Today we celebrate the 106th anniversary of the Miracle of the Sun[1] which took place at Fatima, Portugal on October 13, 1917. As most of our readers know, this is the greatest public miracle not to be recounted in Sacred Scripture. The tremendous significance of this should not be lost upon us. God has given [...]
Editor’s Note: In recounting the stirring details of the Battle of Lepanto in which Christian forces – against insurmountable odds but armed with the Rosary and genuine Catholic leadership – decisively prevailed over the fiercest enemy, this concluding part of the article demonstrates the power of Our Lady and Her Holy Rosary. (Read Part 1.) [...]
[From The Fatima Crusader, Issue 114 (Spring 2016), recounting the stirring details of the Battle of Lepanto, in which the Christian forces under Don John of Austria, by the power of Our Lady’s Rosary, decisively repelled the Muslim threat of European conquest in the 16th Century. This great victory can give us a vivid idea [...]
Many of those who have gone before us and won a place in Heaven did so with the support of either holy friends or holy family members. In reading the lives of the saints, we often find families and friendships that produced various saints. For example, the families of St. Dominic, St. Bernard, St. Benedict, [...]
Editor’s Note: The most recent issue of The Fatima Crusader, titled “Exposed: The Errors of the 2023 Synod,” contains articles from eight good and faithful priests on the eight principal errors proposed by the Synod. One of those articles, “One Religion or Many?” by Father Terry Brennan, addresses the problem of Religious Indifferentism. The modern-day [...]
By Fr. William MacGillivray From subjectivism and situation ethics, it’s an easy step to sacrilege. Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in The Fatima Crusader Issue 131, “Exposed: Errors of the 2023 Synod.” Due to space limitations in the Crusader, we were unable to include endotes. The complete article is posted here. To receive [...]
While man may certainly be in awe of the power of God to create countless galaxies while also creating no two snowflakes alike, these natural wonders[1] do not fit the exact definition of miracles as understood in the context of apologetics. Father John Hardon defines a miracle as follows: “A sensibly perceptible effect, surpassing at [...]
Ember Days in the Early 1900s The days of obligatory fasting as listed in the 1917 Code of Canon Law were the forty days of Lent (including Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday until noon); the Ember Days; and the Vigils of Pentecost, the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, All Saints, and Christmas. [...]
Editor’s Note: Many Catholics today are unfamiliar with the tradition of Ember Days. The Church developed wonderful liturgies for these days. They are important days of prayer and penance. Yet after Vatican II, they were removed from the new order liturgical calendar. It is important for the Church to recover their practice. Two articles this [...]
A Brief Reflection Today is the Feast of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary. On this great and sorrowful Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, let us listen to St. Alphonsus Liguori, Doctor of the Church (1696-1787). May his words move us to console our Blessed Mother in Her indescribable sufferings; may his [...]
St. Thomas Aquinas states in the Summa Theologica Part 2-2, Question 124, Article 3 that martyrdom[1] is necessary for salvation for some. Martyrdom is the supreme testimony of faith, a witness to truth, a participation in Christ’s Passion, a means of purification, and a source of extraordinary grace. We see this exhibited in the lives [...]
Though the three shepherd children of Fatima were not present at the Cova da Iria on August 13, 1917 when about 20,000 people gathered to await the arrival of Our Lady, there occurred – at the customary time – the same supernatural manifestations observed by a great majority of the pilgrims during previous apparitions. Thus, [...]