At Fatima in Portugal, in the year 1917, Mary the mother of Jesus Christ appeared to three young children to give them various heavenly messages.
These children were named Lucia dos Santos and Francisco and Jacinta Marto.
Mary exhorted the children to do penance, to pray always (especially for peace) and to make sacrifices for sinners. Mary said to them "so many people go to Hell because there is no one to pray for them."
The three children spent their lives in sanctity and prayer, living the message that Mary brought from her Son, Jesus. Lucia later became a nun and lived for many years and was regarded to be a living saint by millions, including the Pope himself who met with her.
A miracle also occurred at Fatima, often called "The Miracle of the Sun." It was witnessed by over 70,000 people and thoroughly documented, even by atheists and other skeptics who had gathered that day to debunk the apparitions.
It had been raining for days and there was water and mud everywhere. All of a sudden the sun came out and instantly dried everything and spun around and it looked as if fireworks were spinning from it. And then the sun came crashing towards the ground; everyone there thought they were going to perish. They hid their faces in terror. Then at the last second, God took the sun back to its position in the sky.
3 children from Portugal saw visions of Virgin Mary on multiple occasions. She performed miracles, seen by crowds of people. She sent a message with her last visit, I think, about the state of the world, if things did not change. The youngest two of the three siblings died at early ages, I think the boy's name was Francisco. The eldest sibling, became a nun and served her life as such. She passed on the final vision's message to Pope John Paul several years ago. I think the church "made public" (as much as they decided to) the message of that final vision. There was a movie made about it, too. A black and white movie. Maybe you could watch that and it could help you? I would like to visit Fatima, one day!
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Our Lady of Fátima (pronounced [ËfatimÉ]) is the title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary by those who believe that she appeared to three shepherd children at Fátima, Portugal on the 13th day of six consecutive months in 1917, starting on 13 May, the Fátima holiday. The three children were Lúcia dos Santos and her cousins, siblings Francisco and Jacinta Marto. The title of Our Lady of the Rosary is also sometimes used in reference to the same apparition (although it was first used in 1208 for the reported apparition in the church of Prouille); because the children related that the Lady in the apparition specifically identified Herself as "the Lady of the Rosary." It is also common to see a combination of these titles, i.e., Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima (Portuguese: ''Nossa Senhora do Rosário de Fátima'').
Lúcia described seeing the lady as "brighter than the sun, shedding rays of light clearer and stronger than a crystal ball filled with the most sparkling water and pierced by the burning rays of the sun."[1] According to Lúcia's account, the lady confided to the children three secrets, known as the Three Secrets of Fátima. She exhorted the children to do penance and to make sacrifices to save sinners. The children wore tight cords around their waists to cause pain, abstained from drinking water on hot days, and performed other works of penance. Most important, Lúcia said that the lady asked them to say the Rosary every day, reiterating many times that the Rosary was the key to personal and world peace. Many young Portuguese men, including relatives of the visionaries, were then fighting in World War I.[1]
Thousands of people flocked to Fátima and Aljustrel in the ensuing months, drawn by reports of visions and miracles. On August 13, 1917, the provincial administrator and anticlerical Freemason[2] , Artur Santos[3] (no relation), believing that the events were politically disruptive, intercepted and jailed the children before they could reach the Cova da Iria that day. Prisoners held with them in the provincial jail later testified that the children, while upset, were consoled by the inmates, and then led the inmates in praying the Rosary. The administrator interrogated the children and unsuccessfully attempted to get them to divulge the content of the secrets. In the process, he tried to convince the children that he would boil them one by one in a pot of oil unless they confessed the secrets. The children, however, resisted. That month, instead of the usual apparition in the Cova da Iria on the 13th, the children reported that they saw the Lady on August 19 at nearby Valinhos
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At Fatima in Portugal, in the year 1917, Mary the mother of Jesus Christ appeared to three young children to give them various heavenly messages.
These children were named Lucia dos Santos and Francisco and Jacinta Marto.
Mary exhorted the children to do penance, to pray always (especially for peace) and to make sacrifices for sinners. Mary said to them "so many people go to Hell because there is no one to pray for them."
The three children spent their lives in sanctity and prayer, living the message that Mary brought from her Son, Jesus. Lucia later became a nun and lived for many years and was regarded to be a living saint by millions, including the Pope himself who met with her.
A miracle also occurred at Fatima, often called "The Miracle of the Sun." It was witnessed by over 70,000 people and thoroughly documented, even by atheists and other skeptics who had gathered that day to debunk the apparitions.
It had been raining for days and there was water and mud everywhere. All of a sudden the sun came out and instantly dried everything and spun around and it looked as if fireworks were spinning from it. And then the sun came crashing towards the ground; everyone there thought they were going to perish. They hid their faces in terror. Then at the last second, God took the sun back to its position in the sky.
Peace be to you all+
3 children from Portugal saw visions of Virgin Mary on multiple occasions. She performed miracles, seen by crowds of people. She sent a message with her last visit, I think, about the state of the world, if things did not change. The youngest two of the three siblings died at early ages, I think the boy's name was Francisco. The eldest sibling, became a nun and served her life as such. She passed on the final vision's message to Pope John Paul several years ago. I think the church "made public" (as much as they decided to) the message of that final vision. There was a movie made about it, too. A black and white movie. Maybe you could watch that and it could help you? I would like to visit Fatima, one day!
Light and Truth seems to know a lot more detail about it. Thumbs up!
Fatima may refer to:
Fátima, Portugal, town
Our Lady of Fatima, Marian apparition at Fátima in 1917
Fatima (name), female personal name
Fatimah, daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and wife of Ali
Our Lady of Fátima (pronounced [ËfatimÉ]) is the title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary by those who believe that she appeared to three shepherd children at Fátima, Portugal on the 13th day of six consecutive months in 1917, starting on 13 May, the Fátima holiday. The three children were Lúcia dos Santos and her cousins, siblings Francisco and Jacinta Marto. The title of Our Lady of the Rosary is also sometimes used in reference to the same apparition (although it was first used in 1208 for the reported apparition in the church of Prouille); because the children related that the Lady in the apparition specifically identified Herself as "the Lady of the Rosary." It is also common to see a combination of these titles, i.e., Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima (Portuguese: ''Nossa Senhora do Rosário de Fátima'').
Lúcia described seeing the lady as "brighter than the sun, shedding rays of light clearer and stronger than a crystal ball filled with the most sparkling water and pierced by the burning rays of the sun."[1] According to Lúcia's account, the lady confided to the children three secrets, known as the Three Secrets of Fátima. She exhorted the children to do penance and to make sacrifices to save sinners. The children wore tight cords around their waists to cause pain, abstained from drinking water on hot days, and performed other works of penance. Most important, Lúcia said that the lady asked them to say the Rosary every day, reiterating many times that the Rosary was the key to personal and world peace. Many young Portuguese men, including relatives of the visionaries, were then fighting in World War I.[1]
Thousands of people flocked to Fátima and Aljustrel in the ensuing months, drawn by reports of visions and miracles. On August 13, 1917, the provincial administrator and anticlerical Freemason[2] , Artur Santos[3] (no relation), believing that the events were politically disruptive, intercepted and jailed the children before they could reach the Cova da Iria that day. Prisoners held with them in the provincial jail later testified that the children, while upset, were consoled by the inmates, and then led the inmates in praying the Rosary. The administrator interrogated the children and unsuccessfully attempted to get them to divulge the content of the secrets. In the process, he tried to convince the children that he would boil them one by one in a pot of oil unless they confessed the secrets. The children, however, resisted. That month, instead of the usual apparition in the Cova da Iria on the 13th, the children reported that they saw the Lady on August 19 at nearby Valinhos
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Wasn't he that black kid in The Little Rascals?