OUR LADY OF FATIMA’S APPEAL
Devotion to the Immaculate Heart
Daily Rosary Prayer
Consecration of Russia
The Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, appeared 6 times to 3 sheperd children; Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta; between May 13 and October 13, 1917. She came to the little village of Fatima which had remained faithful to the Catholic Church during the recent persecutions by the government.
Our Lady came with a message from God to every man, woman, and child of our century. Our Lady of Fatima promised that the whole world would be in peace, and that many souls would go to Heaven if Her requests were listened to and obeyed. She told us that war is a punishment for sin; that God would punish the world for its sins in our time by means of war, hunger, persecution of the Church and persecution of the Holy Father, the Pope, unless we listened to and obeyed the command of God. At Fatima, Pope John Paul II said on May 13: «The message of Fatima is more relevant and more urgent» then when Our Lady first appeared. The message is an anguished appeal of our Heavenly Mother, Who sees us in great danger and Who comes to offer Her help and advice. Her message is also a prophesy, a clear indication of what was about to transpire in the 20th century, and what is still going to happen infallibly in the near future, depending on our response to Her requests.
The entire message of Fatima is entwined with Russia, so that one of the Bishops of Fatima once proclaimed that «The message of Fatima applies to Russia. Fatima and Russia are one». Given this, the spreading of the message of Fatima among the Russians themselves seems to be a crucial point in order to fulfill the Our Lady’s request.
