Sunday, August 14, 2016

Fatima - The Fourth Apparition - Continued


Hello Everyone,
And hello to our visitors, our sisters and brothers in Christ, from around the world this past month. 

This next Eucharistic miracle occurred in Dijon, France in 1430.  

"In the Eucharistic Miracle of Dijon, a lady purchased a monstrance which by mistake still contained the Sacred Host. The lady decided to use a knife to remove the Host, which started to drip living Blood that dried immediately, leaving imprinted the image of the Lord, seated on a semicircular throne with some of the instruments of the Passion on the side. The Host remained intact for more than 350 years, until it was destroyed by the revolutionaries in 1794.”
 See www.therealpresence.org/eucharst/mir/english_pdf/Dijon.pdf.
 Reproduction of this material is authorized
by therealpresence.org.  However, they request you give them credit.  These are excellent for church bulletin inserts and the like. 



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Saving Our Children - The Power of the Rosary.  As mentioned in a prior blog entry, Our Lady revealed to Fr. Gobbi the following:

“Every time you pray the rosary say, ‘with this rosary I bind all my children to the Immaculate Heart of Mary for her guidance and protection.’

In doing so our Lady promised to ‘see to their souls.’”



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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 Fourth Apparition – Continued



In the last blog entry, the three children had been prevented from going to the Cova da Iria for the fourth apparition (August 13, 1917) by government authorities.  A crowd had nonetheless gathered there.  Witnesses indicate Mary arrived but did not stay because the children were not present.



Later the children were released.  That following Sunday (August 19) Our Lady made an unexpected visit to the children in Valinhos:  “The brilliant Lady appeared over a holm oak (a slightly taller one than that at the Cova da Iria).  The Lady was rewarding the children for their fidelity.”



“‘What do You want of me?’ Lucia asked.



‘I want you to continue to come to the Cova da Iria on the thirteenth and to continue to say the Rosary every day.’



Lucia then told Our Lady of her anguish that so many disbelieved in the reality of Her presence.  She asked Our Lady if She would be willing to perform a miracle to that all might see and believe.



‘Yes,’ Our Lady answered, ‘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.’”



Lucia inquires about all the monetary donations.  Our Lady instructs the money be used for the upcoming feast of Our Lady of the Rosary and that the rest be put toward a chapel that She wants built.



Our Lady says, “Pray! Pray a great deal and make sacrifices for sinners, for many souls go to Hell because they have no one to pray and make sacrifices for them.”



Our Lady then leaves them.



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.