Saturday, August 27, 2016

Fatima - Fifth Apparition


Hello Everyone,

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This next Eucharistic miracle occurred in Sokolka, Poland.  This article appears in Michael Journal, in the May/June/July2016 issue.  “In October of 2008, an extraordinary event took place at St. Anthony of Padua Parish Church....”  Rigorous scientific analyses from two independent sources came to the same conclusion:  The consecrated Host, submitted as an unidentified substance to the scientists, is “a fragment of muscle tissue belonging to a living human heart suffering severe stress and on the point of death.”  In addition, the bread and living flesh are “so closely…united and interpenetrated” that “this excludes any possibility of human interference.”  See more also at the following website:  http://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/eucharistic-miracle-confirmed-in-poland. 



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Our Lady Undoer of Knots can help us with all of the messy tangles in our lives.  Where we see no remedy, Mary is there to help.  Image Her in your mind and heart, bring Her your rope of knots, no matter how long or short it is, and place it in Her hands with confidence.  As a child coming to their mother we may pray, “Momma, please help.”  She will take your knots into Her loving hands and bring them to Jesus.  She will help you find healing and solutions in ways we cannot accomplish on our own.  Trust in Her intercession, and trust in Jesus, who love you very much! 

A web search will give you some history on Mary as She presents Herself under this name, Our Lady Undoer of Knots.  Pope Francis has a great devotion to Her under this title and has invited the world to pray together to Her.



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Marian Feast Days in September. 

September 8 – Feast of the Nativity of Mary*

September 12 – Most Holy Name of Mary*

September 15 – Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows*

September 19 – Our Lady of La Salette

September 22 – Our Lady Queen of Peace

September 24 – Our Lady of Walsingham



*On US calendar.



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Fatima – The Fifth Apparition – September 13, 1917.



In the last blog entry, the three children had been visited by Our Lady in Valinhos.  They were instructed, in part, to continue coming on the thirteenth of the coming months and to pray the rosary every day.  The children also volunteered many sacrifices for sinners.



The crowds on the day of the September apparition made it difficult for the children to get to the Cova.  Once there, “Lucia a usual started the Rosary, with the people responding.  They were almost finished when the children arose to scan the horizon.  Hey had seen the flash [indicating Our Lady would soon be there].  A few moments passed.  A globe of light appeared before the crowd, and the all holy Queen of Angels was standing over the holm oak.



‘What do You want of me?’ Lucia spoke very humbly. 



‘Let the people continue to say the Rosary every day to obtain the end of the war.’ Our Lady responded, at the same time renewing the promises She made during Her last apparition.  ‘In the last month, in October, I shall perform a miracle so that all may believe in My apparitions.  If they had not taken you to the village, the miracle would have been greater.  Saint Joseph will come with the Baby Jesus to give peace to the world.  Our Lord also will come to bless the people.  Our Lady of the Rosary and Our Lady of Sorrows will also come.



‘God is pleased with your sacrifices….’”



Some conversation ensued between Lucia and Our Lady, on behalf of all of the comments and requests the crowds were making.



“Our Lady then began to leave.  Lucia, pointing towards the East, shouted to the people, ‘If you want to see Our Lady, look that way!’  They looked eagerly towards the East and many saw the luminous globe now ascending towards Heaven.  As soon as it disappeared, the whole crowd swarmed upon the children asking them a thousand questions….”



To be continued.



For a fuller and even more inspiring account of the miracles at Fatima, please see the source of this information:  The True Story of Fatima, a Complete Account of the Fatima Apparitions, by John de Marchi, I.M.C., published by The Fatima Center, 17000 State Route 30, Constable, NY 12926, U.S.A.



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God bless you.