In your motherly heart you feel all the struggles between good and evil, between light and darkness, that convulse the world: accept the plea which we make in the Holy Spirit directly to your heart, and embrace with the love of the Mother and Handmaid of the Lord those who most await this embrace, and also those whose act of entrustment you too await in a particular way. Those who shall survive shall have to conduct themselves well. Help us to conquer the menace of evil, which so easily takes root in the hearts of the people of today, and whose immeasurable effects already weigh down upon our modern world and seem to block the paths towards the future! Well, the secret is made up of three distinct parts, two of which I am now going to reveal. Blessed Elizabeth Canori-Mora (d. 1825) describes a similar event (related in The Reign of Antichrist): God will make use of the power of darkness in order to root out the followers of Sects and godless who want to shake and destroy the foundation of the Church They will be punished by the cruelty of demons and die a tragic and barbarous death. Before undertaking an interpretation of the message of Fatima, we must still attempt briefly to offer some clarification of their anthropological (psychological) character. And we must continue to heed Her maternal warnings. As he makes his way with great difficulty towards the Cross amid the corpses of those who were martyred (Bishops, priests, men and women Religious and many lay people), he too falls to the ground, apparently dead, under a hail of gunfire. There shall be three days darkness. Due to the conditional nature of some of them, they may or may not be fulfilled. They will say: Christians cannot escape now! But a Great king will arise to fight the enemies of God. They may sometimes be realized in part and in part may even run contrary to events. TWITTER: https://twitter.com/TheFatimaCenter It might be objected that we should not place a human being between ourselves and Christ. The Three Days of Darkness is an apocalyptic belief based on an interpretation of the final secret of Our Lady of Ftima . He who outlives the darkness and the fear of these three days will think that he is alone on earth because the whole world will be covered with carcasses." Blessed Elena Aiello Mystic, Victim Soul, Stigmatic & Foundress (Isaiah 13: 9-11). As from Christ's death, from his wounded side, the Church was born, so the death of the witnesses is fruitful for the future life of the Church. The blood of the martyrs is the seed of Christians, said Tertullian. 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. May there dawn for everyone the time of peace and freedom, the time of truth, of justice and of hope.(3). WEBSITE: https://fatima.org/ Is this what the Mother of the Lord wished to communicate to Christianity and to humanity at a time of great difficulty and distress? Rabanus Maurus (d. 856) said this: Our principal doctors agree in announcing to us, that towards the end of time one of the descendants of the kings of France shall reign over all the Roman Empire; and that he shall be the greatest of the Empire; and that he shall be the greatest of the French monarchs, and the last of his race. Help us with the power of the Holy Spirit to conquer all sin: individual sin and the 'sin of the world', sin in all its manifestations. Is it of any help to us at the beginning of the new millennium? Blessed Anna Maria Taigi (d. 1837) says this: A very thick darkness shall envelop the earth during three days. The small flock of faithful Catholics who had taken refuge under the trees will be brought before Saint Peter, who will choose a new pope. This represents the threat of judgement which looms over the world. 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. Traditionally, what is understood to be holding him back is the Roman Empire. Mark Goring, CC; MEDJUGORJE: OUR LADY SAYS BE READY FOR MARCH 18TH 2023-DATE LOOMS LARGE This was also the last time she appeared anywhere else in history outside of Fatima until Our Lady of Garabandal in Spain in 1962 (more than 50 years later). In this context, it now becomes possible to understand rightly the concept of private revelation, which refers to all the visions and revelations which have taken place since the completion of the New Testament. This Pope shall have with him the Great Monarch, a most virtuous man, who shall be a scion of the holy race of the French kings. Combining that with the prophecy above, it appears that the French Monarch is the last one who will hold back the Antichrist and when he is gone, the Antichrist will finally appear. This can be demonstrated in all the great visions of the saints; and naturally it is also true of the visions of the children at Fatima. After the assassination attempt of 13 May 1981, it appeared evident that it was a mother's hand that guided the bullet's path, enabling the Pope in his throes to halt at the threshold of death (Pope John Paul II, Meditation from the Policlinico Gemelli to the Italian Bishops, Insegnamenti, XVII, 1 [1994], 1061). On the following 11 August, Archbishop Martnez returned the two envelopes to the Archives of the Holy Office.(2). And if we have not yet seen the complete fulfilment of the final part of this prophecy, we are going towards it little by little with great strides. Michael E. Rodrguez was born in 1970, in the border city of El, Diocese St. Catharines, Ontario, currently in Chippewa, Ontario. She will be acclaimed, venerated and esteemed by all. When it leads us away from him, when it becomes independent of him or even presents itself as another and better plan of salvation, more important than the Gospel, then it certainly does not come from the Holy Spirit, who guides us more deeply into the Gospel and not away from it. The Holy Father shall be obliged to leave Rome.. These manifestations can never contradict the content of faith, and must therefore have their focus in the core of Christ's proclamation: the Father's love which leads men and women to conversion and bestows the grace required to abandon oneself to him with filial devotion. Q: Does the Third Secret of Fatima reveal apocalyptic events? This will be something so deplorable and atrocious that it will reduce the world to the ultimate depths of desolation.. And now they are told why they have been exposed to this moment: in order to save souls - to show the way to salvation. Let us now consider the individual images which follow in the text of the secret. For the stars of heaven, and their brightness shall not display their light: the sun shall be darkened in his rising, and the moon shall not shine with her light. She recalled that the three children were very sad about the suffering of the Pope, and that Jacinta kept saying: Coitadinho do Santo Padre, tenho muita pena dos pecadores! (Poor Holy Father, I am very sad for sinners!). In order to respond more fully to the requests of Our Lady, the Holy Father desired to make more explicit during the Holy Year of the Redemption the Act of Entrustment of 7 May 1981, which had been repeated in Fatima on 13 May 1982. The message of Fatima invites us to trust in this promise. Elizabeth Canori Mora was beatified in 1994. The good will be martyred; the Holy Father will have much to suffer; various nations will be annihilated' (13-VII-1917). A just and pious man born in Galicia shall be the Supreme Pontiff; then the whole world shall be united and prosperous. In the mirror of this vision we see passing before us the witnesses of the faith decade by decade. The third part of the secret is a symbolic revelation, referring to this part of the Message, conditioned by whether we accept or not what the Message itself asks of us: 'If my requests are heeded, Russia will be converted, and there will be peace; if not, she will spread her errors throughout the world, etc.'. They saw the fall of the souls of poor sinners. He can arrive at the image only within the bounds of his capacities and possibilities. This King will be the greatest and last of all monarchs, and after having prosperously governed his kingdom he will come in the end to Jerusalem and he will lay down his scepter and his crown upon the Mount of Olives. Perhaps this explains why children tend to be the ones to receive these apparitions: their souls are as yet little disturbed, their interior powers of perception are still not impaired. But the same can be very easily shown with regard to other visions, especially since not everybody present saw them, but only the visionaries. 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. There is a rumour going round the Catholic Web that the three Days of Darkness is coming this June 22nd and folks are rushing out to buy Blessed candles. All the good laity and religious fled for protection underneath these trees and were spared from the tremendous chastisement. In the vision, the Pope too is killed along with the martyrs. It stated there is nothing against faith and good customs, and no doctrinal innovation or deviation was found.. Finally, mention was made of the unpublished manuscript which Sister Lucia has prepared as a reply to the many letters that come from Marian devotees and from pilgrims. Elizabeth pleaded for mercy, in part by agreeing to spend nine days in hell as an act of reparation. From the loss of awareness of good and evil, deliver us. Immediately, touching it with her fingers, she said: This is my letter, and then while reading it: This is my writing. The successive events of 1989 led, both in the Soviet Union and in a number of countries of Eastern Europe, to the fall of the Communist regimes which promoted atheism. Any person questioning God or desiring some vision or revelation would be guilty not only of foolish behaviour but also of offending him, by not fixing his eyes entirely upon Christ and by living with the desire for some other novelty (No. The angel with the flaming sword on the left of the Mother of God recalls similar images in the Book of Revelation. 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. 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. God's representatives on earth have authorized me to do this several times and in various letters, one of which, I believe, is in your keeping. 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. As, however, the manifestation of hidden present mysteries or past events comes under revelation, we have here to understand by prophecy what is in its strict and proper sense, namely the revelation of future events. 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. 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. He ascends the throne of Peter. Thanks to her confessor, her revelations were preserved in hundreds of pages of her own writings. Then a beautiful splendor came over the earth, to announce the reconciliation of God with mankind.. The history of an entire century can be seen represented in this image. Hence any further discussion or request is without basis. The original text, in Portuguese, was read and interpreted with the help of the Bishop of Leiria-Fatima. EMAIL: info@fatima.org, Follow Us: The subject, the visionary, is still more powerfully involved. CONGREGATIONFOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH. The Apostle says: Do not quench the Spirit, do not despise prophesying, but test everything, holding fast to what is good (5:19-21). Our Lady of Fatima told the shepherd children to pray the rosary daily for the end of the war (World War I). Since the Pope was unable to be present, his recorded Address was broadcast. LAST SECRET OF FATIMA The Church has given permission to reveal to the people the last part of the message. 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. And Moses extended his hand toward heaven. During these three days, people should remain in their homes, pray the Rosary and beg God for mercy., All the enemies of the Church, whether known or unknown, will perish over the whole earth during that universal darkness, with the exception of a few whom God will soon convert. Fatima, Third Secret of. Here, the blood of Christ and the blood of the martyrs are considered as one: the blood of the martyrs runs down from the arms of the cross. The Holy Father will consecrate Russia to me, and she shall be converted, and a period of peace will be granted to the world. She would appear five more times, on the thirteenth day of each month, with the final apparition taking place in October. Popular piety is a sign that the faith is spreading its roots into the heart of a people in such a way that it reaches into daily life. It is called Revelation because in it God gradually made himself known to men, to the point of becoming man himself, in order to draw to himself the whole world and unite it with himself through his Incarnate Son, Jesus Christ. 1613) The fifth period of the Church, which began circa 1520, will end with the arrival of the Holy Pope and of the powerful Monarch who is called Help From God because he will restore everything., Nursing Nun of Belay (19th century) A saint raises his arms to Heaven; he allays the wrath of God. 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