From: rich <richarra@gmail.com>

May 13th - Our Lady of Fatima

Much has been written concerning the six famous apparitions of the
Blessed Virgin Mary in a little town in Portugal between May 13 and
October 13, 1917. Later it would be said, and rightly so, that
everything She predicted there to the three little shepherds has been
fulfilled point by point. The story is too long to tell in detail in a
few words, and indeed it is not over yet.

Our Lady of Fatima was sent to warn the 20th century that humanity had
not followed the path that had been indicated to it by her Son;
humanity had not developed as God intended, and the time of the last
and worst enemy was fast approaching. She said that if Her requests
for prayer and penance were not heard, Communism would spread its
errors all over the earth. She appealed to the Apostles of the Latter
Times to come forth, those who lived in humility, poverty and contempt
for the world, repeating what She had already said at La Salette,
France, in greater detail in 1846.

During the final apparition on October 13th, She appeared as Our Lady
of Mount Carmel, accompanied by Saint Joseph and the divine Child.
Through Lucy of Fatima, Mary had promised a miracle to convince
doubters of the reality of Her presence and the Will of God She had
conveyed by Her words, and She fulfilled that promise. On October 13,
1917, the great Miracle of the Sun occurred, witnessed by all who were
present at Fatima, an international crowd of 70,000 spectators. The
sun whirled about and seemed to be plunging down as it sent off
multicolored rays; many cried out that it was the end of the world.

A large shrine was built at Fatima, and in the 1940's more than a
thousand miracles had already been duly confirmed there. The famous =E2=80=9CSecret of Fatima,=E2=80=9D part of which was disclosed by the Vati= can to
certain heads of State in 1963, still remains largely a secret for
most of the people who have been waiting for it since 1960, the year
that the Virgin said it was to be made public.


See Longer Version at: http://www.traditioninaction.org/SOD/j127sdFatimaMysteryt_5-13.htm

By Prof. Plinio Corr=C3=AAa de Oliveiraat


Saint Quote:
Labor without stopping; do all the good works you can while you still
have the time.
--Saint John of God

Bible Quote:
I know that, after my departure, ravening wolves will enter in among
you, not sparing the flock. And of your own selves shall arise men
speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. 31
Therefore watch, keeping in memory, that for three years I ceased not,
with tears to admonish every one of you night and day. 32 And now I
commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, who is able to build
up, and to give an inheritance among all the sanctified.=C2 (Acts
20:29-32)



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Blessed are the meek, for they shall possess the earth. =E2=80=94Matt. 5:4

"We ought to deal kindly with all, and to manifest those qualities
which spring naturally from a heart tender and full of Christian
charity; such as affability, love, and humility. These virtues serve wonderfully to gain the hearts of men, and to encourage them to
embrace things that are more repugnant to nature"
=E2=80=94St. Vincent de Paul

=C2 =C2 St. Francis Xavier treated everyone with great mildness and
kindness, which drew to him all both small and great, won the hearts
of all and induced all to do what he wished.

("A Year with the Saints".=C2 May - Meekness)

Bible Quote:
What will you? shall I come to you with a rod; or in charity, and in
the spirit of meekness?=C2 (1 Corinthians 4:21)


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