Canada’s reconsecration Mass to Our Lady
OTTAWA, September 28, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — Three cardinals led Canada’s bishops in a reconsecration of their country to the Blessed Virgin Mary on Tuesday during the bishops’ fall plenary.
The reconsecration took place during Mass at Ottawa’s Notre Dame Cathedral and marked the 150th anniversary of Canada’s confederation.
Cardinal Gérald Lacroix of Quebec; Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops in Rome and former archbishop of Quebec, and Toronto Cardinal Thomas Collins stood near a portrait of Our Lady of Canada as they led some 80 bishops in the consecration prayer.
“Mary our Mother, we place our country Canada in the sanctuary of your Holy Heart for we know that there we will find Jesus, who lives and reigns with the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever,” they prayed.
It was also the feast of the Canadian Martyrs, eight French Jesuits, including St. Jean de Brebeuf and St. Isaac Jogues, who were tortured and killed by the Mohawks between the years 1642 and 1649.
“We can literally say our country was founded by saints,” Lacroix said in a homily.
“The
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