On the last month, I will perform a miracle so that all may believe. If they had not taken you to the town, the miracle would have been greater. Saint Joseph will come with the Child Jesus, to give peace to the world. Our Lord will come to bless the people. You will carry one with Jacinta and two other girls dressed in white; the other one Francisco is to carry, with three boys, like him, dressed in white.
It will be for the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. What is left over will help towards the construction of a chapel that is to be built. As usual, Our Lady began to ascend towards the east. From this time on, the three children looked for ways to make more sacrifices.
Lucy describes one example:. I took it and amused myself by attaching it to one of my arms. I did not take long to notice that the rope hurt me. We could attach it around our waist and offer this sacrifice to God. A sharp stone, rubbing on another, served as a knife.
Whether because of the size and roughness of the rope, or because sometimes we squeezed it too much, that instrument made us suffer horribly. Sometimes Jacinta shed some tears because of the discomfort which the rope caused her.
I want to offer this sacrifice to Our Lord in reparation and for the conversion of sinners. Saint Joseph will appear with the Child Jesus to bless the world. God is pleased with your sacrifices, but He does not want you to sleep with the rope on, but only to wear it during the daytime. In October I will perform a miracle so that all may believe.
I am the Lady of the Rosary. Continue to pray the rosary every day. The war is going to end, and the soldiers will soon return to their homes. It is necessary that they amend their lives, and ask pardon for their sins. Let them offend Our Lord God no more, for He is already much offended.
Then, opening her hands, Our Lady shone the light issuing from them onto the sun, and as she rose, her own radiance continued to be cast onto the sun. A photograph of the crowd at the Cova da Iria during the Miracle of the Sun. Once Our Lady had disappeared in the expanse of the firmament, three scenes followed in succession, symbolizing first the joyful mysteries of the Rosary, then the sorrowful mysteries, and, finally, the glorious mysteries.
It was the Holy Family. The Virgin was dressed in white with a blue mantle. Saint Joseph was also dressed in white, and the Child Jesus in light red. Saint Joseph blessed the crowd, making the Sign of the Cross three times. The Child Jesus did the same. Second scene: This was followed by the vision of Our Lady of Sorrows, without the sword in her breast, and of Our Lord overwhelmed with sorrow on the way to Calvary.
Our Lord made the Sign of the Cross to bless the people. While these scenes took place, the great throng of about seventy thousand spectators witnessed the miracle of the sun. It had rained all during the apparition. It shone with an intensity never before seen, but was not blinding.
This lasted only an instant. Then it stopped momentarily, only to begin spinning vertiginously again. Its rim became scarlet; whirling, it scattered red flames across the sky. Their light was reflected on the ground, on the trees, on the bushes, and on the very faces and clothing of the people, which took on brilliant hues and changing colors.
After performing this bizarre pattern three times, the globe of fire seemed to tremble, shake, and then plunge in a zigzag toward the terrified crowd. All this lasted about ten minutes. Finally, the sun zigzagged back to its original place and once again became still and brilliant, shining with its everyday brightness. The cycle of the apparitions had ended. Many people noticed that their clothes, soaking wet from the rain, had suddenly dried. The following apparitions took place after Lucia entered the Sisters of St.
That message from Our Mother Mary is a challenge — no matter where you are in your own personal prayer life — to go deeper, to pray often, and with greater fervor. Some of us may not pray all that often except when in great need. Now, on this th anniversary of the first appearance of Our Lady of the Rosary, perhaps it is time to dust off that rosary that has been sitting on the shelf since it was received at Confirmation.
Others of us may have a deep devotion to the rosary already, in which case the message of Fatima calls us to approach our prayer life with a new ardor. This new ardor would look differently for each individual, but may include things like adopting new devotional practices, recommitting ourselves to attentiveness during times of prayer, or perhaps even increasing the frequency of times dedicated to the Lord and Our Lady in prayer.
I say this not simply to highlight some of our products, but because I personally own three of these prayer resources and find them to be tremendously helpful. Each of these books also includes the mysteries of the Rosary and an explanation of how to pray the Rosary.
Another excellent resource for a variety of prayers. This book includes a scriptural rosary with a verse citation for each mystery. There are also several other Marian devotions such as the Litany of Loreto and a beautiful prayer from our Byzantine Rite Catholics called the Acathist Hymn.
Edmond Bliven really did a fantastic service to the Church in collecting these prayer texts. Along with the most common prayers and devotions, it contains all the mysteries of the rosary along with scripture references and a brief reflection for each mystery. This is a splendid little resource that is very beneficial for an individual, but also fits in the pocket on the back of hymnals or can be placed in pew racks.
This is a great and cheap opportunity to draw a community deeper into a richer prayer life. A Contemplative Rosary is like the Catholic Prayer Supplement in that it can be enriching for an individual as well as a community.
You can pop the CDs into your car and pray along with the rosary at any time — without taking your hands of the steering wheel. These communal options can be used in a variety of ministerial settings. I hope that these prospects might help you to respond to the call of Our Lady of Fatima to run to her in prayer. Please do take this opportunity on the Centennial of Fatima to do penance and pray. Not at my request, but in response to the call of Our Mother Mary.
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