THE MIRACLE OF THE SUN 100 YEARS ON.

One hundred years ago today there was the great miracle of the sun in Fatima.   Three children had been claiming they were seeing Our Lady and she had given them secrets and asking them to pray for the conversion of sinners and to make sacrifices and recite prayers given to them by an Angel and OurLady.     The secrets had not been revealed and the people knew very little about how the children had responded to Our Lady for this was revealed later by Lucia whom our Lady had told would not go to heaven at the time of deaths of Jacinta and Francisco but was required to live on so that she could tell the whole story of the Apparitions and reveal the secrets when the time was appropriate.   You can find the revelation of the secrets in the book 'Fatima in Lucy's Own Words'

The main point though is the 70,000 crowd who witnessed the miracle did not know about the warning that sinners were going to Hell, and the vision of Hell given to the children.   They did not know of the promise that the war would end but a greater war would come about.   They did not know of the destruction of the Church shown in the Third Secret.    They were just given a sign that the apparitions were true and  that they could trust the children.   Had these been revealed then perhaps the history of Fatima at that time would have been one of dissent and controversy and perhaps the fear of Hell would have prevailed over the message of hope.   Perhaps that is what is happening today among many.    Fatima is about Hell to many, for Hell is now part of the narrative of that day one hundred years ago.   And we know now of the heroic sacrifices made by the three children which not even their families were aware of at the time.   But can we commit ourselves to such sacrifices today in our secular world where 'becoming as little children' is opposed by an appeal to 'mature adulthood'?
"Many souls go to Hell because they have no one to pray for them"  Our Lady told the children. and little Jacinta, and eight year old, horrified by he thought of people going to Hell died alone with blood on her bed and under her eyes, which she had shed because of her great pain and suffering for souls.  Her body was given the gift of incorruptibility.    The Catholic Church is a missionary Church established by Jesus Christ for the salvation of souls.  Is this where the difficulty lies?

Of one thing I am certain from my Fatima experience.   The Immaculate Heart of Mary will triumph and this world of hate,murder, and deception will come to an end.  So I make sacrifices for my children.   I would not change my children for the world but I am sure going to try to change the world for my children.

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