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 MIRACLE
OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA
On
October 13, the Catholic community celebrates the 6th apparition
of Our Lady of Fatima. It was a marvelous miracle of the sun above
Fatima before 70,000 witnesses at a time, date and place that Lucia,
Francisco and Jacinta, the three shepherd children, prophesied in
the name of Our Lady of Fatima. The children were told by Our Lady
that God would perform a miracle so that people would believe in
the apparitions. All could stare perfectly at the sun without blinking,
or even hurting heir eyes as the sun “danced”.
Blessed
Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, appeared six times near the town
of Fatima, Portugal between May 13th and October 13th 1917 to the
three children and told them that She had been sent by God with
a message for every man, woman and child living in our century.
The apparition on October 13 was the last the apparitions of Fátima
for Jacinta and Francisco. However, for Lucia Our Lady would return
a seventh time, in 1920, as she had promised the previous May.
The
public message of Fatima recalls that of Lourdes. Through the children
Mary urges prayer for sinners, recitation of the Rosary, and works
of penance. On October 13 she said: "I have come to exhort
the faithful to change their life, to avoid grieving Our Lord by
sin; to pray the Rosary. I desire in this place a chapel in my honor.
If people mend their ways, the war will soon be over. "
For
more information regarding the miracle of Our Lady of Fatima, kindly
click on the following links:
•
The Rosary
• Fatima Prayer of
Reparation
• Mary's Words at Fatima
• Litany to Our Lady
of Fatima
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| LIVES
OF THE SAINTS |
May
12
ST. NEREUS, ST. ACHILLEUS AND ST. PANCRAS
Sts. Nereus and Achilleus were Roman soldiers who died around
304. They were probably Praetorian guards under Emperor Trajan.
We know little else about them.
May
13
ST. ANDREW FOURNET
St. Andrew Fournet was born on December 6, 1752.
He was from Maille, a little town near Poitiers, in France.
Andrew's parents were religious people. Mrs. Fournet had her
heart set on Andrew becoming a priest.
May
14
ST. MATTHIAS
St. Matthias was one of Our Lord's seventy-two disciples.
He had been a follower of Jesus during his public life. St.
Peter asked the 120 people gathered in prayer to choose an
apostle to replace Judas.
May
15
ST.
ISIDORE THE FARMER
Saint Isidore was born in 1070, in Madrid, Spain. His parents
were deeply religious. They named their son after the great
St. Isidore, archbishop of Seville, Spain.
May
16
ST. UBALD
St. Ubald lived in twelfth-century Italy. He was
an orphan raised by his uncle, a bishop. Ubald was given a
good education. When he finished his schooling, he had the
chance to marry. But he became a priest instead. Eventually,
the pope made him bishop of Gubbio, the city of his birth.
May
17
ST. PASCHAL
BAYLON
St. Paschal, a Spanish saint, was born in 1540. From
the time he was seven, he worked as a shepherd. He never had
the opportunity to go to school. Yet he taught himself to
read and write.
May
18
ST. JOHN
I
St. John I was a priest of Rome. He became pope after
the death of Pope St. Hormisdas in 523. At that time, Italy's
ruler, Theodoric the Goth, was an Arian. (The Arians did not
believe that Jesus is God.) Theodoric let Catholics alone
at the beginning of his reign. Later, however, he changed
and became arrogant and suspicious of everyone.
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PHOTO OF THE MONTH |
Tour
of the Relics of the Passion
(International Center
for Holy Relics)
www.HolyRelics.org
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| REFLECTIONS |
 “Jesus’
Baptism”
Why did Jesus, the sinless one sent from the Father in heaven,
submit himself to John’s baptism? John preached a
baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins (Luke
3:3). In this humble submission we see a foreshadowing of
the “baptism” of Jesus bloody death upon the
cross. Jesus’ baptism is the acceptance and the beginning
of his mission as God’s suffering Servant (Isaiah
52:13-15; 53:1-12). He allowed himself to be numbered among
sinners. Jesus submitted himself entirely to his Father’s
will. Out of love he consented to this baptism of death
for the remission of our sins. Do you know the joy of trust
and submission to God?
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