Death of a saint and end of an era
As I write this, Doug Keck of EWTN is translating and narrating the funeral Mass for Sister Lucia of Fatima. For those who are not Catholic and/or not aware of who this woman was, it was the young lady to whome, along with her cousins, Our Lady appeared at Fatima in 1917. To this little girl was revealed an image of Hell, prophecies of the rise of Communism and of the great carnage of the 20th Century, and a third secret which, though revealed, is a source of great controversy within the Church.There can be little doubt that Lucia will be raised to the Honors of the Altar as her cousins have been...
Fatima changed the Church forever, so much so that we have added a prayer at the end of each decade of the Holy Rosary which the Blessed Virgin gave to the children and to the Church there:
O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of Hell, and lead all souls to Heaven, especially those in most need of thy mercy.
So fast was her loyalty to the Holy Father that she often asked the bishop when he would visit her Carmelite convent "how is the Holy Father."
Our Lady of Fatima, Queen of the Holy Rosary and Mother of the Church, pray for us.
posted by Deacon David Oatney @ 6:11 PM
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