Posted on 02/13/2005 3:46:33 PM PST by Cincinnatus
Sister Lucia Marto, the last of three children who claimed to have seen the Virgin Mary in a series of 1917 apparitions, has died, Portuguese media reported today. She was 97.
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Also, the only approved appritions are Fatima, Lourdes and Guadelupe. None of the others are approved by the church. NONE.
I thought that our Blessed Mother's Child was Jesus.
well, at least you are keeping an open mind...
Of course, the backwards 13s in the post time have to be noted.
"The Day The Sun Danced", I believe was witnessed by 70,000 people in Fatima, Portugal!!
Well Im not catholic but this is an intentional finger in the eye to them, and it pisses me off.
My mind was very open while researching facts about Medjugorje. Then I formed an opinion. Is my mind now closed?
So I'm supposed to believe the Aurora Borealis 'struck terror into the hearts of many?' That's the dumbest thing I ever heard - I suppose if they were genuinely terrorized by the Aurora Borealis, they would most likely be similarly terrified by wonders like as a card trick, the mentalist feats of The Amazing Kreskin, and the occasional MLB triple play.
I don't doubt the sincerity of the children nor the accounts of the supernatural incidents at the time of the sightings (nor the prophecies), but it's those kind of silly things peppered in historical accounts that compromise the whole thing - when too many things like that enter the narrative, I don't know what to believe and what not to believe.
Actually, my mother was about 13 years old when she saw it and still remembers it.
Her mother woke her and her brothers and sisters up to see it. All the neighbors were out in awe and fright because it was very red and apparently very frightening. No one had ever rememered seeing anything like it.
This was in Czechoslovakia as itr was known then.
When I searched and found that Sister Lucia was still alive, I found it unbelievable. She was in her late seventies, early eighties at the time. When I read about the third revelation and that the Pope had concecrated Russian ground unknowing to the world, it was worth waiting for all the years to find it out.
I was fortunate to attend this year's Inauguration of President Bush. While the morning was overcast, there was a break in the clouds as he took his oath. The sun flickered a quick rainbow. I pointed it out to those around me. While it was nothing compared to what happened in Fatima, for a brief moment I considered it a miraculous site. Only today, when I was reminded of the program I saw on Our Lady of Fatima, did I put this memory together.
While I do not consider myself "religious", I do believe that God is watching over the President and Washington for the next four years. It reminds of the picture of him and Laura getting on a plane during his first campaign, with a rainbow cast in the background.
No doubt, Sister Lucia holds a special now, just as she did when she was alive. While modern miracles are broadcasted far and few between, Our Lady of Fatima was one that most of us in our middle-ages will remember.
Look at the bright side. Many more people will read the article as a result. People who have no knowledge of Sister Lucia, or Our Lady of Fatima, may feel compelled to read about it.
Still hard for me to think that it would be terrifying. Maybe odd, intruging, interesting, but not terrifying.
A 13 year old might be scared and that fear would probably color her recollections. But my gut says that that detail is more than just a bit of hype.
I have - I am a practicing Catholic and have studied the account casually in the past. I don't doubt that there is a supernatural core to the story.
Details like people being terrified by the Aurora just don't ring true to me, though.
A few years ago, my husband and I visited Fatima and the neighboring town where she grew up. Her home was so very, very humble. The loss of her vision companions was also quite profound. They were so young when they died.
Am I correct that the third secret has been revealed?
What religion do you practice?
No. She distinctly remembers that the majority of people thought it an omen. It was the "talk of the town" for a long time. Many, many were frightened.
At this time, she and those around her did not know about the Marian apparitions at Fatima.
I beleive both you and her. I just don't think it would be nearly as terrifying to most people in 1938.
Then again, I am wrong quite often, as my mom reminds me! ;-)
Christianity, the one which uses the term saint to refer to any follower of Christ, not special ones recognized by an unbiblical Pope.
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