The Story of Fatima -- Part 2

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Part 1 was posted yesterday. I will link them in a few minutes.

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The Story of Fatima -- Part 2
The Story of Faitma -- Part 1

[Scythian]

Oh boy ...

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

Bump for later. Thank you.

[Salvation]

Why do you exclaim in such a way.

Have you read these predictions? Are you aware of what is happening in the world?

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Saint of the Day Ping!

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[Scythian]

I wont comment any more than to say I beleive this isn’t from God, period.

[Salvation]

The Vatican has approved it and many of the predictions have come true, although Russia isn’t fully converted. We still need to pray for that.

FYI, the Vatican goes through a thorough study of apparitions to prove that they are either false or true. Our Lady of Fatima has been approved.

If I were you I would read some of the Catholic books on it, an excllent one is “In Her Own Words to the Nuclear Age” — basically the memoirs of Sister Lucia.

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The Story of Fatima -- Part 2
The Story of Faitma -- Part 1
Our Lady of Fatima, May 13
Litany of Our Lady of Fatima
Last Fatima child buried in final resting place (Sr. Maria's remains transferred to Fatima)
Sister Lucia, last remaining witness of Fatima apparitions, dies at 97
SISTER LUCIA RIP

LAST OF CHILDREN WHO CLAIMED TO SEE VIRGIN MARY DIES AT 97
Last child who claimed to see "Virgin Mary" dies
Virgin Mary Child Dies (Lucia of Fatima)
Mourning for Fatima seer (Portugal declares day of mourning)
Third Secret of Fatima is not fully revealed.
Sister Lucia, last remaining witness of Fatima apparitions, dies at 97
Sr. Lucia, Fatima, and Islam
Mystery Fatima: Death of Lucia Accents Famed Secrets & Area's Hidden History
"No More Secrets," Visionary Said in 2001 (Sr. Lucia Confirmed Russia Consecrated to Mary)
Papal praise at Sister Lucia's funeral

Our Lady of Fatima, ‘counterrevolutionary’ and ‘ecumenical’
Fatima Statue Due at Vatican to Mark a Fateful Day 25 Years After Attempt on John Paul II's Life
Sister Lucia's Unpublished Writings Released - Visionary Reflects on Marian Apparitions
Sister Lucia's Last Moments
Fatima: Case Closed
Rosary Rallies Planned for Fatima Anniversary [Catholic Caucus]
Giant new church at Fatima shrine
Sister Lucia's Beatification Process to Begin ( Pope Waves 5-Year Waiting Period)
The faithful remember miracle of Fatima, Thousands gather in Washington Twp. on 90th anniversary
Pius XII Saw "Miracle of the Sun" [Catholic Caucus]

[Scythian]

I look toward Jesus and him only, best of luck to you ...

[Salvation]

Nothing about luck here. It’s called faith.

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Our Lady of Fatima

Our Lady of Fatima
Optional Memorial
May 13th

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The Blessed Virgin Mary is venerated under this title following apparitions to three shephard children in Portugal in 1917. The message of Fatima includes a call to conversion of heart, repentance from sin and a dedication to the Blessed Virgin Mary, shown especially by praying the Rosary.

Source: Daily Roman Missal, Edited by Rev. James Socías, Midwest Theological Forum, Chicago, Illinois ©2003

Collect:
From the Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary

First Reading: Isaiah 61:9-11
Their descendants shall be known among the nations, and their offspring in the midst of the peoples; all who see them shall acknowledge them, that they are a people whom the Lord has blessed.

I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall exult in my God; for He has clothed me with the garments of salvation, He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks Himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. For as the earth brings forth its shoots, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring up, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

Gospel Reading: Luke 11:27-28
As Jesus said this, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, "Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts that You sucked!" But He said, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"

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THE MESSAGE OF FATIMA, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, June 26, 2000 (Link to Vatican Website)

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2250094/posts?page=11#11

I forgot one thing in that post. The last words of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Bible are “Do whatever he tells you.”

Why do you think that Catholics don’t believe in Jesus Christ? The Blessed Virgin Mary is silent after those instructions — Catholics are focused on Christ!

[agere_contra]

Absolutely.

Everything about Mary points to Christ.

[T Minus Four]

"Mary": Only I can help you. My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the way that will lead you to God.

Jesus: I am the way, the truth and the light. Nobody comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6)

[FreeManWhoCan]

There was a great movie about this that I saw years ago. I still remember the scene about the sun.

[magisterium]

You are creating a false distinction. Mary's will is completely at one with, and submerged into, the will of God. When God sends angels to help men, as when, for example, He sent an angel to free St. Peter from prison, is not the angel merely carrying out God's will? Are the outcomes deriving from the will of the angel and the will of God one and the same in this type of instance?

When God sends Mary (or another saint, or an angel) on a mission to do His will here on earth in our own day, the same things apply. I marvel at how people can come to the conclusion that such things can't be from God, as if God always acts directly in mediating our affairs. Scriptural examples of His use of secondary intermediaries abound. Quoting John 14:6 is entirely irrelevant. Heeding Mary, when she is sent to us on a "mission from God," is coming to the Father through Jesus.

[T Minus Four]

No. I’m not.

[magisterium]

Then address, specifically, my contention about secondary intermediaries. Do they, or do they not, act under God’s command, and therefore have a will at one with His? If they do, then ... what is your point? If they are sent under God’s auspices, then it should be clear that they act with a view of bringing people to Him, not away from Him.

Your quoting of John 14:6 puts obvious Scriptural episodes of divinely-sanctioned mediation and your particular take on “coming to Jesus” in a rather startling - and completely unnecessary - opposition.

[T Minus Four]

Don’t assume that everything that claims to be sent by God really is my friend.