FATIMA
MIRACLE OF THE SUN
Revelation, Chapter 11, Verse 18
The nations raged, but your wrath
has come, and the time for the dead to be judged, and to recompense your
servants, the prophets, and the holy ones and those who FEAR your name, the small and the great alike, and
to destroy those who destroy the earth.”
This verse refers to the blowing of
the seventh trumpet which proclaims the coming of God’s reign after the victory
over diabolical powers. End of time prophesies can be very frightening and
confusing. Yet, we need not fear
all we need do is seek the shelter of Christ’s church and to do what we can to
do His Holy will.
Fatima[1]
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.
Thursday
Feast
Thursday
is the day of the week that our Lord gave himself up for consumption. Thursday
commemorates the last supper. Some theologians believe after Sunday Thursday is
the holiest day of the week. We should then try to make this day special by
making a visit to the blessed sacrament chapel, Mass or even stop by the grave
of a loved one. Why not plan to count the blessing of the week and thank our
Lord. Plan a special meal. Be at Peace.
Feast of the
day: Italian
Pasta bake
Catechism of the Catholic Church
PART THREE: LIFE IN CHRIST
SECTION ONE-MAN'S VOCATION LIFE IN THE
SPIRIT
CHAPTER ONE THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN
PERSON
Article 2-OUR VOCATION TO BEATITUDE
Article 4 THE MORALITY OF HUMAN ACTS
II. Good
Acts and Evil Acts
1755 A morally good act requires the goodness of the object, of
the end, and of the circumstances together. An evil end corrupts the action,
even if the object is good in itself (such as praying and fasting "in
order to be seen by men").
The object of the choice can by itself vitiate an act in its entirety. There
are some concrete acts - such as fornication - that it is always wrong to
choose, because choosing them entails a disorder of the will, that is, a moral
evil.
1756 It is therefore an error to judge the morality of human
acts by considering only the intention that inspires them or the circumstances
(environment, social pressure, duress or emergency, etc.) which supply their
context. There are acts which, in and of themselves, independently of circumstances
and intentions, are always gravely illicit by reason of their object, such as
blasphemy and perjury, murder and adultery. One may not do evil so that good
may result from it.
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.
·
do
a personal eucharistic stations of the cross.
·
Religion
in the Home for Preschool: October
·
Litany of the Most Precious
Blood of Jesus
·
Offering to
the sacred heart of Jesus
·
Rosary
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