padraig Powers. Secondly, they all promise for the Church a victory more splendid than she has ever achieved here below.. The interpretation, she said, belonged not to the visionary but to the Church. INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/the_fatimacenter/ The Second Vatican Council notes three essential ways in which the Spirit guides in the Church, and therefore three ways in which the word grows: through the meditation and study of the faithful, through the deep understanding which comes from spiritual experience, and through the preaching of those who, in the succession of the episcopate, have received the sure charism of truth (Dei Verbum, 8). This calendar has many unique features which make it a true spiritual resource, guiding our devotions on a daily basis. As regards the passage about the Bishop dressed in white, that is, the Holy Father - as the children immediately realized during the vision - who is struck dead and falls to the ground, Sister Lucia was in full agreement with the Pope's claim that it was a mother's hand that guided the bullet's path and in his throes the Pope halted at the threshold of death (Pope John Paul II, Meditation from the Policlinico Gemelli to the Italian Bishops, 13 May 1994). In this regard, the Catechism cites profound words of Pope Gregory the Great: The sacred Scriptures grow with the one who reads them (No. Since we did not heed this appeal of the Message, we see that it has been fulfilled, Russia has invaded the world with her errors. In my second account I have already described in detail the doubt which tormented me from 13 June until 13 July, and how it disappeared completely during the Apparition on that day. The meeting between Sister Lucia, Archbishop Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, sent by the Holy Father, and Bishop Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva, Bishop of Leiria-Fatima, took place on Thursday, 27 April 2000, in the Carmel of Saint Teresa in Coimbra. Here it would be appropriate to mention a phrase from the letter which Sister Lucia wrote to the Holy Father on 12 May 1982: The third part of the 'secret' refers to Our Lady's words: 'If not, [Russia] will spread her errors throughout the world, causing wars and persecutions of the Church. How deeply we feel the need for the consecration of humanity and the world - our modern world - in union with Christ himself! Remember, children, you will be judged on love yes, children, on love. Before attempting an interpretation, the main lines of which can be found in the statement read by Cardinal Sodano on 13 May of this year at the end of the Mass celebrated by the Holy Father in Fatima, there is a need for some basic clarification of the way in which, according to Church teaching, phenomena such as Fatima are to be understood within the life of faith. Its meaning is exactly the opposite: it is meant to mobilize the forces of change in the right direction. As you know, the purpose of his visit to Fatima has been to beatify the two little shepherds. The vision then shows the power which stands opposed to the force of destruction - the splendour of the Mother of God and, stemming from this in a certain way, the summons to penance. She repeated her conviction that the vision of Fatima concerns above all the struggle of atheistic Communism against the Church and against Christians, and describes the terrible sufferings of the victims of the faith in the twentieth century. Sister Lucia continued: We did not know the name of the Pope; Our Lady did not tell us the name of the Pope; we did not know whether it was Benedict XV or Pius XII or Paul VI or John Paul II; but it was the Pope who was suffering and that made us suffer too. This will entail my speaking about the secret, and thus answering the first question. 'We have recourse to your protection, holy Mother of God!' Beginning from Pius X up to the present Pope, they all shared the sufferings of the century and strove to go forward through all the anguish along the path which leads to the Cross. (4) On the Jubilee Day for Families, the Pope entrusted individuals and nations to Our Lady: Insegnamenti di Giovanni Paolo II, VII, 1 (Vatican City, 1984), 775-777. The Fatima message emphasizes central truths and devotions of the Catholic faith: The Blessed Trinity, the Eucharist, penance, the Rosary and sacrifices for the conversion of sinners. Q: Does the Third Secret of Fatima reveal apocalyptic events? In this saying of Jesus, the signs of the times must be understood as the path he was taking, indeed it must be understood as Jesus himself. Watch on When Our Lady appeared to three children in Fatima, she entrusted to them a secret in three parts. is a traditional Dominican priest. WEBSITE: https://fatima.org/ Hereupon the grand triumph of the Catholic Church will follow and all stream into the fold of the Catholic Church, and recognize the Pope as the representative of God.. REMINDER - It is FIRST FRIDAY & FIRST SATURDAY this weekend! In the private revelations approved by the Church - and therefore also in Fatima - this is the point: they help us to understand the signs of the times and to respond to them rightly in faith. Read Part II addressing devotion to the Immaculate Heart. The Pope seems to precede the others, trembling and suffering because of all the horrors around him. It was also revealed to Blessed Elizabeth that an ecclesiastical crisis would occur in the future and would progress to the point where it would seem that the Church had disappeared. Rabanus Maurus (d. 856) said this: , by Edward Conner (Tan Books, 1884), has a chapter entitled The Great Monarch and the Angelic Pastor, which is entirely dedicated to various prophecies about the French Monarch and Reforming Pope. What are we to make of it? The demons could be distinguished by their terrifying and repulsive likeness to frightful and unknown animals, all black and transparent. Otherwise, I think we would have died of fear and terror. Archbishop Bertone, accompanied by the Bishop of Leiria, His Excellency Bishop Serafim de Sousa Ferreira e Silva, will come in my name to ask certain questions about the interpretation of the third part of the secret. However, He also said that Freemasonry would rise again and that it would be so successful that He would have to then send the chastisement so that all would not be lost. He has been in the aerospace industry for more than thirty years and has written two books: Andrew Cesanek earned a B.S. Thus, while the world faces a fearsome and terrible destruction in light of mankinds insolence and impiety, God assures us that He will not abandon those who are faithful to Him. What remains was already evident when we began our reflections on the text of the secret: the exhortation to prayer as the path of salvation for souls and, likewise, the summons to penance and conversion. She said that she was prepared to answer all questions frankly. The authority of private revelations is essentially different from that of the definitive public Revelation. Tarcisio Bertone, SDBArchbishop Emeritus of VercelliSecretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, ACCORDING TO THE VERSION PRESENTED BY SISTER LUCIAIN THE THIRD MEMOIR OF 31 AUGUST 1941 FOR THE BISHOP OF LEIRIA-FATIMA. As the term is used in mystical theology, it applies both to the prophecies of canonical Scripture and to private prophecies. LETTER OF HIS HOLINESS POPE JOHN PAUL IITO SISTER LUCIA(original text), To the Reverend SisterMaria Luciaof the Convent of Coimbra. A person who foretells what is going to happen responds to the curiosity of the mind, which wants to draw back the veil on the future. From that time forth, the word that prevails is this: In the world you will have tribulation, but take heart; I have overcome the world (Jn 16:33). On the feast of Saints Peter and Paul, June 29, 1820, she saw Saint Peter descending from heaven, robed in papal vestments and surrounded by a legion of angels. The Message of Fatima is the ONLY solution to the grave crises facing the Church and the world today. It is clear that in the visions of Lourdes, Fatima and other places it is not a question of normal exterior perception of the senses: the images and forms which are seen are not located spatially, as is the case for example with a tree or a house. Is this what the Mother of the Lord wished to communicate to Christianity and to humanity at a time of great difficulty and distress? Of the more recent revelations about these days of darkness, we will mention only two: those of Blessed Anna-Maria Taigi and Venerable Elizabeth Canori-Mora. The images described by them are by no means a simple expression of their fantasy, but the result of a real perception of a higher and interior origin. Those who expected exciting apocalyptic revelations about the end of the world or the future course of history are bound to be disappointed. The work is called Os apelos da Mensagem de Fatima, and it gathers together in the style of catechesis and exhortation thoughts and reflections which express Sister Lucia's feelings and her clear and unaffected spirituality. After the two parts which I have already explained, at the left of Our Lady and a 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 splendour 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!'. That day she gave them a message: I want you to come here on the thirteenth day of each month.. Do not lose hope! Only blessed candles can be lighted and will afford illumination. Thus we come finally to the third part of the secret of Fatima which for the first time is being published in its entirety. The common and outstanding character among latter day prophecies seems to be the foreboding of a terrible destruction of the world due to an unrepentant mankind, the resurgence of the Church, and the conversion of the world. Three Days of Darkness. Thanks to her confessor, her revelations were preserved in hundreds of pages of her own writings. There shall be three days darkness. Public. The Fatima CenterThu, October 20, 2022 1:00pmURL:Embed:#shorts Watch FULL episode here: https://youtu.be/kdsPRSASCSk Please help us spread the saving. At the peak of the crisis there would be two Popes. Understood in its strict sense, it means the foreknowledge of future events, though it may sometimes apply to past events of which there is no memory, and to present hidden things which cannot be known by the natural light of reason. Read Part IV addressing the Message of Our Lady at La Salette. There is something more: from the suffering of the witnesses there comes a purifying and renewing power, because their suffering is the actualization of the suffering of Christ himself and a communication in the here and now of its saving effect. In this regard, Cardinal Sodano stated: [they] do not describe photographically the details of future events, but synthesize and compress against a single background facts which extend through time in an unspecified succession and duration. The minority of mankind who were left would then be led by a Pope, born near Rome, appointed by St. Peter himself, and known as Peter the Roman, which is the phrase given to the last Pope in the line of the prophecy of St. Malachy. In his kindness God warns us and calls us to the right path, while respecting the freedom he has given us; hence people are responsible.(5). Michel Rodriguehttps://youtu.be/Vjkeopzmti0 Follow 'Christian Gospel Message' Subscribe:. At the same time there will be a Great Pope, who will be most eminent in sanctity and most perfect in every quality. Blessed Anna Maria Taigi (d. 1837) says this: Blessed Elizabeth Canori-Mora (d. 1825) describes a similar event (related in. The anthropological structure of private revelations. What is the secret? In the case of interior vision, the process of translation is even more extensive than in exterior vision, for the subject shares in an essential way in the formation of the image of what appears. Read Part III addressing the spread of the Errors of Russia. Donate to Our Ladys Apostolate Today! Let us now examine more closely the single images. Required fields are marked *. Our Lady is here in white with a gray mantle. On May 13th, 1917, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to three shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal, with an urgent message for the world. My children, Jesus gave His life for you; when He was on earth, He did many works of love and . The following is the part which refers specifically to the Act of Entrustment: Mother of all individuals and peoples, you know all their sufferings and hopes. The book Trial, Tribulation & Triumph, by Desmond A. Birch (Queenship Publishing, 1996), also contains various prophecies about the French Monarch, the Three Days of Darkness, and the Era of Peace, including: St. Methodius (d. 311) A day will come when the enemies of Christ will boast of having conquered the whole world. Your email address will not be published. Elizabeth Canori Mora was beatified in 1994. One faith only and one emperor shall reign over the whole earth.. As the second millennium gives way to the third, Pope John Paul II has decided to publish the text of the third part of the secret of Fatima. Nevertheless he also wishes his pilgrimage to be a renewed gesture of gratitude to Our Lady for her protection during these years of his papacy. Upon inquiring why, Our Lady answered, Behold, my daughter, such great ungodliness. Blessed Elizabeth then saw apostates brazenly trying to rip her most holy Son from her arms. He was, Matthew Plese is a traditional Catholic convert, and Dominican tertiary, Melissa is a happily married, homeschooling mom to 8 children, who, Monsignor Patrick Perez has been a good friend to Father Gruner and Our, Peter Mackin is a Traditional Catholic and Dominican Tertiary. It will be impossible to use any man-made lighting during this darkness, except blessed candles. And may there be darkness upon the land of Egypt, so dense that it may be felt. Understood in its strict sense, it means the foreknowledge of future events, though it may sometimes apply to past events of which there is no memory, and to present hidden things which cannot be known by the natural light of reason. Then Christianity will spread throughout the world. 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