THE SECRETS OF FATIMA AND THE CALL TO ACTION

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The below extracted from Daily Rosary Meditation gives a summary of the messages revealed to the three children at Fatima over six months of 1917.   It sets out also the actions we can take to partake in the mission.  



EXCERPT 
(for the full transcript and the Rosary meditation, please visit the source at the Link at the end)


From May 13th to October 13th, 1917, Mary appeared to three shepherd children in Fatima Portugal.  Their names were Francesco, Jacinta, and Lucia. These events culminated with the miracle of the sun witnessed by more than 70,000 people. 

Part 1 of the Secret of Fatima - The Reality That Souls Go To Hell
The tragic reality that souls go to Hell as a consequence of their own free choice to reject God and his mercy God through unrepentant sin. 
Mary said to the children, “Pray, pray very much, and make sacrifices for sinners; for many souls go to hell, because there are none to sacrifice themselves and pray for them.”


Part 2 of the Secret of Fatima - The Means To Save Souls
The means to save souls is through the devotion to the Heart of Mary.  This means:
  • To consecrate oneself entirely to Mary as Jesus did when we became a little child in her care. Then live this consecration by living a profound personal relationship with Mary your Mother.
  • Pray the Rosary every day. The Rosary is the school of Mary where she teaches you to be like Jesus.
  • First Saturdays of Reparation - on the first Saturday of five consecutive months shall confess, receive Holy Communion, recite five decades of the Rosary, and keep Me company for fifteen minutes while meditating on the fifteen mysteries of the Rosary, with the intention of making Reparation to Me.”
Jesus told Lucia, “Make it over and over for the conversion of sinners, to save them from hell and to bring about world peace.”


Part 3 of the Secret of Fatima - Penance, Penance, Penance (revealed in year 2000)
Self-destruction looms over the world and the double force opposed to self-destruction is the power of the Mother of God and Her children who pray and do penance.

The three-fold cry for “penance, penance, penance” is the key to the 3rd part of the secret.

The importance of human freedom is underlined: the future is not in fact unchangeably set, the whole point of the vision is to bring freedom onto the scene and to mobilize the forces of change in the right direction. 

How do we do this?  
  1. Consecrate ourself to Mary and live a personal relationship with her as a little child depending on its mother.  Commit ourself to prayer, especially the Rosary because prayer, time in friendship with God and reflection upon one’s own life leads to conversion.  
  2. Commit to being with others. Share life with them regularly so that we can delight in them and be an influence for good. 
  3. On the first Saturday of five consecutive months go to Mass and Confession with the intention of making reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary  

“Our most loving Mother, let me be a fit instrument in your immaculate and merciful hands.  Allow me to praise you, O Sacred Virgin.  Give me strength against your enemies.”




This post is an excerpt from Daily Rosary Meditation.

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