The Catholic Defender: The Angel’s Prayer
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This is the opening of the Angel’s Prayer of Reparation, which was taught to the three shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal, in 1916. The full prayer is as follows:
O Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I adore You profoundly. I offer You the most precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all the tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges and indifferences by which He is offended. By the infinite merits of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg the conversion of poor sinners.
This prayer, asking for the conversion of sinners in reparation for offenses against God, was taught to the children in Fatima. The text focuses on offering the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus and invokes the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, with traditional practice involving reciting it three times while bowing.
Revealed by the Angel of Peace during the third apparition to the children.
A prayer of reparation for sins against God.
Traditionally repeated three times while bowing.
It is a prayer of reparation intended to make amends for sins and indifference toward the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist.
It serves as an act of adoration directed at the Holy Trinity.
Tradition indicates the Angel of Peace recited this while prostrating before a Host and Chalice.
"present in all the tabernacles of the world" refers to the Catholic belief in the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist, kept in church tabernacles for adoration. This phrase is commonly used in prayers of reparation, such as the Fatima prayer taught by the Angel of Peace.
It emphasizes that Jesus is truly present in the Eucharist, offering comfort for the neglect or disrespect shown to Him in the Blessed Sacrament.
"In reparation for the outrages, sacrileges and indifferences" is a central phrase in Catholic prayers of atonement, notably from the Fatima apparitions. It refers to offering the Body and Blood of Jesus to console His heart for sins against the Eucharist, blasphemy, and indifference.
This act aims to make amends for offenses against God, specifically blasphemy, hatred, and the rejection of faith.
Acts of open contempt or mockery toward the sacred.
The profanation or unworthy treatment of what is consecrated to God (often specifically referring to the Eucharist).
Perhaps the most relatable in modern times—the "lukewarmness" or total neglect of the spiritual life by those who simply do not care.
Offering the "Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ" to the Holy Trinity to make up for outrages, sacrileges, and indifferences against God.
Invoking the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary as a source of infinite merit for the conversion of souls.
Specifically begging for the spiritual return of those who are currently separated from God's grace.
My brothers, if anyone among you should stray from the truth and someone bring him back, he should know that whoever brings back a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins. James 5:19-20
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