#ourladyoffatima #theblessedmother #jacintafernandoandlucia #stlucia🇱🇨 Today is the feast day celebrating when Our Lady appeared to three children, Jacinta and Fernando Mateo and Lucia dos Santos. She was described as “a Lady more brilliant than the sun,” and three prophecies, or secrets were revealed to the children. The Blessed Mother appeared on the 13th of each month, from May to October 1917. On the 13th of October, the “Miracle of the Sun” occurred. After a period of rain, the dark clouds broke and the Sun appeared as an opaque spinning disc in the sky. It was said to be significantly duller than normal and to cast multicolored lights across the landscape, the people and the surrounding clouds. The three secrets shown to the children add even more to the story! The first secret was a vision of hell. The second secret predicted the end of World War I and send war would be presaged by a night illuminated by an unknown light. An unusual aurora borealis occurred in 1938 over most of the northern hemisphere just before Hitler seized Austria, starting World War II. In this secret, the Blessed Mother also asked for the conversion of Russia, when that happened a period of peace would follow. The third secret was kept secret and revealed later in 2000 by the church, predicts the death of a pope and other religious figures. Pope Benedict XVI explained that it referred to the assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II and that the secret has a permanent and ongoing significance, including the upheaval in the church concerning sexual abuse concerning the clergy. A truly fascinating story and I think something to reflect on today with the upheaval we are experiencing with pandemic. Happy Feast Day! May the Blessed Mother watch over you and keep you safe, and may God bless you always!! https://www.instagram.com/p/COz6w-IM5E3/?igshid=10s0t477kmapx
