Litany of Our Lady of Fatima

 

Our Lady of Fatima, Pray for our beloved country.
Our Lady of Fatima, Sanctify our clergy.
Our Lady of Fatima, Make our Catholics more fervent.
Our Lady of Fatima, Guide and inspire those who govern us.
Our Lady of Fatima, Cure the sick who confide in thee.
Our Lady of Fatima, Console the sorrowful who trust in thee.
Our Lady of Fatima, Help those who invoke thine aid.
Our Lady of Fatima, Deliver us from all dangers.
Our Lady of Fatima, Help us to resist temptation.
Our Lady of Fatima, Obtain for us all that we lovingly ask of thee.
Our Lady of Fatima, Help those who are dear to us.
Our Lady of Fatima, Bring to Holy Catholic Church those who are in error.
Our Lady of Fatima, Give us back our ancient fervor.
Our Lady of Fatima, Obtain for us pardon of our manifold sins and offenses.
Our Lady of Fatima, Bring all men to the feet of thy Divine Child.
Our Lady of Fatima, Obtain peace for the world.

O Mary conceived without sin,
Pray for us who have recourse to thee.

In the End My Immaculate Heart Will Triumph. Apr 1999 By Fr. Robert J. Fox

The Immaculate Heart Messenger has many different or additional readers since we began reporting on the power of Marys intercession with the many changes in the world. This should help all realize the power of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. She is Mother of the Church and she cares about all her children. Our goal for the Year 2000 AD is to publish a book on the role of Mary during 2000 years. Below is a summary of significant dates to the Fatima Family Apostolate of only some of the events of recent years. They will serve as signs of Marian interventions in Church and world history. These events remind us Mary does not forget her children. May 13 to October 13, 1917 - The Mother of God appears to three little shepherd children near Fatima, Portugal on the 13th of six consecutive months. Our Lady gives a message of hope and warning of dangers to humanity and the faith of people of the Church. She comes as Our Lady of Light and of the Holy Eucharist. She speaks of the errors of Russia to spread to all nations. She tells of great persecutions to the Church, the Holy Father, the danger of souls falling into hell. She appears holding her Immaculate Heart in her hand and says: God wishes to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart. ... I shall come to ask for the consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart, and the Communion of reparation on the first Saturdays. If my wishes are fulfilled, Russia will be converted and there will be peace. If not, Russia will spread her errors throughout the world, promoting wars, and persecution of the Church. The good will be martyred, the Holy Father will have much to suffer .... Our Lady says that Francisco and Jacinta will die soon and go to heaven but Lucia must remain many years in the world to promote devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Sr. Lucia is still living at the end of the second millennium. During the same six months, Our Lady is appearing in Portugal. Lenin is in Russia organizing the Bolshevik Revolution which takes over the government of Russia with the goal of conquering the world for atheism. December 10, 1925 - Our Lady of Fatima appears to Sr. Lucia now in the convent in Pontevedra, Spain and asks for sacramental reparation of Confession and Holy Communion on First Saturdays, plus praying the Rosary with meditation on its mysteries. First Saturdays are associated with the spiritual welfare of Russia. A spiritual bonus is promised to individuals of Marys intercession to assist at the hour of death with all the graces necessary for salvation all those who, on the first Saturday of five consecutive months, perform the acts of reparation requested. Reparation on every first Saturday however is encouraged for the good of mankind. June 13, 1929 - Sister Lucia in the Convent at Tuy, Spain receives an appearance of Our Lady of Fatima to ask the Pope and bishops of the world for the Consecration of Russia to her Immaculate Heart, promising by this means to prevent the spreading of its errors and to bring about its conversion. June 13, 1929 onward to March 25, 1984 - Sister Lucia prays and sacrifices, seeking practical ways to get the Pope to have the bishops of the world join him in consecrating the world and Russia in particular to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. December 20, 1940 - Sister Lucia is permitted for the first time to write to the Holy Father, Pope Pius XII, asking for this Consecration of Russia. Pope Pius XII in subsequent years consecrates the world and later Russia but does so alone, not with the worlds bishops as required by Our Lady of Fatima. October 31, 1942 - Pope Pius XII consecrates the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary May 13, 1946 - Pius XII through a legate crowns the image of Our Lady of Fatima and proclaims her Queen of the World. Popes begin calling Fatima Altar of the World. October 13, 1951 - Closing ceremonies for the Holy Year of the universal Church is held at Fatima. July 7, 1952 - Pius XII consecrates the Russian people to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. November 21, 1964 - Pope Paul VI renews Pius XII's consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart, speaking to the Fathers of the Second Vatican Council but still does it alone. Sister Lucia insists it should be collegial. May 13, 1965 - Pope Paul VI sends a Golden Rose to Fatima, confiding the entire Church to our Ladys protection and gives official Church recognition of Fatimas significance for the universal Church. May 13, 1967 - Pope Paul VI goes to Fatima, as the first Pope to go there as a pilgrim. There he calls for renewed consecration to the Immaculate Heart. May 13, 1981 - Pope John Paul II is shot in St. Peters Square on May 13, anniversary of the first apparition at Fatima. During the long months of suffering and recuperation in Gemelli Hospital, the Holy Father requests and studies more deeply documents relating to Fatima. His determination to consecrate Russia with bishops of the world grows stronger. In leaving the clinic he remarks: I have come to understand that the only way to save the world from war, to save it from atheism, is the conversion of Russia according to the message of Fatima. May 12-13, 1982 - The Pope visits Fatima to thank Our Lady for sparing his life and says: In the plans of Divine Providence I also saw an appeal and, who knows, a reminder of the message which came from here 65 years ago. ... He conducted a consecration of the world and Russia at that time but many bishops did not receive the request to join him in time and Sister Lucia said it did not fulfill all the requirements. March 25, 1984 - Pope John Paul II having sent invitations already in December 1983 to the worlds bishops, including Orthodox, to join him on March 25, 1984, he had Bishop Amaral of Fatima bring the Miraculous statue from the Cova da Iria at Fatima to the Vatican for the Collegial Consecration of the world and Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. He was joined by a moral totality of the worlds bishops in the Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart. The words of the cons-ecration make clear it is a collegial act with worlds bishops and also renews Pius XIIs acts of 1942 (world) and 1952 (Russia) and the consecration is for all time. [See our book Documents of Fatima for details on Consecration]. Shortly thereafter, Sister Lucia told the Papal Nuncio of Lisbon the Collegial Consecration for the conversion of Russia has been accomplished and God will keep His word. The Nuncio answers, Now we await the miracle. On the following day, Patriarch Dimitrios of Constantinople, honorary primate of the Orthodox Churches, writes a letter to the Vatican praising the consecration as a contribution to the creation of communion between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. May 13, 1984 - The Holy Father speaks to 50,000 pilgrims in St. Peters Square of his affection and beatitude for Our Lady of Fatima in protecting him from the bullets three years earlier. On the same day, the Bishop of Leiria-Fatima announces that the Pope had given to the Fatima Shrine the bullet which had struck him. February 1985 - Pontifical Council of the Laity writes and encourages Fr. Robert J. Fox, who years previously founded a Fatima Youth Apostolate, now to go independent with a Fatima Apostolate which becomes the Fatima Family Apostolate and the Messenger magazine was born, first called Messenger of Our Lady then Fatima Family Messenger and finally Immaculate Heart Messenger. March 25, 1987 - Pope John Paul II issued an encyclical letter, Redemptoris Mater, in anticipation of the forthcoming Marian Year. In the encyclical, the Pope refers to the common love shared by Orthodox and Catholics for the Mother of God and the devotion shown her icons. June 7, 1987 - The Marian Year of fourteen months began on this date, Pentecost Sunday, and extended to the Feast of the Assumption, August 15, 1988. The timing of the Marian Year exactly spans the two important religious celebrations in the Soviet Union, the 600th anniversary of the baptism of Lithuania and the 1000 anniversary of the baptism of St. Vladimir. Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz said the noticeable easing of persecutions against religion in the Soviet Union and granting of greater religious freedoms began with the Marian Year. September 20, 1987 - Approximately 100,000 persons, many carrying Solidarity banners, attend the annual workers pilgrimage to Our Lady of Czestochowa shrine in Poland. Lech Walesa, during his years as Solidarity leader, goes repeatedly to Zakopane, Polands major Fatima Shrine, dedicated to praying for Pope John Paul II. There he consecrates the Solidarity movement to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Pope John Paul II in his Encyclical, Centesimus Annus, credits the Solidarity movement growing and spreading out from Poland with the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe. July 1989 - Sister Lucia this month began to go public in stating that the Consecration is accomplished.  Previously she talked only to select persons such as the Papal Nuncio, bishop of Fatima. Now she is anxious to get her word out publicly. The Messenger is asked to publicize what Sister Lucia is saying about the Consecration. November 9, 1989 - the Berlin Wall came down. President Gorbachev of the Soviet Union then meets with the Pope at the Vatican and promised religious freedom. October 13, 1989 - President Gorbachev received the Nobel Peace Award - Anniversary date of Fatima. December 1, 1989 - Gorbachev travels to the Vatican and meets with Pope John Paul II in the Popes private library. The historic meeting, which lasts 70 minutes, is the first meeting between a Pope and a head of the Soviet state. Departing from his prepared text, Gorbachev invites the Pope to visit the Soviet Union. The two immediately experience a sense of mutual affection. The Pope later reported that Gorbachev expressed gratitude for my prayers and said prayers symbolized the spiritual order and values which he greatly needed. December 1991 - Gorbachev meets the Pope in the Vatican a second time; diplomatic relations were opened between the Vatican and Russia and Latin-rite churches were opened. May 1, 1991 - Feast of St. Joseph, the Worker - 100th anniversary of Pope Leo XIIIs famous Encyclical Rerum Novarum, On the Condition of Human Labor. May Day ends as a Communist Holiday for demonstrations to show Soviet might and to win the working man away from religion. May 13, 1990 - An attempt on the life of Pope John Paul II at the Vatican as his message to pilgrims at Fatima is read. He attributes the sparing of his life to Our Lady. August 19, 1991 - 74th Anniversary of Our Ladys fourth apparition at Fatima - Communist coup attempts overthrow of Gorbachev who contributed largely to dismantling of Soviet Empire. August 22, 1991 - Feast of the Queenship of Mary - the attempt of Communist coup to return to hard Communism is defeated. October 12 - 13, 1991 - Fatima Anniversary. Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, Roman Catholic Archbishop from Moscow leads first Russian pilgrimage group to Fatima. It is televised in Russia on 150 stations and 350 radio stations. Director of Fatima Family Apostolate is asked to be present in Fatima with the Russian group. December 8th, 1991 - Feast of the Immaculate Conception. There begins the Commonwealth of Republics, the end of the USSR. Twelve days later Yeltsin of Russia met with the Pope at the Vatican. December 25, 1991 - the Communist flag is taken down for the last time over the Kremlin in Moscow. Gorbachev resigned and sent a letter to Pope John Paul II. Fifteen republics were freed from Communism. December 30, 1991 - Sister Lucia is reported saying that the defeat of Communism was through Marys intercession. March 8, 1992 - Mikhail Gorbachev wrote a syndicated column that appears in major newspapers throughout the world giving a perspective on the Vatican and the freeing of Eastern Europe. He said that Pope John Paul made the change possible. Much of what the Pope said was in harmony with the Soviet Unions new political thinking, with perestroika. March 14, 1992 - Pravda, the Communist major newspaper ended. October 8 - 12, 1992 - the Fatima Sanctuary and the Bishop of Leiria-Fatima in Portugal hosts together with the Pontifical Council of the Laity the first International Pastoral Symposium of all recognized major Fatima Apostolates in the world. Fr. Fox from USA is asked to represent at Fatima the Fatima Family Apostolate in speaking to delegates from many countries. The Apostolate then becomes known beyond the USA and quickly spreads to Poland, Australia, etc. December 25, 1992 - Communism was declared illegal in Russia. June 18-20, 1993 - Archbishop Kondrusiewicz came from Moscow to Mid-Americas Fatima Family Shrine in Alexandria, SD and announces he hopes he can have such a Shrine to Our Lady of Fatima in Russia some day. Subsequently he authorized the Fatima Family Apostolate to raise funds for this and the priest director agrees with the Archbishop that the Shrine should be located at St. Catherine of Alexandria Church, once known as the heart and Mother Church of Catholicism in Russia. October 13, 1997 - For the 80th anniversary of the miracle of the sun at Fatima, the Holy Father wrote to the bishop of Leiria-Fatima a letter in which he referred to Fatima as one of the greatest signs of the times in this twentieth century. October 11, 1998 - The first Fatima Shrine in Russia is dedicated by Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz. The Shrine is located only a few block from Palace Square where the Bolshevik Revolution began in 1917 with its goal of world domination for atheism. A half block from the new Fatima Shrine is the Kazan Cathedral which the Bolsheviks had converted into their headquarters for militant atheism. Funds for the Shrine were raised by the Fatima Family Apostolate. Both Sister Lucia and Pope John Paul II take note of the dedication of the Shrine with Sister Lucia having venerated the statue for the Shrine in her Carmelite Monastery before it was taken to Russia. During the dedication ceremony, Archbishop Kondrusiewicz stated that he was presenting the Russian Fatima Shrine as a gift to Pope John Paul II on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of his pontificate. The Archbishop was wearing a chasuble with an image of Our Lady of Czestochowa during the dedication Mass. Fatima Documents For the first time for English-speaking readers, important historical documents that provide crucial details surrounding the 1917 apparitions of the Immaculate Heart of Mary to three shepherd children are provided in Documents on Fatima & the Memoirs of Sister Lucia. Most of the book is a translation of documents compiled by the foremost Fatima scholar, Fr. Antonio M. Martins, S.J. The book includes the Memoirs of Sister Lucia, letters of hers, as well as various historical documents never before printed in English, such as the Church’s interviews of the seers, letters of pilgrims who witnessed the events, and media reports. · Catechism on Mary and the Pope Who Changed the World · Fatima Today - Third Millennium · The Intimate Life of Sister Lucia · Fatima is Forever In addition to Fr. Martin’s documents are a pictoral documentary of more than 200 pictures of Fatima, past and present, an historical update by Fr. Robert J. Fox. The Memoirs, documents, and pictures make this three-books-in-one—the most complete book on Fatima documents in the world. http://www.excerptsofinri.com/fatima.html

Messages from Mary

 

 

Mary has appeared thousands of times, over the ages, to the Faithful, and has given messages to those who believe in her. However, the Holy Mother does not appear in a vision nor does she give a message to everyone who is faithful to her, despite our wishes. Several messages from Our Holy Mother are outlined below. Guadalupe, Mexico, 1531

Know and understand well that I am the ever virgin Holy Mary, Mother of the True God for whom we live, of the Creator of all things, Lord of heaven and the earth. I wish that a temple be erected here quickly, so I may therein exhibit and give all my love, compassion, help, and protection, because I am your merciful mother, to you, and to all the inhabitants of this land and all the rest who love me, invoke and confide in me. Read more>>


Lourdes, France, 1858.

I am the Immaculate Conception.
I do not promise to make you happy in this world but in the other.
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Fatima, Portugal, 1917

When you pray the Rosary, say after each mystery: O my Jesus, forgive us, save us from the fire of Hell. Lead all souls to Heaven, especially those in most need of your Mercy. I have come to exhort the faithful to change their life, to avoid grieving Our Lord by sin, to pray the Rosary.In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph, the Holy Father will consecrate Russia to me, and a period of grace will be granted to the world. Read more>>

Zeitoun

Our Lady appeared in Zeitoun hovering above Saint Mark's Coptic Church, a shrine dedicated to the Holy family, which according to tradition rested in that place during their stay in Egypt.The apparitions, ( hundreds in number ) took place at night, and Our Lady was always surrounded by light.The Coptic Church celebrates 32 feast days in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The last day falls on 2 April, and commemorates Our Lady under her title, Our Lady of Light.
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Akita, Japan, 1973

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, truly present in the Holy Eucharist, I consecrate my body and soul to be entirely one with Your Heart being sacrificed at every instant on all the altars of the world and giving praise to the Father, pleading for the coming of His Kingdom.Please receive this humble offering of myself. Use me as You will for the glory of the Father and the salvation of souls.
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Others

Other than the above apparitions Blessed Mother has appeared innumerable times to numerous people around the world. She has accordingly been given varying titles in different parts of the world. But the purpose of her apparitions has remained steadfastly common, viz., to remind the faithful that the only way to reach God is through her son and our saviour, the lord Jesus Christ . Portrayed here are...
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Marian Apparitions . Chronology of Events Related to the Apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima

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The Story of Our Lady of Guadalupe This is a complete account of the beautiful story of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Science Unravels the Secrets of Our Lady of Guadalupe Science has proven beyond reasonable doubt the miraculous origin of the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico.

Our Lady of Guadalupe: Protectress of Life and Patroness of the Unborn In her apparition in Guadalupe, Mary appeared as a pregnant woman. It is because of this that Our Lady of Guadalupe is widely regarded as the Patroness of life and Protectress of the unborn.

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Our Lady of Lourdes A priest reflects on the apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes - its significance to our lives as Catholics, and its importance to his own personal life as a priest.

I am the Immaculate Conception: Lourdes Four years after the declaration of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception in 1854, the Virgin Mary called herself the "Immaculate Conception" in Lourdes.

Our Lady of Akita: Still Relevant? The apparitions of Our Lady of Akita in Japan were validated by scientific findings on the tears that oozed out from the eyes of her statue - the tears were studied and proven to be human tears!

Our Lady of Akita: Her Messages Excerpts from the messages of Our Lady of Akita to Sister Agnes in Akita, Japan.

Our Lady of Akita: Official Church Proclamation Excerpts of the official Church proclamation on the apparitions of Our Lady of Akita.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel and the Brown Scapular In her apparition to St. Simon Stock, Our Lady of Mount Carmel promised that those who die wearing the brown scapular shall not suffer eternal fire.

Marian Apparitions of Fatima, Akita and Amsterdam: A Comparison Comparison of the apparitions of Our Lady of Akita, Our Lady of Fatima, and Our Lady of All Nations in Amsterdam.

Our Lady's Apparitions in Rwanda, Africa One of the relatively unknown Marian apparitions is that of Our Lady's appearance in Rwanda, Africa. Proof of the apparition is in Our Lady's warning and prediction on the Rwanda Genocide.

Our Lady of Knock The apparition of Our Lady of Knock is unique from all other Marian apparitions because no word was spoken by Mary: hence, the apparition is called the apparition of Our Lady of Silence.

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Understanding Our Lady of All Nations The Church-approved apparitions of Our Lady of All Nations has spread all over the world. At the heart of the apparitions is Our Lady's request that a fifth and final Marian dogma be declared.

The Messages of Our Lady of All Nations The messages of Our Lady of All Nations contain profound prophecies and admonitions for our current, difficult times.

Our Lady of All Nations Explains the Image and Prayer Our Lady of All Nations explains the image, as given to the seer Ida Peerdeman, and the prayer.

Our Lady of All Nations: Church Stand Chronological sequence of events of the Catholic Church's response to the apparations of Our Lady of All Nations in Amsterdam - eventually leading to the landmark declaration of authenticity in 2002.

Our Lady of Banneux In the apparition of Our Lady of Banneux in Belgium way back 1933, the Virgin Mary called herself the Virgin of the Poor.

The Betania Apparitions of the Virgin Mary This is the story of the Church-approved apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Betania, Venezuela.

Messages of Our Lady in Betania, Venezuela This article summarizes some of the key messages of Our Lady in Betania, Venezuela.

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Our Lady of Caysasay Charming story of how in 1603 a fisherman in a small town in the Philippines caught an image of the Virgin Mary in his net, eventually leading him to see a vision of Our Lady of Caysasay.

Chronology of Events Related to the Apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima

1916
An angel appears three times to three children, Jacinta (6), Francisco (8), and Lucia (9) in Fatima, Portugal.
May 13, 1917
Our Lady of Fatima's first apparition to the three children. She asks them to come during the next six months on the 13th day. Tells them to say the Rosary devoutly everyday to obtain peace for the world and the end of World War I which was then raging.

June 13, 1917
Second apparition. Our Lady of Fatima tells Lucia she will take Jacinta and Francisco soon but Lucia will remain here for some time yet so she could be the living voice of Fatima.

July 13, 1917
Third apparition. Our Lady of Fatima gives Lucia three secrets. The first secrets referred to as the vision of hell. In Lucia's words:

We saw...a great sea of fire submerged in that fire were demons and souls in human shapes who resembled red-hot, black and bronze-colored embers that floated about in the blaze... amidst shrieks and groans of sorrow and despair that horrified us and made us shudder with fear. The devils stood out like frightful and unknown animals with horrible and disgusting shapes....

Our Lady of Fatima told them:

You saw hell, where the souls of poor sinners go. To save them, God wishes to establish devotion to my Immaculate Heart in the world. If they do what I shall tell you, many souls will be saved and there will be peace.

The second secret contains the warning on Russia. Our Lady of Fatima said:

The war (World War 1) is going to end, but if they do not stop offending God, another even worse war will begin in the reign of Pius X1 (World War II). Behold a night illuminated by an unknown light will be the great sign that God shall give you that He is going to punish the world for its crimes by means of war, hunger, and persecutions of the Church and of the Holy Father. To prevent it, I will come to ask for the consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart and the Communion of reparation on the first Saturdays. If they listen to my requests, Russia will convert and there will be peace; if not, it will spread its errors throughout the worlds, promoting wars and persecutions of the Church. The good will be martyred; the Holy Father will have much to suffer, and several nations will be annihilated. Finally, my Immaculate Heart will triumph. The Holy Father will consecrate Russia which will convert to me, and a certain period of peace will be granted to the world.

The first two secrets were however revealed by Lucia only in 1941 after asking permission from Heaven. The third secret (text found in next page) was made public only last May 13, 2000.

October 13, 1917
Our Lady says she wants a chapel built in Fatima. As promised, Our Lady of Fatima performs a miracle that all may believe. The sun danced for around 10 minutes, witnessed by about 70,000 people and seen up to 25 miles away from the place of the apparition.

November 1917
In Russia, the communists under Nikolai Lenin gain power. Religious instruction is abolished. Atheism becomes official policy, thousands of priests are imprisoned and put to death, many churches are destroyed and desecrated. From 1917 through the second half of the 20th century, communism spreads to the world from Russia. In the 1970s and 80s, almost a third to a half of mankind was considered under communist domination with other countries suffering from it in varying degrees. The years since 1949 especially have been full of tensions between democratic and communist countries.

December 10, 1925
The Blessed Virgin with the Child Jesus at her side appears to Lucia. Among other things, Our Lady of Fatima announces the First Saturday devotion:

Tell men that I promise to assist at the hour of death with the graces necessary for salvation all those who, on the first Saturday of five consecutive months, confess, receive Holy Communion, pray a Rosary, and keep me company for a quarter of an hour meditating on the fifteen mysteries with the intention of offering me reparation.

A year later, Lucia told Our Lord that going to confession on Saturdays posed a problem to some people and she requested that confession within a period of eight days before and eight days after the first Saturday be valid. Our Lord answered,
Yes it can even be within many more days, provided they are in the state of grace when they receive Me and have the intention of offering reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

June 13, 1929
Our Lady of Fatima tells Sr. Lucia the moment has come for God to ask the Holy Father to make, in union with all the bishops of the world, the consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart. He promises to save Russia by this means.

October 13, 1930
After seven years of inquiry, the Bishop of Fatima judges the apparitions worthy of credence and authorizes officially the cult of Our Lady of Fatima.

October 31, 1942
Upon request of Sr. Lucia, Pope Pius XII consecrates the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary including an indirect reference to Russia. Although this was done without the participation of the bishops, Sr. Lucia said God was pleased and promised to end World War II soon but the conversion of Russia would not yet be granted.
Subsequent consecrations were later done again by Pope Pius XII and also, Pope Paul VI. But these consecrations were considered insufficient because they were not done in union with the bishops of the world.

January 3, 1944
Lucia writes down the Third Secret at the insistence of the Bishop of Leiria - Fatima when she was gravely ill. The sealed envelope was eventually kept in the Secret Archives of the Holy Office.

1950s up
International apostolates, like the Blue Army of Our Lady Fatima, spring up spreading the Fatima Messages. For the conversion of Russia and world peace, devotees pledge to say daily the Morning Offering and offer up every day the sacrifices demanded by daily duty, pray the Rosary daily, consecrate themselves to Our Lady and wear the Scapular of Mt. Carmel as a sign of this consecration. The spreading of the apostolate of Our Lady of Fatima is deemed important inasmuch as Sr. Lucia said that God will permit the collegial consecration (a condition for the conversion of Russia) when a sufficient number of people are fulfilling the above requests.

August 17, 1959
The sealed envelope on the Third Secret is brought to Pope John XXIII. The Holy Father opens it, decides not to reveal it and returns it to the Holy Office.

May 13, 1981
On the 64th anniversary of the Fatima apparitions, Pope John Paul II suffers an assassination attempt. To the Pope, this event is a reminder of the urgency of the Fatima messages. The next year, on May 13, 1982, he undertakes a pilgrimage to Fatima to thank Our Lady for saving his life.

June 7, 1982
U.S. President Ronald Reagan and the Pope meet at the Vatican for the first time. Time magazine much later reports that both men agreed to undertake a clandestine campaign to hasten the end of the communist empire with Poland, native land of the Holy Father, as the focus.

Decembers 8, 1983
The Holy Father writes the bishops of the world asking them to join him in collegial consecration to Our Lady on March 25, 1984, feast of the Annunciation, each bishop in his own diocese.

March 25, 1984
Collegial consecration to Our Lady of Fatima made by the Holy Father in union with all the bishops of the world, while Russia is not directly mentioned, the Pope prays, "We consecrate to you those men and those nations who have a special need to be entrusted to you in this way. Shed your light in particular upon those peoples from whom you yourself await our consecrations." Sr. Lucia told the Papal Nuncio that this consecration was finally accepted by God. She said that God will keep His word regarding the conversion of Russia.

March 1985
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes head of the Soviet Union. Under his leadership, he initiated reforms which later spun out of his control and led to the breakup of the Soviet Communist empire.

June 7, 1987
Following a Marian Year in the Philippines, the Pope inaugurates a special Marian Year to be completed on August 15, 1988. The declaration of Marian Year could have contributed to the prayers necessary for the dismantling of Soviet Communism.

Dec. 1, 1989
The Pope receives Mikhail Gorbachev at the Vatican. In introducing the Pope to his wife Raisa, Gorbachev refers to the Holy Father as the "highest moral authority on earth".

1989-91
Soviet communist empire disintegrates: first in the Pope's beloved Poland, then in Eastern Europe, and finally in the Soviet Union itself. In his first visit to post-communist Prague, the Pope says Communism "had revealed itself to be an unattainable utopia because some essential aspects of the human person were neglected and negated: man's irrepressible longing for freedom and truth and his incapacity to feel happy when the transcendent relationship with God is excluded.”

May 13, 1991
The Pope undertakes a second pilgrimage to the shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal on the 10th anniversary of the assassination attempt on his life. He publicly gives thanks to Mary for the liberation of east central Europe from communism.

May 13, 2000
The Holy Father beatifies Jacinta and Francisco in Fatima, Portugal with Sr. Lucia in attendance. He makes public the Third Secret.

The Third Secret of Fatima as Revealed to Lucia

After the two parts (or the two secrets) which I have already explained, at the left of Our Lady and little above, we saw an Angel with a flaming sword in his left hand; flashing, it gave out flames that looked as though they would set the world on fire; but they died out in contact with the splendor that Our Lady radiated towards him from her right hand; pointing to the Earth with his right hand, the Angel cried out in a loud voice: “Penance, penance, penance!” And we saw in an immense light that is God: ‘something similar to how people appear in a mirror when they pass in front it’ a Bishop dressed in white,’ we had the impression that it was the Holy Father’. Other Bishops, Priests, men and women Religious going up a steep mountain, at the top which there was a big Cross of rough-hewn trunks as of the cork-tree with the bark; before reaching there the Holy Father passed through a big City haft in ruins and haft 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 arrow at him, and the same way there died one after another the other Bishops, Priest, men and women Religious, and various lay people of different ranks and positions. Beneath the two arms of the Cross there were two Angels each with a crystal aspersorium in the hand, in which they gathered up the blood of the martyrs and with it sprinkled the souls that were making their way to God.

Excepts from the Theological Commentary on the Third Secret by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Prefect of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith:

….the figurative of the vision is symbolic. In this regard, Cardinal (Angelo) Sodano stated; ‘(they) do not describe photographically the details of future events. But synthesize and compress against the single background fact which extend through time in an unspecified succession and duration! “The angel with the flaming sword… represents the threat of judgment which looms over the world. Today the prospect that the world might be reduced to ashes by a sea of fire no longer seems pure fantasy: man himself, with his inventions, has forged the flaming sword. The vision then shows the power which stands opposed to the force of destruction-the splendor of the Mother of God and, stemming from this in a certain way, the summons to penance.The purpose of the vision is not to show a film of an irrevocably fixed future. Its meaning is exactly the opposite: it is meant to mobilize the forces of change in the right direction. Therefore, we must totally discount fatalistic explanations of the “secret”, such as, for example, the claim that the would-be assassin of 13 May 1981 (Pope Paul II’s) was merely an instrument of the divine plan guided by Providence and could not therefore have acted freely..
The Church’s path is thus described as a Via Crucis, as a journey through a time of violence, destruction and persecution. The history of an entire century can be seen represented in this image. Just as the places of the earth are synthetically described in the two images of the mountain and the city, and are directed towards the cross, so too time is represented in a compressed way. In the vision we can recognize the last century as a century of martyrs, a century of a suffering and persecution for the Church, a century of World Wars and the many local wars which filled the last fifty years…
The concluding part of the ‘secret’ …is a consoling vision, which seeks to open a history of blood and tears to the healing power of God. Beneath the arms of the cross, angels gather up the blood of the martyrs, and with it they give life to the souls making their way to God…

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Devoción al Corazón Inmaculado de María

 

En el secreto de la aparición de julio, Nuestra Señora había dicho:

— Vendré a pedir la consagración de Rusia a mi Inmaculado Corazón y la comunión reparadora de los primeros sábados.

El mensaje de Fátima no estaba, pues, definitivamente concluido con el ciclo de las apariciones de Cova da Iría en 1917.

El día 10 de diciembre de 1925, la Santísima Virgen, teniendo a su lado al Niño Jesús sobre una nube luminosa, se le apareció a la Hna. Lucía en su celda, en la Casa de las Doroteas, en Pontevedra. Poniéndole una de las manos en el hombro, le mostró un corazón rodeado de espinas, que tenía en la otra mano. El Niño Jesús, señalándolo, exhortó a la vidente con las siguientes palabras: Ten pena del Corazón de tu Santísima Madre, que está rodeado con las espinas que los hombres ingratos constantemente le clavan, sin haber quien haga un acto de reparación para quitárselas.

La Santísima Virgen añadió: Mira, hija mía, mi Corazón rodeado de espinas que los hombres ingratos, a cada momento, me clavan con blasfemias e ingratitudes. Tú, al menos, haz algo por consolarme y di que a todos aquellos que durante cinco meses, en el primer sábado, se confiesen, reciban la sagrada comunión, recen el rosario y me acompañen quince minutos meditando sus misterios con el fin de desagraviarme, yo prometo asistirlos en la hora de la muerte con todas las gracias necesarias para su salvación.

El día 15 de febrero de 1926, el Niño Jesús vuelve a aparecerse a la Hna. Lucía, en Pontevedra, preguntándole si ya había divulgado la devoción a su Santísima Madre. La vidente le cuenta las dificultades presentadas por su confesor, y le explica que la superiora estaba dispuesta a propagarla, pero que aquel sacerdote había dicho que la madre nada podía por sí sola. Jesús respondió: — Es verdad que tu superiora sola nada puede, pero con mi gracia lo puede todo.

La Hna. Lucía expuso, entonces, la dificultad que tenían algunas personas de confesarse el sábado, y pidió que fuese válida la confesión dentro de los ocho días. Jesús respondió: — Sí, puede ser, y hasta de más días, con tal de que cuando me reciban estén en gracia y tengan la intención de desagraviar al Inmaculado Corazón de María. La Hna. Lucía preguntó también: — Jesús mío, ¿y los que se olviden de poner esta intención? A lo que Jesús respondió: — Pueden ponerla en la confesión siguiente, aprovechando la primera ocasión que tuvieren para confesarse.

En la vigilia del 29 al 30 de mayo de 1930, Nuestro Señor, hablando interiormente a la Hna. Lucía, resolvió también otra dificultad: — Será igualmente aceptable la práctica de esta devoción el domingo siguiente al primer sábado, cuando mis sacerdotes, por justos motivos, así lo determinen.     

(Texto tomado del libro Fátima: ¿Mensaje de Tragedia o de Esperanza?, pp. 88-91)

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MILAGROS Y PRODIGIOS DEL SANTO ESCAPULARIO DEL CARMEN

CASTIGO EJEMPLAR

Ha sido táctica secular de los herejes protestantes ridiculizar las prácticas de devoción de los católicos, sobre todo las relacionadas con la Santísima Virgen. Pero, mal que les pese, Ella ha sido siempre la que quebranta con su huella inmaculada todas las herejías, como canta la Iglesia.

Una sacrílega parodia que hicieron los protestantes el año 1923, en la ciudad de Añasco, en la isla de Puerto Rico, es buena prueba de la popularidad inmensa que había alcanzado y que goza afortunadamente la devoción al Santo Escapulario de nuestra Madre del Carmen, que no en vano desfilaron por la isla apóstoles de la devoción a nuestra dulce Madre, tales como los padres Elías Sendra, Espiridión María Cabrera y el fervoroso y santo apóstol P. Elías Besalduch, y no menos lo es en la actualidad el benemérito Carmelita padre José Sánchez. Tratose, pues, de ridiculizar por los protestantes tal devoción como una de las de más honda raigambre entre los católicos.

El relato del caso es del Rvdo. P. Pedro de Arancibia, agustino, natural de abadiano, residente por aquellas fechas en Puerto Rico. El hecho tuvo lugar en la ciudad de Añasco, el día 24 de diciembre del mencionado año de 1923.

Celebraban, dice el P. Arancibia, los protestantes una velada, intentando ridiculizar nuestras devociones y hacer burla y chacota del clero católico. En la tal velada tomaban parte una joven de apellido Domínguez, que desempeñaba el papel de princesa. Un joven, Pietri, hacía de sacerdote católico. Pietri exigió dinero a la joven Domínguez. A la negativa de ésta, el cura Pietri, montando en cólera, insultó violentamente a la princesa, diciéndola: “Te vas a condenar, eres mala católica”. La joven Domínguez, para demostrar su catolicidad religiosa, muéstrale un Escapulario de la Virgen del Carmen que pendía de su cuello. El iracundo y frenético cura se lo arrebata de las manos, diciendo: “Esto es una tontería, una por…” levantando el brazo en actitud de arrojar al suelo el bendito Escapulario.

Pero Jesús, que suele tolerar con más paciencia los agravios inferidos a su persona adorable, suele hacer sentir su mano justiciera sobre los que se atreven a injuriar a su Santísima Madre.

En el presente caso no quiso que se profanara el honor de María y quedase en ridículo la devoción predilecta del pueblo católico de Puerto Rico. El brazo que se levantara para arrojar el Santo Escapulario del Carmen, como herido por un rayo, queda inmóvil. El joven Pietri queda idiota; no sabe ni puede responder a los que, estupefactos, le preguntan qué le pasa. El que entró en la velada rebosante de salud y alegría, sale a hombros de sus amigos, paralítico, idiota y enfermo.

Los protestantes hubiesen querido ocultar el espantoso suceso, mas, por fortuna, había en la velada, también, algunos católicos, que pusieron inmediatamente en conocimiento de su párroco todo lo sucedido, el cual refirió lo ocurrido para edificación de sus feligreses, en las fiestas del día de Reyes, y en la de San Antonio Abad, patrón de la parroquia, escuchándole emocionados todos los fieles que asistían a la Santa Misa, en los que se aumentó más y más el fervor y la devoción hacia el bendito Escapulario de María Santísima del Carmen, siendo centenares los que le recibieron este último día.

Fuente: Milagros y Prodigios del Santo Escapulario del Carmen por el P. Fr. Juan Fernández Martín, O. C.

 

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Já Nossa Senhora advertira em Fátima que viriam muitas modas que ofenderiam muito a Deus e "quem segue a Deus não segue as modas, Nosso Senhor é sempre o mesmo".

 

Modas e Modéstia 

É evidente em nossos dias a decadência moral. Um reflexo disso é a moda, a maneira de vestir. 

Já Nossa Senhora advertira em Fátima que viriam muitas modas que ofenderiam muito a Deus e "quem segue a Deus não segue as modas, Nosso Senhor é sempre o mesmo". 

Até a década de 60, nas igrejas havia avisos advertindo as moças e senhoras para que não entrassem na Casa de Deus vestidas de maneira indecente. 

Hoje, poucos falam nisso. Tendo em mãos um folheto sobre o assunto, resolvemos publicar algumas considerações a respeito. 

A IGREJA E A MODÉSTIA NO VESTIR O MAGISTÉRIO SUPREMO E A VESTE 

Por que há sacerdotes que não permitem a senhoras e moças entrar na igreja e receber os sacramentos com determinados trajes? 

RESPOSTA - Essas exigências não são dos sacerdotes, mas da própria Igreja. A Igreja Católica sempre foi severa, intransigente e vigilante em se tratando do pudor e da modéstia no vestir. Como prova disto existem inúmeras instruções da Santa Sé e de Bispos a respeito. 

Citemos apenas uma: Uma INSTRUÇÃO DA SANTA SÉ, de 12/01/1930, diz: 

"Muitas vezes, dada a oportunidade, o Sumo Pontífice - reprovou e condenou acerbamente a maneira insolente de se vestir que se vai introduzindo entre as senhoras e jovens católicas. Esse modo de vestir, não só ofende o decoro feminino e a modéstia, mas, o que é mais grave, vem em grave prejuízo dessas mesmas mulheres; e, o que é pior, leva miseravelmente tantos outros a condenação eterna." 

"Nada mais lógico e forçoso que os Bispos - assim como convém a ministros de Cristo - como se fossem uma só voz, oponham toda barreira a essa audácia e libertinagem da moda, suportando com serenidade e coragem as zombarias e insultos que receberem dos espíritos malévolos por essa tomada de posição..." 

"Os párocos e pregadores, nas ocasiões que se oferecem, conforme recomenda São Paulo, 'insistam, expliquem, increpem, exortem' para que as mulheres usem vestes que irradiem o pudor e que sejam ornamentos de defesa da virtude, e admoestem aos pais para que não deixem suas filhas usar vestes indecorosas." 

"Os pais, conscientes da obrigação gravíssima que têm de cuidar, em primeiro lugar, da educação religiosa e moral dos filhos (...) fomentem, em seu espírito, por todos os meios, quer pela palavra, quer pelo exemplo, o amor da virtude da modéstia e da castidade..." 

"Os pais devem afastar as filhas dos exercícios de ginástica pública e de competições do mesmo gênero. Se forem forçadas a tais exercícios, cuidem de suas vestes, acima de tudo, ostentem a modéstia e a honestidade: nunca permitam que usem roupas indecentes." 

"As diretoras de Colégio e professoras devem se esforçar para incutir no espírito de suas alunas o amor a modéstia, de modo à eficazmente induzi-las a se vestir de maneira decente..." 

"As religiosas (...) em seus colégios, oratórias, salas de recreio, não admitam meninas que não observem a modéstia cristã no vestir. E, na educação das alunas, empreguem especial cuidado para fazer que o amor ao santo pudor e a modéstia cristã deitem em seus espíritos profundas raízes." (S. Congr. Do Conc. 12/01/1930; A.A.S. V. XXII, pág. 26 e ss. - C.P.B. Appendix XX pg 69). 

"Não saiu alguma nota da Santa Sé abolindo ou modificando a disciplina contida no cânon 1262 do Código de Direito Canônico?" (Código de 1917) 

RESPOSTA: "Até o presente não saiu nenhuma nota que tenha mudado a disciplina contida no Cânon 1262 do C.D.C." (Secr. da Congr. para o Culto Divino. Roma, 21/06/1969, Sedoc V. 2f. 0411 011 969). Como se vê, as afirmações de 1930, não haviam sido modificadas até 1969. 

CRITÉRIOS PARA SE DEFINIR UMA VESTE DECENTE. PELA ORIENTAÇÃO DA SANTA SÉ, PELOS PRINCÍPIOS DA MORAL 

Há um critério para se discernir entre veste modesta e veste imodesta? 

RESPOSTA: "A moda não pode fornecer ocasião próxima de pecado." (Pio XII, Aloc. 0811 111 957: Doc. Pontifícios, 126 -Vozes). 

Conforme orientação da Santa Sé (cfr. S. Congr. Religiosos - Circular 23/28/1928) e a.própria natureza do assunto, não podem ser consideradas decentes e que protejam a virtude, as vestes que não cobrirem as partes provocantes e menos provocantes do corpo: não se pode ter como modesto o vestido sem mangas, decotado e que não desça abaixo dos joelhos, ajustado ou de tecido transparente. 

RIGIDEZ DESSAS NORMAS? 

Mas essas normas não são demasiado rígidas e exageradas para nossos dias? Não se deve admitir, nesse ponto, uma evolução? 

RESPOSTA: Uma simples reflexão mostra o sofisma que há nesta pergunta: a moda, tão exigente e tirânica, ninguém a tacha de rigorosa e exagerada. Quando imperava a "mini-saia", havia sacerdotes que a combatiam e exigiam o vestido com apenas dois dedos abaixo do joelho. Eram tidos como rigoristas. Logo depois veio a moda do "longuete", que colocou a saia um palmo abaixo dos joelhos. Ninguém reclamou do "exagero" e a moda foi aceita com naturalidade. Em solenidades civis de maior porte, como, por exemplo, recepção de um governador, posse de um chefe de Estado, de um Ministro, etc., a etiqueta veda às senhoras e moças o uso do traje masculino. Igualmente em certos locais e ambientes, como em muitos Tribunais de Justiça, em dependências do Ministério da Justiça, e, até recentemente no Congresso Nacional. Há até clubes noturnos de certa categoria onde e vedado as mulheres o uso desse traje. 

É o bom senso que dita essas normas, percebendo que o travestimento tem algo de menos digno, menos nobre e menos composto. 

Há algo inerente ao travestimento que o desabona. De um modo geral, todos aceitam naturalmente essas convenções como justas e normais. Mas não aceitam quando razões mais legítimas e mais sagradas às exigem. Lição dos fatos: a moda é sempre razoável, mesmo que imponha os piores exageros e extravagâncias. 

As regras da moral são sempre rígidas e exageradas, mesmo que exijam as coisas mais razoáveis. Por causa da Lei de Deus, por um motivo sagrado, uma exigência normal é exagero e tirania. Por causa da moda, os maiores exageros são normais e aceitáveis É porque desapareceu no mundo a submissão e o respeito a Deus. 

EXEMPLO DOS SANTOS 

Qual outro argumento se poderia aduzir para mostrar que esse e o pensamento da IGREJA? 

RESPOSTA: É o exemplo dos santos. Entre inúmeros exemplos vamos citar apenas um: Um dos gestos mais admiráveis da hagiografia cristã. Luz cujos reflexos de santidade e de pureza iluminaram e hão de iluminar sempre o ambiente da Igreja e as almas católicas, é o que nos narram as atas autênticas do martírio de Santa Perpétua e outros mártires. Exposta na arena aos chifres de uma vaca bravia, ao primeiro impacto ela é atirada ao ar e daí ao solo estraçalhado, e com as vestes rasgadas "sentou-se e vendo a roupa rasgada ao longo da perna, juntou-a prontamente, mais ocupada com o pudor do que a dor". (Vida dos Santos, Edit. Das Américas, V. IV, pg. 240). 

Diante de tudo isso, alguém dirá "as coisas não mudam com o tempo?" Não! As Leis naturais são sempre as mesmas. Você, moça, que lê isso agora, agrade a Nosso Senhor, vista-se como Deus quer. 

(Retirado do jornal O Desbravador de julho de 2008)

 

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