Daily Catholic Quote from Our Lady of Fátima
“Yes, I shall take Jacinta and Francisco soon, but you will remain a little longer, since Jesus wishes you to make me known and loved on earth. He wishes also for you to establish devotion in the world...
View ArticleDaily Catholic Quote from the CDF on Fatima
“Throughout history there have been supernatural apparitions and signs which go to the heart of human events and which, to the surprise of believers and non-believers alike, play their part in the...
View ArticleDaily Catholic Quote from the CDF on Fatima
“Throughout history there have been supernatural apparitions and signs which go to the heart of human events and which, to the surprise of believers and non-believers alike, play their part in the...
View ArticleCatholic Quote of the Day — from the CDF on Fatima
“Throughout history there have been supernatural apparitions and signs which go to the heart of human events and which, to the surprise of believers and non-believers alike, play their part in the...
View ArticleMary Warns Her Children of Danger
“If my requests are heeded, Russia will be converted, and there will be peace; if not, she will spread her errors throughout the world, causing wars and persecutions of the Church.” (Second Secret of...
View ArticleInspired by Our Lady of Fatima to Do Less (and More!)
I am constantly challenged to do more, sometimes by people who don’t even know they’re doing it. Back when I used to work for our parish, almost everyone knew me. After Mass once, a well-meaning and...
View ArticleCatholic Quote of the Day — from the CDF on Fatima
“Throughout history there have been supernatural apparitions and signs which go to the heart of human events and which, to the surprise of believers and non-believers alike, play their part in the...
View ArticleFatima and the Antidote for Hell
As authentic Marian apparitions go, many of the aspects of our Lady’s appearances to the three shepherd children in Fatima a century ago seem commonplace: Mary asks the seers to pray and do penance for...
View ArticleModels in Responding to the Message of Fatima
There is so much about the occurrences in Fatima a century ago that should provoke wonder. If the Mother of God was going to be permitted to appear on earth to echo her Son’s call to conversion,...
View ArticleThree Popes’ Preparation for Pope Francis’ Visit to Fatima
Next week [May 12-13] Pope Francis will travel to Fatima to celebrate the centenary of Mary’s apparitions to the three shepherd children in the Cova da Iria. There’s every reason to think that Pope...
View ArticleThe Message of a Mother
This Saturday is the 100th anniversary of the first appearance of Our Lady to Francisco, Jacinta, and Lucia at Fatima. She would appear six times to them that year, on the 13th of May, June, July,...
View ArticleDaily Catholic Quote — from the CDF on Fatima
“Throughout history there have been supernatural apparitions and signs which go to the heart of human events and which, to the surprise of believers and non-believers alike, play their part in the...
View ArticleOur Lady of Fatima and a Theological Reading of History
This past [month], we celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of the first apparition of Our Lady to a group of shepherd children near the Portuguese town of Fatima. The series of Fatima...
View ArticleFatima’s Great and Hidden Servant Who Stayed a “Little Longer”
The history of Fatima is a continuous illustration of God’s words to us through the Prophet Isaiah: “My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways” (Is 55:8). The divergence between...
View ArticleThe Exclamation Point of the Fatima Apparitions
In the first article of this mini-series in celebration of the centenary of the apparitions in Fatima, we looked at how the Church, in approving private revelations as worthy of belief, does not oblige...
View ArticleDaily Catholic Quote — from the CDF on Fatima
“Throughout history there have been supernatural apparitions and signs which go to the heart of human events and which, to the surprise of believers and non-believers alike, play their part in the...
View ArticleFatima, Marian Consecration, and the quiet faithfulness of God
In the midst of autumn homecomings, with high schools and colleges celebrating alumni with reunions and football games, I had a different homecoming this past weekend. I returned to the parish in which...
View ArticleDaily Catholic Quote — CDF on Fatima
“Throughout history there have been supernatural apparitions and signs which go to the heart of human events and which, to the surprise of believers and non-believers alike, play their part in the...
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