma
D. “Reparação” n.f. ato ou efeito de reparar (restabelecer, recuperação), (DLP)
- DOMINGOS com MARIA: “Os Mistérios Gloriosos”9
https://www.vatican.va/special/rosary/documents/misteri_gloriosi_po.html
DEZENA: (The Decade)10
PAI NOSSO
10 AVÉ MARIAS
+ GLÓRIA AO PAI e ao Filho e ao Espírito Santo
+ Ó MARIA CONCEIBEDA SEM PECADO, rogai por nós que recorremos a Vós
+ Ó MEU JESUS, perdoai-nos e livrai-nos do fogo do Inferno
+ SAGRADO CORAÇÂO de JESUS, que tanto nos amais, Fazei que eu vos ame sepre cada vez mais!
+ Nosso Senhora do Rosário de Fátima, Salvai-nos e salvai Portugal
+ O Glorioso S. José, rogai por nós
+ Rainha da Paz, dai nós a Paz
SEGUNDA-FEIRA com MARIA: “Mistérios Gozosos”
https://www.vatican.va/special/rosary/documents/misteri_gaudiosi_po.html
On Mondays, we pray the Joyful Mysteries
TERÇA-FEIRA com MARIA: “Mistérios Dolorosos”
QUARTA-FEIRA com MARIA: “Mistérios Gloriosos”
QUINTA-FEIRA com MARIA: “Mistérios Luminosos”
https://www.vatican.va/special/rosary/documents/misteri_luminosi_po.html
SEXTA-FEIRA com MARIA: “Mistérios Dolorosos”
SABADO com MARIA: “Os Mistérios Gozosos”
E. “Reconciliação”:
n.f. “ato ou efeito de reconciliar; confessão dos pecados, perante o sacerdote” (DLP)
Domingo de Páscoa – Celebração Eucarística para o Início do Ministério Petrino do Bispo de Roma Leão XIV (Praça de São Pedro) 10h00
https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/pt/homilies/2025/documents/20250518-inizio-pontificato.html11
Às 10h, na Praça São Pedro - a missa de início de Pontificado
“Queridos irmãos Cardeais, Irmãos no episcopado e no sacerdócio, distintas Autoridades e Membros do Corpo Diplomático, Saudações aos peregrinos que vieram para o Jubileu da Irmandade! Irmãos e irmãs, no início do ministério que me foi confiado, saúdo-vos a todos com o coração cheio de gratidão. Escreveu Santo Agostinho:
«Fizeste-nos para Vós, [Senhor,] e o nosso coração está inquieto enquanto não repousar em Vós» (Confissões, 1,1.1).
F. “Expiação”, n.f. “ato ou efeito de expiar; cumprimento de pena ou castigo; penitência”
“Meu Deus, Eu Creio”
“Santíssima Trindade”:
No vídeo seguinte, o Padre Nuno ensina a oração ensinada pelo Anjo de Portugal "O Santíssima Trindade"
b. ENGLISH: The above video features Fr. Nuno Rocha (Portugal) teaching the “O Most Holy Trinity” prayer of penance taught to the child shepherds in Valinhos in 1915-1916.12
G. “Súplica”, n. f. “ato ou efeito de suplicar” (pedir encarecidamente; implorar; rogar”)
Christus vincit!
Christus regnat!
Christus imperat!
Exaudi, Christe.
Ecclesiae Sanctae Dei salus perpetua.
Redemptor mundi, Tu illam adjuva!
“Regina Caeli” (Cantamos)
ENGLISH: Learn the “Regina Caeli” in Latin with the melody chanted by Pope Leo XIV in Latin every Sunday in St. Peter’s Square.
G. A Consagração a Nossa Senhora do Pontificado:
A Consagração a Nossa Senhora do Pontificado:
Salve, Mãe do Senhor, Virgem Maria, Rainha do Rosário de Fátima! Bendita entre todas as mulheres, és a imagem da Igreja vestida da luz pascal, és a honra do nosso povo, és o triunfo sobre a marca do mal. Profecia do Amor misericordioso do Pai, Mestra do Anúncio da Boa-Nova do Filho, Sinal do Fogo ardente do Espírito Santo, ensina-nos, neste vale de alegrias e dores, as verdades eternas que o Pai revela aos pequeninos. Mostra-nos a força do teu manto protetor.
No teu Imaculado Coração, sê o refúgio dos pecadores e o caminho que conduz até Deus. Unido/a aos meus irmãos, na Fé, na Esperança e no Amor, a ti me entrego. Unido/a aos meus irmãos, por ti, a Deus me consagro, ó Virgem do Rosário de Fátima. E, enfim, envolvido/a na Luz que das tuas mãos nos vem, darei glória ao Senhor pelos séculos dos séculos.
Ámen.
NOTA de RODAPÉ
No domingo, 18 de maio, às 10h, na Praça São Pedro - a missa de início de Pontificado.
Coverage in American English on EWTNs Live news feed.
Testemunho, Oblação, Reparação, Reconciliação, Expiação, Súplica e "A Consagração a Nossa Senhora do Pontificado" | Pray the Rosary every day for the sanctification of the Church, for Holy Souls in Purgatory, for Pope Leo XIV.
SUMMARY FROM YOUTUBE: See odiario.substack.com which defines the above words and provides links to the SCRIPTURAL READINGS for the Holy Rosary from Sunday to Saturday. This preparatory Rosary builds up acts of Reconciliation, Reparation, Expiation, Supplication prior to the 350th Anniversary of the First Friday Apparitions in France, and the 100th Anniversary of the Requests for First Saturday Devotion from Tuy, Spain in 2025 and 2026. We invoke the intercession of St. Claude de Columbière who promoted the First Friday Devotions and the message of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and whose February 15 Feast coincides with the Apparition of the Infant Jesus to Venerable Lucia in Tuy, Spain in 1926. We ask for all reading this post to encourage others to go to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass on First Fridays and First Saturdays from now until March 25, 2026 as an act of oblation and we ask that a Rosary daily be offered as a worldwide response to Heaven's repeated requests that we do all we can to offer sacrifices for Souls. We remind you of Pope Francis's great gift to the Church on May 13, 2024 which was a Jubilee Indulgence Bull that invited the entire Catholic world to attend TWO FULL HOLY SACRIFICES OF THE MASS on any one day so that we might take a SECOND HOLY COMMUNION for a Holy Soul in Purgatory. This is a great act of Supernatural Charity that can be amplified by weekly visits to the Sacrament of Reconciliation and the Daily Public Rosary so we might pray for the Intentions of Pope Leo XIV. If you haven't done so already, please see Fr. Thad's video on this Jubilee Indulgence, a new version of which will be posted soon. Thank you and enjoy and God Bless you.
Pray the Glorious Mysteries on each of these days, remembering to pray the Scriptural passages to emphasize the importance of the Gospel and one’s meditation upon it during these cosmic recitations and time spent with the Mother of God.
TRANSLATION BY J. REMBRANDT:
Schola: For the holy Church of God, beyond kingdoms' boundaries binding together
souls: be everlasting safety.
Response:
Redeemer of the world, come to her aid.
From the Holy Mass on 18 MAY led by Pope Leo XIV
DLP: “Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa, Acordo Ortográfico” (Porto Editora, MAR/2014)
The question of HOW to give testimony is not an easy one.
READ IN ENGLISH: https://national-eucharistic-revival.s3.amazonaws.com/%5BENGLISH%5D+Walk+With+One+Guide+(Expanded).pdf
Carlo Acutis, the First Milennial Saint. https://www.wordonfire.org/articles/carlo-acutis-the-first-millennial-saint/
Note that the RIGHT to catechesis is outlined by St. John Paul II here:
Catechesis as the Church's Right and Duty 14.
“To begin with, it is clear that the Church has always looked on catechesis as a sacred duty and an inalienable right. On the one hand, it is certainly a duty springing from a command given by the Lord and resting above all on those who in the new covenant receive the call to the ministry of being pastors.
On the other hand, one can likewise speak of a right: from the theological point of view every baptized person, precisely the reason of being baptized, has the right to receive from the Church instruction and education enabling him or her to enter on a truly Christian life; and from the viewpoint of human rights, every human being has the right to seek religious truth and adhere to it freely, that is to say, "without coercion on the part of individuals or of social groups and any human power," in such a way that in this matter of religion, "no one is to be forced to act against his or her conscience or prevented from acting in conformity to it."(43) That is why catechetical activity should be able to be carried out in favorable circumstances of time and place, and should have access to the mass media and suitable equipment, without discrimination against parents, those receiving catechesis or those imparting it. At present this right is admittedly being given growing recognition, at least on the level of its main principles, as is shown by international declarations and conventions in which, whatever their limitations, one can recognize the desires of the consciences of many people today.(44) But the right is being violated by many States, even to the point that imparting catechesis, having it imparted, and receiving it become punishable offenses. I vigorously raise my voice in union with the synod fathers against all discrimination in the field of catechesis, and at the same time I again make a pressing appeal to those in authority to put a complete end to these constraints on human freedom in general and on religious freedom in particular.”
There are multiple online platforms with varying perspectives on the prayers of the Rosary decade. In our humble observations of the Rosary from 2020 to 2025, and more recently our observations of how the Rosary can be prayed in a Solemn way, also by children leading the Rosary for Live Broadcasts, we have great hope in the importance of teaching the framework of the decade as above. This decade reflects not simply the Liturgical season but also the way the Rosary is led by pastors in Fátima and in Lourdes — two very important Mariano sanctuaries which teach two important prayers that reflect the purpose of this novena.
The first prayer is the Miraculous Medal Prayer which is articulated at Lourdes after every decade: “O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.” This prayer was so important that Our Lady ask St. Catherine Labouré to have the words of the prayer struck on a medal. Our Lady asked that this prayer be prayed often to receive the graces associated with its frequently articulate, and thus, Fr. Nuno Rocha (Pastor on the Camino to Santiago in Portugal) includes this prayer to honour the Immaculate Conception every decade of the Rosary as well as after all three Avé Marias at the end of the Rosary prior to the Salve Regina and the Consecration prayer. This is an act of reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary for the blasphemies against her Immaculate Heart that the Feburary 15, 2026 marks the 100th anniversary of this apparition.
READ HERE:
THE FATIMA PRAYER
Fr. Elias Mary Mills, FI, (former Rector of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe) and Fr. Anthony Gramlich (Assistant Rector of the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy) have with Dr. Kaufman recorded this structure here:
Fr. Mills has reminded our podcast team (as also articulated in his online videos) that the apparitions at Fátima fall into the category of Public Prophecy. Thus, those who are not yet accustomed to inserting the Fátima prayer as requested by Our Lady — a prayer she wishes for us to add into every decade — pls. see the model above led by both pastors as curated by Fr. Nuno and modelling the Rosary as led at the Chapel of the Apparitions in Fátima, four times a day.
Fr. Elias has noted for many years now that obedience to Heaven’s requests are a mode of testimony and witness. Such oblation might serve to offer to Jesus sincere acts of Reconciliation, Reparation, Expiation, and Supplication while also highlighting the Dominican Rosary framework presented with the curated prayers of the Angel of Peace (i.e. the “Meu Deus” and the “Sanctíssima Trindade”).
This thoughtful and prayerful approach to the Rosary invites the Blessed Mother, protectress and co-redemptrix, Mother of Mercy, into our lives — and through her intercession, she helps us to glorify God the Father through bringing us to God the Son.
While she has asked we pray all the 15 decades, the minimum a day for this novena is a Terço (five decades of the Rosary). Young children can prayerfully offer one decade as taught by Fr. Peter Turrone here:
