Let’s Have Hope and Confidence in Our Lady’s Final Triumph

“Finally, My Immaculate Heart Will triumph!”

While some of the chastisements announced at Fatima have already been fulfilled, others are still to come. Yet, however painful and gloomy the outlook may be, we should not become discouraged, as we are also animated by the confidence of victory.

Confidence in Our Lady

Saint Thomas explains that “confidence” (fiducia) takes its name from “faith” (fides). It is a hope fortified by the faith that we have in someone’s help. That faith will be all the greater the more powerful that person is and the greater the friendship, love and compassion that person has for us.

When that person is the Mother of God and our Mother, we have the very best reason in the world to confide in her, since she is united with God totally and loves us enormously. Furthermore, the Blessed Mother announced that, after the chastisements that would come as a consequence of the rejection of her requests and the lack of conversion of mankind, her Immaculate Heart would triumph.

The certainty of the triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, of the conversion of Russia, and of the time of peace that will come after the succession of punishments in which we are still immersed, should encourage us in the highest degree and inspire us to do our part in the struggle for that promised triumph.

A Necessary Collaboration

As Professor Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, a great apostle of Fatima, emphasized, there is nothing in the message given to the little shepherds that would be contrary to the idea of our participating in the struggle for the triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

It is in the plans of Divine Providence that men should participate in the struggle for historical transformations and serve as instruments, though imperfect, for the action of divine grace.

The Appeal Is Also Addressed to Us

The appeal for prayer and penance made to the little shepherds nearly a century ago still resounds today, because, through them, it is equally addressed to us.

The struggle can be an excellent form of prayer and penance, when engaged in for the love of God.

To oppose today’s neo-pagan ambience; combat the errors, at times subtle, that are spread by every means; and to face the risk of being disliked for not following fashions, both in dressing and thinking, is often much more difficult than fasting or spending a night in prayer.

By the way, one thing does not exclude the other: To pray in public, thus combating human respect and proclaiming the Faith, is one of the most excellent forms of penance nowadays.

Yes, penance and prayer for the conversion of sinners is what the Blessed Mother is asking of us. However, she expects us to do even more: To combat the “errors of Russia” that continue to triumph right before our eyes destroying families, corrupting our youths, and blaspheming God.

Let us do our part, confiding in the fulfillment of her promise, “Finally, my Immaculate Heart will triumph!”