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Fatima
HUGE CROWD FOR A MIRACLE
An estimated 70,000 people gathered in Fatima Portugal expecting to see a miracle after three shepherd children; Lucia and her two siblings reported 2 previous visions at this same location from an apparition calling herself ‘the lady of the rosary’.
In his book “Looking for a Miracle,” Joe Nickell states that the huge crowd was “anticipating the Virgin’s final visit and with many fully expecting that she would work a great miracle. As before, the figure appeared, and again only to the children. Identifying herself as ‘the Lady of the Rosary,’ she urged repentance and the building of a chapel at the site. After predicting an end to [World War I] and giving the children certain undisclosed visions, the lady lifted her hands to the sky. Thereupon Lucia exclaimed, ‘The sun!’ As everyone gazed upward, and saw that a silvery disc had emerged from behind clouds, they experienced what is known [as] a ‘sun miracle’.”
Fatima
DANCING SUN VISION
Some in attendance said they saw the sun dance around the heavens; others said the sun zoomed toward the Earth in a zigzag motion that caused them to fear that it might collide with our planet or burn it up. Some people reported seeing brilliant colors spin out of the sun in a psychedelic pinwheel pattern. But thousands said they saw nothing at all.
1917 October
2 VISIONS REVEALED: 2 DIE
Lucia was the only one of the children who saw the prophecies that became know as the ‘Three Visions of Fatima’.
The Russian Revolution (which took place later that year in October 1917)
The End of World War I (which did end the next year) and a far worse war to come if the Pope did not consecrate Russia (Referring to World War II)
The 3rd Vision of Fatima was given to the children on this date but they were told not to reveal it until a future time.
Shortly after the Miracle of Fatima event, two of the children died of the Spanish flu. Lucia became a nun and was kept as a virtual prisoner until her death in February 13, 2005 at age 97.
1943 October
LUCIA WRITES DOWN THE 3RD VISION
In October 1943 Lucia fell ill with influenza and pleurisy, the same illness which had killed her cousins, and for a time believed she was about to die. Bishop Da Silva then ordered her to put the third secret in writing. Sister Lucia was ordered by the Vatican not to reveal the Third Secret.
1960
POPE READS THE 3RD VISION: FAINTS
We have learned later, that when Pope John XXIII opened the third secret in 1960 and read it, he gasped and fainted. The secret was immediately returned to the Vatican vault. When he awoke he ordered Sister Lucia’s letter to be sealed away in a vault “for all time”.
Pope Paul, after succeeding Pope John XXIII similarly read and returned the secret to seclusion. The next Pope lived only 30 days. There is no indication he ever saw the document. Good News Christian Ministry
2000
FATIMA SOCIETY DECLARES 3RD VISION LETTER IS FAKE
Finally, in June of 2000, the Vatican — at a press conference where hundreds of journalists from around the world were present — revealed what it claimed was the Third Secret, along with other documents, including a lengthy commentary. Sister Lucia was not allowed to attend. The Fatima Society wrote an article: Silencing of Sister Lucia, in which they outline why they believe the 3rd Secret announced by Pop John Paul II in 2000 is a fake.
2000
WHAT DID THE VATICAN SAY THE LETTER CONTAINED?
The Third Secret of Fatima, revealed in 2000, includes a vision of the persecution of Christians and is often interpreted as a prophecy related to the assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II. It emphasizes the need for prayer, penance, and conversion in response to the challenges facing the Church and the world.
ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE LETTER BELOW
“J.M.J.
The third part of the secret revealed at the Cova da Iria-Fatima, on 13 July 1917.
I write in obedience to you, my God, who command me to do so through his Excellency the Bishop of Leiria and through your Most Holy Mother and mine.
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!’. And we saw in an immense light that is God: ‘something similar to how people appear in a mirror when they pass in front of it’ a Bishop dressed in White ‘we had the impression that it was the Holy Father’. Other Bishops, Priests, men and women Religious going up a steep mountain, at the top of which there was a big Cross of rough-hewn trunks as of a cork-tree with the bark; before reaching there the Holy Father passed through a big city half in ruins and half trembling with halting step, afflicted with pain and sorrow, he prayed for the souls of the corpses he met on his way; having reached the top of the mountain, on his knees at the foot of the big Cross he was killed by a group of soldiers who fired bullets and arrows at him, and in the same way there died one after another the other Bishops, Priests, men and women Religious, and various lay people of different ranks and positions. Beneath the two arms of the Cross there were two Angels each with a crystal aspersorium in his hand, in which they gathered up the blood of the Martyrs and with it sprinkled the souls that were making their way to God.
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