Siege Of Jericho

SIEGE OF JERICHO – AMERICA (The origin and Bible References at the end)

Dear Brothers and Sisters: Committed Lay Persons are organizing throughout the American Continent a SIEGE OF JERICHO, which consists of A NON-STOP PRAYER OF THE MOST HOLY ROSARY DURING 7 DAYS AND 7 NIGHTS. In order to achieve this, we are forming a chain of prayer EVERY HALF AN HOUR to pray THE HOLY ROSARY TOGETHER WITH OUR BLESSED MOTHER. This chain should not be interrupted and shall be done by the people in every State of our Country. REQUIREMENTS: 1. - TO COMMIT IN PRAYING THE HOLY ROSARY WITH ALL YOUR HEART, DURING HALF AN HOUR, PREFERABLY IN FRONT OF THE MOST BLESSED SACRAMENT (UNLESS IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU). YOU CAN ALSO JOIN AT ANY OTHER TIME DURING THIS SEVEN-DAYS-AND-NIGHTS PRAYER. 2. - TO PRAY THE SORROWFUL MISTERIES FOR THE UNIQUE INTENTION OF THE SIEGE OF JERICHO. IF YOU HAVE COMMITTED TO PRAY MORE THAN ONE ROSARY, YOU CAN THEN MEDITATE THE OTHER MISTERIES OF THE ROSARY. 3. - TO OFFER THE ROSARY ONLY FOR THE FOLLOWING INTENTION, IN ORDER TO HAVE UNITY IN PRAYER: THE INTENTION IS:

"To Repair for our sins and those of our country, and implore, together with our Most Blessed Mother, God´s Mercy upon USA and His Blessing, in order that we can all be converted, healed and protected against all evil and danger. Amen!”

USA: Starts on Sunday November 1st, at 3 PM until Sunday, November 8th at 3:00 pm ¿WHY ARE WE DOING THE SIEGE OF JERICHO? IN ORDER TO OUR LORD, THROUGH HIS MERCY AND MARY´S INTERCESSION, DEMOLISH THE WALLS OF OUR SINS WHICH SEPARATE US FROM HIM. AND AS WITH THE BLIND OF JERICHO, WHO INSISTENTLY CLAIMED THE LORD´S MERCY AND HEALING, MAY OUR LORD ALSO HEAL OUR SIGHT SO WE MAY SEE HIM: THE PATH, TRUTH AND LIFE. AND, FINALLY, THAT MAY OUR LORD FORGIVE ALL OUR SINS AND GUIDE US THROUGH THE PATH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, AS HE DID WITH ZACCHAEUS, AND THEREBY SAVE WHAT WAS LOST (Luc 18, 35 – 19, 10). IF YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE PLEASE EMAIL TO:

[email protected] Indicating:

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Your name The time which you commit to pray during these 7 days and nights The name of your city / state And a contact phone number (if you wish so)

DEADLINE TO INFORM US YOUR PARTICIPATION IS: SATURDAY OCTOBER 31TH. BECAUSE (WITH GOD´S FAVOR) THE CHAIN THAT WILL FORM THE GRAND NATIONAL ROSARY IN USA, WILL START ON SUNDAY NOVEMBER 1 ST AT 3: OO PM! DO NOT HESITATE IN PARTICIPATING, ONLY HALF AN HOUR IN FRONT OF OUR LORD CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN YOUR COUNTRY, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR CHURCH AND YOUR LIFE! PLEASE INFORM YOUR PRAYER GROUP, YOUR PARISH, FRIENDS, ETC.; SO THAT WE CAN ALL UNITE IN THIS GREAT EVENT, WITH OUR BLESSED MOTHER. If your friends do not have access to internet please take their information and let us know in order to register them in our list. We shall keep you informed about the advances of the Siege of Jericho during the week. BIBLE REFERENCES: Joshua 1, 1-2 1 After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, the LORD said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses' aide: 2 "Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them—to the Israelites. Joshua 6, 2-5 2 Then the LORD said to Joshua, "See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men. 3 March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days. 4 Have seven priests carry trumpets of rams' horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, with the priests blowing the trumpets. 5 When you hear them sound a long blast on the trumpets, have all the people give a loud shout; then the wall of the city will collapse and the people will go up, every man straight in." Joshua 6, 16-17 16 The seventh time around, when the priests sounded the trumpet blast, Joshua commanded the people, "Shout! For the LORD has given you the city! 17 The city and all

that is in it are to be devoted to the LORD. Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house shall be spared, because she hid the spies we sent. Joshua 6, 24-26 24 Then they burned the whole city and everything in it, but they put the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the LORD's house. 25 But Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her family and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent as spies to Jericho—and she lives among the Israelites to this day. 26 At that time Joshua pronounced this solemn oath: "Cursed before the LORD is the man who undertakes to rebuild this city, Jericho… Also, one of the most beautiful events of the New Testament occurred on the way between Jerusalem and Jericho, the same as in the case of the Parable of the Good Samaritan... The encounter between Jesus and Zacchaeus the sinner, right after Jesus had given sight to a blind beggar just before entering Jericho: Luke 18, 35-43 A Blind Beggar Receives His Sight 35 As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. 36When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening. 37They told him, "Jesus of Nazareth is passing by." 38He called out, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" 39 Those who led the way rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!" 40Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him, 41"What do you want me to do for you?" "Lord, I want to see," he replied. 42Jesus said to him, "Receive your sight; your faith has healed you." 43Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they also praised God. Right after that, Jesus entered into the city of Jericho and met Zacchaeus: Luke 19, 7-10 7 All the people saw this and began to mutter, "He has gone to be the guest of a 'sinner.' " 8 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount." 9Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. 10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost." THE ORIGEN OF THIS SIEGE OF JERICHO COMES FROM POLAND, DURING THE FIRST VIST OF POPE JOHN PAUL II! On May 1-8, 1979, our friends in Poland organized a one-week Congress of the Rosary, at the national shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa, in order to obtain the favor that the Communists would allow the Holy Father to visit his homeland, which at first was refused by the Polish authorities. On the Thursday of their week of prayer, our Polish friends learnt that the Holy Father had obtained his visa to go to Poland. They named that week of prayer the ―Siege of Jericho‖. This week of non-stop prayer was done in front of the Blessed Sacrament exposed in the Monstrance. Afterwards, many people and countries have decided to hold ―Sieges of Jericho‖ imitating the Poles, to support the Pope and to obtain great favors for the world! One knows that in the Old Testament, the walls of the city of Jericho fell thanks to the power of God. And as St. Paul said in his letter to the Hebrews: ―By faith the walls of Jericho fell after being encircled for seven days‖... We still have many walls to demolish in these times, especially those of indifference, laziness, and lukewarm hearts and those walls that prevent the Sacred Heart of Jesus to reign in our homes, to let us have a truthful and deep conversion and to evangelize with a strong and permanent thrust..

Let´s demolish these walls; Take your Rosary and start praying!