"We must remember that the prayers of children, in virtue of their innocence, and being so favored by the Heavenly Father, have  great intercessory power before the throne of God.

 

Getting children before our Eucharistic Jesus is not only helping to sanctify the next generation of the Church in an extraordinary way “let the little children come to me”(Mt. 19:14), but also exercising a powerful intercessory prayer for families, for unborn children, and also for the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. It is no accident of providence that the three Fatima children were directed by God through the Angel of Portugal to “pray, pray very much” in reparation for sins and for the conversion of sinners.  It greatly consoles the Heart of Our Lady to see her smallest children before Jesus, her First Child present in the Eucharist.

 

I encourage all pastors, bishops and clergy to welcome and actively promote Eucharistic Adoration for the little ones of your parish and diocese.  It is a “win win” endeavor for the children, for the parish, for the diocese, and for the universal Church."

 

Dr. Mark Miravalle

St. John Paul II Chair of Mariology, Franciscan University of Steubenville

Constance Shifflin-Blum Chair of Mariology, Ave Maria University