Mere prayers and penance? Did Our Lady ask for something else?
Our Lady asked for the
collegial consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. When the Pope, and bishops of the world join him, consecrating Russia to the IHM, then Russia will convert and there will be a period of peace. World peace shall not be obtainable without this consecration.
When enough Catholics pray and sacrifice for this intention, then it will happen, not before. We should pray and sacrifice anyway, but we should also remember this intention so we can have world peace.
Without the consecration, Russia will spread her errors throughout the world (already happened), and many nations will be annihilated (hasn't happened yet, but war is now imminent -- see what's happening in Syria).
One of the principal errors of sedevacantism is that this consecration is impossible now because we don't have any pope and the so-called bishops are not really bishops.
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