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1 Secret, 4, 1 | in La Civiltà Cattolica 104 [1953], II, 392-406, in
2 Secret, 3 | Insegnamenti, XVII, 1 [1994], 1061). On the occasion of a visit
3 Intro | secret”. On the following 11 August, Archbishop Martínez
4 Intro, 0, 0(3)| 1 (Vatican City, 1981), 1246.~
5 Secret, 4, 3 | believe the Good News” (Mk 1:15). To understand the signs
6 Intro | of Constantinople and the 1550th anniversary of the Council
7 Intro | chosen to commemorate the 1600th anniversary of the First
8 Intro | attempt on 13 May 1981. On 18 July 1981 Cardinal Franjo
9 Intro | Mother ...” on 3 January 1944. ~There is only one manuscript,
10 Secret, 4, 1 | La Civiltà Cattolica 104 [1953], II, 392-406, in particular
11 Intro | Dell'Acqua, on 27 March 1965, and returned the envelope
12 Secret, 3 | 1, Insegnamenti, XIX, 2 [1996], 561). ~In order that the
13 Secret, 3 | Paul II, Message for the 1997 World Day of the Sick, No.
14 Secret, 4, 1 | Ascent of Mount Carmel, II, 22). ~Because the single
15 Secret, 4, 3 | his afflictions (cf. Col 1:24). Their life has itself
16 Secret, 4, 3 | overcome the world” (Jn 16:33). The message of Fatima
17 Secret, 4, 1 | Cattolica 104 [1953], II, 392-406, in particular 397).
18 Secret, 4, 1 | 392-406, in particular 397). Such a message can be
19 Secret, 4, 1 | Cattolica 104 [1953], II, 392-406, in particular 397). Such
20 Intro, 0, 0(2)| 2 (Vatican City, 1981), 409-412. ~~~~~~
21 Intro, 0, 0(2)| Vatican City, 1981), 409-412. ~~~~~~
22 Secret, 4, 1 | the present time?” (Lk 12:56). In this saying of Jesus,
23 Secret, 3 | Insegnamenti, XIX, 2 [1996], 561). ~In order that the faithful
24 Secret, 4, 3 | 4:16; Phil 3:17; 1 Th 1:6; 2 Th 3:7, 9). In the Apostle
25 Secret, 4, 1 | some other novelty” (No. 65; Saint John of the Cross,
26 Secret, 4, 1 | course of the centuries” (No. 66). The way in which the Church
27 Secret, 4, 1 | period of history” (No. 67). This clarifies two things: ~
28 Intro, 0, 0(4)| 1 (Vatican City, 1984), 775-777. ~
29 Intro, 0, 0(4)| Vatican City, 1984), 775-777. ~
30 Secret, 3 | wishes for his approaching 80th Birthday and to thank him
31 Secret, 4, 1 | one who reads them” (No. 94; Gregory the Great,Homilia
32 Intro | bestows the grace required to abandon oneself to him with filial
33 Intro | would do to humanity by abandoning the Christian faith and
34 Secret, 4, 3 | wheat which in dying yields abundant fruit. The blood of the
35 Secret, 1 | Fatima. ~Archbishop Bertone, accompanied by the Bishop of Leiria,
36 Intro | Archbishop Angelo Dell'Acqua, on 27 March 1965, and returned
37 Secret, 4, 3 | could not therefore have acted freely, or other similar
38 Intro | in God, and that we are active and responsible partners
39 Secret, 4, 1 | the one hand, the Spirit acts as a guide who discloses
40 | actually
41 Secret, 4, 1 | single Revelation of God addressed to all peoples comes to
42 1, 1, 0(7)| Fourth Memoir” Sister Lucia adds: “In Portugal, the dogma
43 1, 1 | Gonçalves, and in it he advises me to write to the Holy
44 Intro | human family, which with affectionate love we entrust to you,
45 Secret, 4, 3 | us? First of all we must affirm with Cardinal Sodano: “...
46 Intro | light and darkness, which afflict the modern world, accept
47 1, 2 | trembling with halting step, afflicted with pain and sorrow, he
48 Secret, 4, 3 | is still lacking in his afflictions (cf. Col 1:24). Their life
49 Secret, 4, 1 | Church: “Throughout the ages, there have been so-called ‘
50 Secret, 2 | Leiria-Fatima. Sister Lucia agreed with the interpretation
51 Secret, 2 | replied: “If the Holy Father agrees, then I am happy, otherwise
52 1, 1 | conflagration, now raised into the air by the flames that issued
53 Intro | the agreement of Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani, brought the envelope
54 Intro | a spiritual perspective alien to present-day attitudes,
55 Intro | believers and non-believers alike, play their part in the
56 Secret, 4, 3 | the images that follow. Allow me to add here a personal
57 | alone
58 Secret, 3 | nostro Ioanne Paulo II. Amen. ~Fatima, 13 May 2000 ~
59 Secret, 4, 3 | Fatima have already been so amply discussed in the relative
60 Secret, 4, 1 | Vatican II brought to light anew: “You know how to interpret
61 Secret, 4, 3 | surprisingly for people from the Anglo-Saxon and German cultural world—
62 Secret, 4, 3 | forward through all the anguish along the path which leads
63 1, 1 | to frightful and unknown animals, all black and transparent.
64 Intro | of 31 August 1941; some annotations were added in the Fourth
65 Intro | fiat uttered by Mary at the Annunciation, the Holy Father, in spiritual
66 Secret, 2 | that she was prepared to answer all questions frankly. ~
67 1, 1 | about the secret, and thus answering the first question. ~What
68 Secret, 1 | Bertone, who will report your answers directly to me. ~I pray
69 Secret, 4, 2 | this field, theological anthropology distinguishes three forms
70 | anything
71 Secret, 2 | pilgrims. The work is called Os apelos da Mensagem de Fatima, and
72 Secret, 4, 3 | Those who expected exciting apocalyptic revelations about the end
73 Secret, 1 | glory. ~With my special Apostolic Blessing.~IOANNES PAULUS
74 Secret, 3 | too falls to the ground, apparently dead, under a hail of gunfire. ~
75 Intro | Since we did not heed this appeal of the Message, we see that
76 Secret, 4, 1 | know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky; why then
77 Secret, 4, 2 | drawn back, with heaven appearing in its pure essence, as
78 Intro | statement which the Holy Father appointed Cardinal Angelo Sodano,
79 Secret, 3 | heartfelt good wishes for his approaching 80th Birthday and to thank
80 Secret, 4, 3 | faith more powerful than armies. ~The concluding part
81 | around
82 Secret, 4, 2 | of what appears. He can arrive at the image only within
83 1, 2 | soldiers who fired bullets and arrows at him, and in the same
84 Secret, 4, 3 | world might be reduced to ashes by a sea of fire no longer
85 Intro | what the Message itself asks of us: ‘If my requests are
86 1, 2 | Angels each with a crystal aspersorium in his hand, in which they
87 Secret, 4, 3 | claim that the would-be assassin of 13 May 1981 was merely
88 Secret, 4, 1 | category to which we must assign the message of Fatima. In
89 Secret, 4, 1 | is speaking gives me the assurance that I am in touch with
90 Secret, 3 | Communist regimes which promoted atheism. For this too His Holiness
91 Secret, 3 | parts of the world, however, attacks against the Church and against
92 Secret, 4, 3 | martyrs. When, after the attempted assassination on 13 May
93 Secret, 4, 1 | theological status ~Before attempting an interpretation, the main
94 Intro | of God, deliver us. ~From attempts to stifle in human hearts
95 Secret, 4, 3 | therefore to embrace this attitude of heart, which makes the
96 Intro | perspective alien to present-day attitudes, often tainted with rationalism. ~
97 Intro, 0, 0(2)| s comment at the General Audience of 14 October 1981 on “What
98 Intro, 0, 0(1)| XXIII, 17 August 1959: “Audiences: Father Philippe, Commissary
99 Secret, 2 | of Leiria-Fatima read the autograph letter of the Holy Father,
100 Secret, 4, 2 | representation and consciousness available to him. In the case of interior
101 Intro | entrustment by us you are awaiting. Help us to live in the
102 Intro | spirit of darkness is able to awaken, and has in fact awakened
103 Intro | awaken, and has in fact awakened in our times, in the heart
104 Secret, 4, 2 | lips of children and of babes you have found praise”,
105 1, 2 | of a cork-tree with the bark; before reaching there the
106 Secret, 4, 1 | there is a need for some basic clarification of the way
107 Secret, 4, 1 | say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit
108 Secret, 4, 1 | later became normative for beatifications and canonizations: “An assent
109 Secret, 3 | visit to Fatima has been to beatify the two “little shepherds”.
110 | became
111 | becoming
112 | beforehand
113 Secret, 4, 3 | already evident when we began our reflections on the text
114 | begin
115 Secret, 3 | Father Pope John Paul II, on behalf of all present, heartfelt
116 Secret, 4, 1 | guilty not only of foolish behaviour but also of offending him,
117 Intro | sorrowful fulfilment: ~“Behold, as we stand before you,
118 Intro | of all individual human beings, laden with the sufferings
119 Intro | which, to the surprise of believers and non-believers alike,
120 Secret, 4, 3 | interpretation, she said, belonged not to the visionary but
121 1, 1 | letter is from Father José Bernardo Gonçalves, and in it he
122 Intro | women to conversion and bestows the grace required to abandon
123 Secret, 4, 1 | Dhanis,Sguardo su Fatima e bilancio di una discussione, in La
124 Secret, 3 | for his approaching 80th Birthday and to thank him for his
125 1, 1 | and unknown animals, all black and transparent. This vision
126 1, 1 | transparent burning embers, all blackened or burnished bronze, floating
127 Intro | all creatures, may you be blessed, you, the Handmaid of the
128 Secret, 4, 1 | The prophet speaks to the blindness of will and of reason, and
129 Intro | modern world and seem to block the paths towards the future! ~
130 Secret, 4, 2 | senses, and hence exterior bodily perception, interior perception,
131 Secret, 4, 3 | his. For the sake of the body of Christ, they complete
132 Secret, 4, 3 | recalls similar images in the Book of Revelation. This represents
133 Secret, 4, 3 | wounded side, the Church was born, so the death of the witnesses
134 Secret, 4, 1 | with Christ and the witness borne to him in the books of the
135 Secret, 4, 1 | was missing—this is the boundless breadth and depth of Christian
136 Secret, 4, 2 | the image only within the bounds of his capacities and possibilities.
137 Secret, 4, 1 | missing—this is the boundless breadth and depth of Christian faith.
138 1, 1 | offending God, a worse one will break out during the Pontificate
139 Intro | of the “secret” of Fatima brings to an end a period of history
140 Intro | his recorded Address was broadcast. The following is the part
141 1, 1 | all blackened or burnished bronze, floating about in the conflagration,
142 Secret, 1 | her beloved Son and our brother, the Lord of life and glory. ~
143 Secret, 4, 1 | the certitude upon which I build my life and to which I entrust
144 Intro | upon which human history is built. ~Our Lady, who appeared
145 Secret, 3 | against Christians, with the burden of suffering they bring,
146 1, 1 | human form, like transparent burning embers, all blackened or
147 1, 1 | embers, all blackened or burnished bronze, floating about in
148 Intro | kindness God warns us and calls us to the right path, while
149 Secret, 4, 1 | and therefore Revelation came to an end with the fulfilment
150 Secret, 1 | you may speak openly and candidly to Archbishop Bertone, who
151 Secret, 4, 1 | normative for beatifications and canonizations: “An assent of Catholic
152 Secret, 4, 2 | the senses. It is rendered capable of seeing that which is
153 Secret, 4, 2 | within the bounds of his capacities and possibilities. Such
154 Secret, 4, 2 | coming from on high and the capacity to receive this impulse
155 Intro | of God and the watchful care of the Mother of Jesus and
156 Secret, 4 | THEOLOGICAL COMMENTARY ~A careful reading of the text of the
157 Secret, 4, 2 | filter of our senses, which carry out a work of translation.
158 Secret, 2 | together in the style of catechesis and exhortation thoughts
159 Secret, 4, 1 | discussione, in La Civiltà Cattolica 104 [1953], II, 392-406,
160 1, 1 | end: but if people do not cease offending God, a worse one
161 Secret, 1 | which, please God, I will celebrate on 13 May of this year. ~
162 Secret, 3 | conclusion of this solemn celebration, I feel bound to offer our
163 Secret, 4, 2 | taken in their entirety. The central element of the image is
164 Secret, 4, 1 | significance over the course of the centuries” (No. 66). The way in which
165 Intro, 0, 0(3)| Radio message during the Ceremony of Veneration, Thanksgiving
166 Secret, 4, 1 | faith, trust or opinion. The certainty that it is God who is speaking
167 Secret, 4, 3 | to mobilize the forces of change in the right direction.
168 Secret, 4, 3 | this moment of history, characterized by the grave perils outlined
169 Secret, 3 | of Fatima, the Pope has charged the Congregation for the
170 Secret, 4, 3 | is good, the freedom to choose evil no longer has the last
171 Secret, 4, 1 | in the feasts of Corpus Christi and of the Sacred Heart
172 Secret, 4 | wished to communicate to Christianity and to humanity at a time
173 Secret, 4, 3 | or other similar ideas in circulation. Rather, the vision speaks
174 Secret, 4, 1 | this regard, the Catechism cites profound words of Pope Gregory
175 Secret, 4, 1 | di una discussione, in La Civiltà Cattolica 104 [1953], II,
176 Secret, 4, 1 | from the somewhat negative clarifications, initially needed, to a
177 Secret, 4, 1 | history” (No. 67). This clarifies two things: ~1. The authority
178 Secret, 4, 1 | Benedict XIV, says in his classic treatise, which later became
179 Secret, 4, 1 | revelations. How can they be classified correctly in relation to
180 Secret, 4 | children, brought up in a climate of profound piety but shaken
181 Secret, 4, 3 | own fate? He had been very close to death, and he himself
182 Secret, 3 | Sister Lucia, “the Bishop clothed in white” who prays for
183 1, 1 | themselves together with great clouds of smoke, now falling back
184 Intro | Lord of history, and the co-responsibility of man in the drama of his
185 Secret, 4, 2 | image is revealed where it coincides with what is the focal point
186 Secret, 2 | that Jacinta kept saying: “Coitadinho do Santo Padre, tenho muita
187 Secret, 4, 3 | in his afflictions (cf. Col 1:24). Their life has itself
188 Secret, 4, 2 | synthesis of the impulse coming from on high and the capacity
189 1, 2 | obedience to you, my God, who command me to do so through his
190 Intro | readiness to trample on the commandments of God, deliver us. ~From
191 1, 1, 0(6)| task, and thus fulfil the commands received from Your Excellency
192 Intro | Pentecost, the day chosen to commemorate the 1600th anniversary of
193 Intro | specific references, as though commenting on the Message of Fatima
194 Intro | the surviving witness, commits it all to paper when ordered
195 Secret, 4 | Mother of the Lord wished to communicate to Christianity and to humanity
196 Secret, 2 | the struggle of atheistic Communism against the Church and against
197 Secret, 4, 3 | not hesitate to say to his communities: “imitate me” (1 Cor 4:16;
198 Intro | wished (“Sim, està feita, tal como Nossa Senhora a pediu, desde
199 Secret, 4, 1 | explain the finality and completeness of Revelation, the Catechism
200 Intro | Heart of Mary and he himself composed a prayer for what he called
201 Secret, 4, 3 | too time is presented in a compressed way. In the vision we can
202 Secret, 4, 2 | succession and duration”. This compression of time and place in a single
203 Secret, 4, 1 | to understand rightly the concept of “private revelation”,
204 Secret, 4, 3 | powerful than armies. ~The concluding part of the “secret” uses
205 Secret, 3 | Sisters in the Lord! ~At the conclusion of this solemn celebration,
206 Secret, 4, 3 | the Apostle they could see concretely what it meant to follow
207 Secret, 4, 1 | the past and that she is condemned to sterile repetition. The
208 Intro | this part of the Message, conditioned by whether we accept or
209 Intro, 0, 0(1)| intend to read it with my Confessor”. ~
210 1, 1 | told to keep it short, I confined myself to the essentials,
211 1, 1 | bronze, floating about in the conflagration, now raised into the air
212 Secret, 3 | Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, Sancta Dei Genetrix! Intercede
213 Intro | to evil! May it transform consciences! May your Immaculate Heart
214 Secret, 4, 2 | modes of representation and consciousness available to him. In the
215 Intro | II immediately thought of consecrating the world to the Immaculate
216 Secret, 4, 3 | 1 Cor 13:12). Let us now consider the individual images which
217 Secret, 4, 1 | prophetic word is a warning or a consolation, or both together. In this
218 Secret, 4, 3 | intuitions of faith. It is a consoling vision, which seeks to open
219 Intro | of the First Council of Constantinople and the 1550th anniversary
220 1, 2 | fire; but they died out in contact with the splendour that
221 Secret, 2 | reread the letter herself, contemplating it in own her hands. She
222 Secret, 4, 3 | open to God, purified by contemplation of God, is stronger than
223 Intro | can never contradict the content of faith, and must therefore
224 Intro | secret”. ~Paul VI read the contents with the Substitute, Archbishop
225 Secret, 4, 1 | Dei Verbum, 8). ~In this context, it now becomes possible
226 Secret, 3 | suffering they bring, tragically continue. Even if the events to which
227 Intro | manifestations can never contradict the content of faith, and
228 Secret, 1 | Sister ~Maria Lucia ~of the Convent of Coimbra ~In the great
229 Secret, 4, 3 | temperament and sensitivity converge, where the person finds
230 Secret, 4, 3 | we can undoubtedly see a convergence of different Popes. Beginning
231 Secret, 2 | history. She repeated her conviction that the vision of Fatima
232 Intro | the world, who had been “convoked” beforehand, entrusted all
233 Intro | light and darkness, that convulse the world: accept the plea
234 Intro | have their focus in the core of Christ's proclamation:
235 1, 2 | rough-hewn trunks as of a cork-tree with the bark; before reaching
236 Secret, 4, 1 | instance in the feasts of Corpus Christi and of the Sacred
237 Secret, 4, 1 | How can they be classified correctly in relation to Scripture?
238 Secret, 3 | Union and in a number of countries of Eastern Europe, to the
239 Intro | responsible partners in creating that future. ~Tarcisio Bertone,
240 Intro | man in the drama of his creative freedom, are the two pillars
241 Secret, 4, 3 | history as the arena of human creativity and social harmony, but
242 Intro | whole Church. ~Above all creatures, may you be blessed, you,
243 Secret, 4, 1 | this faith, and shows its credibility precisely by leading me
244 Secret, 4, 1 | before us as probable and credible to piety”. The Flemish theologian
245 1, 2 | his right hand, the Angel cried out in a loud voice: ‘Penance,
246 Secret, 4, 2 | had judged the children's cries of “hosanna” inappropriate (
247 1, 1 | punish the world for its crimes, by means of war, famine,
248 Secret, 4, 3 | interpretation, on the basis of the criteria already considered. ~“To
249 Secret, 4, 2 | of Psalm 8 (v. 3) to the criticism of the High Priests and
250 Secret, 3 | bullet was later set in the crown of the statue of Our Lady
251 Intro | century was one of the most crucial in human history, with its
252 Intro | history, with its tragic and cruel events culminating in the
253 Secret, 4, 3 | inflicted unprecedented forms of cruelty. In the “mirror” of this
254 1, 2 | were two Angels each with a crystal aspersorium in his hand,
255 Intro | tragic and cruel events culminating in the assassination attempt
256 Secret, 4, 3 | the Anglo-Saxon and German cultural world—is devotion to the
257 Intro | envelope was initially in the custody of the Bishop of Leiria.
258 Secret, 4, 1 | way that it reaches into daily life. Popular religiosity
259 Intro | prediction of the immense damage that Russia would do to
260 Secret, 4, 3 | and progress, but also of danger and the most extreme menace.
261 Secret, 4, 3 | Rather, the vision speaks of dangers and how we might be saved
262 Secret, 4, 1 | process naturally produces data pertaining to the mind and
263 Intro | letter to the Holy Father, dated 12 May 1982: ~“The third
264 Intro | you, O Mother. May there dawn for everyone the time of
265 Secret, 4, 3 | that there is no need to deal with them again here. I
266 Secret, 4, 2 | mysticism. Therefore we are dealing with the middle category,
267 Intro | shall let you know what I decide”1.~In fact Pope John XXIII
268 Secret, 2 | whatever the Holy Father decides”. Sister Lucia wants to
269 Intro | Archives of the Holy Office, deciding not to publish the text. ~
270 Secret, 4 | symbolic and not easy to decipher. Is this what the Mother
271 Secret, 4, 2 | for the most part can be deciphered only in retrospect. Not
272 Secret, 4, 1 | will take what is mine and declare it to you” (Jn 16:12-14).
273 Secret, 4, 1 | will and of reason, and declares the will of God as an indication
274 Secret, 4, 1 | the faithful, through the deep understanding which comes
275 Secret, 4, 1 | new devotional forms, or deepen and spread older forms.
276 Secret, 4, 1 | which concerns me at the deepest level. The prophetic word
277 Secret, 1 | closely with the Pope in defending the true Catholic faith,
278 Secret, 4, 3 | your will be done”—the defining centre of one's whole life.
279 Secret, 4, 1 | initially needed, to a positive definition of private revelations.
280 Secret, 4, 3 | here “a mother's hand” had deflected the fateful bullet only
281 Secret, 4, 1 | realities differ not only in degree but also in essence. The
282 Intro | Substitute, Archbishop Angelo Dell'Acqua, on 27 March 1965,
283 Secret, 4, 1 | God as an indication and demand for the present time. In
284 Secret, 4, 1 | public Revelation. The latter demands faith; in it in fact God
285 Intro | From hatred and from the demeaning of the dignity of the children
286 Secret, 4, 2 | subject. ~This can be demonstrated in all the great visions
287 Secret, 4, 1 | himself, the inexhaustible depths of which appear in the way
288 Intro | como Nossa Senhora a pediu, desde o dia 25 de Março de 1984”: “
289 Intro | Our Lady”, the Holy Father desired to make more explicit during
290 1, 1, 0(6)| Excellency as well as the desires of Dr Galamba. With the
291 Secret, 4, 1 | person questioning God or desiring some vision or revelation
292 1, 1 | shrieks and groans of pain and despair, which horrified us and
293 Secret, 4, 3 | destruction, where man actually destroys the fruits of his own work.
294 1, 1 | have already described in detail the doubt which tormented
295 Secret, 4, 3 | therefore “sees God”. To be “devoted” to the Immaculate Heart
296 Secret, 2 | letters that come from Marian devotees and from pilgrims. The work
297 Intro | Senhora a pediu, desde o dia 25 de Março de 1984”: “Yes
298 Intro, 0, 0(1)| From the diary of John XXIII, 17 August
299 Secret, 4, 3 | of the cross. The martyrs die in communion with the Passion
300 Secret, 4, 1 | revelations”. The two realities differ not only in degree but also
301 Intro | from the demeaning of the dignity of the children of God,
302 Secret, 4, 2 | and is touched by deeper dimensions of reality, which become
303 Secret, 4, 3 | appears only “in a mirror dimly” (1 Cor 13:12). Let us now
304 1, 1 | until 13 July, and how it disappeared completely during the Apparition
305 Secret, 4, 3 | history are bound to be disappointed. Fatima does not satisfy
306 Secret, 4 | Father, will probably prove disappointing or surprising after all
307 Secret, 4, 1 | Spirit acts as a guide who discloses a knowledge previously unreachable
308 Secret, 4, 3 | Therefore we must totally discount fatalistic explanations
309 Secret, 4, 1 | illustrated in the farewell discourse of the Lord when, taking
310 Secret, 4, 3 | have already been so amply discussed in the relative literature
311 Intro | 1989). Hence any further discussion or request is without basis. ~
312 Secret, 4, 1 | Fatima e bilancio di una discussione, in La Civiltà Cattolica
313 Secret, 4, 1 | therefore it should not be disregarded. It is a help which is offered,
314 1, 1 | secret is made up of three distinct parts, two of which I am
315 1, 1 | fear. The demons could be distinguished by their terrifying and
316 Secret, 4 | of great difficulty and distress? Is it of any help to us
317 Secret, 4, 3 | part of the “secret”, so distressing at first, concludes with
318 Secret, 4, 2 | souls are as yet little disturbed, their interior powers of
319 1, 1, 0(7)| adds: “In Portugal, the dogma of the faith will always
320 Secret, 2 | Padre, tenho muita pena dos pecadores!” (“Poor Holy
321 1, 1 | described in detail the doubt which tormented me from
322 1, 1, 0(6)| as well as the desires of Dr Galamba. With the exception
323 Intro | co-responsibility of man in the drama of his creative freedom,
324 Intro | conversion and penance, draws us to the heart of the Gospel. ~
325 Secret, 4, 1 | of Catholic faith is not due to revelations approved
326 | each
327 Intro | full of concern for the earthly and eternal destiny of individuals
328 Secret, 2 | Sister Lucia was lucid and at ease; she was very happy that
329 Secret, 1 | Coimbra ~In the great joy of Easter, I greet you with the words
330 Secret, 3 | a number of countries of Eastern Europe, to the fall of the
331 Secret, 4 | which is symbolic and not easy to decipher. Is this what
332 Secret, 3 | Genetrix! Intercede pro Ecclesia. Intercede pro Papa nostro
333 Intro | envelopes to Archbishop Eduardo Martínez Somalo, Substitute
334 Intro | and whose immeasurable effects already weigh down upon
335 | either
336 Secret, 4, 2 | of the High Priests and elders, who had judged the children'
337 Secret, 4, 1 | private revelation has three elements: the message contains nothing
338 | else
339 1, 1 | like transparent burning embers, all blackened or burnished
340 Intro | consecration lasts for all time and embraces all individuals, peoples
341 Intro | the Christian faith and embracing Communist totalitarianism. ~
342 Secret, 4, 3 | considered. ~“To save souls” has emerged as the key word of the first
343 Intro | Bertone, SDB~Archbishop Emeritus of Vercelli~Secretary of
344 Secret, 4, 1 | theologian E. Dhanis, an eminent scholar in this field, states
345 Secret, 4, 1 | revelation will not offer new emphases or give rise to new devotional
346 Secret, 3 | guided the bullet's path”, enabling “the Pope in his throes”
347 Secret, 2 | longing. The conversation ends with an exchange of rosaries.
348 Secret, 3 | describes the immense suffering endured by the witnesses of the
349 Secret, 3 | which is given here in English translation: ~Brothers
350 | enough
351 Secret, 4, 1 | the liturgy, it in turn enriches the faith by involving the
352 Intro | the Bishop of Leiria. To ensure better protection for the “
353 1, 1 | translation6)~... This will entail my speaking about the secret,
354 Secret, 4, 1 | by not fixing his eyes entirely upon Christ and by living
355 Intro | of the modern world. ~In entrusting to you, O Mother, the world,
356 Secret, 4, 1 | the mystery of Christ as enunciated in the New Testament. To
357 Intro | anniversary of the Council of Ephesus. Since the Pope was unable
358 Secret, 4, 1 | in the succession of the episcopate, have received the sure
359 1, 1 | fire, without weight or equilibrium, and amid shrieks and groans
360 Secret, 4, 2 | the force of a presence, equivalent for that person to an external
361 Secret, 4, 1 | of private revelations is essentially different from that of the
362 1, 1 | I confined myself to the essentials, leaving it to God to provide
363 Intro | what Our Lady wished (“Sim, està feita, tal como Nossa Senhora
364 1, 1 | save them, God wishes to establish in the world devotion to
365 Intro | concern for the earthly and eternal destiny of individuals and
366 Secret, 4, 3 | life has itself become a Eucharist, part of the mystery of
367 Secret, 3 | of countries of Eastern Europe, to the fall of the Communist
368 Secret, 4, 2 | visions, especially since not everybody present saw them, but only
369 Secret, 4, 3 | fixed future. Its meaning is exactly the opposite: it is meant
370 Secret, 4, 3 | lead to this. ~Let us now examine more closely the single
371 1, 1, 0(6)| of Dr Galamba. With the exception of that part of the Secret
372 Secret, 2 | conversation ends with an exchange of rosaries. Sister Lucia
373 Secret, 4, 3 | past. Those who expected exciting apocalyptic revelations
374 Secret, 4, 1 | forms of it. Nor does this exclude that they will have an effect
375 Secret, 4, 3 | belong to the past. Those who expected exciting apocalyptic revelations
376 Secret, 4, 3 | corresponded to what she had experienced and that on her part she
377 Secret, 4, 2 | visible to him. Perhaps this explains why children tend to be
378 Secret, 4, 3 | totally discount fatalistic explanations of the “secret”, such as,
379 Secret, 4, 3 | told why they have been exposed to this moment: “in order
380 Secret, 2 | thoughts and reflections which express Sister Lucia's feelings
381 Secret, 4, 2 | translation is even more extensive than in exterior vision,
382 Secret, 4, 2 | person is led beyond pure exteriority and is touched by deeper
383 Secret, 4, 3 | also of danger and the most extreme menace. On the mountain
384 Secret, 4, 1 | offending him, by not fixing his eyes entirely upon Christ and
385 Secret, 4, 1 | Gregory the Great,Homilia in Ezechielem I, 7, 8). The Second Vatican
386 1, 1 | great clouds of smoke, now falling back on every side like
387 Intro, 0, 0(4)| On the Jubilee Day for Families, the Pope entrusted individuals
388 Secret, 4, 3 | which has become justly famous: “my Immaculate Heart will
389 Secret, 4, 2 | reflections we have sought so far to identify the theological
390 Secret, 4, 1 | well illustrated in the farewell discourse of the Lord when,
391 Secret, 4, 1 | test everything, holding fast to what is good” (5:19-21).
392 Secret, 4, 3 | we must totally discount fatalistic explanations of the “secret”,
393 Secret, 4, 3 | hand” had deflected the fateful bullet only shows once more
394 1, 1 | to provide another more favourable opportunity. ~In my second
395 Secret, 4, 1 | see for instance in the feasts of Corpus Christi and of
396 Secret, 4, 1 | of the Church as a whole, fed directly by the Gospel.
397 Secret, 2 | which express Sister Lucia's feelings and her clear and unaffected
398 Intro | Lady wished (“Sim, està feita, tal como Nossa Senhora
399 Secret, 2 | the visit. Sister Lucia felt honoured by this and reread
400 Secret, 1 | directly to me. ~I pray fervently to the Mother of the Risen
401 | few
402 Secret, 4, 3 | wars which filled the last fifty years and have inflicted
403 Secret, 4, 2 | children. For this reason, the figurative language of the visions
404 Intro | abandon oneself to him with filial devotion. This too is the
405 Secret, 4, 2 | images and thoughts which fill the soul. The person is
406 Secret, 4, 3 | the many local wars which filled the last fifty years and
407 Secret, 4, 2 | comes to us through the filter of our senses, which carry
408 Secret, 4, 1 | Testament. To explain the finality and completeness of Revelation,
409 Secret, 2 | Immediately, touching it with her fingers, she said: “This is my letter”,
410 1, 2 | a group of soldiers who fired bullets and arrows at him,
411 Secret, 4, 1 | of offending him, by not fixing his eyes entirely upon Christ
412 1, 2 | sword in his left hand; flashing, it gave out flames that
413 Secret, 4, 1 | credible to piety”. The Flemish theologian E. Dhanis, an
414 1, 1 | blackened or burnished bronze, floating about in the conflagration,
415 Secret, 4, 2 | coincides with what is the focal point of Christian “prophecy”
416 Intro | must therefore have their focus in the core of Christ's
417 Secret, 4, 3 | interpretation correct. In what follows, therefore, we can only
418 Secret, 4, 1 | would be guilty not only of foolish behaviour but also of offending
419 1, 2 | mountain, on his knees at the foot of the big Cross he was
420 Intro | Pope then continued more forcefully and with more specific references,
421 Secret, 4, 1 | the future. A person who foretells what is going to happen
422 Secret, 4, 3 | with his inventions, has forged the flaming sword. The vision
423 1, 1, 0(6)| though I suppose I may forget just a few small details
424 Secret, 3 | in need of conversion and forgiveness” (Pope John Paul II, Message
425 Intro | at Fatima, recalls these forgotten values. She reminds us that
426 Secret, 4, 2 | an essential way in the formation of the image of what appears.
427 Secret, 4, 3 | last word. From that time forth, the word that prevails
428 Secret, 4, 3 | attempt to provide a deeper foundation for this interpretation,
429 Intro | documentation presented here four other texts have been added
430 Intro | On 18 July 1981 Cardinal Franjo Šeper, Prefect of the Congregation,
431 Secret, 2 | to answer all questions frankly. ~At this point, Archbishop
432 Secret, 4, 3 | not therefore have acted freely, or other similar ideas
433 Intro | refer especially to the frightening vision of hell, devotion
434 1, 1 | and repulsive likeness to frightful and unknown animals, all
435 1, 2 | mirror when they pass in front of it' a Bishop dressed
436 Secret, 4, 3 | in dying yields abundant fruit. The blood of the martyrs
437 Secret, 4, 3 | death of the witnesses is fruitful for the future life of the
438 Secret, 4, 3 | man actually destroys the fruits of his own work. The city
439 1, 1, 0(6)| then my new task, and thus fulfil the commands received from
440 Intro | we see that it has been fulfilled, Russia has invaded the
441 Intro | of the Lord, who in the fullest way obeyed the divine call! ~
442 Secret, 4, 1 | religiosity is the first and fundamental mode of “inculturation”
443 | further
444 1, 1, 0(6)| well as the desires of Dr Galamba. With the exception of that
445 Secret, 4, 3 | arms of the cross angels gather up the blood of the martyrs,
446 1, 2 | his hand, in which they gathered up the blood of the Martyrs
447 Secret, 2 | Mensagem de Fatima, and it gathers together in the style of
448 Secret, 3 | praesidium confugimus, Sancta Dei Genetrix! Intercede pro Ecclesia.
449 Secret, 4, 1 | Such a message can be a genuine help in understanding the
450 Secret, 4, 3 | from the Anglo-Saxon and German cultural world—is devotion
451 Secret, 3 | pilgrimage to be a renewed gesture of gratitude to Our Lady
452 Secret, 4, 1 | own authority... He will glorify me, for he will take what
453 Secret, 1 | brother, the Lord of life and glory. ~With my special Apostolic
454 1, 1 | from Father José Bernardo Gonçalves, and in it he advises me
455 Secret, 4, 3 | part of the mystery of the grain of wheat which in dying
456 1, 1 | period of peace will be granted to the world”.7.~
457 Secret, 4, 1 | Christian faith gradually to grasp its full significance over
458 1, 1 | instant. How can we ever be grateful enough to our kind heavenly
459 Secret, 3 | be a renewed gesture of gratitude to Our Lady for her protection
460 Secret, 4, 3 | history, characterized by the grave perils outlined in the images
461 Secret, 1 | the great joy of Easter, I greet you with the words the Risen
462 Secret, 1 | be time only for a brief greeting and not a conversation,
463 1, 1 | equilibrium, and amid shrieks and groans of pain and despair, which
464 1, 2 | Cross he was killed by a group of soldiers who fired bullets
465 Secret, 4, 1 | ways in which “the word grows”: through the meditation
466 Secret, 4, 1 | word of the Bible, which guarantees and interprets it. But this
467 Secret, 4, 1 | vision or revelation would be guilty not only of foolish behaviour
468 Secret, 3 | apparently dead, under a hail of gunfire. ~After the assassination
469 Secret, 4, 3 | of God, is stronger than guns and weapons of every kind.
470 Secret, 4, 2 | objects” do not belong to our habitual sensory world. This is why
471 Secret, 3 | the Pope in his throes” to halt “at the threshold of death” (
472 1, 2 | and half trembling with halting step, afflicted with pain
473 Secret, 1 | you know, has kept your hand-written letter containing the third
474 Secret, 2 | contemplating it in own her hands. She said that she was prepared
475 Secret, 4, 1 | foretells what is going to happen responds to the curiosity
476 Intro, 0, 0(2)| 14 October 1981 on “What happened in May: A Great Divine Trial”
477 Secret, 4, 3 | human creativity and social harmony, but at the same time a
478 1, 2 | corpses he met on his way; having reached the top of the mountain,
479 Secret, 4, 3 | of blood and tears to the healing power of God. Beneath the
480 1, 1 | grateful enough to our kind heavenly Mother, who had already
481 Intro | etc.'. ~Since we did not heed this appeal of the Message,
482 Secret, 2 | containing the second, which held the third part of the “secret”
483 Secret, 4, 3 | remember that Paul did not hesitate to say to his communities: “
484 Intro | August 1959. “After some hesitation”, His Holiness said: “We
485 Secret, 4, 2 | vision has to have a specific historical sense. It is the vision
486 Secret, 4, 1 | prophesying, but test everything, holding fast to what is good” (5:
487 Secret, 4, 1 | No. 94; Gregory the Great,Homilia in Ezechielem I, 7, 8).
488 Secret, 2 | visit. Sister Lucia felt honoured by this and reread the letter
489 Secret, 4, 2 | themselves transcend our horizon. The subject, the visionary,
490 1, 1 | pain and despair, which horrified us and made us tremble with
491 Secret, 4, 3 | suffering because of all the horrors around him. Not only do
492 Secret, 4, 2 | the children's cries of “hosanna” inappropriate (cf. Mt 21:
493 Secret, 4, 2 | example with a tree or a house. This is perfectly obvious,
494 Secret, 4, 3 | around him. Not only do the houses of the city lie half in
495 1, 1 | every side like sparks in a huge fire, without weight or
496 Secret, 4, 3 | freely, or other similar ideas in circulation. Rather,
497 Secret, 4, 2 | we have sought so far to identify the theological status of
498 1, 1 | XI. When you see a night illumined by an unknown light, know
499 Secret, 4, 1 | understanding it is very well illustrated in the farewell discourse
500 Secret, 4, 2 | expression of the subjective imagination. It means rather that the
501 Secret, 4, 2 | vision (visio sensibilis - imaginativa - intellectualis). It is
502 Intro | In 1917 no one could have imagined all this: the three pastorinhos
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