For the redeeming work of Christ must be shared in by the world through the Church. This will be the end and consummation of the Empire of Rome, and immediately afterwards Antichrist will come., St. Caesar of Arles (d. 543) This prince [French Monarch] shall extend his dominion over the entire universe. In what follows, therefore, we can only attempt to provide a deeper foundation for this interpretation, on the basis of the criteria already considered. The mountain and city symbolize the arena of human history: history as an arduous ascent to the summit, history as the arena of human creativity and social harmony, but at the same time a place of destruction, where man actually destroys the fruits of his own work. May there dawn for everyone the time of peace and freedom, the time of truth, of justice and of hope.(3). It is rendered capable of seeing that which is beyond the senses, that which cannot be seen - seeing by means of the interior senses. As regards the passage about the Bishop dressed in white, that is, the Holy Father - as the children immediately realized during the vision - who is struck dead and falls to the ground, Sister Lucia was in full agreement with the Pope's claim that it was a mother's hand that guided the bullet's path and in his throes the Pope halted at the threshold of death (Pope John Paul II, Meditation from the Policlinico Gemelli to the Italian Bishops, 13 May 1994). THE SECOND WORD TO THE CROSS. Those who expected exciting apocalyptic revelations about the end of the world or the future course of history are bound to be disappointed. The good are a reproach to the mediocre and the evil are a disturbance. Let there be revealed, once more, in the history of the world the infinite saving power of the Redemption: the power of merciful Love! The other will be sent from Heaven. This Great Monarch will assist the Pope in the reformation of the whole earth., Venerable Magdalene Porzat (d. 1850) An enormous bird (Great Monarch) shall awake as from a sleep, and with its terrible bill and claws shall sever the oxs neck and shall eagerly devour the intestines of the wicked dragon. I wrote down what I saw; however it was not for me to interpret it, but for the Pope. There are many other specific prophecies concerning the French Monarch and Reforming Pope, the Three Days of Darkness, and the Era of Peace, but the statements already quoted should suffice to . The message of Fatima is a testament to the power of faith and the importance of prayer. Today the prospect that the world might be reduced to ashes by a sea of fire no longer seems pure fantasy: man himself, with his inventions, has forged the flaming sword. The future appears only in a mirror dimly (1 Cor 13:12). The angel with the flaming sword on the left of the Mother of God recalls similar images in the Book of Revelation. Therefore we are dealing with the middle category, interior perception. Interior vision is not fantasy but, as we have said, a true and valid means of verification. By the Bishop's decision, the bullet was later set in the crown of the statue of Our Lady of Fatima. To ensure better protection for the secret the envelope was placed in the Secret Archives of the Holy Office on 4 April 1957. No great mystery is revealed; nor is the future unveiled. Catholic prophecy points to a coming three days of darkness. Throughout history there have been supernatural apparitions and signs which go to the heart of human events and which, to the surprise of believers and non-believers alike, play their part in the unfolding of history. To save souls has emerged as the key word of the first and second parts of the secret, and the key word of this third part is the threefold cry: Penance, Penance, Penance! The beginning of the Gospel comes to mind: Repent and believe the Good News (Mk 1:15). For the account of the first two parts of the secret, which have already been published and are therefore known, we have chosen the text written by Sister Lucia in the Third Memoir of 31 August 1941; some annotations were added in the Fourth Memoir of 8 December 1941. We then looked up at Our Lady, who said to us so kindly and so sadly: You have seen hell where the souls of poor sinners go. The war is going to end: but if people do not cease offending God, a worse one will break out during the Pontificate of Pius XI. St. Paul, speaking of prophecy in 1 Corinthians 14, does not confine its meaning to predictions of future events, but includes under it Divine inspirations concerning what is secret, whether future or not. (Mk 15:33). Nicholas Gruner ( 2015). This King will be the greatest and last of all monarchs, and after having prosperously governed his kingdom he will come in the end to Jerusalem and he will lay down his scepter and his crown upon the Mount of Olives. The Fatima Centers mission is to ensure that the entire Message of Fatima is widely known, accurately understood, and properly acted upon so that Our Ladys purpose in coming to Fatima the salvation of souls and the prevention of catastrophic chastisements may be realized. As he makes his way with great difficulty towards the Cross amid the corpses of those who were martyred (Bishops, priests, men and women Religious and many lay people), he too falls to the ground, apparently dead, under a hail of gunfire. Beneath the two arms of the Cross there were two Angels each with a crystal aspersorium in his hand, in which they gathered up the blood of the Martyrs and with it sprinkled the souls that were making their way to God. The two realities differ not only in degree but also in essence. degree in Electrical Engineering from the, Brendan Young came to know Our Lady's Apostolate at a young age,, Christopher A. Ferrara earned his Baccalaureate and Juris Doctor degrees, David Martin gave up a promising career as a concert pianist in 1980 so, Eric Bermingham is an aerospace engineer by day and a creationist author, Father Albert Kallio, O.P. In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph. They saw the fall of the souls of poor sinners. At the end of the Mass presided over by the Holy Father at Fatima, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, the Secretary of State, made this announcement in Portuguese, which is given here in English translation: At the conclusion of this solemn celebration, I feel bound to offer our beloved Holy Father Pope John Paul II, on behalf of all present, heartfelt good wishes for his approaching 80th Birthday and to thank him for his vital pastoral ministry for the good of all God's Holy Church; we present the heartfelt wishes of the whole Church. Indeed, the whole point of the vision is to bring freedom onto the scene and to steer freedom in a positive direction. The true Pope would be forced to leave Rome and would be murdered in exile, leaving the Church without a head. This too is the message of Fatima which, with its urgent call to conversion and penance, draws us to the heart of the Gospel. She foretold the first two world wars that wreaked havoc in the twentieth century. In this way, the importance of human freedom is underlined: the future is not in fact unchangeably set, and the image which the children saw is in no way a film preview of a future in which nothing can be changed. Required fields are marked *. The first and second parts of the secret of Fatima have already been so amply discussed in the relative literature that there is no need to deal with them again here. RatzingerPrefect of the Congregationfor the Doctrine of the Faith. That is His true position: among the worthless and the rejects. For ten long years, the email, which started evolving, as people started adding to it, went into a cycle of disappearing and reappearing. Sister Lucia continued: We did not know the name of the Pope; Our Lady did not tell us the name of the Pope; we did not know whether it was Benedict XV or Pius XII or Paul VI or John Paul II; but it was the Pope who was suffering and that made us suffer too. SENSUS FIDELIUM TV: https://sensusfidelium.tv/@thefatimacenter From hatred and from the demeaning of the dignity of the children of God, deliver us. All is quiet now. Help us to conquer the menace of evil, which so easily takes root in the hearts of the people of today, and whose immeasurable effects already weigh down upon our modern world and seem to block the paths towards the future! At the same time there will be a Great Pope, who will be most eminent in sanctity and most perfect in every quality. Sister Lucia is given a rosary sent by the Holy Father, and she in turn offers a number of rosaries made by herself. The Tenth Secret of Medjugorje and the Great Chastisement of Garabandal involve the Three Days of Darkness, as prophesied by many Saints in the Catholic Church. But from whom might we better learn in every age than from the Mother of the Lord? To her maternal intercession let us entrust the Church of the Third Millennium. The Holy Father shall be obliged to leave Rome.. Embrace with the love of the Mother and Handmaid of the Lord, this human world of ours, which we entrust and consecrate to you, for we are full of concern for the earthly and eternal destiny of individuals and peoples. 1613) The fifth period of the Church, which began circa 1520, will end with the arrival of the Holy Pope and of the powerful Monarch who is called Help From God because he will restore everything., Nursing Nun of Belay (19th century) A saint raises his arms to Heaven; he allays the wrath of God. This Pope shall have with him the Great Monarch, a most virtuous man, who shall be a scion of the holy race of the French kings. The Church prudently gives ample latitude as to the acceptance or rejection of particular or private prophecies based on evidence for or against them. For this reason, the figurative language of the visions is symbolic. Rather the images are, in a manner of speaking, a synthesis of the impulse coming from on high and the capacity to receive this impulse in the visionaries, that is, the children. The latter demands faith; in it in fact God himself speaks to us through human words and the mediation of the living community of the Church. They shall all come out, either to excite the wicked murderers, or to dishearten the just and shall cause the death of large multitudes of incredulous and wicked men.. Nicholas Gruner ( 2015).The Message of Fatima is the ONLY solution to the grave crises facing the Church and the world today. While it must always take its lead and direction from the liturgy, it in turn enriches the faith by involving the heart. A lot has been written about the intriguing prophecy of the three days of darkness but one needs to sift through them carefully lest one succumbs to exaggerated and sensational ideas and, more importantly, to serious doctrinal errors. 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