OUR LADY APPEARS TO
FRANCISCO, JACINTA, AND LUCIA
May 13 is the anniversary of the apparition of Our Lady to three shepherd children in the small village of Fatima, Portugal in 1917.
BACKGROUND
Between May 13 and October 13, 1917, three Portuguese children, Francisco and Jacinta Marto and their cousin Lucia dos Santos received apparitions of Our Lady at Cova da Iria near the city of Fatima. Mary had instructed the children after the first apparition May 13 to meet here the following 5 months on the 13th.
Mary asked the children to pray the rosary for world peace, pray for sinners, and for the conversion of Russia. Mary gave the children three secrets.
FATIMA SECRETS
The First Secret: the Vision of Hell
As the Lady was finishing the prayer, she opened her hands again. It revealed a very terrifying scene as the children were shown a vision of hell! It was only for a brief moment that they saw the fires of hell, the ugliest demons, and the poor charred and transparent burning souls of people suffering tremendously.
The Second Secret: WORLD WAR II
WORLD WAR 1 is going to end. But if people do not cease offending God, a worse one will break out during the Pontificate of Pius XI. When you see a night illumined by an unknown light, (KRISTALLNACHT) know this is the great sign given you by God that he is about to punish the world for its crimes, by means of war, famine, and persecutions of the Church and of the Holy Father.
To prevent this, God wishes to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart, and the consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart. If what I say to you is done, many souls will be saved and there will be peace.
The Third Secret is revealed but Kept Secret at instructions of Blessed Mother.
When Lucia grew up, she wrote down the secret
THIRD SECRET: ASSASINATION OF A POPE
Pope John Paul II directed the Holy See’s Secretary of State to reveal the third secret in 2000; it spoke of a “bishop in white.” Many people linked this vision to the assassination attempt against Pope John Paul II in St. Peter’s Square on May 13, 1981.
“a bishop dressed in white…the Holy Father passed through a big city half in ruins and half trembling with halting step, afflicted with pain and sorrow, he prayed for the souls of the corpses he met on his way; having reached the top of the mountain, on his knees at the foot of the big Cross he was killed by a group of soldiers who fired bullets and arrows at him….,
LUCIA and FRANCISCO and JACINTA
In a 1957 interview, Sr. Lucia, elaborated more on Persecution of the Church by adding the diminishment of the shepherding of the Church. ie. pedophile priest scandals
REFLECTION
One of God’s harshest chastisements is when he permits his people to fall into the hands of clergy who are priests in name only. God cries out through his prophet Jerimiah, “Return, rebellious children and I will appoint for you shepherds after my own heart, who will shepherd you wisely and prudently!” Jeremiah 3:14-15
Today, where are our shepherds???….a staggering number of Catholic Church leaders have fallen victim to the error of Modernism, the belief that some aspects of Catholic doctrine can change over time. It can’t!
Customs and Church discipline may change over time but not doctrine. Pray that our priests and bishops will be Good Shepherds in imitation of Christ that they may lead us faithfully to the Way, the Truth, and Life, of Jesus Christ. Jesus did not go along to get along. And neither should we!
Satan, the Father of Lies, will say anything and do anything to entice us to separate from God just as he did with our first parents, Adam and Eve, …God knows well that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods, who know* good and evil.
Genesis 3:5
REPENT AND BELIEVE IN THE GOSPEL!