HAPPY FEAST DAY TO OUR LADY OF FATIMA

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The feast of Our Lady of Fatima by night

Today we celebrate Our Lady of Fatima. We should be celebrating Our Lord's Ascension into heaven, but that feast went the way of several others, seconded by "The Spirit of Vatican II" to the nearest Sunday. It's the Novus Ordo effect.

Anyway, four years ago 'im indoors and I were privileged to be at Fatima for the second time, for the centenary of Our Lady's first apparition in a field in Portugal to three shepherd children, in 1917.

Jorge Bergoglio was there too, in 2017. Someone in our tour group asked me, that afternoon, why I was loitering in the hotel foyer while everyone else was on tippy-toes on the processional route, waiting with bated breath for His Holiness to pass by. I think I remember saying I wouldn't cross the street to see 'Pope Francis'. Obviously I was already steamed up about Bergoglio - but what heretical water has passed under the bridge since then!

Reminding 'im indoors of the feast this morning I mentioned, perhaps unwisely, the phenomenon of the fake Sister Lucy, a subject I dealt with on this blog over a year ago. Fatimanistas will know all about it but others can read something of this truly distressing story of the eldest of the three little seers of Fatima (the others being her cousins Ss Jacinta and Francisco Marto) at http://juliadufresne.blogspot.com/2020/07/will-real-sister-lucia-of-fatima-please.html

'Im indoors being something of a sceptic, I told him to google the two Sister Lucys, and that comparison of their photographs would confirm that in this at least I'm no conspiracy theorist. Take a gander yourselves ...

The real Sister Lucy

The real Sister Lucy, left, the fake Sister Lucy, right

We were blessed to have Holy Mass in our parish this morning, the first since Sunday; and Father prayed the Collect and Offertory proper to the Blessed Virgin Mary. For that I was thankful.

On the Sensus Fidelium website I see traditional Catholics mentioning not just Mass but novenas, recitation of the Rosary, Adoration of the Eucharist, re-dedication to the first five Saturdays, a procession, Benediction: we may safely assume all of the above was happening overseas, not in this benighted country, ruled by a modernist cardinal and bishops.

But I am indebted to Facebook for the following, originally posted in Spanish and edited slightly by moi. to make for easier reading.

"The appearance of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima is undoubtedly the most important Marian apparition of the 20th Century. Not only because of the significance of the message, but also because of the heavenly choice of three humble little children, who would carry on their shoulders a mission of unimaginable portent.

Three little shepherds were willing to give their lives to amend for the sins of humanity and promote devotion to the Immaculate heart of Mary. Three children who would do penance, pray daily 'El Santo Rosario' and show us by example the understanding of their commitment, with great sufferings, misunderstandings and the generous dedication of their lives.

The Miracle of the Sun would become known as the signature of Our Lady to these apparitions, a witness in the presence of 70,000 pilgrims, but over time, the content of 'the Third Secret of Fatima' would awaken even more curiosity than this stupendous miracle, because it was imagined that the content of that message would be one of harsh prophecies and possible chastisements for humanity.

However after many years, (from 1917 to this day), we can rest assured that in Fatima, the Virgin appeared to tell us about the victory of good over evil, not to fill us with fear or uncertainty for the future.

Fatima is a sign of the tenderness and concern of our Mother - who sees us all as her beloved children and her messengers.

We are all poor in the eyes of God, all sinners, men in need of the Lord's mercy. We live in the midst of the constant struggle of wanting to do good and constantly fall into sin because of our weakness, but the sacraments drive us to stand up again and move forward.

Let's celebrate May 13 with unshakable hope, being sure that the triumph of Mary's Immaculate Heart is getting closer every day.

Let us witness to the triumph of good over evil, the power of love over hate. We fight, with the power of prayer and under the mantle and care of our Lady the Virgin, the cruelty of the infernal enemy, who rejoices in the pain and suffering of man.

Let us not be discouraged, do not let current events discourage us or obscure our joy. God has always helped his afflicted children and this will not be an exception, The Lord will heal the sick, comfort the downhearted, dry our tears and heal this earth with the strength of His Presence and the embracing Fire of the Holy Spirit.

God bless you all

          Felipe Gomez

The three children with Our Lady, in stone, at Fatima