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.
Prayer: O
Great Son of God, you have become man in order to make yourself loved
by men. But where is the love that men give you in return? You have
given your life blood to save our souls.
Prayer: O
Dearest Infant! Tell me, what have you come on earth to do? Tell me,
whom do you seek? Yes, I already know. You have come to die for me, to
save me from hell. You have come seeking me, your lost sheep, so that,
instead of fleeing from you, my gentle shepherd, I may rest in the
protection of loving arms. O my Jesus, my treasure, my life, my love and
my all! Whom will I love, if not you? Where can I find a father, a
friend, a spouse more loving and more lovable than yourself?
Prayer: O
Dear Infant Jesus, would I have been so ungrateful and offended you so
often, if I had realized how much you have suffered for me? But these
tears which you shed, this poverty which you embrace for love of me,
fill me with the hope that you will pardon all the offenses I have
committed against you.
Prayer: O
Dearest Savior, you have embraced so many outrages for love of me, yet I
am incapable of bearing a single insult without immediately being
filled with resentful thoughts, I who have so often deserved to be
trodden underfoot by the demons in hell! I am ashamed to appear before
you, sinful and proud as I am. Yet, do not drive me from your presence, O
Lord, even though that is what I deserve. You have said that you will
not spurn a contrite and humbled heart. I am sorry for the offenses I
have committed against you. Forgive me, O Jesus. I will not offend you
again.
Prayer: O
Jesus, my sweet Love! I too have caused you to suffer during your
life. Tell me, then, what I must do in order to win your forgiveness. I
am ready to do all you ask of me. I am truly sorry, O sovereign Good,
for all the offenses I have committed against you. I love you more than
myself, or at least I feel a great desire to love you. Since it is you
who have given me this desire, do you also give me the strength to love
you exceedingly.
Prayer: O
my Dear Redeemer! Where would I now be, if you had not borne with me so
patiently, but had called me from this life while I was in the state of
sin? 
Prayer: Dear
Infant Jesus, crying so bitterly! How much reason you have to weep in
seeing yourself persecuted by men whom you have loved so much. I, too, O
God, have persecuted you by my sins. But you know that now I love you
more than myself, and that nothing pains me more than the thought that I
have so often spurned you, my sovereign Good.
Prayer: O
Jesus, my Savior! When I consider how, for love of me, you spent thirty
years of your life hidden and unknown in a poor workshop, how can I
desire the pleasures, honors and riches of this world? Gladly do I
renounce them, one and all, since I wish to be your companion on this
earth, poor as you were, mortified and humble as you were, so that I may
hope to be able one day to enjoy your companionship in heaven. What are
all the treasures and kingdoms of this world? O Jesus, you are my only
treasure, my only Good!
Prayer: O
Adorable Infant Jesus! I should not have the boldness to cast myself at
your feet, if I did not know that you yourself invite me to draw
near. It is I who by my sins have made you shed so many tears in the
stable of Bethlehem. But since you have come on earth to pardon
repentant sinners, forgive me also, now that I am heartily sorry for
having spurned you, my Savior and my God, who are so good and who have
loved me so much.
