Prayer

The prayer arm of Farm to Jesus is enrollment and participation in the Militia of the Immaculata, St. Maximilian Kolbe’s Marian consecration. Any FtJ guest or host may decide to consecrate their lives to Jesus through Mary and join the Savannah Village or a Village near them (though you don’t have to be in a Village to join the MI) and people around the world in prayer and devotion to Our Lady.

We host Savannah Village MI prayer meetings monthly in-person and virtually. Please contact us to join us for the next one!

The Militia of the Immaculata (MI) is a worldwide evangelization movement founded by St. Maximilian Kolbe in 1917 that encourages total consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary as a means of spiritual renewal for individuals and society. The MI movement is open to all Catholics over 7 years old. It employs prayer as the main tool in the spiritual battle with evil. Members of the MI also immerse themselves in apostolic initiatives throughout society, either individually or in groups, to deepen the knowledge of the Gospel and our Catholic Faith and to spread devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. [ source: https://militiaoftheimmaculata.com/ ]

If you are interested in joining the Militia of the Immaculata, we invite you to enroll here.

A single act of love makes the soul return to life.
St. Maximillian Kolbe

“Do not forget that holiness consists not in extraordinary actions, but in performing your duties towards God, yourself, and others well.”
St. Maximillian Kolbe

“Never be afraid of loving the Blessed Virgin too much. You can never love her more than Jesus did.”
St. Maximillian Kolbe

**[painting by unnamed prisoner of Coastal State Prison, located at St. James the Less Church in Savannah, GA] St. Maximilian Kolbe** was born in Poland in 1894 and at about the age of 10 had a vision of the Virgin Mary. She offered him a white crown and a red crown, representing purity and martyrdom. He chose both, a foreshadowing of his life to come. In 1910, he joined the Conventual Franciscan Order. He was sent to study in Rome where founded the M.I. on October 16, 1917. Ordained a priest in 1918, Father Maximilian returned to Poland and began his untiring missionary activity, starting a monthly magazine and establishing two evangelization centers dedicated to the Immaculate Virgin: Niepokalanów, the “City of the Immaculata,” in Poland, and Mugenzai no Sono in Japan, and envisioned missionary centers worldwide. To better “win the world for Christ through the Immaculata,” the friars utilized the most modern techniques. St. Maximilian used short-wave radio and planned to build a motion picture studio. In 1939, during WWII, at Niepokalanów he welcomed thousands of refugees, especially Jews. In 1941, St. Maximilian was arrested by the Nazis and taken to the Auschwitz concentration camp. There he offered his life for another prisoner and was condemned to slow death in a starvation bunker. He died on August 14, 1941, with an injection of carbolic acid. Pope John Paul II canonized him as a Saint and Martyr of Charity on October 10, 1982. St. Maximilian Kolbe is considered a patron of journalists, families, prisoners, the pro-life movement, the chemically addicted and those with eating disorders.
St. Maximilian was a ground-breaking theologian. His insights on the Immaculate Conception anticipated the Marian theology of the Second Vatican Council and further developed the Church’s understanding of Mary’s role in God’s Plan of salvation. His Marian thought re-echoes in the Marian teaching of both St. John Paul II and Benedict XVI.
[ source: https://militiaoftheimmaculata.com/short-bio-of-st-maximilian-kolbe/ ]

Every day, many souls die without anyone ever praying or sacrificing for them.
We invite you to join us in changing that.

Every day, a Militia of the Immaculata Savannah Village member will pray a Divine Mercy Chaplet for the souls who have died or are actively dying that day.

“At the hour of their death, I defend as My own glory every soul that will say this chaplet; or when others say it for a dying person, the pardon is the same. When this chaplet is said by the bedside of a dying person, God’s anger is placated, unfathomable mercy envelops the soul, and the very depths of My tender mercy are moved for the sake of the sorrowful Passion of My Son.” (811)

-Jesus to St. Faustina in The Diary of Saint Faustina

⏰ It only takes about seven minutes to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet. Armed with the weapon of Divine Mercy, think about all the good you can do for others. ⏰

Which day do you have an extra 7 minutes?

Sign Up For A Day Here: https://forms.gle/qt7QMmdMNM7rv8eP7

source: https://www.thedivinemercy.org/message/devotions/pray-the-chaplet

How to Recite the Divine Mercy Chaplet

This is one of the most powerful promises in all of St. Faustina’s Diary. No matter who the dying person in question may be, God promises to defend them as His own glory if you simply say the Chaplet of Divine Mercy for them.

Though this fallen world is filled with sadness and death, goodness really does have the final say. We just need to do our part and pray for others — especially for those who are dying!

source: https://www.thedivinemercy.org/articles/praying-dying