UDade Lucia, eminyakeni eyi-16 ngemuva kokushona kwakhe: sicela umusa ophuthumayo
ngoFebhuwari 13, 2005, uDade Lucy, umboni weNkosikazi Yethu kaFatima, wenyukela ezulwini, abathembekile bakhumbula ukufa kwakhe ngalolu suku. Khumbula ukuthi ngoMeyi 13, 1917 ePortugal, abazalwane abathathu babedlala ngenkathi beluse umhlambi, kanti uLucia wayengowokuqala kubo bobathathu laba bazalwane. Cishe emini ngemuva kokufunda iRosari, babona isibani sokukhanya, futhi ngokushesha ngemuva kweNkosikazi engaqondakali ephethe iRosari esandleni sayo, kwakungumbukiso wokuqala kweziyisithupha owawuphindaphindwa njalo ngosuku olufanayo ngomhla ka-13 enyangeni ngayinye. Ngenyanga ka-Agasti kusuka ngomhla ka-13 kuya ku-15 abafana abathathu balethwa yimeya, ayefuna "ukuyiveza le ndaba" ngoba wayebheka inganekwane yezingane, kwakuleyo nyanga lapho uLady avela khona ngomhlaka 19 Abahambeli bafika kule ndawo futhi bazibonela ngawabo imicimbi engaphezu kwamandla emvelo iqoqo lokukhanya okungazelelwe elomisa izingubo nomhlabathi omanzi ngenxa yemvula enamandla. ILady yayimemezele ukufa kwasekuqaleni kwabafowabo abancane bakaLucia, yamemezela impilo ende kaLucia owathi ngo-1925 waya esigodlweni ukuze abe yingxenye yeSisters of Saint Dorothea futhi wahlala lapho kwaze kwaba usuku lokufa kwakhe. Abazalwane babefuna ukucacisela wonke umuntu imfihlakalo yesithathu uLady of Fatima ayidlulisele kuLucia ngesikhathi sokubuka. Masikhumbule kafushane ukuthi imfihlakalo yokuqala ibiphathelene nencazelo yesihogo, imfihlakalo yesibili ibhekane nokubhujiswa kwabantu kanye nokuchithwa kwenhlamvu eyashaya uJohn Paul ngoMeyi 13, 1981, kubukeka sengathi eyesithathu ayikadalulwa.
Umkhuleko wokucela ukubekwa phambili kweNceku kaNkulunkulu uSisi Lucia UZiqu-zintathu oNgcwele, uYise, iNdodana noMoya oNgcwele, ngiyakuthanda kakhulu futhi ngiyabonga ngokuvela kukaMariya oNgcwele oNgcwele eFatima ukukhombisa umhlaba ingcebo yeNhliziyo yakhe engenacala. Ngobuhle obungenamkhawulo beNhliziyo Engcwele kaJesu kanye neNhliziyo Engaphelele kaMariya, ngiyakucela, uma kufanele kube yinkazimulo yakho kanye nokuzuzisa imiphefumulo yethu, ukudumisa uDade Lucia, umalusikazi kaFatima, asinikeze ngaye thandazela umusa esikucela kuwe.