About the statue of Our Lady of Fatima as pictured here.
We encountered one humble couple in their mid sixties, Alex and Carmelita of Chatsworth, CA, who have been propagating their faith for over thirty years throughout the Philippines and the U.S. with this statue of our Lady. Their faith has been tested many times over overcoming physical illness and trials in their journey of life.
Manifestations of Our Lady's presence:
Each week, Our Lady is welcomed in the homes of families seeking intercession, give thanksgiving and/or simply just want to connect with God through our Blessed Mother. Many have reported they smell fragrant bouquet of flowers during that week. Many have been healed of physical or spiritual illnesses, overcome trials and sufferings, reconciliation of relationships or experienced life transformations.
Our Lady has made her presence known to thousands of people around the world in many ways. When we seek to know God, we can come to our Blessed Mother who is our great intercessor to her son, Jesus. One of the ways she has shown her love for her children has been answering prayers through devotion or novena. In times of doubt, fear, and we feel burdened we come to her and she brings us to her Son who then stands for us in front of God, The Father for mercy and grace.
Answered prayers:
You can read several posts or comments from individuals who can testify to the miracles they've experienced from their devotion to Our Lady of Fatima.
Manifestations of Our Lady's presence:
Each week, Our Lady is welcomed in the homes of families seeking intercession, give thanksgiving and/or simply just want to connect with God through our Blessed Mother. Many have reported they smell fragrant bouquet of flowers during that week. Many have been healed of physical or spiritual illnesses, overcome trials and sufferings, reconciliation of relationships or experienced life transformations.
Our Lady has made her presence known to thousands of people around the world in many ways. When we seek to know God, we can come to our Blessed Mother who is our great intercessor to her son, Jesus. One of the ways she has shown her love for her children has been answering prayers through devotion or novena. In times of doubt, fear, and we feel burdened we come to her and she brings us to her Son who then stands for us in front of God, The Father for mercy and grace.
Answered prayers:
You can read several posts or comments from individuals who can testify to the miracles they've experienced from their devotion to Our Lady of Fatima.
10 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT FATIMA
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1. WHAT IS THE MESSAGE OF FATIMA?
The Message of Fatima consists of a number of precise predictions, requests, warnings and promises concerning the Faith and the world which were conveyed by the Blessed Virgin Mary to three shepherd children--Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco--in a series of apparitions at Fatima, Portugal from May to October 1917.
2. WHY SHOULD I BELIEVE THE MESSAGE OF FATIMA?
You should believe the Message of Fatima because:
(1) It was confirmed by an unprecedented public miracle, the Miracle of the Sun, which occurred at precisely the moment Lucia said it would. More than 70,000 people, including Masons, communists and atheists, saw the sun, contrary to all cosmic laws, twirl in the sky, throw off colors and descend to earth. The event was reported in newspapers around the world, including the New York Times.
(2) All of the Popes since the Fatima Miracle have recognized that the Message is authentic. Several Popes have gone to Fatima in person, including Paul VI, John Paul I and John Paul II. John Paul II said at Fatima in 1982 that "the Message of Fatima imposes an obligation on the Church."
(3) Many other miracles have been performed by God authenticating the Fatima Message as coming from Him, not only at the time of the Miracle of the Sun, October 13, 1917, but down the years to the present day, miracles of conversions and cures which science cannot explain by natural means.
(4) The Message of Fatima accurately predicted world events, which proves that it is a true prophecy.
3. WHAT DID THE MESSAGE OF FATIMA PREDICT?
The Message of Fatima accurately predicted in 1917 all of the following events which came to pass:
(1) the end of World War I;
(2) the emergence of Russia as a world power which would "spread its errors (including Communism) throughout the world ... raising up wars and persecutions against the Church";
(3) the election of a Pope who would be named Pius XI;
(4) the waging of a second World War following a strange light in the night sky.
The Message of Fatima also predicted that if the requests of the Virgin Mary at Fatima are not honored, many souls will be lost, "the Holy Father will have much to suffer", there will be further wars and persecutions of the Church and "various nations will be annihilated." The annihilation of nations predicted at Fatima has not yet occurred, but many fear that it will soon happen, given the growing immorality and corruption of the world.
4. WHAT DOES THE MESSAGE OF FATIMA REQUEST?
At Fatima Our Lady said that God wished to establish in the world devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Our Lady said that many souls would be saved from Hell and the annihilation of nations averted if, in time, devotion to Her Immaculate Heart were established principally by these two means:
1) the Consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary by the Pope together with the world's bishops in a solemn public ceremony, and
(2) the practice or receiving Holy Communion (and other specific devotions of about 1/2 hour in duration) in reparation for the sins committed against the Blessed Virgin Mary, on the first Saturdays of five consecutive months--a practice known to Catholics as "the First Saturday" devotion.
5. HAVE THESE REQUESTS OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA BEEN HONORED?
No, not entirely. A number of the Faithful practice the "First Saturday" devotion, but Russia has yet to be consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in a solemn public ceremony conducted by the Pope together with the world's Catholic bishops.
In 1982 the last surviving Fatima seer, Lucia, who is now a cloistered nun living in Coimbra, Portugal, was asked if an attempted consecration by Pope John Paul II had sufficed. She replied that it did not suffice, because Russia was not mentioned and the world's bishops had not participated. Another attempted consecration in 1984 likewise did not mention Russia or involve the participation of many of the world's bishops, and Sister Lucia stated immediately afterwards that this consecration, too, had failed to meet Our Lady's requirements.
6. WHAT DOES THE MESSAGE OF FATIMA WARN?
It warns that if the requests of Our Lady of Fatima for the Consecration of Russia and the First Saturday devotion are not honored, the Church will be persecuted, there will be other major wars, the Holy Father will have much to suffer and various nations will be annihilated. Many nations will be enslaved by Russian militant atheists. Most important, many souls will be lost.
7. WHAT DOES THE MESSAGE OF FATIMA PROMISE?
The Message of Fatima promises that if the requests of Our Lady of Fatima are carried out "My Immaculate Heart will triumph. The Holy Father will Consecrate Russia to Me, which will be converted, and a period of peace will be granted to mankind."
8. ISN'T IT TRUE THAT THE CONSECRATION OF RUSSIA WAS DONE IN 1984 AND THAT THE "FALL OF COMMUNISM" PROVES THAT THE CONSECRATION WAS EFFECTIVE AND THAT RUSSIA IS NOW CONVERTING?
No, it is not true. We know it is not true because:
(1) On March 25, 1984, after the consecration of the world, Pope John Paul II said twice that Our Lady of Fatima's request for the consecration of Russia was not done.
(2) Soon after the attempted Consecration of 1984, which did not mention Russia or involve the participation of the world's bishops, Sister Lucia stated it was insufficient because it did not meet the requirements specified to her by Our Lady.
(3) Since 1984 the moral and spiritual state of the world has obviously grown far worse: In the past 14 years there have been 600 million abortions, and wars have broken out all over the world. Mercy-killing and homosexual acts have been "legalized". In Russia itself a new law has just been passed which discriminates against the Catholic Church and in favor of Islam, Buddhism, Judaism and the Orthodox churches which forcibly occupied Catholic parishes under the Communists. Thus it is clear Russia is not converted to the Catholic Faith as Our Lady of Fatima promised would happen if Her request was done.
(4) There have been very few conversions to Catholicism in Russia over the past fourteen years. In all of Russia today there are only 300,000 Catholics--much less than one percent of the Russian population. By comparison, after Our Lady appeared at Guadalupe, Mexico in the 16th Century, more than 7 million Mexicans converted from paganism to the Catholic Faith within nine years and Mexico became a Catholic country.
9. WHY IS THE MESSAGE OF FATIMA IMPORTANT TO ME AND MY FAMILY?
The Message of Fatima is important to you and your family because it involves the salvation of souls, peace in the world and, if the requests of Our Lady of Fatima are not carried out, the consequences are the annihilation of nations and the enslavement of all mankind under militant atheists of Russia.
10. BUT ISN'T THE MESSAGE OF FATIMA JUST A PRIVATE REVELATION WHICH NO CATHOLIC HAS TO BELIEVE?
No, it is not just a private revelation. It is a public, prophetic revelation given by the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God. It is not to be confused with "Revelation" or as it is also called, the Deposit of the Faith, which ended with the death of the last Apostle. But public, prophetic revelation must not be despised. The Virgin Mary's prophecy was confirmed by a public miracle and authenticated by a whole line of Popes. Also, its predictions have come true.
So, while belief in the Message of Fatima may not strictly be required of Catholics as an article of faith, one would be very foolish to disregard such an obviously authentic message from Heaven. As St. Paul taught: "Despise not prophecies, but prove all things; hold fast to that which is good." (1 Thess. 5:20-21) The prophecy of Fatima has been proven worthy of belief. We should not despise it, but rather hold fast to what Our Lady told us at Fatima.
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The Message of Fatima consists of a number of precise predictions, requests, warnings and promises concerning the Faith and the world which were conveyed by the Blessed Virgin Mary to three shepherd children--Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco--in a series of apparitions at Fatima, Portugal from May to October 1917.
2. WHY SHOULD I BELIEVE THE MESSAGE OF FATIMA?
You should believe the Message of Fatima because:
(1) It was confirmed by an unprecedented public miracle, the Miracle of the Sun, which occurred at precisely the moment Lucia said it would. More than 70,000 people, including Masons, communists and atheists, saw the sun, contrary to all cosmic laws, twirl in the sky, throw off colors and descend to earth. The event was reported in newspapers around the world, including the New York Times.
(2) All of the Popes since the Fatima Miracle have recognized that the Message is authentic. Several Popes have gone to Fatima in person, including Paul VI, John Paul I and John Paul II. John Paul II said at Fatima in 1982 that "the Message of Fatima imposes an obligation on the Church."
(3) Many other miracles have been performed by God authenticating the Fatima Message as coming from Him, not only at the time of the Miracle of the Sun, October 13, 1917, but down the years to the present day, miracles of conversions and cures which science cannot explain by natural means.
(4) The Message of Fatima accurately predicted world events, which proves that it is a true prophecy.
3. WHAT DID THE MESSAGE OF FATIMA PREDICT?
The Message of Fatima accurately predicted in 1917 all of the following events which came to pass:
(1) the end of World War I;
(2) the emergence of Russia as a world power which would "spread its errors (including Communism) throughout the world ... raising up wars and persecutions against the Church";
(3) the election of a Pope who would be named Pius XI;
(4) the waging of a second World War following a strange light in the night sky.
The Message of Fatima also predicted that if the requests of the Virgin Mary at Fatima are not honored, many souls will be lost, "the Holy Father will have much to suffer", there will be further wars and persecutions of the Church and "various nations will be annihilated." The annihilation of nations predicted at Fatima has not yet occurred, but many fear that it will soon happen, given the growing immorality and corruption of the world.
4. WHAT DOES THE MESSAGE OF FATIMA REQUEST?
At Fatima Our Lady said that God wished to establish in the world devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Our Lady said that many souls would be saved from Hell and the annihilation of nations averted if, in time, devotion to Her Immaculate Heart were established principally by these two means:
1) the Consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary by the Pope together with the world's bishops in a solemn public ceremony, and
(2) the practice or receiving Holy Communion (and other specific devotions of about 1/2 hour in duration) in reparation for the sins committed against the Blessed Virgin Mary, on the first Saturdays of five consecutive months--a practice known to Catholics as "the First Saturday" devotion.
5. HAVE THESE REQUESTS OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA BEEN HONORED?
No, not entirely. A number of the Faithful practice the "First Saturday" devotion, but Russia has yet to be consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in a solemn public ceremony conducted by the Pope together with the world's Catholic bishops.
In 1982 the last surviving Fatima seer, Lucia, who is now a cloistered nun living in Coimbra, Portugal, was asked if an attempted consecration by Pope John Paul II had sufficed. She replied that it did not suffice, because Russia was not mentioned and the world's bishops had not participated. Another attempted consecration in 1984 likewise did not mention Russia or involve the participation of many of the world's bishops, and Sister Lucia stated immediately afterwards that this consecration, too, had failed to meet Our Lady's requirements.
6. WHAT DOES THE MESSAGE OF FATIMA WARN?
It warns that if the requests of Our Lady of Fatima for the Consecration of Russia and the First Saturday devotion are not honored, the Church will be persecuted, there will be other major wars, the Holy Father will have much to suffer and various nations will be annihilated. Many nations will be enslaved by Russian militant atheists. Most important, many souls will be lost.
7. WHAT DOES THE MESSAGE OF FATIMA PROMISE?
The Message of Fatima promises that if the requests of Our Lady of Fatima are carried out "My Immaculate Heart will triumph. The Holy Father will Consecrate Russia to Me, which will be converted, and a period of peace will be granted to mankind."
8. ISN'T IT TRUE THAT THE CONSECRATION OF RUSSIA WAS DONE IN 1984 AND THAT THE "FALL OF COMMUNISM" PROVES THAT THE CONSECRATION WAS EFFECTIVE AND THAT RUSSIA IS NOW CONVERTING?
No, it is not true. We know it is not true because:
(1) On March 25, 1984, after the consecration of the world, Pope John Paul II said twice that Our Lady of Fatima's request for the consecration of Russia was not done.
(2) Soon after the attempted Consecration of 1984, which did not mention Russia or involve the participation of the world's bishops, Sister Lucia stated it was insufficient because it did not meet the requirements specified to her by Our Lady.
(3) Since 1984 the moral and spiritual state of the world has obviously grown far worse: In the past 14 years there have been 600 million abortions, and wars have broken out all over the world. Mercy-killing and homosexual acts have been "legalized". In Russia itself a new law has just been passed which discriminates against the Catholic Church and in favor of Islam, Buddhism, Judaism and the Orthodox churches which forcibly occupied Catholic parishes under the Communists. Thus it is clear Russia is not converted to the Catholic Faith as Our Lady of Fatima promised would happen if Her request was done.
(4) There have been very few conversions to Catholicism in Russia over the past fourteen years. In all of Russia today there are only 300,000 Catholics--much less than one percent of the Russian population. By comparison, after Our Lady appeared at Guadalupe, Mexico in the 16th Century, more than 7 million Mexicans converted from paganism to the Catholic Faith within nine years and Mexico became a Catholic country.
9. WHY IS THE MESSAGE OF FATIMA IMPORTANT TO ME AND MY FAMILY?
The Message of Fatima is important to you and your family because it involves the salvation of souls, peace in the world and, if the requests of Our Lady of Fatima are not carried out, the consequences are the annihilation of nations and the enslavement of all mankind under militant atheists of Russia.
10. BUT ISN'T THE MESSAGE OF FATIMA JUST A PRIVATE REVELATION WHICH NO CATHOLIC HAS TO BELIEVE?
No, it is not just a private revelation. It is a public, prophetic revelation given by the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God. It is not to be confused with "Revelation" or as it is also called, the Deposit of the Faith, which ended with the death of the last Apostle. But public, prophetic revelation must not be despised. The Virgin Mary's prophecy was confirmed by a public miracle and authenticated by a whole line of Popes. Also, its predictions have come true.
So, while belief in the Message of Fatima may not strictly be required of Catholics as an article of faith, one would be very foolish to disregard such an obviously authentic message from Heaven. As St. Paul taught: "Despise not prophecies, but prove all things; hold fast to that which is good." (1 Thess. 5:20-21) The prophecy of Fatima has been proven worthy of belief. We should not despise it, but rather hold fast to what Our Lady told us at Fatima.
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Messages from Our Blessed Mother Mary
Our Lady Queen of Peace of Medjugorje’s
November 2, 2011 Message
Given to Mirjana on the Day for Non-Believers
Pilgrims arriving at the Blue Cross in the early hours were preceded there by those who had come early the evening before. Wearing winter coats, hats scarves and wrapped in blankets, they came extra early to greet Our Lady under a clear, crisp star filled sky. Surrounding the area behind the Blue Cross were many of the BVM/Caritas pilgrims who also gathered to spend the night in prayer waiting for the wonderful opportunity to be in the presence of Our Lady. Many Italian and Portuguese pilgrims came to pray at the statue of Our Lady. They would bring petitions, pictures, candles and flowers to present to Our Lady; each one of these items representing a prayer intention. Also, they brought their religious objects to be blessed as Our Lady does in every apparition. It was beautiful to see that a large number of young people also made the decision to spend a very cold night on the rocks at the base of Podbrdo. You could hear pilgrims praying and singing independently of each other through the night.
The sliver of moon, which hovered over Krizevac slipped behind the mountain and around 4:30 a.m., with daylight soon approaching, the organized praying and singing began. The Rosary was prayed in multiple languages through out the morning. When Mirjana arrived, the praying began in Croatian and soon after, Our Lady appeared to Mirjana. It became very quiet as we knelt before the Queen of Peace. After the apparition everyone remained quiet in anticipation of Our Lady’s message. The message then was read in Croatian, English, and Italian. Many of the pilgrims stayed at the Blue Cross a while longer to pray where Our Lady had just graced with Her presence.
Our Lady Queen of Peace of Medjugorje’s
November 2, 2011 Message
Given to Mirjana on the Day for Non-Believers
“Dear children, the Father has not left you to yourselves. Immeasurable is His love, the love that is bringing me to you, to help you to come to know Him, so that, through my Son, all of you can call Him ‘Father’ with the fullness of heart; that you can be one people in God’s family. However, my children, do not forget that you are not in this world only for yourselves, and that I am not calling you here only for your sake. Those who follow my Son think of the brother in Christ as of their very selves and they do not know selfishness. That is why I desire that you be the light of my Son. That to all those who have not come to know the Father – to all those who wander in the darkness of sin, despair, pain and loneliness – you may illuminate the way and that, with your life, you may show them the love of God. I am with you. If you open your hearts, I will lead you. Again I am calling you: pray for your shepherds. Thank you.”
“Sin, Despair, Pain and Loneliness...”
A Friend of Medjugorje
Because we are in a period of Divine Mercy and satan has done such a number on us, the Father has given us a guardian, a shield of protection. Even though we do not deserve it, because of our wayward ways, we still are given protection. This protection is Our Lady. She is the sign, the great sign of Revelation 12 who appears in the Heavens and descends to us. She is the only reason why we have not been completely turned over to ourselves. Our Lady said today,“…the Father has not left you to yourselves…” In the book of Romans, Chapter 1, verse 24-28, it states that God will give man up to himself or turn man over to himself when he continually sins and rebels against Him. Our Lady has tapped into the well of God’s immeasurable love for us. This well is Our Lady Herself.
It is the father today who is held in contempt in the culture. It is the male in western culture who is marginalized as inconsequential and, thereby, God the Father becomes inconsequential. Few can understand this. Many are blinded to this; just as many reject this fact. It takes wisdom to see it. It takes prayer to receive the wisdom. It takes fasting to clearly identify it throughout the culture. Our culture has turned against the Father, disregarding Him as inconsequential, just as fatherhood today is held by society as dispensable. Man falls prey to this because he does not have a fulfilling role to fill and they wander off into finding fulfillment in things other than family.
Our Lady, the Woman, is trying to show us to let God be God. He is a Father of immeasurable love whose role is to provide, protect and guide us towards a safe society where order and peace are established. We do not have this anymore, as we do not have the strong role of fatherhood anymore. We have become a female driven society. Our Lady’s witness to God as Father is the witness and model to all in Her respect and love of Him. When that witness is followed, especially when women imitate Our Lady’s witness in this, that respect and love is reciprocated back to them. It is the woman who “rocks the cradle” who changes the world, and it is the Woman who God sends now to give birth to a new culture. She is rocking in the cradle of its infancy this culture that will be born through Her messages that will change the world. Many, even those who follow Our Lady, will not accept these words about today’s woman, but will have to later, but then it will be too late. The axe will have fallen, and with it the family tree, through all the bad decisions in raising children minus the holy direction of obedience to fatherhood’s direction. All of which will have continued the damage of wrecking the family and, thereby, the nations.
What about the father? It is the Woman who is being sent to the world to save it through the Father’s immeasurable love, and it is the woman, wife and mother who will have the greatest impact upon both little girls and little boys, raising them up to be good wives and husbands and mothers and fathers. She, the woman of today’s world, has in her hands the future culture, by her witness and example, as Our Lady has in Her hands the whole world as She revealed when She appeared in Rue de Bac, France, holding the globe in Her hands. She who rocks the cradle rules the world. Today’s culture does not accept the woman as the one to rock the cradle. Nevertheless, the woman still rules and what rules is a world where the cradle has not been rocked but neglected. Women, instead, are being taught to fulfill their wants. In the book of Genesis, God’s word states that a woman’s wants are to be that of her husband (Genesis 3:16). She is his, the helpmate of her husband. The fact that this is no longer a Biblical truth, accepted and lived by many Christian women today, is reflected in what has happened in our relationship with God the Father. He is there only when we need Him, if at all, to fill a role we defined for Him according to who we think God the Father is to be. Our Lady said:
February 2, 2011
“…Wandering in darkness, you even imagine God Himself according to yourselves, and not such as He really is in His love…”
We concern ourselves with matters that are passing and falling apart such as presidents, careers, material things, etc., when it is the destruction of the family that matters. Destroyed families foster nonbelievers and different aspects of non-belief in Christians. It is the destruction of fatherhood that was the aim of the feminist movement of the 60’s and 70’s which gave birth to today’s culture of divorce veining itself even into the Church itself. The book UnGodly Rage by Donna Steichem gives more than ample evidence of the destruction of whole religious orders and convents through feminist mentalities invading the Church.
Today’s culture wants a father at home, but he is imagined to be something other than what he is supposed to be, a “told what to be,” female dominated male. The family cannot be together in thefullness of heart as one family, when the man in the family is held in such a marginal position. Why is Our Lady coming to show us unity of the fullness of family? If families do not reach this unity, it is not possible for a whole people or nations, or the Church itself to have this oneness as God’s family. A dad’s role held in insignificance is to the detriment of the whole family and makes the whole family insignificant. To bring the family to oneness is to bring it to one headship. To bring the culture together is to bring it to one headship. The woman, wife and mother who grasps this and imitates the Woman, Daughter of the Father, wife of St. Joseph, and Mother of the Savior will change the whole world one family at a time. If she does not grasp this, she will still change the world, but for the worse as we now have made it.
We are to be raised as brothers in Christ. Our Lady said:
February 15, 1988
"Be the reflection of Jesus. This way, you will be His witnesses in your lives…”
October 10, 1985
“…You are a mirror to others!…”
If Jesus is reflected in you, there is no selfishness. If Our Lady is mirrored in you, there is no selfishness. Is the family supposed to be raised as “brothers”? What does that mean that we are “brothers in Christ”? If we are Christians, we are the brothers of Christ. Mary is our Mother. God is our Father and in this family of God there cannot be selfishness. The family cannot exist in their own little world of the home as a bunch of independent, self-centered individuals following their own interests and at the same time be in harmony. Neither can they be in harmony without one headship if the wife and mother doesn’t allow it. She has the power of destruction or construction. Destruction will fall back upon her head crushing her with a life of a wrecked family. Seeking headship for her husband and giving the example of obedience will protect her even if she is married to a not so perfect husband. The book How to Change Your Husbandexplains this explicitly clear. The family is to be the light. Medjugorje interior locutionist, Jelena, has said that children learn to love God the Father through the mother and father’s love for each other. If this is not so, it is the child who never experiences the love of God through their parents, and they then wander into a life of destruction. Our Lady said today:
November 2, 2011
“…those who wander in the darkness of sin, despair, pain and loneliness…”
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