100 YEARS OF THE MATERNAL PROTECTION OUR LADY OF FATIMA: MESSAGE OF PRAYER,
PENANCE AND PEACE VERSION ONE: 1,506 words.
- Dr Celcio Dias,
International Secretary of the World Apostolate of Fatima www.WorldFatimaTv.org
Fatima is a Message of Peace brought to humanity by three
great communicators who were less than 13 years old. The World can Hope for Peace. [1]
No other
creature ever basked in the light of God’s face as did Mary; She in turn gave a
human face to the Son of the Eternal Father. Now we can contemplate Her
in the succession of Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful and Glorious moments of Her
life, which we revisit in our recitation of the Rosary. With Christ and Mary,
we abide in God. Indeed, if we
want to be Christian, we must be Marian; in a word, we have to acknowledge
the essential, vital and providential relationship uniting Our Lady to Jesus, a
relationship that opens before us the way leading to Him. [2]
Our Lady of Fatima invites us once
again to turn to prayer, penance, and
conversion. She asks us to never offend God again. She forewarns all humanity about the necessity of abandoning oneself to
God, the source of Love and Mercy.[3]
Our Lady
foretold, and warned us about, a way
of life that is godless and indeed profanes God in His creatures. Such a
life – frequently proposed and imposed – risks leading to hell. Mary came to remind us that God’s light
dwells within us and protects us, for, as, “the
child [of the woman] was snatched away and taken to God” (Rev 12:5). [4]
We can take
as our examples Saint Francisco and Saint Jacinta, whom the Virgin Mary
introduced into the immense ocean of God’s
Light and taught to Adore Him. That
was the source of their strength in overcoming opposition and suffering. [5] In 1916, God
prepared the shepherd children by sending them a celestial messenger,
the Angel of Peace, Catechist of Fatima. This Angel taught them prayers,
the sense of reverence before God’s presence, the value of time: make good use
of it, offering of one’s life, the Sanctification of our daily duties, the
supernatural value of suffering and its fruits of peace. Finally,
the Angel focused on the most profound esteem for the Eucharist, how
to make Reparation to the Most Holy Trinity through the Eucharist and Christ’s
real presence in the Eucharist and the fruit of reparation: the
conversion of poor sinners. School,
Catechism children and youngsters do this Reparatory Adoration for
goodness to triumph over modern day evils.
God wishes us to do the Communion of Reparation of First Saturdays known as the Great
Promise of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
blessed by five tremendous Graces from heaven: (1) Grace of final perseverance; (2) conversion of many
sinners; (3) salvation of many souls; (4) peace of the world; (5) unity and strength
of the Universal Church against
inner dissentions opposing the Magisterium
of Peter.
This "Forgotten part of the Message of Fatima" is the essential condition missing to obtain the definitive Triumph
of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, when devotion to the Immaculate
Heart
of
Mary is spread throughout the
world
and
the
Immaculate Heart of Mary is venerated alongside
with the Sacred Heart of Jesus by the
Universal Church. [6] On June 13, 1912, Pope
Pius X gave a plenary indulgence to
the faithful who performed “some special exercises of devotion on the First
Saturday of the month in reparation to the Blessed Virgin Mary Immaculate.
This is
done on the First Saturday of Five consecutive months, with the intention of
making Reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, we confess and receive Holy
Communion, recite five decades of the Rosary, and keep company with Our Lady
for fifteen minutes while meditating on the mysteries of the Rosary. There are Five
kinds of offences and blasphemies: against the Immaculate Conception;
against Her Virginity; against Her Divine Maternity; those who openly seek to
Foster in the Hearts of children indifference or even hatred for this
Immaculate Mother and the offences of those who directly outrage Her in
Holy Images. Each of the Five Saturdays corresponds to a specific offence. In
this way, we can help remove the thorns from Our Lady’s Heart. This Devotion
dissolves the attacks on families, which is the final battle for
the human heart and the family now, offering life and peace.
We can ask Our Lady to apply the promise to a
particular soul for each set of Five First Saturdays. If we continue this life
long, so many would benefit. This is Christian
Charity as we are members of the Mystical body of Christ.
We must also Consecrate ourselves or Entrust
those in most need of God’s Mercy to the Immaculate Heart of Mary: (1) to
prevent the loss of faith and morals among the faithful in our days, this is
part of the Fatima prophecy; (2) to atone for the sins of the society of our
time; (3) to bring down on the Church the special Marian protection given to
those “favoured disciples of Jesus,” like John the Apostle, who was closer to
the Heart of His Master and Redeemer and who received Mary as Spiritual Mother
at the foot of the Cross. We must become other John’s. This must be done frequently on special Marian
feast days and even daily. Many Popes have done this. The Brown Scapular is a sign of this Consecration.
God gives Graces through the
immaculate Heart of Mary. We must ask Grace from Her. We must plead for Peace from the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
for the Lord has confided the Peace of the world to Her. [7]
The Secret of
Fatima has three Parts: 1)
the vision of hell, where the souls
of poor sinners go. To save
them, God wishes to establish in the world the devotion to the Immaculate
Heart. If people do what She tells us, many souls will be saved and there will
be peace. [8] If we do
not respond to Her, there are ramifications. 2) She spoke on atheism which opposes God’s
kingdom. She foretold future events and revealed miraculous signs to prove the
truth of God’s predictions. 3) The
struggle between good and evil and the
liberating effects of penance. Penance today is, before anything else, the
Sanctification of our Daily Duties. To purify
our
hearts
and
the
Body of Christ, the Church,
we must do penance. In
the Mystery of evil, She showed the way to triumph over evil, the need
of God’s grace to overcome all obstacles and the need for prayer and penance in
a well balanced life.
Whenever
we experience the Cross, Jesus has already experienced it before us. But, when there is no habit
of practicing penance
and the worldly spirit brings
people to search
for unlawful pleasures and desires,
the only possibility is to
be
purified by suffering. The Church has suffered much in the XXth century,
"the Century of Martyrs.”
For those suffering from illnesses, Pope Francis
called on them to live their lives as a gift: “Like the shepherd children, tell
Our Lady that you want to offer yourselves to God with all your heart.” [9]
pleading for us
With the
canonization, of the two Shepherd children, Pope Francis has proposed to the
whole Church to have the heart of
children. Their sanctity is not a consequence of the Apparitions, but of
the fidelity and ardour with which they corresponded to the privilege they had
received of being able to see the Virgin Mary. The Visionaries, after having
seen Mary, frequently said the Rosary, did Penance, and offered Sacrifices for
an end to the war [World War I, which was raging at the time], and for the
souls most in need of Divine Mercy. In our day, too, there is great need of Prayer and of Penance to implore the Grace of Conversion and an end to the
many wars and conflicts in the world today, which disfigure the face of
humanity. Let us allow ourselves to be guided by the light that comes from Fatima.
May the Immaculate Heart of Mary always
be our refuge, our consolation, and the way that leads to Christ. [10]
The entire Message of Fatima is a great call
to Holiness for the Church of our time. It is a Message which reveals the
desire of the Maternal Immaculate Heart of Mary: an Urgent call to Holiness
for the Peace of the World and for
the Salvation of all in Christ. [11] Let
us Live and Spread this Message,
which has the fundamentals
of Evangelization by inner conversion,
Prayer especially the Holy Rosary, Penance, the First Saturdays, Consecration,
Reparatory Adoration and frequent Sacraments.
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100 YEARS OF THE MATERNAL PROTECTION OUR LADY OF FATIMA: MESSAGE OF PRAYER,
PENANCE AND PEACE VERSION TWO: 1538 words.
- Dr Celcio Dias,
International Secretary of the World Apostolate of Fatima www.WorldFatimaTv.org
INTRODUCTION: Fatima is a Message of Peace brought
to humanity by three great communicators who were less than 13 years old. The
World can Hope for Peace. [1]
CHRISTIAN MUST BE MARIAN: No other
creature ever basked in the light of God’s face as did Mary; She in turn gave a
human face to the Son of the Eternal Father. Now we can contemplate Her
in the succession of Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful and Glorious moments of Her
life, which we revisit in our recitation of the Rosary. With Christ and
Mary, we abide in God. Indeed, if
we want to be Christian, we must be Marian; in a word, we have to
acknowledge the essential, vital and providential relationship uniting Our Lady
to Jesus, a relationship that opens before us the way leading to Him. [2]
INVITATION
AND FOREWARNING:
Our Lady of Fatima invites us once again to turn to prayer, penance, and conversion. She asks us to never offend God
again. She forewarns all humanity about the necessity of abandoning oneself to
God, the source of Love and Mercy.[3]
Our Lady
foretold, and warned us about, a way
of life that is godless and indeed profanes God in His creatures. Such a
life – frequently proposed and imposed – risks leading to hell. Mary came to remind us that God’s light
dwells within us and protects us, for, as, “the
child [of the woman] was snatched away and taken to God” (Rev 12:5). [4]
GOD’S LIGHT: We can take as our examples Saint Francisco and Saint
Jacinta, whom the Virgin Mary introduced into the immense ocean of God’s Light
and taught to Adore Him. That was
the source of their strength in overcoming opposition and suffering. [5] In 1916, God
prepared the shepherd children by sending them a celestial messenger,
the Angel of Peace, Catechist of Fatima. This Angel taught them prayers,
the sense of reverence before God’s presence, the value of time: make good use
of it, offering of one’s life, the Sanctification of our daily duties, the
supernatural value of suffering and its fruits of peace. Finally,
the Angel focused on the most profound esteem for the Eucharist, how
to make Reparation to the Most Holy Trinity through the Eucharist and Christ’s
real presence in the Eucharist and the fruit of reparation: the
conversion of poor sinners. School,
Catechism children and youngsters do this Reparatory Adoration for
goodness to triumph over modern day evils.
GOD’S WISHES: 1)
COMMUNION OF REPARATION OF FIRST SATURDAYS known as the Great
Promise of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
blessed by five tremendous Graces from heaven: (1) Grace of final perseverance; (2) conversion of many
sinners; (3) salvation of many souls; (4) peace of the world; (5) unity and strength
of the Universal Church against
inner dissentions opposing the Magisterium
of Peter.
This "Forgotten part of the Message of Fatima" is the essential condition missing to obtain the definitive Triumph
of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, when devotion to the Immaculate
Heart
of
Mary is spread throughout the
world
and
the
Immaculate Heart of Mary is venerated alongside
with the Sacred Heart of Jesus by the
Universal Church. [6] On June 13, 1912, Pope
Pius X gave a plenary indulgence to
the faithful who performed “some special exercises of devotion on the First
Saturday of the month in reparation to the Blessed Virgin Mary Immaculate.
This is
done on the First Saturday of Five consecutive months, with the intention of
making Reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, we confess and receive Holy
Communion, recite five decades of the Rosary, and keep company with Our Lady
for fifteen minutes while meditating on the mysteries of the Rosary. There are Five
kinds of offences and blasphemies: against the Immaculate Conception;
against Her Virginity; against Her Divine Maternity; those who openly seek to
Foster in the Hearts of children indifference or even hatred for this
Immaculate Mother and the offences of those who directly outrage Her in
Holy Images. Each of the Five Saturdays corresponds to a specific offence. In
this way, we can help remove the thorns from Our Lady’s Heart. This Devotion
dissolves the attacks on families, which is the final battle for
the human heart and the family now, offering life and peace.
CHRISTIAN CHARITY: We can ask Our Lady to
apply the promise to a particular soul for each set of Five First Saturdays. If
we continue this life long, so many would benefit. This
is Christian Charity as we are members of the Mystical body of Christ.
2)
CONSECRATION TO THE IMMACULATE HEART
OF MARY:
We must Consecrate ourselves or Entrust those in most need of God’s Mercy to
the Immaculate Heart of Mary: (1) to prevent the loss of faith and morals among
the faithful in our days, this is part of the Fatima prophecy; (2) to atone for
the sins of the society of our time; (3) to bring down on the Church the
special Marian protection given to those “favoured disciples of Jesus,” like
John the Apostle, who was closer to the Heart of His Master and Redeemer and
who received Mary as Spiritual Mother at the foot of the Cross. We must become
other John’s. This must be done frequently on
special Marian feast days and even daily. Many Popes have done this. The
Brown Scapular is a sign of this Consecration.
IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY FOR GRACE AND PEACE: God
gives Graces through the immaculate Heart of Mary. We must ask Grace from Her.
We must plead for Peace from the Immaculate Heart of Mary, for the Lord has
confided the Peace of the world to Her. [7]
SECRET OF FATIMA:
This has three Parts: 1) the vision of hell, where the souls of
poor sinners go. To save
them, God wishes to establish in the world the devotion to the Immaculate
Heart. If people do what She tells us, many souls will be saved and there will
be peace. [8] If we do
not respond to Her, there are ramifications. 2) She spoke on atheism which opposes God’s
kingdom. She foretold future events and revealed miraculous signs to prove the
truth of God’s predictions. 3) The
struggle between good and evil and the
liberating effects of penance. Penance today is, before anything else, the
Sanctification of our Daily Duties. To purify
our
hearts
and
the
Body of Christ, the Church,
we must do penance. In
the Mystery of evil, She showed the way to triumph over evil, the need
of God’s grace to overcome all obstacles and the need for prayer and penance in
a well balanced life.
PURIFICATION:
Whenever we experience the Cross, Jesus has already experienced it before us.
But, when there is no habit
of practicing penance
and the worldly spirit brings
people to search
for unlawful pleasures and desires,
the only possibility is to
be
purified by suffering. The Church has suffered much in the XXth century,
"the Century of Martyrs.”
For those suffering from illnesses, Pope Francis
called on them to live their lives as a gift: “Like the shepherd children, tell
Our Lady that you want to offer yourselves to God with all your heart.” [9]
pleading
for us We must pray for the proclamation of this Fifth Dogma.This is God’s Salvific
plan.
HEART OF CHILDREN: With the canonization, of the two Shepherd
children, Pope Francis has proposed to the whole Church to have the heart of children. Their sanctity is
not a consequence of the Apparitions, but of the fidelity and ardour with which
they corresponded to the privilege they had received of being able to see the
Virgin Mary. The Visionaries, after having seen Mary, frequently said the
Rosary, did Penance, and offered Sacrifices for an end to the war [World War I,
which was raging at the time], and for the souls most in need of Divine Mercy.
In our day, too, there is great need of Prayer
and of Penance to implore the Grace
of Conversion and an end to the many wars and conflicts in the world today,
which disfigure the face of humanity. Let us allow ourselves to be guided by
the light that comes from Fatima. May
the Immaculate Heart of Mary always be our refuge, our consolation, and the way
that leads to Christ. [10]
CONCLUSION:
The
entire Message of Fatima is a great call to Holiness for the Church of our
time. It is a Message which reveals the desire of the Maternal Immaculate Heart
of Mary: an Urgent call to Holiness
for the Peace of the World and for the Salvation of all in Christ. [11] Let
us Live and Spread this Message,
which has the fundamentals
of Evangelization by inner conversion,
Prayer especially the Holy Rosary, Penance, the First Saturdays, Consecration,
Reparatory Adoration and frequent Sacraments.
NOTES:
[1]
Pope Francis’ in-flight press conference: Fatima to Rome:
14 May 2017 (Vatican Radio)
[2] Greeting of His Holiness Pope Francis: Vigil at the Chapel of the Apparitions:
12 May 2017 (Vatican Radio)
[3] Pope
Francis on 11 May 2016 (Vatican
Radio)
[4] Pope
Francis’ homily for the Canonization of Saint Francisco and Saint Jacinta on 13
May 2017 (Vatican
Radio)
[5] Pope Francis’ homily for the Canonization of Saint
Francisco and Saint Jacinta on 13 May 2017 (Vatican
Radio)
[6] Prophecy of Saint
Pio of Pietrelcina; ‘Forgotten part’ coined by Prof Americo, WAF International President.
[7] Our Lady of Fatima to St Jacinta.
[8] Our Lady on 13 July
[7] Our Lady of Fatima to St Jacinta.
[8] Our Lady on 13 July
[9] Pope
Francis: 13 May 2017, at Fatima(Vatican Radio)
[10] Pope reflects on pilgrimage to Fatima: Regina Coeli: 14 May 2017 (Vatican Radio)
[11] Sr. Lucia in her book “Calls from the Message of Fatima”
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[10] Pope reflects on pilgrimage to Fatima: Regina Coeli: 14 May 2017 (Vatican Radio)
[11] Sr. Lucia in her book “Calls from the Message of Fatima”
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