FATIMA MIRACLE OF THE SUN
Psalm 15, Verse 1-5
1
LORD, who may abide in your tent? Who may
dwell on your holy mountain? 2
Whoever walks without blame, doing what is
right, speaking truth from the heart; 3 Who does not slander with his
tongue, does no harm to a friend, never defames a neighbor; 4 Who disdains the
wicked, but honors those who FEAR the
LORD; Who keeps an oath despite the cost, 5 lends no money at
interest, [1]
accepts no bribe against the innocent.
In
life we are always moving toward the future. Our destination is life eternal
with our creator. In our little sailboat of life, we tend to be either moving
toward God by taking advantage of His graces which provide the wind for our sails,
or we do nothing but drift.
Napoleon
Hill noted in his manuscript on a book he never published entitled “Outwitting
the devil” stated drifting was one of the tools the devil uses to keep us off
tack and not sailing towards God’s Mountain.
A Protection against drifting
lies within easy reach of every human being who has a normal body and a sound
mind. The self-defense can be applied through these simple methods:
1.
Do
your own thinking on all occasions. The fact that human beings are given
complete control over nothing save the power to think their own thoughts is
laden with significance.
2.
Decide
definitely what you want from life; then create a plan for attaining it and be
willing to sacrifice everything rather than accept permanent defeat.
3.
Analyze
temporary defeat, no matter of what nature or cause, and extract from it the
seed of an equivalent advantage.
4.
Be
willing to render useful service equivalent to the value of all material things
you demand of life, and render the service first.
5.
Recognize
that your brain is a receiving set that can be attuned to receive
communications from the universal storehouse of Infinite Intelligence, to help
you transmute your desires into their physical equivalent.
6.
Recognize
that your greatest asset is time, the only thing except the power of thought
which you own outright, and the one thing which can be shaped into whatever
material things you want. Budget your time so none of it is wasted.
7.
Recognize
the truth that fear generally is a filler with which the Devil occupies the
unused portion of your mind. It is only a state of mind which you can control
by filling the space it occupies with faith in your ability to make life
provide you with whatever you demand of it.
8.
When
you pray, do not beg! Demand what you want and insist upon getting exactly
that, with no substitutes.
9.
Recognize
that life is a cruel taskmaster and that either you master it or it masters
you. There is no half-way or compromising point. Never accept from life
anything you do not want. If that which you do not want is temporarily forced
upon you, you can refuse, in your own mind, to accept it and it will make way
for the thing you do want.
10. Lastly, remember that your
dominating thoughts attract, through a definite law of nature, by the shortest
and most convenient route, their physical counterpart. Be careful what your
thoughts dwell upon.
A simple formula combining all the
ten points:
Be definite in everything you do and never leave
unfinished thoughts in the mind. Form the habit of reaching definite decisions
on all subjects.
Can the habit of drifting be
broken, or does it become permanent once it has been fanned?
The habit can be broken if the
victim has enough willpower, providing it is done in time. There is a point
beyond which the habit can never be broken. Beyond that point the victim is
mine. He resembles a fly that has been caught in a spider’s web. He may
struggle, but he cannot get out. Each move he makes entangles him more
securely. The web in which I entangle my victims permanently is a law of nature
not yet isolated by, or understood by, men of science.
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Fatima[2]
During the night of 12-13 October, it had rained throughout, soaking the ground
and the pilgrims who make their way to Fátima from all directions by the
thousands. By foot, by cart and even by car they came, entering the bowl of the
Cova from the Fátima-Leiria road, which today still passes in front of the
large square of the Basilica. From there they made their way down the gently
slope to the place where a trestle had been erected over the little holm oak of
the apparitions. Today on the site is the modern glass and steel Capelhina
(little chapel), enclosing the first chapel built there and the statue of Our
Lady of the Rosary of Fátima where the holm oak had stood. As for the children,
they made their way to the Cova amid the adulation and skepticism which had
followed them since May. When they arrived, they found critics who questioned
their veracity and the punctuality of the Lady, who had promised to arrive at
noon. It was well passed noon by the official time of the country. However,
when the sun arrived at its zenith the Lady appeared as she had said she would.
"What do you want of me?"
I want a chapel built here in my honor. I want you to continue
saying the Rosary every day. The war will end soon, and the soldiers will
return to their homes.
"Yes.
Yes."
"Will you tell me your name?"
I am the Lady of the Rosary.
"I
have many petitions from many people. Will you grant them?"
Some I shall grant, and others I must deny. People must amend
their lives and ask pardon for their sins. They must not offend our Lord anymore,
for He is already too much offended!
"And
is that all you have to ask?"
There is nothing more.
As the
Lady of the Rosary rises toward the east, she turns the palms of her hands
toward the dark sky. While the rain had stopped, dark clouds continued to
obscure the sun, which suddenly bursts through them and is seen to be a soft
spinning disk of silver.
"Look at the sun!"
From this point two distinct apparitions were seen, that of the
phenomenon of the sun seen by the 70,000 or so spectators and that beheld by
the children alone. Lucia describes the latter in her memoirs. After our Lady
had disappeared into the immense distance of the firmament, we beheld St.
Joseph with the Child Jesus and Our Lady robed in white with a blue mantle,
beside the sun. St. Joseph and the Child Jesus seemed to bless the world, for
they traced the Sign of the Cross with their hands. When, a little later, this
apparition disappeared, I saw Our Lord and Our lady; it seemed to me to that it
was Our Lady of Sorrows (Dolors). Our Lord appeared to bless the world in the
same manner as St. Joseph had done. This apparition also vanished, and I saw
Our Lady once more, this time resembling Our Lady of Carmel. [Only Lucia would
see the later, presaging her entrance into Carmel some years later.] This would
be the last of the apparitions of Fátima for Jacinta and Francisco. However,
for Lucia Our Lady would return a seventh time, in 1920, as she had promised
the previous May. At that time Lucia would be praying in the Cova before
leaving Fátima for a girl’s boarding school. The Lady would come to urge her to
dedicate herself wholly to God. As the children viewed the various apparitions
of Jesus, Mary and Joseph the crowd witnessed a different prodigy, the now
famous miracle of the sun.
Every Wednesday is
Dedicated to St. Joseph
The Italian culture has
always had a close association with St. Joseph perhaps you could make
Wednesdays centered around Jesus’s Papa. Plan an Italian dinner of pizza or
spaghetti after attending Mass as most parishes have a Wednesday evening Mass.
You could even do carry out to help restaurants. If you are adventurous, you
could do the Universal Man Plan: St. Joseph style. Make the evening a family
night perhaps it could be a game night. Whatever you do make the day special.
·
Devotion to the 7 Joys and Sorrows of St.
Joseph
·
Do the St.
Joseph Universal Man Plan.
Daily
Devotions
·
Unite in the work of the Porters of St. Joseph by joining them
in fasting: Today's Fast: Victims
of clergy sexual abuse.
·
Iceman’s Total
Consecration to Mary-Day 33
·
Litany of the Most
Precious Blood of Jesus
·
Total Consecration to St. Joseph Day 15
·
Offering to
the sacred heart of Jesus
·
Rosary
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