The 100th Anniversary of the Sixth Apparition of Fatima
(October 13, 2017)
People descended by the tens of thousands on the cova despite the terrible storm that lashed the mountain country around Fatima. By mid-morning the weather again turned bad and heavy rain began to fall.
Around noon, the children saw a flash of light as Mary appeared before them. For the last time, Lucia asked what she wanted. Mary responded: “I want to tell you that a chapel is to be built here in my honor. I am the Lady of the Rosary. Continue always to pray the Rosary every day. The war is going to end, and the soldiers will soon return to their homes.”
Lucia made requests for cures, conversions and other things. Our Lady’s response was: “Some yes, but not others. They must amend their lives and ask forgiveness for their sins.”
Sister Lucia tells us that at this point Mary grew very sad and said: “Do not offend the Lord our God anymore, because He is already so much offended.” Then, opening her hands, she made them reflect on the sun and, as she ascended, the reflection of her own light continued to be projected on the sun itself. After she disappeared, as the people witnessed the great miracle which had been predicted, the children saw the visions foretold during the September apparition.
- World Apostolate of Fatima, USA
The Miracle of the Sun
The greatest miracle to occur since The Resurrection is also the only miracle ever precisely predicted as to date, time of day and location. Although it is popularly known as “The Miracle of the Sun” and October 13, 1917 has come to be known as “The Day the Sun Danced,” a great deal more took place. The solar phenomena included the dancing of the sun, its fluctuations in color, its swirling and its descending toward the earth. There were also the stillness in the leaves of the trees in spite of howling winds, the complete drying of the rain soaked ground, and the restoration of clothes all wet and covered with mud so that, as eye-witness Dominic Reis put it, “they looked as though they had just come back from the cleaners.” Physical cures of the blind and the lame were reported. The countless unreserved public confessions of sin and commitments to conversion of life attest to the authenticity of what they saw.
The miracle is reported to have been seen from as far as 15-25 miles away, thus ruling out the possibility of any type of collective hallucination or mass hypnotism. Doubters and skeptics had become believers. Even O Seculo’s chief editor, Avelino de Almeida, who had written satirically before, now reported affirmatively, and stood by his story later on in spite of harsh criticism.
- World Apostolate of Fatima, USA
National Blue Army Shrine of
Our Lady of Fatima
Our Lady of Fatima
Washington, New Jersey, USA
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Speaker: Fr. Andrew Apostoli, C.F.R.,
One of the world’s foremost experts on
the apparitions at Fatima.
the apparitions at Fatima.
October 13, 1917
People descended by the tens of thousands on the cova despite the terrible storm that lashed the mountain country around Fatima. By mid-morning the weather again turned bad and heavy rain began to fall.
Around noon, the children saw a flash of light as Mary appeared before them. For the last time, Lucia asked what she wanted. Mary responded: “I want to tell you that a chapel is to be built here in my honor. I am the Lady of the Rosary. Continue always to pray the Rosary every day. The war is going to end, and the soldiers will soon return to their homes.”
Lucia made requests for cures, conversions and other things. Our Lady’s response was: “Some yes, but not others. They must amend their lives and ask forgiveness for their sins.”
Sister Lucia tells us that at this point Mary grew very sad and said: “Do not offend the Lord our God anymore, because He is already so much offended.” Then, opening her hands, she made them reflect on the sun and, as she ascended, the reflection of her own light continued to be projected on the sun itself. After she disappeared, as the people witnessed the great miracle which had been predicted, the children saw the visions foretold during the September apparition.
- World Apostolate of Fatima, USA
The Miracle of the Sun
The greatest miracle to occur since The Resurrection is also the only miracle ever precisely predicted as to date, time of day and location. Although it is popularly known as “The Miracle of the Sun” and October 13, 1917 has come to be known as “The Day the Sun Danced,” a great deal more took place. The solar phenomena included the dancing of the sun, its fluctuations in color, its swirling and its descending toward the earth. There were also the stillness in the leaves of the trees in spite of howling winds, the complete drying of the rain soaked ground, and the restoration of clothes all wet and covered with mud so that, as eye-witness Dominic Reis put it, “they looked as though they had just come back from the cleaners.” Physical cures of the blind and the lame were reported. The countless unreserved public confessions of sin and commitments to conversion of life attest to the authenticity of what they saw.
The miracle is reported to have been seen from as far as 15-25 miles away, thus ruling out the possibility of any type of collective hallucination or mass hypnotism. Doubters and skeptics had become believers. Even O Seculo’s chief editor, Avelino de Almeida, who had written satirically before, now reported affirmatively, and stood by his story later on in spite of harsh criticism.
- World Apostolate of Fatima, USA
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MIRACLE OF THE SUN IN UGANDA
Kiwamirembe,
Uganda’s Marian Shrine
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Sun Miracle during Apparition of Mary
Good Friday (April 14, 2017)
Source: Emmanuel Sseguya
Nestled among tea plantations outside Kampala, the hilltop shrine of Kiwamirembe had its roots as a site of prayer for peace during Uganda’s devastating civil wars. It was finally launched in 1989 as a place for spiritual refuge, healing and thanksgiving for deliverance from the wars.
Kiwamirembe means “giver of peace.” ...The shrine draws pilgrims throughout the year, for overnight vigils, daily Masses, Stations of The Cross and Good Friday Passion walks.
_ Rev. Michael C. McFarland, S.J.
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