Devotion to Our Lady: holy League to prevent mortal sins in the world

Mortal sin is the maximum offense that the creature can make to its Creator. It wages war directly on the glory of God, takes care of the honor due to it, and of a soul destined to glorify God in heaven, makes it a tried and tested and eternal punishment in the prison of hell.

Every sin that can be prevented, even if venial, is already a great thing for the cause of Jesus Christ.

We can get an idea of ​​such importance, reflecting that when we could also close hell forever, save all the souls enclosed in it, empty the prison of Purga-thorium, and of all living men, on earth do as many Saints, equal to St. Peter and St. Paul, and all this by saying a little lie, we should never say it; for the glory of God would suffer more from such a small lie, which it would not gain from all the rest.

What a great undertaking it will therefore be for the honor of Jesus to prevent even one mortal sin! And how easy it will be, if every night, before going to bed, we will use to

may the divine Mother, who offers the Holy Passion and the precious Blood of her beloved Son to God, to obtain the grace to prevent a mortal sin anywhere in the world during that night! We will renew the same prayer the following morning!

Without doubt, such an offer, made for such hands, cannot fail to entreat the grace sent.

In this way, each of us can probably prevent 730 deadly sins per year. That if a thousand of us make this offer constantly for twenty years (which certainly does not seek serious discomfort), without speaking of the merits that we will procure, more than fourteen million deadly sins will be prevented. And if all the associates of the Pompeii Shrine, who are more than four million, practiced this devotion, the number of sins prevented should be multiplied again by four thousand. Thus the annual offering of our Holy League to the Passion of our dearest Lord would be more than two billion deadly sins prevented.

At this rate the cause of Jesus Christ would flourish; and how happy we would be, immensely happy!

PRAYER TO THE VIRGIN OF THE ROSARY OF POMPEII
TO PREVENT DEADLY SINS IN THE WORLD
This prayer is recited in the morning at Mass immediately after the elevation, and in the evening before going to bed, by all the Associates of the Holy League to prevent deadly sins in the world, established in the Shrine of Pompeii.

O SS. Virgin of the Rosary of Pompeii, You who witnessed the cruel Passion of your Son, and felt in your heart the bitter pain which he brought for the sins of all men; deh! please offer the Passion of Jesus Christ, his precious Blood and your Sorrows, to the Eternal Father, so that he may deign to prevent a single mortal sin in the whole world during this day or this night. And give us your holy blessing. So be it.