Prayer is Essential! Prayer is Essential! Prayer is Essential!  Has it penetrated our minds and hearts yet that when the Blessed Mother appeared in Fatima Portugal in 1917 or in Akita, Japan in 1973 or in Cuapa, Nicaragua in 1980 or in Rwanda, Africa in the mid 1980’s (all of these apparitions are approved by the Catholic Church) she emphasized the need for prayer over and over and over.  Especially praying the rosary.  She also repeatedly reminds us that things are serious and that the world is in very bad spiritual shape.  Are we getting the message?  Will we respond?  The state of the world and the hearts and minds of many are impacted by the prayers of each of us.  May we never allow ourselves too become too busy to spend some time, daily, going deep into that which is powerful for the conversion of souls.., prayer! 

Our Blessed Mother