Posted on 02/13/2005 2:27:18 PM PST by Unam Sanctam
LISBON (AFP) - Sister Lucia, the last survivor of the three shepherd children to whom the Virgin Mary is said to have made a series of apparitions in 1917, has died of old age, state television RTP reported. She was 97.
She had lived in virtual isolation since 1948 in an old convent in the central Portuguese city of Coimbra that houses the order of the Carmelita Sisters where she dedicated her life to prayer and meditation.
Named Lucia de Jesus dos Santos when she was born on March 22, 1907, in recent years she suffered from blindness and deafness.
She died at the convent, the station said citing a spokeswoman for the order.
Sister Lucia was just ten when she and her two cousins, Francisco Marto and his sister Jacinta, said they saw the Virgin for the first time in a field near the town of Fatima on May 13, 1917.
Lucia, the only one of the three children who was able to hear what the Virgin said, wrote two memoirs about the series of apparitions which occured throughout 1917.
The apparitions made Fatima one of Catholicism's most revered sites and thousands of faithful flock to a shrine which has been built on the site where the apparitions are said to have taken place each year.
Pope John Paul (news - web sites) II attributes to Our Lady of Fatima his survival of an assassination attempt in 1981 and has since then visited the shrine several times.
Sister Lucia last spoke in public in May 2000 when the pope travelled to Fatima to beatify Francisco and Jacinta.
"God rest her soul and may she be in the presence of God."Thank you She is happy now
"Prayers for Sister Lucia, and comfort to all who were given so much hope by the brave little children of Fatima.
The world should have heeded her warnings, and now, more than any other time since the Apparition, her message to mankind from the Blessed Mother must be the guiding principle."Amen!!!!!Thank you
"And thank you, Blessed Mother, for being the loving mother you are, always trying to bring us home to be with your Son.
Amen."Amen!!!!!!Very good Thank you
Hi anonsi! How are you?
I have always loved the children of Fatima, but I am happy that Sister Lucia is now in heaven with her beloved family.
How goes the war? If your English was better, you would see the joke!!! Please feel free to smile anyway! Prayers for you and your brave fellows. I am always happy to see your splendid photos. Good luck and God bless!
Requiem aeternam dona ei Domine. Et lux perpetua luceat ei. Requiescat in pace. Amen.
Anima eius et animae omnium fidelium defunctorum per misericordiam Dei reqiescant in pace. Amen.
Handwriting Analysis of the Alleged "Third Secret": http://www.tldm.org/news/lucys_writing.htm
(It's from a Leukenite website, but in this instance, I think they're correct.)
**The founder and head of the EWTN network, Mother Maria Angelica said on her TV program that she did not believe that they released the whole secret.**
I have always believed this. I think we were told some of it, but information from other apparitions indicates that not all was told here.
You are correct, John Paul II has never hinted or speculated that Medjugorje is the next Fatima. This is a myth that followers of Medjugorje have propagated...
Thank you:}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
Just seeing a vision or an apparition or a miracle does not mean that it is of God. Psychics see apparations too. In the end, the bible says Satan will even be able to bring down fire from Heaven.
There's a thought. Guess we have to look at the result of the vision, apparition or miracle. How has God used this to make us more spiritually aware, draw us closer to Him, and further his plan for our world?
wait a minute
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