2017- April On Mary, Mother of Jesus
:
1946 – 13th May : The Papal Legate, Cardinal Masella,
crowned Our Lady of Fatima “Queen of the World”, on
the 30th Anniversary of the consecration of the nation of Portugal
to Mary Immaculate.
2017-04-08 -An article for 'The Southern Cross' :
Author: Maria Victoria Pereira (M.A.
in Religious Studies) email:victoria28@telkomsa.net
cell: 072 1174 193
The MIRACLE OF THE SUN
What
happened in 1917 at Fatima in Portugal?
What happened?... Now in 2017, on the 13th of
October, it will be 100 years since a ‘scientifically
inexplicable ' phenomena took place – one that was seen by more than 70,000 people.
This incredible event happened in the same year that Marxism took over
Russia. Scientists declared it to be an ‘unexplained solar phenomena’. In
recent years scientists tested the terrain at Fatima where the phenomena took
place. They found radiation at the site and interestingly, this radiation is
not harmful to human beings.
So, what really did happen?
Well… Let’s imagine!...
13th of October 1917… you are on a valley… thousands of people
all around you… all wearing rain coats and umbrellas. It is raining. (It had been pouring with rain
for two days all over Portugal.) The terrain is sopping wet. But, despite the
conditions, people came to see the promised miracle, a miracle promised (by the
Virgin Mary, or Lady of Light) to three little shepherds who were being persecuted
for saying that they had visions of the Mother of Jesus requesting prayer and
penance and the praying of the rosary as a means not only of saving souls but
of bringing peace into the world. The
visionaries had asked the Lady for a miracle, so that people would believe…
So… back to our imagined scenario of the 13th of October 1917:-
You are standing, in the Serra de Aire, in Fatima, surrounded by thousands of
people, all with their umbrellas and raincoats. The continuous rain has left
the ground soaking wet, and shows no sign of letting up. It is near twelve
o’clock.
Suddenly one of three visionaries, says:
- ‘Look at the sun!’
Looking into the clouds you see
the sun bursting forth and spiraling towards the earth, the colors of the
rainbow swirling everywhere. People cry, thinking that they are all going to
die, they cry, they kneel, they pray… After about 15 minutes the sun stops spiraling
and slowly fades. Everything is back to normal!
Well, not really… for everything
was now dry! Inexplicably, bone dry.
Scientifically, it is regarded that the amount of heat needed for this
to happen in such short space of time, would have incinerated everyone present!
People, more than 80 kms away, saw the swirling of the colours of the rainbow.
These were people who did not even know or remember that a ‘miracle’ had been
promised to the children – the miracle the children had requested ‘so that
people would believe what that ‘Lady made of Light’ was telling them. She had
indicated to the children that people don’t believe because of miracles, however
had agreed she would comply with their request.
And the indisputable and momentous truth is that now, 100 years later,
the message of Fatima is still causing vibrations and heated discussions. Some
two years ago, there was a conference in Canada, on this very topic. It
included 28 speakers, some lawyers and journalists, and many of them not even
Catholic.
According to the American
historian W.T.Walsh, who went to Portugal to do
research on the subject, we must give attention to the request made by
that 'Lady with a peace plan from heaven'. Her message includes prophecies of future
disasters and wars ' if people don't repent and pray, especially praying the Rosary’- which includes meditations
on the life of Christ.
What
are we seeing today? How many wars? Tsunamis, droughts…?
How do we know that the peace of our future, and that of our children,
that the peace in the world, does not
depend on something brought to our attention at this incredible event. Is it
possible our future peace is dependent on the humble acceptance by a
sufficient number of people of
this other Pathway for Peace – a message delivered to three children in Fatima, by
that ' Lady made of Light ', the so-called 'Mother of the World’?
Should we, because
of our different religious views, close our eyes and like the ostrich, bury our
heads on the sand and ignore what happened? Or, must we acknowledge it and
think, use our intelligence to ponder and strengthen our faith?
What was that? Seen
by 70.000 people! The, then director, of the Lisbon newspaper, was an atheist
who had gone to Fatima ‘to laugh at the innocence of the people.’ It amused him
that people believed in three children claiming to be receiving apparitions
from Mary, mother of Jesus, with a special request for prayers and penance for Peace
in the world. This cynic, after watching
what happened, wrote in his newspaper:
- ‘If
God does not exist, I don’t know what that was!’
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