Today, May 13, is the feast of Our Lady of Fatima
Our Lady of Fatima. Today, May 13, it is the feast of Our Lady of Fatima. It was on this day that the Blessed Virgin Mary began his series of apparitions to three little shepherds in the small village of Fatima in Portugal in 1917. He appeared six times to Lucia, who was then 9, and her cousins Francisco, who was 8 at the time, and her sister Jacinta, 6 years, every 13th of the month between May and October.
Today, May 13, is the feast of Our Lady of Fatima: the Three Children
Today, May 13, is the feast of Our Lady of Fatima: the Three children. The lives of the three children of Fatima were completely transformed by the celestial apparitions. While fulfilling the duties of their state with the utmost fidelity, those children now seemed to live only for prayer and sacrifice, which they offered in a spirit of reparation to obtain the peace and conversion of sinners. They deprived themselves of water in periods of great heat; they gave lunch to poor children; they wore thick ropes around their waists that even made blood flow; they abstained from innocent pleasures and exhorted each other to the practice of prayer and penance with an ardor comparable to that of the great saints.
The Blessed Mother
The Blessed Mother she came to the small village of Fatima which had remained faithful to the Catholic Church during the recent oppression of the government. Our Lady came with a message from God to everyone. He said that the whole world is at peace and that many souls go to heaven if his requests are heard and obeyed. To all the followers of her Son Jesus, prayers for peace in Russia and in the whole world. He asked for reparation and the conversion of hearts.
May Our Lady of Fatima always cover us with the mantle of her maternal protection and bring us closer to Jesus, our peace.
Prayer to Our Lady of Fatima
O Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, you were pleased to appear to the children of Fatima and to reveal a glorious message. We beg you, let us inspire in our hearts a fervent love for the recitation of the Rosary. By meditating on the mysteries of redemption that are recalled to you, we can obtain the graces and virtues that we ask for, thanks to the merits of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Redeemer.