According to the Word of God, the devil will manifest himself in the appearance which best suits his unholy purpose. He is the deceiver, the imposter. St. Paul warns us, "even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light." (2 Corinthians 11:14)
The Church cannot afford to be shocked or dismayed at the prospect that the devil would impersonate our Heavenly Mother. We are very emotional and sentimental in our relationship with Mary and this can often serve to blind us to truth. The devil knows that and plays on our emotion and sentimentality. "Beloved, do not trust every spirit, but put the spirits to a test to see if they belong to God, because many false prophets have appeared in the world". (1 John 4:1)
Month after month, the imposter of Fatima directed the children to establish devotion to herself. On July 13, 1917, she showed the children a vision of hell. Again, she promised salvation to those who would be devoted to her. "You have seen hell where the souls of poor sinners go. To save them, God wishes to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart. If what I say to you is done, many souls will be saved".
God has already saved us from hell by the blood of the Lamb and our testimony to Jesus. God already has provided a way to save them from hell. God established, not devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, but a Church that will share the good news of God's salvation revealed in Christ. This is confirmed by the power of the Holy Spirit working through His Word and Sacraments. "I solemnly assure you, the man who hears my word and has faith in Him who sent me possesses eternal life. He does not come under condemnation, but has passed from death to life". (John 5:24)
It is illogical to even consider the prospect that Mary, seeing her Son in all His glory, seated at the right hand of the Father interceding for all believers would even contemplate making the statement that it is devotion to her that is God's plan to save the world. It makes no sense for the believer to equate salvation with the number of rosaries that are said when we have Christ living to make intercession for us.
The great deceiver of Fatima promises salvation to those who embrace devotion to the "Immaculate Heart of Mary." This promises more than the Church promises to those who attend Mass and receive the Sacraments. God's one promise of salvation has already been made and fulfilled on the cross. We can be very certain that God did not send Mary to earth to change God's eternal plan of salvation. It is just this kind of deceit that leads to other false statements about Mary; "Mediatrix of all graces" etc. The devil's deceit is felt far and wide within the Church as is evidenced in the number of well meaning but deceived souls proclaiming Mary is Mediatrix of all graces. How would have such a statement sounded to the Apostles?
This salvation we enjoy is from God in Christ; “The man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as ransom for all". (1 Timothy 2:1, 3-6)
Our first responsibility to the world is prayer. The second is to spread the good news that salvation is ours in Jesus alone and Jesus alone is the hope of mankind.
God's plan is so perfect and all inclusive that there is no need to substitute, supplement or modify the Divine plan.
The Lady Was Dressed Inappropriately
The next point is about what showed up at Fatima. The Lady did NOT look like the commonly adored Fatima statue which is prominent at the Fatima shrine.
Consider also that the female-appearing apparition in Fatima never actually identified herself as Mary–but instead as ‘the Lady.’ People later decided that this ‘Lady’ was Jesus’ mother Mary. However, certain Muslims believe it was Mohamed’s daughter Fatima who appeared there. Neither Jesus’ mother nor Mohamed’s daughter appeared there.
Fatima Statue and Image of What the Children Saw
As far as what the Lady looked like, notice some of what the Parish Priest of Fatima, Manuel Marques Ferreira, wrote in 1917 that the three children of Fatima reported about the appearance of the apparition:
The clothing was a white mantle, which fell from the head to below the skirt, which was golden from the waist to below the strings…The skirt was all white and gold… [and] fell only to the knees; the coat was white…no shoes, but white socks with no gold; about the neck there was a gold chain with a pointed medallion. (Interrotagórios de Artur de Oliveria Santos, Doc. 53, Documentação Critica de Fátima I. Fátima Sanctuary, 1992, p. 375 as cited and translated in Fernandes J, D’Armada F. Celestial Secrets, The Hidden History of the Fátima Incident. Anamolist Books, San Antonio (Texas), 2006, p. 152; also shown in Santo, ME. Os Mouros Fatimidas e as Aparições de Fátima. Assírio & Alvim, 2006p. 217)
According to an account from Jacinta Marto to one of the priests, Canon Manuel Nunes Formigão investigating the matter in 1917, there is no way that Catholics should consider that Mary was seen in Fatima in 1917. Here is some of what Canon Manuel Nunes Formigão wrote:
Jacinta confirms…a serious problem, opposing the very validity of the Apparition, giving rise in the spirit to the dread that this whole affair is a mystification, prepared by the Prince of Darkness. (Fernandes, p. 153; also in Santo, pp. 217-218)
A ‘Lady’ in a short skirt is what appeared. It did not look like the statue that Pope Francis and others often venerate. The appearance of the Lady wearing a short skirt is a fact. And while this may not seem unusual in the 21st century, this was NOT something that was considered acceptable in 1917 Portugal–a short skirt would be considered lewd and immodest by the majority of people there then.
To accept that the Lady who appeared at Fatima could possibly be the Theotokos is an argument against biblical fact. Even according to a Roman Catholic translation of the Bible, “women are to wear suitable clothes and to be dressed quietly and modestly” (1 Timothy 2:9). The fact is that Jesus’ Mary would not have appeared that way in 1917. The testimony from the only three who saw the ‘Lady’ confirms that this was not Mary.
Yet, a major shrine complex was built in Fatima (which partially reminds me of how Vatican City looks) and many millions believe that Mary, the Mother of God, actually appeared there.
If more people knew the truth about this skirt matter they may have viewed Fatima as something not from God. Partially to test this hypothesis, on October 11, 2010, I asked a Catholic woman who had once been to Fatima on a religious pilgrimage, if the three children saw an apparition that was wearing a skirt shorter than even harlots in 1917 Portugal wore, if she thought that this could possibly be Mary, the Mother of God.
She responded with, “No, I would think that it was the devil.”
So, I explained to her that in mid 1917 both her parish priest and Lúcia thought that the Lady of Fatima was probably the devil. She was shocked to learn this. She was also shocked to learn that Canon Formigão still supported Fatima after confirming with Jacinta (and another of the children) that the apparition wore a short skirt.
It has been speculated that because Jacinta told Canon Formigão that the Lady mentioned him by name, this may be part of why he was willing to overlook the skirt fact (Fernandes, p. 154), even though he realized it proved the apparition was demonic (Fernandes, p. 153; also in Santo, pp. 217-218).
It Was Demonic
Lucia (the oldest of the three children who claimed to see the Lady) reported that the following happened to her:
I had a dream which only increased the darkness of my spirit. I saw the devil laughing at having deceived me…The 13th of July was now at hand, and I was still doubtful as to whether I should go. I thought to myself: “If it’s the devil, why should I go see him?…I’m afraid it may be the devil who is appearing to us, and for that reason I’m not going…“ I called Jacinta and Francisco, and told them …“No, I’m not going. Listen! If the Lady asks for me, tell her I’m not going because I’m afraid it may be the devil.”
I left them…The following day…I suddenly felt I had to go, impelled by some strange force that I could hardly resist (Santos L. Fatima in Lúcia’s Own Words, 14th edition. Priest L Kondor ed. Translated by Dominican Nuns of Perpetual Rosary. Imprimatur Fatimae, Junii 2003 + Seraphinus, Episc. Leir-Fatimensis, Ravengate Press, September 2004, pp. 86-87)
Francisco and Jacinta were apparently so afraid of the apparition that they refused to go unless Lúcia went with them, so they all went together (ibid, p. 87). Even Lúcia had major doubts about what she saw at first, while her mother, Maria Rosa, thought that if Lúcia was not making the story up, it was likely to be “the devil’s trick” (Apostoli A. Fatima for Today. Ignatius Press, 2010, p. 50).
The devil is described in scripture as “that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world” (Revelation 12:9) or “that old serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, seduceth the whole world” or “led all the world astray."
Deception is something that the devil does. Could the children at Fatima have been deceived?
Sadly, it appears so. One of them, Jacinta, improperly claimed that the apparition was not the devil, because she said, “the devil is very ugly and he is down under the ground” (Santos, p. 86).
The Scriptures are clear that the devil is not ugly nor is he currently confined below the ground:
14 Satan himself transformeth himself into an angel of light. (2 Corinthians 11:14)
1 The Spirit has explicitly said that during the last times some will desert the faith and pay attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines that come from devils (1 Timothy 4:1)
1 Then Jesus was led by the spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the devil…Then Jesus saith to him: Begone… (Matthew 4:1, 10).
Jacinta, who was only age 7, may have understood that the apparition could have been the devil if she knew what the Bible actually taught about Satan the devil. The fact that Jacinta was scripturally wrong on these points suggests that she could easily be deceived by a demonic apparition.
Perhaps it should be mentioned that because of what the “Lady” allegedly told them, Lúcia, Francisco, and Jacinta would sometimes intentionally cause themselves pain as they would mutually agree to “offer this sacrifice to God” (such as inflicting “terrible suffering” through intentionally tying rough ropes around their waists that caused tears). The God of the Holy Bible never suggests that children are to inflict intentional pain upon themselves (cf. 3 John 2). Jesus repeatedly taught, “I will have mercy and not sacrifice” (Matthew 9:13; 12:7). Yet, Lúcia wrote that the Lady kept telling the children to do sacrifices. Notice, for one example, what she wrote Jacinta said:
That Lady told us to say the Rosary and to make sacrifices for the conversion of sinners. (Santos, p. 45)
The Apostle St. Paul wrote:
8 In saying before, Sacrifices, and oblations, and holocausts for sin thou wouldest not, neither are they pleasing to thee, which are offered according to the law… 12 He, on the other hand, has offered one single sacrifice for sins, and then taken his seat for ever, at the right hand of God…14 By virtue of that one single offering, he has achieved the eternal perfection of all who are sanctified. (Hebrews 10:8, 12, 14)
So, the word of God says Jesus made the ONE sacrifice for sinners.
Christians normally consider that the Virgin Mary of the Bible would be kind and comforting, especially to children. Yet, the three children of Fatima were afraid of the apparition and hurt themselves because of her words. Should they really have been afraid of the Virgin Mary of the Bible? Would the Theotokos really tell children to hurt themselves?
Pope entrusts people to ‘Mary’ and canonizes two related related to Fatima. Yet, Fatima was demonic as several originally thought.
Pope Francis went to Fatima, Portugal yesterday. Today he said the following (via a Vatican supplied translation into the English language) when he ‘canonized’ two of the three children who claimed to see an apparition 100 years ago:
May 13, 2017
“[There] appeared in heaven a woman clothed with the sun”. So the seer of Patmos tells us in the Book of Revelation (12:1), adding that she was about to give birth to a son. Then, in the Gospel, we hear Jesus say to his disciple, “Here is your mother” (Jn 19:27). We have a Mother! “So beautiful a Lady”, as the seers of Fatima said to one another as they returned home on that blessed day of 13 May a hundred years ago. …
We can take as our examples Saint Francisco and Saint Jacinta, whom the Virgin Mary introduced into the immense ocean of God’s light …
Thank you, brothers and sisters, for being here with me! I could not fail to come here to venerate the Virgin Mary and to entrust to her all her sons and daughters. Under her mantle they are not lost; from her embrace will come the hope and the peace that they require, and that I implore for all my brothers and sisters in baptism and in our human family, especially the sick and the disabled, prisoners and the unemployed, the poor and the abandoned. … With Mary’s protection, may we be for our world sentinels of the dawn …
So, the Pope wants people to trust in Mary so that they will not be lost. This is not biblical.
Papist Leaders have Taught Apocalypse 12 is NOT a Reference to the Virgin Mary
Before going further, it should be pointed out that the traditional Roman Catholic position on Revelation 12:1 was that the woman clothed with the sun was not Jesus’ mother Mary.
Notice that comments in the Rheims New Testament (the Catholic-accepted translation of the Latin Vulgate into English), Catholic scholars correctly teach that the woman in 12:6 is the church fleeing persecution:
ANNOTATIONS Chapter 126.
The woman fled. ] This great persecution that the Church shall flee from… And by enlarging the sense, it may also very well signify the desolation and affliction that the Church suffereth and hath suffered from time to time in this wilderness of the world, by all the forerunners and ministers of Antichrist, Tyrants and Heretics (The Original And True Rheims New Testament Of Anno Domini 1582., pp. 556-557)
Another Romanist priest wrote the following–which has an imprimatur from a bishop:
The woman of chapter 12 is not the Blessed Virgin Mary. The ancient interpreters beginning with Hippolytus and Methodius understood this was a figure of the Church. (Kramer HB. The Book of Destiny. Nihil Obstat: J.S. Considine, O.P., Censor Deputatus. Imprimatur: +Joseph M. Mueller, Bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, January 26, 1956. Reprint TAN Books, Rockford (IL), p. 276)
If the woman was the Blessed Virgin Mary, this would contradict the Catholic position that Mary gave birth to Jesus without pain as Revelation 12 teaches that pain was involved:
1 And a great sign appeared in heaven: A woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars: 2 And being with child, she cried travailing in birth, and was in pain to be delivered. (Revelation 12:1-2, Douay-Rheims).
The Catholic Encyclopedia says this lack of pain situation was “the teaching of some of the principal Fathers and theologians: St. Ambrose [56], St. Gregory of Nyssa [57], St. John Damascene [58], the author of Christus patiens [59], St. Thomas [60], etc.” (Maas AJ. The Blessed Virgin Mary. The Catholic Encyclopedia)
Here is what the important saint and theologian Hippolytus taught about Apocalypse 12 in the third century, as well as Catholic Bishop Victorinus, in that same century:
61. By the woman then clothed with the sun, he meant most manifestly the Church, endued with the Father’s word, whose brightness is above the sun. And by the moon under her feet he referred to her being adorned, like the moon, with heavenly glory. And the words, upon her head a crown of twelve stars, refer to the twelve apostles by whom the Church was founded. And those, “she, being with child, cries, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered,” mean that the Church will not cease to bear from her heart the Word that is persecuted by the unbelieving in the world. “And she brought forth,” he says, “a man-child, who is to rule all the nations; “by which is meant that the Church, always bringing forth Christ, the perfect man-child of God, who is declared to be God and man, becomes the instructor of all the nations.
“Victorinus said this is “the ancient church of fathers, and prophets, and saints, and apostles” (Ante-Nicene Fathers, VII, 355)
So, Pope Francis has deviated from the traditional teaching of his church on this.
Two of the Children Canonized, But …
Despite the truth, Pope Francis ‘canonized’ Jacinta and Francisco Marto today. The basic criteria is that if someone has prayed to them, after they died, and normally two ‘miracles’ are ascribed, then the Church of Rome will, after investigation, consider making them saints.
COGwriter at Jacinta’s and Francisco’s House (Photo by Joyce Thiel, May 2011)
Background on Fatima
For those unfamiliar with Fatima, some background might be helpful. The modern story of Fatima began in 1915, when a girl named Lúcia dos Santos with some companions saw something in the air that they could not identify which did not seem to be of earthly origin. In 1916, some children including Lúcia, received messages from something that years later were said to have come from an angel. That unusual visitor indicated that something else would happen in the future.
In the little known town of Fátima, Portugal, beginning on May 13, 1917, three children (Lúcia dos Santos, Jacinta Marto, and Francisco Marto) said they saw some type of female apparition six times, once per month. The monthly appearances culminated in a visit where tens of thousands of people claimed to witness some type of miracle/change in the sky on October 13, 1917. This apparition is now commonly referred to as “our Lady,” “the Lady,” or “the Virgin of Fatima” and multiple millions believe it was Mary herself.
So, why pay attention to this? There are at least four reasons:
1) Some of the events claimed to have been predicted in 1917 by the “lady’ have taken place (though several of the messages were not made public until after the events occurred). This has given the Fatima messages credibility even among non-Catholics.
2) The Fatima appearances, though not necessarily all the messages, have been somewhat accepted by the Vatican. As there are at least 1-2 billion people with at least some minimal ties with the Church of Rome, this means that a huge number of people throughout the world have reasons to pay attention to the Fatima messages because of their religion. Pope Francis continues to promote Fatima.
3) Some of the Fatima messages are claimed to still be for the future. Whether people believe them or not, there will be repercussions from them. Some of those repercussions will likely shock the world. Some of them are scary. If you survive, you will be affected by their repercussions in the not too distant future.
4) Learning the truth about the shocking messages of Fatima and that the Lady could not have been Jesus’ mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary could save you and your loved ones from making horrible mistakes.
Coming Deception and the ‘Lady of the Kingdoms’
The Bible warns of a more widespread deception coming:
9 The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, 10 and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, 12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. (2 Thessalonians 2:9-12)
24 For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. 25 See, I have told you beforehand. (Matthew 24:24-25)
It is my position that it is very likely that apparitions that people will claim will be Mary will be part of the signs and lying wonders that are mentioned in 2 Thessalonians 2:9 and Matthew 24:24–and this seems consistent with statements made related to the “Lady of the Kingdoms” in Isaiah 47.
On May 13, 2013, the pontificate of Pope Francis dedicated to the ‘Lady of Fatima’ per his two requests. He also ‘consecrated the world to the immaculate heart of Mary’ before the statue that is normally in Fatima, Portugal on October 13, 2013. He has also taken other ‘Marian’ steps and is expected to do something further on October 13, 2017 in honor of the apparition.
What the three children saw was not Mary in a short skirt, but could have been related to “the Lady of Kingdoms,” as she also seems to have a skirt (Isaiah 47:2)
The Bible warns of a “virgin” that uses enchantments who is also called the Lady of Kingdoms:
1 Come down, sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne for the daughter of the Chaldeans, for thou shalt no more be called delicate and tender…4 Our redeemer, the Lord of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel. 5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called the lady of kingdoms. 6 I was angry with my people, I have polluted my inheritance, and have given them into thy bend: thou hast shown no mercy to them: upon the ancient thou hast laid thy yoke exceeding heavy. 7 And thou hast said: I shall be a lady forever: thou hast not laid these things to thy heart, neither hast thou remembered thy latter end. 8 And now hear these things, thou that art delicate, and dwellest confidently, that sayest in thy heart: I am, and there is none else besides me: I shall not sit as a widow, and I shall not know barrenness. 9 These two things shall come upon thee suddenly in one day, barrenness and widowhood. All things are come upon thee, because of the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great hardness of thy enchanters. 10 And thou best trusted in thy wickedness, and hast said: There is none that seeth me. Thy wisdom, and thy knowledge, this hath deceived thee. And thou best said in thy heart: I am, and besides me there is no other. 11 Evil shall come upon thee, and then shalt not know the rising thereof: and calamity shall fall violently upon thee, which thou canst not keep off: misery shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know. 12 Stand now with thy enchanters, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, in which thou hast laboured from thy youth, if so be it may profit thee any thing, or if thou mayst become stronger. 13 Thou hast failed in the multitude or thy counsels: let now the astrologers stand and save thee, they that gazed at the stars, and counted the months, that from them they might tell the things that shall come to thee. (Isaiah 47:1, 4-7, 11-13)
Interestingly, the second of the seven wonders of the ancient world has been called, “Babylon the Great, the Lady of the Kingdoms, the glory of the whole earth“ (and the fourth wonder was called the temple of Diana of the Ephesians).
The Bible also seems to connect the Lady’s haughty comments in verses 7 & 8 with those of the harlot of Apocalypse 17:1, 18; 18:7-8, 11 and the city in Zephaniah 2:15.
Some may be surprised to see this, but this immoral “Lady” also seems to have the title of “queen” and “harlot”:
7 You thought, ‘I shall be a queen forever.’ 8…’I am the only one who matters. I shall never be widowed, never know bereavement.’ 9 Yet both these things will befall you, suddenly, in one day. Bereavement and widowhood will suddenly befall you… (Isaiah 47:7)
4 Because of the multitude of harlotries of the seductive harlot, The mistress of sorceries, Who sells nations through her harlotries, And families through her sorceries. (Nahum 3:4)
5 Look, I am against you!- declares Yahweh Sabaoth- I shall lift your skirts as high as your face and show your nakedness to the nations, your shame to the kingdoms. (Nahum 3:5)
3 All the nations have drunk deep of the wine of her prostitution; every king on the earth has prostituted himself with her, and every merchant grown rich through her debauchery. (Apocalypse 18:3)
17:1…Come, I will shew thee the condemnation of the great harlot, who sitteth upon many waters…18:7 As much as she hath glorified herself, and lived in delicacies, so much torment and sorrow give ye to her; because she saith in her heart: I sit a queen, and am no widow; and sorrow I shall not see. 8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine,and she shall be burnt with the fire; because God is strong, who shall judge her. (Apocalypse 17:1b, 18:7-8)
So, what will happen to the queen/Lady of the Kingdoms as well as to Babylon is warned against in the Book of Apocalypse.
This short-skirted “Lady of Kingdoms” is clearly something The Virgin Mary of the Bible would not want to be. Nearly two hundred years ago, Mary Cornwallis observed the following about the passages in Isaiah:
Under new terms we find the prophet denouncing ruin upon the Chaldeans, for their sins, and their abuse of power… O daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no longer be called, The lady of the kingdoms…While we contemplate the fall of this illustrious city, it must not be forgotten that several passages in the Apocalypse justify the application of these prophecies to the destruction of the Roman empire, of which Babylon is the type.
Yet, notice that some Papist writers have written that Mary is the Lady (or Queen) of the Kingdoms/Nations (the first three are directly related to the same mystic):
1945-1984…Our Lady appeared…under the title of “Lady of the Nations”…The Church approved these apparitions in 2002.
These apparitions and messages were given to a woman named Ida Peerdeman in Amsterdam, Holland… Apparition – November 16, 1950… “My child, I am standing on this globe, because I want to be called ‘the Lady of All Nations.’”
On March 4, 1951, the Lady says: ”…I want to be ‘The Lady of All Peoples’…”
In very truth we can say that Mary is the First Lady of the kingdom that Jesus Christ lived, taught, died and rose from the dead to establish.
November 10, 2000 Janie: While I was in prayer, Our Lady came as the Lady of All Nations.
Mary is Queen of the Kingdom of which Christ is King.
O Mary…You are…the Queen of the Kingdom…
For it is Mary of Nazareth, who becomes the Queen and Mother in the Kingdom of God, as the Mother of Christ, King of All Nations.
The vision of Mary crowned with twelve stars reveals Mary as the queen of the kingdom of God!
It is distressing that any would wish to tie Jesus’ mother the Virgin Mary in with the “lady of kingdoms” as the Bible warns that “the lady of the kingdoms” will be destroyed.
Believe the Word of God More than Your Eyes
Consider that it is likely that apparitions claiming to be the Virgin Mary of the Bible, yet spiritually resembling “Mary” of Fatima, will likely be cited as “proof” that a coming New World Order of the Beast should be accepted. Signs and lying wonders will be pointed to as reasons to believe that the coming King of the North Beast and Antichrist are instead something with God’s blessing. People will be misled by seeing those apparitions and various signs and lying wonders that will occur.
I believe that Pope Francis is intending to get the “Lady of the Kingdom” accepted by the nations of the world.
Although most non-Catholics do not think that Fatima can affect them, if they live long enough this century, they will find that this is not the case. Fatima is a much bigger deal than people realize and seems to tie into a variety of prophecies throughout the Bible (e.g. Isaiah 47, Matthew 24, 2 Thessalonians 2, Revelation 17). How apparitions are likely to affect the world at the end seems to be a missing dimension in understanding prophecy by most who profess Christ.
Pope Francis has personally taken several steps since becoming pope in March to direct people to Mary. A lot of Romanist prophecies indicates that “Mary” will be a major factor in bringing people to the Roman Catholic faith–which will be a changed faith. This changed faith is warned against in the Bible, yet steps are being taken to implement it.
Notice also something from the Fatima Center:
Our Lady of Fatima said, “Only I can help you.” And Our Lady told us what we have to do to obtain that help: the Pope and the bishops, together, must consecrate Russia to Her Immaculate Heart. When this is done, Our Lady promises the conversion of Russia, the end of wars and a period of world peace.
Miracle of the Sun:
In spring of 1917 in Cova da Iria of Fatima, Portugal, three shepherd children, Lúcia dos Santos (10 yrs. old) and her cousins Jacinta (7 yrs.) and Francisco Marto (9 yrs.) reported angel apparitions and of the Virgin Mary. The apparition spoke to the children and gave them prophesies. The Marian prophesies expressed that prayer would end the war (WWI), she urged repentance and the building of a temple, and finally that on October 13th of that year the Lady (Mary) would return to reveal her identity in a miracle so that all may believe. Reports of what the children saw spread and pilgrims began to gather in Fatima to witness the prophesied event. It’s estimated that 70,000 people crowded in preparation of the miracle.
Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta
The three children experienced a number of visions from their first encounter on May 17th up to the revealing event. These included visions of Jesus, Joseph, and of course Mary, blessing the people. Lúcia wrote in her memoirs that she asked the Lady to tell them who she was and to preform a miracle so that everyone will believe. The Lady told the girl to come to Cova each month until October when she would reveal herself a sixth time in a miracle as requested.
What is very odd is that only the children had communication with the entity. And only Lucia and Jacinta could both see and hear the Lady. Francisco could see the entity but not hear it. Why? What many people look over is the fact that the apparition gave the children “something” to eat and drink. Lùcia and Jacinta both ate and drank, while Francisco only ate. Perhaps this is why he could not hear Mary.
Stranger yet was that through the series of apparitions, the children never saw the being’s mouth move. Rather, they heard her words through a buzzing sound that rang around them whenever she appeared. It communicated telepathically. When asked where the entity came from, it never said heaven, instead it just lifted it’s arms towards the sky and it never called itself Mary, mother of God. Neither did the children call the entity Mary, it was only thereafter that this was applied to the being. When Lúcia was asked where this entity came from, she said the sky. The original descriptions of the being stated that it was less than 3 or 4 feet tall, bald and was wearing a knee length dress. Over the course of time this got changed into a tall beautiful lady to fit the description of Mother Mary.
On the 13th of October as the thousands of people waited, it is reported that after a period of rain and dark clouded skies, the sun broke through and what appeared was an opaque spinning disc. Witnesses claim that it was oddly dull and silver, it cast multi-colored lights across the landscape, the sun zig-zagged toward them at less than 100 feet and away in a frighting manner outside of cosmic law, and that the peoples previously wet clothes from the rain had suddenly become completely dry as well as the muddied ground around them. At the moment the silver disc appeared, the crowed shouted, “A miracle, a miracle!” Many saw what seemed to be white “petals” falling to the ground. The whole event lasted about 10 minutes and has since been remembered as the Miracle of the Sun.
Mass of Witnesses
Some very odd things were reported during the incident. People heard a buzzing noise inside their heads, as did the children in their previous encounters. Car windshields cracked, some car hoods were torn off and thrown into the air, gasoline spontaneously combusted and cars wouldn’t start after the event. Those who were directly under the silver disk that passed over, their clothes had dried and some reported burns on their skin. Does this really sound like a miracle from the God of the Bible? People thought it was the end of the world. All of these anomalies are common in U.F.O. sightings. The Cash-Landrum incident in 1980 is probably one of the most famous U.F.O incidents because it brought about civil court proceedings. In this particular case the witnesses experienced terrible chemical and radiation burns where they lost clumps of skin and hair.
There too are reports of said “angel hair” falling to the ground. If you research the event you may find this under the guise of rose petals falling from the sky. These were not actual rose petals, rather white fibers that eventually disintegrate. There were a lot of these so called “angel hairs” and many people saw them. Interestingly enough, this exact same phenomena of white fibers falling from the sky has happened during other known U.F.O. encounters. Not in all cases, but in many, white fibers will follow a craft. It is described as being a cottony substance, and fine like that of a spiderweb. It is postulated that these are actual fibers that exist way up in the stratosphere and when a craft disturbs these substances, they fall to earth. These have been captured and they indeed are not rose petals. Francisco Mourão Corrêa who worked with and was interviewed by investigator L.A. Marzulli in his 2017 Fatima documentary, obtained some of these angel hair specimen and kept them in his freezer.
The following month the local bishop began an investigation into whether or not the private relation from Mary aligned with Catholic theology. With the concluding testimonies on the solar event from secularist, believers, government officials, and skeptics alike, bishop José da Silva confirmed the miracle as, “worthy of belief.” Thus permitting the movement of Our Lady of Fatima within the Catholic church.
Also the parish priest, Father Manuel Marques Ferreira worked with and interrogated the children on the apparitions because he believed that it was demonic. These original testimonies and documents are stored away in the Fatima archives and Father Ferreira’s assumption was obviously overruled.
Lucia was the only one of the children to make it into adulthood. Francisco and Jacinta had both passed away never making it into their teenage years. At 16 years old, 6 years after the event, Lucia was taken by the Jesuits from the Vatican and put into a convent with a vow of silence. 11 years later in 1928, Lucia is then told to write out the secrets revealed to her by the entity. That was 11 years after the event. The original 1917 documents looked very different from what came out in the later day. For example, there was nothing said about Russia in the 1917 reports. “Consecrate Russia to my sacred heart…” was never part of the original transcripts. Fact is, the further out you go from the actual event, 1928 when Lúcia was whisked away and thereafter, the stranger the reports become. Everything became managed. The term “Miracle of the Sun” was made up by a Lisbon newspaper reporter, when in reality the event actually had nothing to do with the sun. And the idea the apparition was Mary was construed by Lucia’s uncle who rationalized, “who else could it be?” So if the apparition wasn’t the sun and it wasn’t Mary, then what on earth was it? Keep in mind there are hundreds upon hundreds of apparition sites in Portugal.
Lucia remained faithful to the so called Lady and in a 7th visit to Cova in 1920 before the young girl left for a boarding school, several apparitions appeared claiming to be the divine Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
Eye Witness Accounts:
Accounts from interviewers and witnesses themselves have been gathered from the event and even few photographs. Amongst the 70,000 witnesses were a wide range of curious people who were religious, non-religious, young and old. Although reports very somewhat in detail, none have directly denied a strange phenomena in the sky.
Many viewers admit to have seen a “dancing sun.” Some say it was the face of the Virgin Mary. They say it was a giant spinning wheel which lowered to earth in unfathomable motions with burning rays. A silver disc, slowly turning colors, an so on. Everyone near by could see it and feel the heat. People from the road and in their car, there are even reports from as far as 25 miles away. As well as documented accounts of ill standby’s being healed.
“The sun turned everything to different colours—yellow, blue and white. Then it shook and trembled. It looked like a wheel of fire that was going to fall on the people. They began to cry out, “We shall all be killed!” Others called to our Lady to save them. They recited acts of contrition. One woman began to confess her sins aloud, advertising that she had done this and that…. When at last the sun stopped leaping and moving, we all breathed our relief. We were still alive, and the miracle which the children had foretold, had been seen by everyone.”-Maria de Capelinha
“I could look at the sun without pain in my eyes. Everyone around me was making a tremendous noise. Because of all the noise, I was looking at the crowd as the sun was actually falling. It had turned upon itself and fallen down. I could feel the heat because it was coming so close. At that moment, I saw it on my left shoulder. It was on my shoulder and I could have touched it. The people around me were very much afraid that this was the end of the world.
Then the sun went into the trees where the little children were and within minutes the children got up and turned around toward the people. Lucia said that everything is going to be all right. Pray and pray hard. Pray the rosary every day for sinners around the world, that God was too much offended. Within minutes, the sun went back the way it came in.”
-Dominic Reis
“…An indescribable impression overtook me I only know that I cried out: ‘I believe! I believe! I believe!’ And tears ran from my eyes. I was amazed, in ecstasy before the demonstration of Divine Power… converted in that moment.”
-Baron of Alvaiazere (former unbeliever)
“The sky was covered with clouds and it rained much. We could not see the sun. Then suddenly, at noon, the clouds drew away and the sun appeared as if it were trembling. It seemed to come down. It began spinning like a fire-wheel in the pagan feasts. It stopped for a few minutes and again started rolling, perhaps in a diameter of more than a meter while we could look at it as though it were the moon. Things all around turned into different colors.”
“Were you afraid?” (interviewer)
“I was afraid. I thought the sun would fall upon us.”
“Were your clothes wet before, then suddenly dry?”
“Yes.”
“When it was over, how did you feel?”
“I was relieved of a great fright I had felt. I resolved to lead a better life and to amend for my sins.”
-Maria Teresa
“I had two of the children, Lucia and Jacinta, in my house for eight days in August, two months before the miracle. They said that there would be a miracle in order that all should believe… and this I saw, with my two sons who have now died. We saw the sun spinning like fireworks. I cried out: ‘My God, how great is Your Power!’ “One day I had said to the children: ‘Alas, you are mistaken. They will fry you in oil!’ And they said: ‘We are not afraid. She does not deceive us. She is so beautiful! Sometimes she dazzles us!’
“I also saw four cures at the place of the apparitions: Two were of tuberculosis, one of a girl from Lisbon and the other from Alfarelos; two were crippled girls.”
-Maria do Carmo Marques da Cruz Menezes
“I saw the sun turn upon itself; it seemed to fall from the sky. Near me there was a man and a lady who were looking at the sun through binoculars and who were saying that they saw a ladder near the sun and that Saint Joseph and the Child Jesus were there… The people around me were crying that the world was going to end. “I knew that something extraordinary and mysterious had happened. I was sure that the children had spoken to someone extraordinary, who was not of this world.”
-Maria dos Prazeres
These are just a few accounts of numerous ones that have been documented. A simple Google search will take you on a journey back to that October 13th, where you can get a broader scope of what people had seen. In fact there is an original photograph of the event which shows a dull disk in the sky. Joshua Benoliel was a witness in 1917 and took original glass plate photographs of the “Miracle.” Jose’ Machado wrote a book called The Miracle of the Sun, in his book he
releases first time ever in the U.S. one of these original photographs. Machado was given consent to view them in the Fatima archives in 2008. He looked at 4 photos but was only allowed to publish one. In the photo you can see a round object hovering directly over the apparition site. The object is indeed imbedded in the glass plate. Machado who is a professional of semiotics has studies these plates and confirms that it is not a smudge, burn, or scratch. The image is imbedded in the glass and this is why glass plate photography is so reliable. With some cleaning up of the image you can see a circular object hovering over the apparition site. I have to wonder what is in the other 3 photos and why those weren’t allowed to be published?
L.A. Marzulli pointing to apparition site on original glass plate photo
L.A. Marzulli reviewing cleaned up close up of photo
Other Supernatural HappeningsWhat many people do not know because the testimony was stored away in Fatima’s archives for decades, was that there was a 4th witness who had her own encounter at the Cova. Carolina Carrera was 12 years old at the time. She was tending sheep when suddenly a blonde haired figure appeared by the same tree the Miracle of the Sun would happen in the coming days. It’s hair came down to it’s shoulders and she could not tell if it was a boy or girl. The entity requested Carrera to come (telepathically). (Note: blonde haired children are not native to Portugal.) Carrera turned briefly to check on her sheep and when she turned back the blonde haired figure was gone. To her amazement, she found it hovering above the tree in mid-air.
There is another account of a boy who one day before the Event on October 13th had an entity appear to him telling him to not be afraid. The apparition identified itself as “The Bright Morning Star.” This is very alarming because scripture uses this as another name for Lucifer.
Furthermore, months before the the Miracle of the Sun, there was a group of mediums in the occult who had received a message via automatic writing. This is a technique used to contact entities. The message was written backwards on a piece of paper and could only be read by holding it up to a mirror. What came through was that something wondrous would happen in Portugal on May the 13th (which was the 1st Mary apparition) and that the entity being channeled by the mediums was called “The Bright Morning Star.” (The same name of the young boy’s encounter) This was then published in several newspapers at the time. The original announcement can still be found in the Diario de Noticias archives.
Yet another psychic, Mr. Antonio, received a similar message that “something transcendental” would happen on May 13th. He was in Porto and this was published in ads and newspapers such as O Primeiro de Jeneiro, the Jornal de Noticias and Liberdade.
Interesting that the Roman Church conveniently ignored this demonic behavior. Must I say anymore. Fact is that there was some very odd supernatural activity going on in Portugal at the time. A being under the same name as Lucifer, who parades as an angel of light, was endorsing the people who in turn were worshiping it. The entity in Fatima 100 years ago was not Mary. Evidence proves this and ones own discernment. The entity was likely a fallen angel and the object in the sky, a U.F.O. Fatima was essentially a precursor for what is coming to earth.
What's the Big Deal
We can conclude that an apparition did indeed appear in Fatima that day. Something unusual and not of this world. However, the question must be asked, was this a divine benevolent being as it claimed to be or was it a malevolent force parading as an angel of light? The Bible clearly states that Satan “comes with all power and false signs and lying wonders.” This has been Satan’s tactic since he fell, it is his only tactic. Deception. There is no truth in him because Jesus is the Truth and Life. Jesus won the victory and has all the true power. Satan’s power is merely twisting the truth. It wouldn’t be believable if there wasn’t some truth to it though. And that is how the devil gets ahold of people.
The reason why what happened at Fatima just over 100 years ago is so important to understand the truth of today is because in the end days “…false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect.” (Matthew 24:24) The elect are believers. Those destined for salvation. This means that the deception will be so great that Holy Spirit filled Christians may even be deceived. But, “…For the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.” For our own good, Jesus will come back at just the right time.
Matthew 24:4-5 “And Jesus answered them, “See that no one leads you astray. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will lead many astray.””
1 Timothy 4:1 “Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons”
Matthew 7:15 “Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.”
Was the Miracle of the Sun a false wonder? It seems to be so. What should have been done in the Fatima apparition is rebuke first and ask questions later. In any spiritual event it is necessary to test the spirits. 1 John 4:1 says “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.” It is foolish to assume a spiritual encounter holy without testing it, especially something claiming to be Christ or a divine entity. All one needs to do to rebuke is say, “Father if this is not from you, break the power.” Or, “In Jesus name, leave.” There is power in His name that no darkness can withstand.
One thing we see over and over again is accounts in the bible when the good guys show up, Gods heavenly angels, and man physically cannot withstand the emanating glory and falls prostrate on the ground. Nobody can see the face of the Lord and live. God specially allowed Moses to see His glory pass by in Exodus 33, but the Lord covered his eyes until He passed so Moses could view his glory from behind without viewing His face.
Spiritual entities are magnificent to behold and there is much power that our human bodies do not know how to respond to. The difference is that with U.F.O encounters and the like, people go into a startled brain fog. One, because we generally have nothing in our mind’s repertoire to compare the phenomena to and two, Satan’s lying signs and wonders. Much like a magic trick, the devil has the ability to manipulate time, space, matter and energy, which means he can “shape-shift” into what would be perceived as an angel of light, a saint, and so on. He is the prince and power of the air and his domain is somewhere between earth and Heaven in the spiritual realm, which of course interacts with our physical realm. The devil does have legal access in darkness, anywhere devoid of God’s goodness. We must remember that Satan’s operations are limited and that believers are no longer under the rule of Satan. Though he still has access in darkness even in the Christians heart. Satan will never be given permission to destroy the saints, but he does sift us like wheat, he tries to influence us to allow darkness in our lives so he can have a foothold.
The good news is that we have authority in Christ to rebuke the enemy and to trample on scorpions. The enemy is under our feet when we are covered by the blood of the Lamb. It is important to understand that the alien phenomena is nothing more than demonic/fallen angel activity. There are documented reports of people that start to be abducted and they rebuke the alien entities in Jesus name, immediately stopping the abduction and the entities fleeing. James 4:7 lays out simply what we must do, “Submit yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
Fact is, the devil prowls around like a lion looking for someone to devour. Looking for someone to deceive. This happens now and in the future there will be a great deception in the end days. Many believe that we are currently entering the last days. Even if this is not so, it is someones last day and the only options beyond this existence is heaven or hell. The Bible says that the coming deception will be so great that the Lord cuts our time short for our own good because even the elect may be deceived. It’s time to start waking up and using the discernment we have in Christ. When the Lord comes back, all the world will see, “…they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.” (Matt. 24:30) “So if they tell you, ‘There He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out; or, ‘Here He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.” (Matt. 24:26) What the end days deceptions will be, we do not know for sure, but we know there will be many.
Stressing again that the events of Fatima are so important to understand because it serves as a precursor of the deception to come. How easy it was for 70,000 people to view a phenomena and deem it as holy. 100 years later, still being worshipped.
Goddess Worship
Bear in mind that the area around Fatima and Portugal has a long history of Pagan practices. Also the shadow of the Inquisition still hung heavy upon Europe at the time. The last of the witch trials had taken place only in 1826. Behind Portugal’s Orthodox veil, there was always a mix of folk, pagan, and Christian beliefs which led to interchanging of pagan and Catholic saints and holy figures depending on the feast or day.
Folklore of the area includes that of fairies and otherworldly encounters. There was a tradition from the Benbulbin area of western Ireland, similar to the rocky terrain of Fatima, that supernatural beings called the “Gentry,” who were fairy-like entities often offered advice and warnings to humans. Yet, the Gentry were said to have looked upon humanity with distain as if they were more superior.
Portugal itself has a tradition of a race of supernatural women or goddesses, the Moura Encantada. These were said to be guardians of dimensional doorways and of the earth. They are said to be able to spin the sun. Red flag! This directly ties to the Miracle of the Sun and the myriads of eye witness accounts. Furthermore, the entity that appeared in Fatima was said to have been wearing a short skirt that fell just below the knees. The Virgin Mary would have never worn such garments. In fact, worshipped in Portugal prior to Christianity and after Moura, they worshipped the Goddess Diana, the Huntress. Who is pictured as so. In the Northern parts of Portugal this tradition is still carried on.
Goddess Diana the Huntress
The Scriptures tell us that angels do not have a gender. So what we have here is fallen angels who want to be worshipped. They can shift into the image of whatever they want. Thus goddesses came to be and the “sacred feminine” worshipped.
Other Sun Miracles
“Sun Miracles” are not a thing of the past. These are happening in modernity all over the map. In the video below you will see clips of said Sun Miracles and nobody is rebuking first and asking questions later. They are just accepting what they are looking at as a miracle from God. Some of the reactions are chilling to hear.
Aliens, Orbs, Lights, Demons, and so on…
Fallen angels have the ability to manipulate space, time, matter and energy. Whatever it is they are doing in the so called Sun Miracles, they give the sun the appearance that it is pulsing. Perhaps the spinning of U.F.O technology. Back then, they did not have the word U.F.O. or flying-saucer in their repertoire and language. So in 1917 when the people looked up, they reported what they saw, a dull silver disk. If we saw it today, we would call it a U.F.O. This is what you call a Harbinger of deception. It had nothing to do with Mary and the Bible and everything to do with lying signs and wonders.
The manifold anomalies that followed the Fatima apparition are commonly reported in U.F.O. sightings and alien encounters all over the world, as previously mentioned. Below is a list summarizing the events of Fatima common to U.F.O. and alien encounters.
Vehicle interference
Heat and Skin burns
Buzzing sound
Telepathy
Pulsing light
Orbs of light and many colors
Strange clouds
Silver Disk
Impossible speed and movements such as 90° angles
“Angel Hair”
Healings
Yes, even healings are common in U.F.O. sightings and abductions. Sometimes these nefarious entities that abduct people against their will also heal people. It seems odd but a fallen angel is still an angelic entity and has it’s angelic powers. There are good angels, God’s heavenly helpers and bad angels, those who leave their abode and follow Lucifer. Scripture shows us that angels have the ability to heal, for instance the Pool of Bethesda. This was in the time of Jesus, the angels would come and stir this pool of water. The cripple, lame, diseased, and all those with illness would wait around these waters and the first one in after the stirring would be healed. So yes, angels have the ability to heal, the difference is that fallen angels have a very nefarious agenda. They don’t heal people because they love us and love their creator, they heal for the purpose of lying signs and wonders so that maybe they can fool us.
There are many theories as to what fallen angels and demons are. What aliens, ghosts, orbs, and other supernatural creatures are. I will briefly explain this, but there is too much depth on the subject that I will have to write another article all together. This is my understanding, based off of the Bible and much research. Fallen angels are separate entities than demons. I explain this in greater depth in my articles about nephalim part 1 and part 2. As far as the alien phenomena goes, it seems that the typical alien is a fallen angel, as well as apparitions that manifest into forms. Now, the “grey” alien is different. The so called, little grey guys with big eyes. These are actually a bodysuit made from fallen angel technology in which a demon spirit is then able to inhibit. Demons or unclean spirits are evil spirits that need a body, without, they roam the earth passing “through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.” (Matt. 12:43) Therefore it will return to the house it left, the person, and if there is a foot hold it will bring others with it. If not it will seek rest looking for someone else with a foot hold. Demons are the disembodied spirits of the nephalim, who were giants that were half fallen angel and half human. Fallen angels were previously God’s holy angels who made the decision to leave their abode and follow Satan.
As for nymphs, fairies, goddesses, and creatures of pagan folklore, these could be any fallen angel shapeshifting into such an identity or perhaps a different “breed” of demonic entities all together. The Bible gives us pictures of heaven and a myriad of fascinating creatures that dwell there, having wings and covered with eyes. So it’s safe to say there are differing types of holy beings, therefore there are differing types of un-holy beings.
Now there are many odd sightings that accompany these beings, like U.F.O’s, orbs, hovering shapes, and so on. Fallen angels have technology beyond what we can imagine. They in fact are the ones that shared the “forbidden knowledge” with man when they descended upon Mt. Hermon. God didn’t intend for man to have this knowledge, He said it was worthless. Compared to His almighty love, no knowledge can compare.
U.F.O’s seem to be fallen angel technology. It also seems that they can travel in orbs that can shape-shift. This has to do with the energy, which I am not going to pretend to understand. They have technology to probe and microchip. They love to pretend to be gods and aim to destroy the seed of man, which Jesus came through. It is believed that there are hybrid beings walking amongst us now. Beings that they created but look and act like humans.
Below is the removal of an implant from a man who claimed to have been abducted and later found the strange marking of a scar on his body. The whole story is in the film Watchers 8.
In understanding that demons need a body, it makes one wonder about all the cloning that is going on and robotic trans-humans being created by humans themselves. It seems as though Satan will indeed use technology for the destruction of man.
All the while we must remember that God is above all else and He has armies and armies of angels fighting for us in the spiritual realm just beyond our perception. Sometimes God allows us to see this, if only for a moment. Just as in 2 Kings 6:17, Elisha’s servant’s eyes are opened and he sees the hills full of chariots of fire and horses. God’s angels fighting for them in the midst of war and they didn’t have to be afraid.
We will never fully understand the spiritual realm as human beings. Fact is that things do happen that are beyond our perception but this doesn’t mean we have to be ignorant. God gives us the Bible, His Word, the only solid rock of truth when all else is shifting sands.
Many in the 21st century believe that Fatima is the way to peace and solving all the problems facing the modern world.
Yet, the “Lady of Fatima” is NOT the answer to humanity’s ills, despite many Romanists believing otherwise.
We need the return of Jesus Christ and the establishment of His kingdom to eliminate war, implement peace, and bring in true prosperity. Not misunderstandings about an apparition that appeared decades ago and is likely to appear again in the future.
THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST IS THE LAST WORD GOD HAS GIVEN US TO SPREAD INTO THE WHOLE WORLD.
THROUGH THE APOSTLES AND THEIR SUCCESSORS WE HAVE RECEIVED THE SAME MANDATE FROM GOD:
JESUS CHRIST IS LORD AND THERE IS NO SALVATION IN ANY OTHER NAME
During the first apparition at Fatima, Lucia asked the lady if Lucia would go to heaven.
Having been assured that she and Jacinta are glory bound, they were told that Francisco will also go to heaven, but he must say many rosaries.
Firstly, let me make a side note, God does not send people from heaven to preach the Gospel.
It is for that purpose that God has established the Church, the Sacraments and has given the Church authority to speak in His name and exercise the power of the keys firstly given to the Apostles equally and their successors. Had this lady been the Mother of the Christ, I am very certain that what Jacinta would have heard would have gone something like this. God so loved Francisco that He gave His only Son, that by believing in Him, Francisco will not perish but have eternal life.
Instead of giving Francisco the Word of God, she laid the "grace" for his salvation on the number of rosaries he would say. She did not tell him that Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. She didn't say no one comes to the Father but through Him.
Our response should be to reaffirm our loyalty to God, to Jesus Christ, to the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Orthodox Church, to the faith of the undivided Church and to the Word of God found in the Scriptures and the teachings of the Apostles.
Our response should be to affirm our Love and devotion to the great Mother of the Christ (Theotokos).
Our response should be to stand up and be counted as being faithful to the Gospel of Christ. We should STOP THE DEVIL in his tracks and proclaim the vision of Fatima to be a fraud, a work of the devil and an abomination to God, Mary and to the Church .
The following month the local bishop began an investigation into whether or not the private relation from Mary aligned with Catholic theology. With the concluding testimonies on the solar event from secularist, believers, government officials, and skeptics alike, bishop José da Silva confirmed the miracle as, “worthy of belief.” Thus permitting the movement of Our Lady of Fatima within the Catholic church.
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