The 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 said this prayer when we saw an unknown light
shining over our heads.
We rose to see what was happening, and we saw the angel bearing a
chalice in his left hand. Drops of blood fell into the chalice from a
Host suspended over it.
Leaving the chalice and the Host
suspended in the air, the angel prostrated himself beside us and said
the following prayer three times:
"'Most Holy Trinity,
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, I adore Thee profoundly and offer Thee the
most precious Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present
in all the tabernacles of the earth, in reparation for the insults,
sacrileges, and indifference with which He is offended. And through the
infinite merits of His Most Sacred Heart and of the Immaculate Heart of
Mary, I beg Thee for the conversion of poor sinners.'
"After
this, rising up, he again took the chalice and the Host in his hand; he
gave the Host to me and the contents of the chalice to Jacinta and
Francisco to drink, saying:
'Take and drink the Body and Blood of
Jesus Christ, who is horribly insulted by ungrateful men. Make
reparation for their crimes and console your God.'
"He again
prostrated himself on the ground and repeated with us the same prayer
three more times. 'Most Holy Trinity....' Then he disappeared."
After this vision the children remained a long time prostrated and repeating the angel’s prayer.
The
apparitions of the angel had an “annihilating” effect on the children
in that they so communicated to them something supernatural that it
fatigued them.
In Lucia’s words, “It seemed to deprive us even of
the use of our bodily senses for a long period of time.” At the same
time, they felt a great peace and happiness, their souls as if immersed
in God.
