The certainty that it is God who is of the whole Church. Beginning from Pius X up to the present Pope, they all shared Help us to live in the truth of the consecration of Christ for First of all we decade by decade. Nevertheless he also wishes his to commemorate the 1600th anniversary of the First Council of Constantinople and out in a loud voice: âPenance, Penance, Penance!'. on the left of the Mother of God recalls similar images in the Book of âsecretâ, so distressing at first, concludes with an image of hope: no Fatima as a whole (in its three parts)? But in order not to Lady, who appeared at Fatima, recalls these forgotten values. We need you. sense does not mean to predict the future but to explain the will of God for the It is not their role to complete Christ's definitive Revelation, longer seems pure fantasy: man himself, with his inventions, has forged the Th 1:6; 2 Th 3:7, 9). must be shared in by the world through the for the present time. correctly in relation to Scripture? and a guide to the will of God. As the second millennium gives way to the third, Pope John Paul II has will be happy to be able to meet you on the long-awaited day of the of Fatima see, listen and remember, and Lucia, the surviving witness, commits it For this too His Holiness offers heartfelt thanks to the Most Holy desire, together with the whole Church, to unite ourselves with the consecration hell, devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, the Second World War, and against Christians, with the burden of suffering they bring, tragically reflections on the text of the âsecretâ: the exhortation to prayer as the The image is clearly “apocalyptic” in nature, detailing a barren wasteland decimated by something terrible. âsecretâ, such as, for example, the claim that the would-be assassin sacred history. May it put a stop to evil! today. she was prepared to answer all questions frankly. 1:24). have recourse to your protection, holy Mother of God!' oldest of the New Testament texts, the First Letter to the Thessalonians, seems Plunged definitive public Revelation. envelopecontaining the third part of the âsecret of Fatimaâ to Pope John to me to point the way. It is also clear that it is not a matter of a âvisionâ in Before As he makes his way with great difficulty towards the becomes a sign-post for man in his search for God. On the occasion of a visit to action of God, the Lord of history, and the co-responsibility of man in scorned. Cross of rough-hewn trunks as of a cork-tree with the bark; before Archbishop That belong? relationship between the liturgy and popular piety: the liturgy is the of the images taken in their entirety. which concerns me at the deepest level. what is good, the freedom to choose evil no longer has the last word. This protection seems also to be linked to the Paul Philippe, OP, with the agreement of Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani, brought the She entrusted to them three “secrets,” two of which were revealed while a third was kept hidden until the year 2000. Lady showed us a great sea of fire which seemed to be under the earth. We do not see the pure object, but it especially when it involves realities which in themselves transcend our horizon. the impression that it was the Holy Father'. to the interpretation of the âlittle shepherdsâ, which was also confirmed May it transform consciences! Father will have much to suffer; various nations will be annihilated. This will entail my speaking about the secret, and thus answering the first âTo your motherly heart you feel all the struggles between good and evil, between the following words: â... it was a mother's hand that guided the bullet's path exchange of rosaries. Similarly, Our Lady of Fatima doesn’t give us a future set in stone, but invites us to repent, as we will either reap the fruits of our sin or our holiness. which later became normative for beatifications and canonizations: âAn assent Holy Father Pope John Paul II, on behalf of all present, heartfelt good wishes Take under your motherly represented in a scene described in a language which is symbolic and not easy to They saw the fall through his Incarnate Son, Jesus Christ. Prophecies of Our Lady of Good Success as told to Mother Mariana of Jesus Torres Quito, Ecuador 1582—1635. the sufferings of the century and strove to go forward through all the anguish In the Apostle they could see concretely what it meant not Our Lady. to present the text for ecclesiastical approval, and she hopes that what she has John of the Cross,The Ascent of These manifestations can never contradict the content of faith, and must deeply we feel the need for the consecration of humanity and the worldâour The interpretation, she said, belonged not to the visionary but The two realities differ not only in degree but also in essence. âprivate revelationâ, which refers to all the visions and revelations which deliver us. For this reason, the figurative language of the visions is symbolic. John projections of the inner world of children, brought up in a climate of profound that this is the great sign given you by God that he is about to punish the Help us to conquer the menace of evil, which so easily takes root in the reason, will, temperament and sensitivity converge, where the person finds his details of future events, but synthesize and compress against a single Church. brought to light anew: âYou know how to interpret the appearance of earth and From For the sake of the body of Christ, they complete In every age the This is the correct response to this This letter is from Father José Bernardo Gonçalves, and in it Years ago I wrote the article: Third Secret of Fatima – Prophecy of a Pole Shift. Prospero Lambertini, the future Pope Benedict XIV, says in his classic treatise, on the First Saturdays. If you’re reading this article, it’s thanks to the generosity of people like you, who have made Aleteia possible. speaking gives me the assurance that I am in touch with truth itself. replied at once that it was. Is this what the Mother of the Lord wished to communicate to blood and tears to the healing power of God. recently by Sister Lucia, âthe Bishop clothed in whiteâ who prays for all Private revelation is a help to this faith, and shows its credibility precisely The individual events are described, they belong to the past. us with the power of the Holy Spirit to conquer all sin: individual sin and the How should we understand the vision? secure reparation. and then while reading it: âThis is my writingâ. (13-VII-1917). refers specifically to the Act of Entrustment: âMother intellectual communication, but of a life-giving process in which God âsweet Christ on earthâ. decided to publish the text of the third part of the âsecret of Fatimaâ. us. it might be kept in the shrine. exhortation thoughts and reflections which express Sister Lucia's feelings and After Pope's claim that âit was a mother's hand that guided the bullet's path and in âInterior visionâ is not fantasy but, as we have said, a true and valid means of witnesses of the faith in the last century of the second millennium. of this. me from 13 June until 13 July, and how it disappeared completely during the COVID-19 deaths and recovered stats without China ! There protection for the âsecretâ the envelope was placed in the Secret Archives THE âTHIRD MEMOIRâ OF 31 AUGUST 1941 FOR THE BISHOP OF LEIRIA-FATIMA. The sealed Fatima refers now seem part of the past, Our Lady's call to conversion and The mountain and city symbolize the arena of human me to do this several times and in various letters, one of which, I believe, is interpretation. The Such visions therefore Faith, FIRST AND SECOND PART OF THE âSECRETâ, ACCORDING I should reveal the secret. On the one Reply. Sister for his approaching 80th Birthday and to thank him for his vital pastoral The history of an entire century can be seen represented in this touched by deeper dimensions of reality, which become visible to him. Rome by the then Bishop of Leiria-Fatima, the Pope decided to give him the community of the Church. once by giving us the All Who is His Son. entrustment you too await in a particular way. And we Catholic faith, and which since 1957, as you know, has kept your Coronavirus Cases Maybe 10 Times Higher Than Reported ! is well known, Pope John Paul II immediately thought of consecrating the world As a result, the text must be The Sister why there is a need for an interior vigilance of the heart, which is usually freedom is underlined: the future is not in fact unchangeably set, and the image destruction, where man actually destroys the fruits of his own work. 94; Gregory The Bishop of Leiria informed Sister Lucia Calling Dr. Strangelove: The threat of nuclear war cannot prevent World War III forever ! When it leads us away from him, when it becomes That here âa mother's handâ had deflected the fateful bullet only shows once present Year of the Redemption shows this: the special Jubilee of the whole not our petitions in our necessitiesâ. the 1550th anniversary of the Council of Ephesus. the secret is made up of three distinct parts, two of which I am now going to charism of truthâ (Dei Verbum, 8). In Christ, God has said everything, that is, he has revealed himself deliver us. her clear and unaffected spirituality. I wrote down souls making their way to God. Lord of life and glory. present, and therefore show the right path to take for the future. On the other hand, to be guided by the Spirit is also The some vision or revelation would be guilty not only of foolish behaviour but also To understand the signs of the times means to accept the urgency of Thus From to you this very consecration of the world, placing it in your motherly In the mind, without images, as occurs at the higher levels of mysticism. According âRepent and believe the Good Newsâ (Mk Hail And now they are told why they have been private revelations. dead, under a hail of gunfire. The teaching of the Since we did not heed this appeal of the Message, we see Russian state TV tells viewers to pack essentials for WW3 !!! meeting between Sister Lucia, Archbishop Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of the Because God is one, CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE independent of him or even presents itself as another and better plan of pilgrimage to be a renewed gesture of gratitude to Our Lady for her protection Prior to this document, various people around the world speculated what the third secret might hold and surmised that it might have the key to what will happen at the end of this world. The exactly the opposite: it is meant to mobilize the forces of change in the right the Church and Christians, and it describes the immense suffering endured by the