[NYer]

Reuters - Sun Feb 19, 1:42 PM ET The Grave of nun Lucia dos Santos inside Fatima shrine is seen after religious ceremonies in central Portugal February 19, 2006. The remains of Lucia de Jesus dos Santos, the last of three children who claimed to see the Virgin at Fatima and who revealed a vision the Catholic Church said foretold the attempt to kill Pope John Paul, has been transferred to Fatima shrine on Sunday. Dos Santos, 97, died February 13, 2005, was the eldest of the shepherd children who in 1917 told of seeing apparitions of the Virgin Mary six times. REUTERS/Paulo Novais/Pool

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EWTN provided 7 1/2 hours of outstanding, live coverage this morning. Colin Donovan acted as host. Speaking to catholic and non-catholics viewers during one of the two Masses held, he explained the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. Noting that our Lord remains with us for 15 minutes, he cited the story of St. Francis de Salles who, seeing a parishioner leave immediately after communion, sent two altar servers with candles to accompany the communicant on his trip home :-).

[STARWISE]

I saw some of it ...it was very grandly done. Truly a miraculous event .. what blessed gifts to and of the three. It's so perfect that their remains are now together at this precious place .. I'm sure they are so joyous together in the presence of Blessed Mother. I'll never forget how Pope John Paul's life was saved ..and the bullet he memorialized in the statue of Our Lady of Fatima. I believe, too, that his life was spared by Blessed Mary's intercession .. he had such a core connection to her and she surely loved him. It's really supernatural.

[Miss Marple]

I am sorry I missed this! I didn't have any idea this was happening today, so my television has been news and Olympics all day long. Darn!

Maybe some of it will get replayed this week.