Fatima – The Miracle of the Sun

In his book, “The Whole Truth about Fatima. Science and the Facts” (pgs. 293-303), Frère Michel de la Sainte Trinité writes that while the crowd was watching the miraculous spectacle of the sun moving around in the sky, Lucy, Jacinta and Francisco were witnessing something else as well. 
The three seers were given a sequence of three pictures, and [...]

Immaculate Heart of Mary

Last spring I was exploring the inseparableness of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (which feastday was yesterday) and the Immaculate Heart of Mary (which feastday is today), and posted some entries on united novenas, Two Hearts United, etc. This year the unification of the Two Hearts is still on my own heart, along with how [...]

The Revelation of the Immaculate Heart

The second apparition of Our Lady of Fatima occurred on June 13, 1917 (the first was on May 13, 1917, on which we celebrate the Feastday of Our Lady of Fatima).
It was on the occasion of this second apparition that the Blessed Virgin revealed her Immaculate Heart to Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco. Lucia had asked [...]

Feastday of Our Lady of Fatima

[Excerpt from the homily preached by Pope John XXIII (then Patriarch of Venice) at Fatima on May 13, 1956, for the twenty-fifth aniversary of the consecration of Portugal to the Immaculate Heart of Mary]:
Salute means safety from the evils of this world, and Nicopeja means Queen of Victories (note: here he is referring to two [...]

Feastday of Our Lady of Fatima

The paragraph in blue, as well as the quote from Pope Paul VI, has been excerpted from “Dictionary of Mary”, from the section entitled, Fatima and the Popes:
Call for Renewal of Personal Consecration
On May 13, 1967, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Apparitions of Our Lady at the Cova da Iria, Paul VI went [...]

The Sub Tuum

In conjunction with the previous post concerning the relationship of Mother Mary and Pentecost, here is a prayer called the “Sub Tuum” (not to be confused with the Sub Tuum Praesidium) which I found in the little booklet entitled “Our Lady of Fatima, with Prayers and Devotions” – one of the booklets in the Florentine [...]

Fatima and Fulton Sheen

Fatima:  Part 1
Fulton Sheen opens this talk with a description of  three major events which occurred on October 13, 1917 in three separate countries, the supernatural timing of which becomes readily apparent:

Moscow: The revolution is imminent.  Lenin sends troops (horsemen) into the church of the Iberian Virgin, killing many of the 200 children who were inside receiving religious instruction;

Rome:  Eugenio Pacelli is being consecrated [...]

Our Lady of Fatima Movie

The following information appeared on the EWTN “Wings” Newsletter regarding upcoming programming, so I would like to share it with you today:
APPARITIONS AT FATIMA 
This gripping drama about the Fatima apparitions and the lives of the three young visionaries who Our Lady used to call the world to repentance, has been praised for its historical accuracy [...]

Giving and Receiving

The following is an excerpt from Pope John Paul II’s, Insegnamenti (teaching; homily) of May 13, 1982, the Feastday of Our Lady of Fatima.  Pope John Paul II was at the Fatima shrine that day, exactly one year after the assassination attempt, in order to thank the Blessed Virgin for her intercession.  It was his first trip to [...]