Our Lady of Fatima
Today is the feast day of Our Lady of Fatima. Between the dates May 13 and October 13, 1917, three Portuguese children were able to witness apparitions of Our Lady. These beautiful apparitions that the three children were able to witness occurred in Cova da Iria which is located very close to Fatima, the city is located about 110 miles North from Lisbon. The children who were able to witness the apparitions include, St. Francisco Marto, St. Jacinta Marto and also their cousin Lucia dos Santos who later became a Carmelite nun.
When Our Lady saw the children She had asked the children to pray the rosary and to pray for world peace, Our Lady had asked them to pray for the end of World War I, Our Lady also asked them to pray for sinners, and Our Lady asked them to pray for the conversion of souls.
Our Lady had given the children three powerful secrets. After, St. Francisco Marto had passed away on April 4, 1919 and St. Jacinta Marto passed away on February 20, 1920, Sister Lucia later revealed the first secret during the year 1927.
The first secret that Sister Lucia had revealed was about the importance of a devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
The second secret that the children had received was a vision of hell. When Lucia had grown up she decided to become a Carmelite nun. Sister Lucia passed away on February 13, 2005 and she was 97 years old when she had died.
St. John Paul II later decided to direct the Holy See’s Secretary of State to reveal the third secret which had occurred during the year 2000. The third secret had mentioned of a “bishop who wore white” and was shot by a group of soldiers who had fired bullets and arrows into him.
Many people have decided to link this vision to the assassination attempt that had occurred on St. John Paul II when he was in St. Peter’s Square during May 13, 1981.
Our Lady of Fatima’s feast day was eventually approved by a bishop during the year 1930. The feast day was later added into the Church’s worldwide calendar during the year 2002.
Our Lady has given us the rosary which is one of the most powerful prayers that we can pray, it is important that we pray the rosary daily, by praying the rosary we will be able to over come any temptation, trial, pain, suffering or any other situation that we may encounter. We must seek to deepen our relationship with Our Lady, because when we deepen our relationship with Our Lady we deepen our relationship with Jesus and we become better people.
Prayer to Our Lady: Our Lady help us to strengthen our relationship with you, so that we may be able to overcome every temptation and evil we may encounter. Our Lady help us to guide more people to you so that through you they may encounter Christ’s love and so that they may pray to you. Our Lady we ask that you may provide us with your constant intercession and help us to overcome every possible temptation and trial that we may encounter. Our Lady we ask that you may please show us the will of your son, and his will shall be done. We ask this through Christ Our Lord and Mary Our Mother in Heaven. Amen Our Lady pray for us St. Joseph pray for us
May we continue to strengthen our journey to sainthood and keep others in our prayers.
Works Cited
Information (read from, not taken):
Franciscan Media. "Our Lady of Fatima. ”Our Lady of Fatima | Franciscan Media. Accessed 13, May 2021.
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Our Lady of Fatima. May 12, 2021. Our Lady of Fatima - Google Search.
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