Our
Lady of Fatima
The Beginning
In 1915 an Angel appeared to four little girls tending their flocks, among them Lucia dos Santos. While saying the Rosary they saw what looked like a statue made of snow, slightly transparent, against the sun.One year later, Lucia was tending sheep with her two cousins, Francisco and Jacinta Marto. This time the Angel came with very distinguishable features. He appeared to be about 14 and was whiter than snow and appeared to be transparent. He said to them:
"Don't
be afraid. I am the Angel of Peace. Pray with me."
He then knelt and, bowing with his forehead to the ground, prayed three times:
"My
God, I believe, I adore, I hope, and I love Thee! I beg pardon of Thee
for those who do not believe, do not adore, do not hope and do not love
Thee!"
Then he said to the children:
"Pray
thus. The Hearts of Jesus and Mary are attentive to the voice of your supplications."
With these words the Angel left them. The children felt so enveloped by God's Presence that they remained in prayer for a long time repeating this prayer.Soon the three children were back to spending their days playing games together.
One day, some months later, while the three were playing, the Angel visited them again and said,
Lucia asked how they were to sacrifice. The Angel responded,
"With
all your power offer a sacrifice as an act of reparation for the sinners
by whom He is offended, and of supplication
for
the conversion of sinners. You thus draw peace upon your country. I am
its Guardian Angel, the Angel of Portugal. Above all, accept and bear with
submission the suffering which the Lord will send you."
Only Lucia and Jacinta heard the Angel. Francisco, although he could see the angel, had to ask the girls what he said.
They spent many hours repeating the prayer he had taught them.In Autumn of that same year, the Angel appeared to them again.
He was holding a chalice in his hand with a Host suspended over it from which drops of Blood were falling into the chalice. Leaving the Host and chalice suspended in mid-air the Angel prostrated himself on the ground praying three times,
"Most
Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I adore Thee profoundly and
offer Thee the Most Precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ,
present in all the tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages,
sacrileges, and indifference by which He Himself is offended. And, through
the infinite merits of His Most Sacred Heart and of the Immaculate Heart
of Mary, I beg of Thee the conversion of poor sinners."
Then the Angel arose and gave the Sacred Host to Lucia.
He offered the chalice to Francisco and Jacinta while he said,
Then the Angel again prostrated himself,
praying three times, "Most Holy Trinity. . .." Then he disappeared.The children remained until dark repeating the prayers, then they also left for home.
This was in the autumn months of 1916
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