The Holy See approved the devotion to Rosa Mystica on July 8 2024

During Her Sixth Apparition on December 7, 1947 at Montichiari, Our Lady said: "I come here to Montichiari because it is My wish to be appealed to and venerated as 'Rosa Mystica.' I wish people to celebrate each year on December 8th at noon the ‘Hour of Grace’ for the whole world. With this exercise, one will receive numerous spiritual and bodily Graces. Our LORD, My Divine SON JESUS, will be abundantly Merciful so long as good men go on praying for their fellow men. As soon as possible, let the Supreme Shepherd of the Church, Pope Pius XII, know it is my wish that this ‘Hour of Grace’ be publicized and spread throughout the whole world.”

 How to hold this Hour of Grace

1. It must be held on December 8, feast of the Immaculate Conception,   from 12 noon until 1 p.m. (one full hour of prayer), either at church , or at home.

2. During this hour the person making the Hour of Grace must put away all distractions;

3. Begin the Hour of Grace by praying three times the 51st Psalm – the Miserere- with outstretched arms;

4. The rest of the Hour of Grace may be spent in silent communication

with GOD, adoring the Sacred Host, meditating upon the Passion of Jesus, saying the Holy Rosary, praising GOD in one’s own way or by

using favorite prayers, singing hymns, etc.

Psalm 51 — The Miserere

Prayer of Repentance (A psalm of David when Nathan the prophet came to him after his sin with Bathsheba)

Have Mercy on me, GOD, in Your Kindness.

In Your Compassion blot out my offense.

O wash me more and more from my guilt

and cleanse me from my sin.

My offenses truly I know them;

my sin is always before me.

Against YOU, YOU alone, have I sinned;

what is evil in Your Sight I have done.

That YOU may be justified when YOU give sentence

and be without reproach when YOU judge,

O see, in guilt I was born,

a sinner was I conceived.

Indeed YOU love Truth in the heart;

then in the secret of my heart teach me Wisdom.

O purify me, then I shall be clean;

O wash me, I shall be whiter than snow.

Make me hear rejoicing and gladness,

that the bones YOU have crushed may revive.

From my sins turn away Your Face

and blot out all my guilt.

A pure heart create for me, O GOD,

put a steadfast spirit within me.

Do not cast me away from Your Presence,

nor deprive me of Your HOLY SPIRIT.

Give me again the joy of Your Help;

With a spirit of fervor sustain me,

that I may teach transgressors Your Ways

and sinners may return to YOU.

O LORD, open my lips

and my mouth shall declare Your Praise.

For in sacrifice YOU take no delight,

burnt offering from me YOU would refuse,

my sacrifice, a contrite spirit,

a humbled, contrite heart YOU will not spurn.

In Your Goodness, show favor to Zion:

rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.

Then YOU will be pleased with lawful Sacrifice,

Holocausts offered on Your Altar.

Glory to the FATHER, and to the SON, and to the HOLY SPIRIT,

as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.