tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39755123749239799712024-03-18T08:30:39.197-04:00The America Needs Fatima BlogBecause She is the solution for our times.
Our mission is to spread devotion to Our Lady of Fatima, and the Holy Rosary, and to oppose blasphemy in the public square.America Needs Fatimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03314289336883348911noreply@blogger.comBlogger13136125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975512374923979971.post-7200755407051894872023-10-12T11:19:00.000-04:002023-10-12T11:19:00.505-04:00Anniversary of the Sixth Apparition of Our Lady
October 13, 1917
As on the other occasions, the seers, Lucia, Francisco and Jacinta,
first saw a bright light, and then they saw Our Lady over the holm oak.
Lucia: What does Your Grace wish of me?
Our Lady: I wish to tell you that I want a chapel
built here in my honor. I am the Lady of the Rosary. Continue to pray
the rosary every day. The war is going to end, and the soldiers will
soon America Needs Fatimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03314289336883348911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975512374923979971.post-78677387472403717772023-09-12T13:50:00.001-04:002023-09-12T13:50:00.144-04:00Fifth Apparition of Our Lady
September 13, 1917
A crowd estimated at 20,000 observed atmospheric phenomena similar to
those of the previous apparitions: the sudden cooling of the air, a
dimming of the sun to the point where the stars could be seen, and a
rain resembling iridescent petals or snowflakes that disappeared before
touching the ground.
Jacinta being carried away from Cova da Iria after one of the apparitions
America Needs Fatimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03314289336883348911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975512374923979971.post-22490790740425178862023-08-18T11:59:00.001-04:002023-08-18T11:59:00.141-04:00Anniversary of the Fourth Apparition of Our Lady On August 19, at about four o'clock in the afternoon, Lucia was with
Francisco and another cousin at Valinhos, a property belonging to one of
her uncles, when the atmospheric changes that preceded the apparitions
of Our Lady at Cova da Iria began to occur: a sudden cooling of the
temperature and a waning of the sun.
Feeling that something supernatural was approaching and enveloping
America Needs Fatimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03314289336883348911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975512374923979971.post-9675812674257618892023-08-13T11:59:00.001-04:002023-08-13T11:59:04.231-04:00What happened at Fatima, August 13, 1917 On August 13, the day the fourth apparition was to take place, the seers were not at Cova da Iria.
They had been abducted by the mayor of Vila Nova de Ourém, who
attempted to force from them the secret revealed in the apparition of
July 13. The children held fast despite the mayor imprisoning them, and
threatening to plunge them in boiling oil.
Attribution: A.F.Phillips
At Cova da Iria, America Needs Fatimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03314289336883348911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975512374923979971.post-26903828165518020232023-07-12T14:20:00.004-04:002023-07-12T14:20:00.172-04:00Anniversary of the Third Apparition of Our Lady
July 13, 1917
Mr. Marto, father of Jacinta and Francisco, noticed that when the
third apparition began, a small grayish cloud hovered over the holm oak,
the sunlight diminished, and a cool breeze blew over the mountain
range, despite it being the height of summer. He also heard something
like flies inside an empty jug. The seers saw the customary glare, and
then Our Lady over the holm oak.
America Needs Fatimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03314289336883348911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975512374923979971.post-48932557955731135052023-06-13T14:19:00.004-04:002023-06-13T14:19:40.762-04:00Anniversary of the Second Apparition of Our Lady
June 13, 1917
Preceding the second apparition, the seers, Lucia, Francisco and
Jacinta, once again saw a great brilliance, which they called lightning.
Some people in the group of fifty spectators noticed that the light of
the sunlight dimmed during the first few minutes of the conversation.
Others said that the top of the budding holm oak bent down, as if under
the weight of something. America Needs Fatimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03314289336883348911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975512374923979971.post-64627033332701235622023-05-13T11:58:00.004-04:002023-05-13T11:58:53.673-04:00Anniversary of the First Apparition of Our Lady at Fatima - May 13
Lucia dos Santos and Francisco & Jacinta Marto
On May 13, 1917, Lucia dos Santos, Francisco, and Jacinta Marto were,
respectively, ten, nine, and seven years old. The three children lived
in Aljustrel, a hamlet of the township of Fatima.
After three apparitions of the Angel of Portugal in 1916, the
children began to receive visits from a luminous Lady who later
identified herself America Needs Fatimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03314289336883348911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975512374923979971.post-37336789824545879422023-04-13T12:03:00.003-04:002023-05-13T12:05:38.888-04:00 The Third Apparition of the AngelThe third apparition occurred either at the end of the summer or the
beginning of the fall of 1916, once again at Loca do Cabeço.
According to Sister Lucia's account, it took place as follows:
"As soon as we arrived there, we began to say the angel's prayer on our knees, with our faces to the ground.
'My God, I believe, I adore, I hope, and I love Thee....' I do not
know how many times we had America Needs Fatimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03314289336883348911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975512374923979971.post-83570636396610586982023-02-22T16:08:00.001-05:002023-02-22T16:08:00.256-05:00The Fatima Seers Help You Have the Best Lent Ever
Written by: Dr. Jose Maria Alcasid
Lent, that time of the liturgical year when Holy Mother
Church calls on Catholics to fast and abstain from meat in the spirit of
penance and self-denial, also encourages the faithful to meditate on
the dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
In this America Needs Fatimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03314289336883348911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975512374923979971.post-62320266374352543242023-02-15T16:12:00.002-05:002023-02-15T16:12:18.963-05:00Saints Francisco and Jacinta Marto
Feast February 20
Francisco and Jacinta Marto, brother and sister, were born in the
tiny town of Aljustrel, Portugal, two years apart. Their parents, Manuel
Marto and Olimpia de Jesus, had altogether ten children, of which the
little seers were the eighth and ninth.
Francisco was a handsome boy with light hair and dark eyes and calm, retiring disposition. Jacinta was a pretty girl, with a America Needs Fatimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03314289336883348911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975512374923979971.post-17439028650800883912023-01-29T16:16:00.003-05:002023-01-29T16:16:39.699-05:00The Second Apparition of the Angel
The second apparition of the Angel of Portugal occurred in the summer
of 1916 over the well at the house of Lucia's parents, next to which
the three children were playing.
This is how Sister Lucia narrates what the angel said to them:
"'What are you doing? Pray! Pray a great deal! The Sacred Hearts of
Jesus and Mary have merciful designs concerning you. Offer prayers and
sacrifices America Needs Fatimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03314289336883348911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975512374923979971.post-36583726284059735872022-12-15T17:02:00.002-05:002022-12-15T17:02:22.224-05:00First Apparition of the Angel of Portugal
Apparitions of the Angel of Portugal
Before the apparitions of Our Lady
in 1917, at Cova da Iria, Fatima, Lucia dos Santos and her cousins,
Francisco and Jacinta Marto, who lived in the village of Aljustrel in
the township of Fatima, hadAmerica Needs Fatimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03314289336883348911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975512374923979971.post-28189436791355848972022-10-12T10:13:00.001-04:002022-10-12T10:13:00.234-04:00Sixth Fatima Apparition and the Miracle of the Sun October 13, 1917
As on the other occasions, the seers, Lucia, Francisco and Jacinta,
first saw a bright light, and then they saw Our Lady over the holm oak.
Lucia: What does Your Grace wish of me?
Our Lady: I wish to tell you that I want a chapel
built here in my honor. I am the Lady of the Rosary. Continue to pray
the rosary every day. The war is going to end, and the soldiers will
soon America Needs Fatimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03314289336883348911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975512374923979971.post-44386210568328332912022-09-13T15:13:00.001-04:002022-09-13T15:13:20.976-04:00The Fifth Apparition of Our Lady – September 13, 1917 America Needs Fatimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03314289336883348911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975512374923979971.post-59038405596288697632022-08-18T11:01:00.002-04:002022-08-18T11:01:00.200-04:00The Fourth Apparition of Our Lady - August 19, 1917
On August 13, the day the fourth apparition was to take place, the seers were not at Cova da Iria.
They had been abducted by the mayor of Vila Nova de Ourém, who
attempted to force from them the secret revealed in the apparition of
July 13. The children held fast despite the mayor imprisoning them, and
threatening to plunge them in boiling oil.
At Cova da Iria, thunder, America Needs Fatimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03314289336883348911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975512374923979971.post-21590284728860215982022-07-13T10:54:00.002-04:002022-07-13T10:54:42.681-04:00What Happened at the Third Apparition of Our Lady of Fatima - July 13, 1917
Mr. Marto, father of Jacinta and
Francisco, noticed that when the third apparition began, a small grayish
cloud hovered over the holm oak, the sunlight diminished, and a cool
breeze blew over the mountain range, despite it being the height of
summer. He also heard something like flies inside an empty jug. The
seers saw the customary glare, and then Our Lady over the holm oak.
America Needs Fatimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03314289336883348911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975512374923979971.post-68044910820373952582022-05-13T11:19:00.000-04:002022-05-13T11:19:09.712-04:00What Our Lady looked like May 13, 1917 Lucia dos Santos describes Our Lady of Fatima: “A Lady dressed all in white, more brilliant than the sun, shedding a light that was clearer and more intense than that of a crystal goblet filled with crystalline water and struck by the rays of the most brilliant sun. Her face, indescribably beautiful, was neither sad nor happy, but serious, with an air of mild reproach. Her hands, joined America Needs Fatimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03314289336883348911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975512374923979971.post-29883655383764355762022-05-13T11:18:00.000-04:002022-05-13T11:18:04.329-04:00Anniversary of the First Apparition of Our Lady at Fatima - May 13
Lucia dos Santos and Francisco & Jacinta Marto
On May 13, 1917, Lucia dos Santos, Francisco, and Jacinta Marto were,
respectively, ten, nine, and seven years old. The three children lived
in Aljustrel, a hamlet of the township of Fatima.
After three apparitions of the Angel of Portugal in 1916, the
children began to receive visits from a luminous Lady who later
identified herself as “TheAmerica Needs Fatimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03314289336883348911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975512374923979971.post-79548867881000971072022-03-14T15:21:00.002-04:002022-03-14T15:21:54.259-04:00Saint Leobinus of Chartres Feast March 14
Lubin’s parents were peasants from the region of Poitiers in France.
As a young boy, Lubin had an aptitude for learning and applied to a
monastery where he was employed in menial tasks.
His work occupied him the entire day, and he was obliged to do most
of his studying at night, screening his candle as best he could. The
monks complained that the light disturbed their America Needs Fatimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03314289336883348911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975512374923979971.post-36084196039976073082022-03-01T16:48:00.002-05:002022-03-01T16:48:24.277-05:00A pure life If men lead a pure life, they are saved. St. Thomas AquinasAmerica Needs Fatimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03314289336883348911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975512374923979971.post-37763331947268089352022-03-01T16:46:00.003-05:002022-03-01T16:46:22.532-05:00Saint David of MynywFeast March 1
The early part of St. David’s life is misted by time and legend.
He was purportedly the son of Sant of a princely family, and possibly
related to King Arthur. His mother was St. Non, grand-daughter of
Brychan of Breckock. Ordained a priest in due course, he retired for
some time to a monastery.
He finally settled – and here his biographers are on surer ground –
in Menivia, in America Needs Fatimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03314289336883348911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975512374923979971.post-64075218187063632172022-02-21T10:02:00.002-05:002022-02-21T10:02:13.583-05:00Who except God can give peace? Who except God can give you peace? Has the world ever been able to satisfy the heart? St. Gerard MajellaAmerica Needs Fatimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03314289336883348911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975512374923979971.post-72123696455802135662022-02-21T10:00:00.002-05:002022-02-21T10:00:19.866-05:00Saint Peter Damian
Feast February 21
Peter Damian was born in Ravenna, Italy. His parents died when he was
still very young, and he was adopted by his older brother who sent him
to school, where he excelled in his studies and eventually worked as a
professor.
Fasting and prayer were the great hallmarks of his sanctity. He had a
great love for those less fortunate than himself, and frequently dinedAmerica Needs Fatimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03314289336883348911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975512374923979971.post-66573341007279591192022-02-20T11:20:00.001-05:002022-02-20T11:20:00.258-05:00 Saints Francisco and Jacinta Marto
Saints Francisco (1908-1919) and Jacinta Marto (1910-1920)
Francisco and Jacinta, brother and sister, were born in the hamlet of Aljustrel, in the province of Fatima, Portugal.
Their parents, Manuel Marto and Olimpia de Jesus, had altogether
ten children, of which the little seers were the eighth and ninth.
Francisco was a good-looking, sturdy lad, of a calm, retiring
America Needs Fatimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03314289336883348911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975512374923979971.post-15934136903620462222022-02-20T11:19:00.002-05:002022-02-20T11:19:00.272-05:00He waits He loves, He hopes, He waits. If He came down on our altars on certain days only, some sinner, on being moved to repentance, might have to look for Him, and not finding Him, might have to wait. Our Lord prefers to wait Himself for the sinner for years rather than keep him waiting one instant. St. Peter Julian EymardAmerica Needs Fatimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03314289336883348911noreply@blogger.com0