Tag: Fatima
Pius XII Saw “Miracle of the Sun”
ROME, NOV. 4, 2008 (Zenit.org).- According to his own testimony, the Pope who declared the dogma of the Assumption saw the “miracle of the sun” four times. This information is confirmed by a handwritten, unpublished note from Pope Pius XII, which is part of the “Pius XII: The Man and the Pontificate” display. The display… Read More ›
Pope Francis will consecrate the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary October 13
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis will consecrate the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary Oct. 13 as part of the Marian Day celebration that will involve the iconic statue of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima. “The Holy Father strongly desires that the Marian Day may have present, as a special sign, one… Read More ›
Fatima
When younger I was interested in Fatima, then I ‘outgrew’ it, well a foolish thought I know. Now I am looking at this again. I got this book from our store here titled: “Fatima for Today: The Urgent Marian Message of Hope“. The message is Gospel, and it brings out the importance of how connected… Read More ›
Fulfill what was asked for: Prayer and Penance
For many years — nearly from the onset of its release twelve years ago this week (on June 26, 2000) — there has been an undercurrent of skepticism about whether what the Vatican publicized as the “third secret” was the entire missive delivered by Sister Lucia dos Santos of Fatima, Portugal, who had received it,… Read More ›
Fatima: Is Benedict the “Pope” Jacinta saw?
At Fatima was a quiet, largely unknown vision reported a while after the formal apparitions by the young girl, Blessed Jacinta Marto, who in her vision one day “saw” the Holy Father praying alone in a room while people outside “shouted ugly things and threw rocks through the window.” Another time, Jacinta saw a Pope… Read More ›
Fatima
When younger I was interested in Fatima, then I ‘outgrew’ it, well a foolish thought I know. Now I am looking at this again. I got this book from our store here titled: “Fatima for Today: The Urgent Marian Message of Hope”. The message is Gospel, and it brings out the importance of how connected with others when… Read More ›
The Divine Mercy Devotion and Praying the Fatima Chaplet
The Divine Mercy Devotion, which has some strong similarities with the Fatima Program, can provide a logical template on which to build a Chaplet The Divine Mercy prayer is Eucharistic and concerns the Father and the Son while the Fatima prayers are a bit more Eucharistic and decidedly Trinitarian. This Trinitarian focus reflects our central… Read More ›
On Fatima anniversary, Fr. Apostoli sees atheism overtaking the West
The author of an exhaustive study on the Virgin Mary’s 1917 appearances in Portugal says her words are being fulfilled by the rise of aggressive secularism and loss of religious freedom in the West. “Mary, as I see it, pointed out at Fatima that these things were going to happen,” said Fr. Andrew Apostoli, a… Read More ›
Fatima: October 13
During World War I Pope Benedict XV made repeated but forlorn pleas for peace, and finally, in May 1917, made a direct appeal to Mary to intercede for peace in the world. The response was Mary’s first appearance at Fatima just over a week later. At this time Fatima was just a small village about… Read More ›
Attention in Prayer
It may be taken for granted as a rule that the chief benefit which we derive from any private prayer will be in proportion to the attention and fervor which we bring to it when saying it. Without attention to what we are saying or doing, our prayers are apt to become a mere mechanical,… Read More ›