October 13, 1917. The town of Fatima. Portugal. The night before, it had rained torrentially; on October 13, the people there and the ground there were thoroughly soaked. Seventy thousand people gathered in Fatima on October 13, 1917; they had heard that three little children had seen apparitions of a Lady there that year. The Lady had promised that a miracle would take place when she appeared there on October 13.
There, in Fatima, exactly one hundred years ago on this date, before 70,000 people, the sun danced back and forth in the sky, defying cosmic laws. It fell toward the earth. When the sun returned to its usual location and remained in its place, all the people there were completely dry, even though just a short time earlier, they had been drenched. The ground too was dry, even though it had just been saturated.
On October 13, the Lady identified herself as the Lady of the Rosary. The three little children were Servant of God Lucia, Saint Jacinta and Saint Francisco.
In her apparitions to them at Fatima, Our Blessed Mother Mary told them to pray the rosary everyday for world peace and for an end to the first world war. She explained to them that Jesus wished to establish devotion to her Immaculate Heart.
As we show devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Our Blessed Mother Mary, we welcome Jesus into our hearts, and thus are returning home to Our Heavenly Father. When we pray seeking the intercession of Our Blessed Mother Mary, we are asking her to assist us in returning home to God. She supports us in doing as Jesus told us to do because she loves her Son, because she loves God.
Our Blessed Mother Mary, who is so kind and sweet and loving, who cares for us so tenderly, helps us to welcome Jesus into our hearts. Just as she told the servants at the wedding feast in Cana, so she tells us about Jesus, "Do whatever He tells you."*
If we beg Our Blessed Mother Mary to intercede with her Son Jesus for us, we request what we need to be able to do what Jesus commands us to do. When we ask Our Blessed Mother Mary to intercede with her Son Jesus for us, we ask her to beseech Him that we may have all we need to do God's will. Through her Spouse, The Holy Spirit, we are empowered to do the will of God. Through her assistance, we are given the grace we need to do the will of Our Heavenly Father.
Let us pour out our hearts to Our Blessed Mother Mary. Let us implore her to come to our aid. She loves us so tenderly and sweetly--indeed her will is love, since her will is the will of God, and we know that God is love**--that she will surely love us with great love.
Knowing that Our Blessed Mother Mary loves us so much, we come to realize that we are tremendously aided in coming home to God, who is love, when we seek her intercession. If we wish to return home to God, we have a powerful intercessor in Our Blessed Mother Mary to help us draw back to God. Let us entrust ourselves to the loving care of Our Blessed Mother Mary, consecrate ourselves to her, and, greatly supported by her, thus return home to God. Amen.
* John 2:5
** 1 John 4:8,16
There, in Fatima, exactly one hundred years ago on this date, before 70,000 people, the sun danced back and forth in the sky, defying cosmic laws. It fell toward the earth. When the sun returned to its usual location and remained in its place, all the people there were completely dry, even though just a short time earlier, they had been drenched. The ground too was dry, even though it had just been saturated.
On October 13, the Lady identified herself as the Lady of the Rosary. The three little children were Servant of God Lucia, Saint Jacinta and Saint Francisco.
In her apparitions to them at Fatima, Our Blessed Mother Mary told them to pray the rosary everyday for world peace and for an end to the first world war. She explained to them that Jesus wished to establish devotion to her Immaculate Heart.
As we show devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Our Blessed Mother Mary, we welcome Jesus into our hearts, and thus are returning home to Our Heavenly Father. When we pray seeking the intercession of Our Blessed Mother Mary, we are asking her to assist us in returning home to God. She supports us in doing as Jesus told us to do because she loves her Son, because she loves God.
Our Blessed Mother Mary, who is so kind and sweet and loving, who cares for us so tenderly, helps us to welcome Jesus into our hearts. Just as she told the servants at the wedding feast in Cana, so she tells us about Jesus, "Do whatever He tells you."*
If we beg Our Blessed Mother Mary to intercede with her Son Jesus for us, we request what we need to be able to do what Jesus commands us to do. When we ask Our Blessed Mother Mary to intercede with her Son Jesus for us, we ask her to beseech Him that we may have all we need to do God's will. Through her Spouse, The Holy Spirit, we are empowered to do the will of God. Through her assistance, we are given the grace we need to do the will of Our Heavenly Father.
Let us pour out our hearts to Our Blessed Mother Mary. Let us implore her to come to our aid. She loves us so tenderly and sweetly--indeed her will is love, since her will is the will of God, and we know that God is love**--that she will surely love us with great love.
Knowing that Our Blessed Mother Mary loves us so much, we come to realize that we are tremendously aided in coming home to God, who is love, when we seek her intercession. If we wish to return home to God, we have a powerful intercessor in Our Blessed Mother Mary to help us draw back to God. Let us entrust ourselves to the loving care of Our Blessed Mother Mary, consecrate ourselves to her, and, greatly supported by her, thus return home to God. Amen.
* John 2:5
** 1 John 4:8,16
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