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Saturday, 19 March 2022
Monday, 8 May 2017
FATIMA -- DID YOU KNOW PART FIVE
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| Vision of the Most Holy Trinity and the Blessed Virgin Mary to Lucia June 13, 1929 |
The Most Holy Trinity and the Blessed Virgin Mary appear to
Sister Lucia in her convent chapel at Tuy, Spain on June 13, 1929.
One of the most important of all the revelations of Fatima,
is the last great vision in 1929. It appears to be a synthesis of the entire
message.
This vision was unknown to the world until a few years ago
when, for the golden jubilee of Fatima, it was revealed by Diocesan
authorities. Previously it had been made known only to Pope Pius XII in a
personal letter.
Sister Lucia describes the vision as follows:
“Suddenly a supernatural light illumined the whole chapel
and on the altar appeared a cross of light which reached to the ceiling. In a brighter part could be seen, on the
upper part of the Cross, the face of a Man and His Body to the waist. On His Breast was an equally luminous Dove,
and nailed to the Cross, the body of another Man.
“A little below the waist, suspended in mid-air, was to be
seen a Chalice and a large Host onto which fell some drops of Blood from the
face of the Crucified and from the wound on His breast. These drops ran down over the Host and fell
into the Chalice.
Under the right arm of the Cross was Our Lady {Our Lady of Fatima with Her Immaculate Heart in Her Hand} . . .
Under the left arm (of the cross), some big letters, as if it were crystal-clear water running down over the altar, formed the words: “Grace and Mercy.” . . .
Under the right arm of the Cross was Our Lady {Our Lady of Fatima with Her Immaculate Heart in Her Hand} . . .
Under the left arm (of the cross), some big letters, as if it were crystal-clear water running down over the altar, formed the words: “Grace and Mercy.” . . .
I understood that it was the Mystery of the Most Holy
Trinity which was shown to me, and I received lights about this Mystery which I
am not permitted to reveal.
The Our Lady spoke:
“The moment has come in which God asks the Holy Father to
make, in union with all the bishops of the world, the Consecration of Russia to
My Immaculate Heart, promising to save it by this means.”
After vain efforts to convince Pope Pius XI to honor Our Lady of Fatima's urgent request, Father Goncalves (Sister Lucia's confessor) was as a loss for how to proceed. He wrote to Sister Lucia and asked her if he should continue to insist on the consecration to Russia. On October 24, 1940, Sister Lucia was ordered by one of her spiritual directors the Bishop of Gurza, to write to the Pope and ask for the consecration of the world with "special mention" of Russia. The bishop's action was an attempt to get the Pope to do at least something along the lines of a consecration, since during the previous eleven years Pius XI and Pius XII had failed to respond to the repeated requests to consecrate Russia.
Sister Lucia was upset about this instruction as she knew Our Lady had requested only the Consecration of Russia, not the world. Since she was put under obedience, however, Sister Lucia went to Our Lord in prayer before the exposed Blessed Sacrament to ask Him what she should do.
Our Lord responded to her that if the Pope did what the Bishop of Gurza had asked for , He would deign to reward this act by shortening the days of World War II, but that it would not bring about world peace, as would the explicit Consecration of Russia by the Pope together with all the bishops.
On October 31, 1942 and again on December 8, 1942, Pope Pius XII consecrated the world, with an oblique mention of Russia, and Our Lord, thus kept His promise to shorten World War II.
Indirect testimony of this comes
from Winston Churchill.
In his six-volume work on WWII, Churchill
wrote that in early 1943
(almost immediately after the consecration performed by Pius XII,)
"the hinges of fate" turned in favor of the Allies,
and that thereafter, the Allies won almost every battle,
whereas before they had almost always lost.
In May 1952, The
Virgin Mary appeared to Sister Lucia and said,
“Make it known to the Holy Father that I am always waiting
the Consecration of Russia to My Immaculate Heart. Without the Consecration, Russia will not be
able to convert, nor will the world have peace.”
Thus, 10 years after Pope Pius XII’s 1942 consecration of
the world, we have Our Lady reminding Sister Lucia that Russia will not be
converted, nor will there be peace, unless and until Russia is consecrated by
name.
In a letter of May 18, 1936 she replied,
". . .Recently I was speaking with Our Lord and asked Him why He would not convert Russia without the Pope doing that consecration.
Jesus replied,
"Because I want My whole Church
to recognize that consecration as a
Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
so that later on it will put the devotion
to the Immaculate Heart beside
devotion to My Sacred Heart."
Thirty-two years later, in 1982, the Vatican's own publication L'Obsservatore Romano published an interview of Sister Lucia by Father Umberto Maria Pasquale, a Salesian priest, during which she told Father Umberto that Our Lady had never requested the consecration of the world, but only the Consecration of Russia. With Pope John Paul II consecrating the world again to the Immaculate Heart, Sister Lucia said "The Consecration of Russia has not been done as Our Lady had demanded it.. A year later Pope John Paul II made an Act of Offering wherein he again consecrated "the world" not Russia.
Principal scholars of Fatima agreed in saying that the Consecration of Russia had not yet been done as Heaven wished it. . . .
There has been a controversy ever since. Some said Yes, the Consecration of Russia was done while others say no. . . I am of the opinion that it has not.
Excerpts from The True Story of Fatima: A complete account of the Fatima Apparitions by John de Marchi, I.M.C. published by THE FATIMA CENTER.
FATIMA -- DID YOU KNOW PART FOUR
The
Reason for the Five First Saturdays
. . . Later, when Lucia was at the convent at Tuy, her
confessor, Father Jose Bernardo Goncalves, S.J., wrote Lucia asking her to
explain the reason for five First Saturdays of devotion. Why not nine or fifteen, as these devotions
already existed.
After completing a holy
hour in front of the Blesses Sacrament one Thursday morning, Lucia wrote him
back:
“When I was in the chapel with Our Lord part of the night of
May 29-30, 1930, and I spoke to Our Lord about questions four and five, I
suddenly felt myself more intimately possessed by the Divine Presence and, if I
am not mistaken, this is what was revealed to me:
“My daughter, the reason [for the Five First Saturdays] is
simple. There are five types of offenses
and blasphemies committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary.”
1. Blasphemies against the Immaculate
Conception.
2. Blasphemies against Her Perpetual
Virginity.
3. Blasphemies against Her Divine
Maternity, refusing at the same time to
recognize Her as the Mother of men.
4. The blasphemies of those who
publicly seek to sow in the hearts of children
indifference or scorn, or even
hatred of the Immaculate Mother.
5. The offenses of those who outrage
Her directly in Her holy images.
“Here, My daughter,
is the reason why the Immaculate Heart
of Mary
inspired Me to ask for this act of reparation. . .
and in consideration
of it, to move My mercy
to pardon souls who have had the misfortune
of
offending Her.
As for you,
always seek
by your prayers and sacrifices
to move My mercy to pity for these poor souls.”
Father Joaquin Alonso, who served as the official archivist
of Fatima for more than 16 years, until his death in 1981, provided a
fascinating commentary on the above five reasons for the Five First Saturdays
and how they directly relate to the present time.
The First Blasphemy – Against the
Immaculate Conception: Father Alonso
asks, who are those who might commit this offense against the Immaculate Heart
of Mary? He answers, “In the first place
and in general the Protestant sects who refuse to receive the dogma defined by
Pope Pius IX and who have continued to maintain that the Blessed Virgin was
conceived with the stain of original sin and even personal sins. The same can be said of the {dissident.} Eastern Christians, since in spite of their
great Marian devotion they too refuse this dogma.”
The Second Blasphemy – Against Our
Lady’s Perpetual Virginity: Although
accepted by the Orthodox schismatics, the dogma of Our Lady’s perfect and
perpetual Virginity “before, during and after giving birth” is rejected by the
majority of Protestants.
The Third Blasphemy – Against Our
Lady as the Mother of God and of Men: Although
accepted by the Orthodox Protestants theoretically accept the Divine Maternity
of Mary defined at the Council of Ephesus, many do not. Moreover, Protestants as a whole refuse to
recognize Her as the Mother of men in the Catholic sense, which implies Her
co-redemption and Her role as Mediatrix of All Graces.
The Fourth and Fifth Blasphemies –
The Perversion of Children Against Our Lady, and the Desecration of Her
Images: Enemies of Our Lady strive to
inculcate indifference, scorn and even hatred in children for the Immaculate
Virgin; and they seek to outrage Her in Her holy images. Thse last two sins are the logical
consequences of the first three, and often go together with them. Scorn for the Immaculate Virgin and the
disrespect of Her Holy Images born from Protestantism is passed on to the
children of those in these false religions.
Tragically, today these crimes and
outrages against the Immaculate Heart of Mary are by no means restricted to
non-Catholics only. The ignorance and
coldness exemplified in these five types of blasphemies are not characteristic of
many Catholics as well. Since the time
of the Second Vatican Council, all too many Catholics—including a frightening
number of clergy and religious—have disregarded these great Marian truths
reiterated by Almighty God Himself. . .
. . . Clearly the Five First
Saturdays of Reparation is an important devotion for our time, and is needed
now more then ever, especially since Lucia herself reminds us that without reparation,
many souls will be lost.
Excerpt taken form “The True Story
of Fatima: A True Account of the Fatima Apparitions” by John de Marchi, I.M.C. published by THE FATIMA CENTER
Tuesday, 6 December 2016
The Five Fatima Prayers
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| Angel of Fatima |
The two prayers taught by the Angel:
My God, I
believe, I adore, I hope in and I love You. I ask pardon for all those who do
not believe in You, do not hope in You, do not love You.
Most Holy
Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I adore You profoundly, and I offer You
the Most Precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of the same Son Jesus Christ,
present in the Tabernacles of the world, in reparation for all the sacrileges,
outrages and indifferences by which He Himself is offended. And by the infinite merits of His Most Sacred
Heart and through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, O beg of You the conversion of
poor sinners.
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| Our Lady of Fatima |
The three prayers taught
by Our Lady:
O Most Holy Trinity,
I adore Thee; my God, I love Thee in the Most Blessed Sacrament.
O my Jesus,
forgive our sins, save us from the fires of Hell, lead all souls to Heaven,
especially those most in need.
O my Jesus,
it is for love of Thee, for the conversion of sinners and in reparation for
sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer this sacrifice to
Thee.
Wednesday, 14 September 2016
Efficacious Novena to the Sacred Heart
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| Most Sacred Heart of Jesus |
Novena
to the Sacred Heart
O my Jesus, Thou has said: “Truly I say to you, ask and it
will be given you, see and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you.” Behold I knock, I seek and ask for the grace
of . . .
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be;
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in Thee.
O my Jesus, Thou has said: “Truly I say to you, if you ask
anything of the Father in My Name, He will give it to you.” Behold, in Thy Name, I ask the Father for the
grace of . . .
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be;
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in Thee.
O my Jesus, Thou has said: “Truly I say to you, Heaven and
earth will pass away but My words will not pass away.” Encouraged by Thy infallible words I now ask
for the grace of . . .
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be;
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in Thee.
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, for Whom it is impossible not to
have compassion on the afflicted, have pity on us miserable sinners and grant
us the grace which we ask of Thee, through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart
of Mary, Your tender Mother and ours.
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| Immaculate Heart of Mary |
Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, Hail our life, our
sweetness and our hope. To Thee do we
cry, poor banished children of Eve. To
Thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of
tears. Turn then, most gracious
Advocate, Thine eyes of mercy towards us, and after this our exile, show unto
us the blessed fruit of Thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin
Mary.
Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. That we may be made
worthy of the promises of Christ.
Efficacious Novena to the Sacred Heart
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| Most Sacred Heart of Jesus |
Novena
to the Sacred Heart
O my Jesus, Thou has said: “Truly I say to you, ask and it
will be given you, see and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you.” Behold I knock, I seek and ask for the grace
of . . .
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be;
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in Thee.
O my Jesus, Thou has said: “Truly I say to you, if you ask
anything of the Father in My Name, He will give it to you.” Behold, in Thy Name, I ask the Father for the
grace of . . .
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be;
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in Thee.
O my Jesus, Thou has said: “Truly I say to you, Heaven and
earth will pass away but My words will not pass away.” Encouraged by Thy infallible words I now ask
for the grace of . . .
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be;
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in Thee.
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, for Whom it is impossible not to
have compassion on the afflicted, have pity on us miserable sinners and grant
us the grace which we ask of Thee, through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart
of Mary, Your tender Mother and ours.
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| Immaculate Heart of Mary |
Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, Hail our life, our
sweetness and our hope. To Thee do we
cry, poor banished children of Eve. To
Thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of
tears. Turn then, most gracious
Advocate, Thine eyes of mercy towards us, and after this our exile, show unto
us the blessed fruit of Thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin
Mary.
Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. That we may be made
worthy of the promises of Christ.
Monday, 23 March 2015
FATIMA PRAYERS NEEDED NOW
FATIMA PRAYERS NEEDED
TO BE PRAYED NOW!!
EUCHARISTIC PRAYER
MOST HOLY TRINITY, I adore Thee! My God, My God,
I love Thee in the
Most Blessed Sacrament.
(3 times)
PARDON PRAYER
MY GOD, I believe, I adore, I trust, and I love Thee!
I ask pardon for for
those who do not believe,
do not adore, do not
trust and do not love Thee.
(3 times)
SACRIFICE PRAYER
Sacrifices -- A great
"secret" of converting sinners is to make sacrifices for them, as
well as to pray for them. Our Lady Of Fatima said: "Many souls go to Hell
because there are none to sacrifice themselves and to pray for them," And
the holy Cure of Ars said that the conversion of sinners "begins with prayer
and ends with penance."
But whereas
"penance" and "sacrifice" sound frightening to some people
and we may not like these words, yet they are the key to obtaining Heaven for
poor sinners. If we are frightened of penance, we can begin by making one
little sacrifice per day-----perhaps eating something we do not like, or
drinking water instead of pop, or making ourselves wait a half hour or so to
take a drink when we are thirsty. These are little forms of
"fasting". Some sacrifices we are obliged to make anyway, but we can
offer them for sinners: examples of these are being patient with a trying
person or turning off an immodest TV, program. These sacrifices will be
presents for Our Lady, the precious coin she can use to buy back souls that are
headed for Hell.
It seems that God loves to "delegate" His work, He has given
it to us to be the "secondary" causes of His work, including the
salvation of our "brother" and our "neighbor." And though
His Blood poured out on Calvary was sufficient to save all souls, He requires
that we, the living branches on Him, the Vine, ask for and even
"activate" its application to those souls by our prayers and our
sacrifices.
At Fatima both the Angel and Our Lady asked for sacrifices for sinners.
They said, "Sacrifice yourself." This is done largely by generously
making individual sacrifices.
The Angel of Fatima, too, told the three children to
"Offer prayers and sacrifices constantly to the Most High . . . Make of
everything you can a sacrifice, and offer it to God as an act of reparation for
the sins by which He is offended, and in supplication for the conversion of
sinners . . . Above all, accept and bear with submission the sufferings which
the Lord will send you."
OUR LADY
OF FATIMA SAID: SACRIFICE YOURSELVES FOR SINNERS AND SAY MANY TIMES, ESPECIALLY
WHEN YOU MAKE SOME SACRIFICE:
O JESUS, it is for love of Thee,
for the conversion of sinners,
and in reparation for the sins
committed against
the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
DECADE PRAYER
(To be said after the Glory Be at the end of each decade of the Rosary)
O MY JESUS, forgive us our sins, save us from the fire of Hell,
lead all souls to Heaven,
especially those who are most in need of Thy mercy.
ANGEL'S PRAYER
(Given to the three children by the Angel who
preceded Our Lady's
first appearance to them.)
MOST Holy Trinity, Father, Son, a
nd Holy Spirit, I adore Thee
profoundly.
I offer Thee the Most Precious
Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity
of Jesus Christ, present in all
the tabernacles of the world,
in reparation for the outrages,
sacrileges, and indifference
by which He is offended. And through the infinite merit
of His Most Sacred Heart, and
the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
I beg of Thee the conversion of
poor sinners.
(3 times)
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