“Consider that thou art always beheld from Heaven by God, and that thine actions are everywhere seen by the eye of the Divine Majesty, and are every hour reported to Him by His angels.” (Chapter 7, Rule of St. Benedict) With the close of the Octave of Pentecost, we now enter the long stretch of [...]
A decree recognizing the heroic virtues of Sister Lucia dos Santos and declaring her Venerable was promulgated on Thursday, June 22 with the approval of Pope Francis. The decree advances Lucia’s cause for eventual canonization. Sister Lucia (†2005) was the oldest of three shepherd children who witnessed the six monthly apparitions of the Blessed Virgin [...]
An interesting question (or perhaps better, a perennial point of confusion) which routinely surfaces among devotees of Our Lady of Fatima regards the Decade Prayer which Our Lady taught to the children in Her third apparition. Immediately after communicating to them by word and vision the Great Secret on July 13, 1917, She said: “Do [...]
Editor’s Note: This excerpt is taken from Frère Michel de la Sainte Trinité, The Whole Truth about Fatima, Vol. I, pp. 207-211. We invite you to also read a complementary article, “Who Are the Souls Most in Need?” by James Hanisch. What souls does it have to do with? The souls of sinners? Or the [...]
“Let your modesty be known to all men” (Phil 4:5). Editor’s Note: On this topic, The Fatima Center exhorts you to download, read, and distribute the booklet Our Lady of Fatima Stressed Modesty in Dress, published in 2004 by Father Nicholas Gruner. Modesty: A Gift of the Holy Ghost The Catholic Church has always taught [...]
The Fatima Center wishes you a blessed and grace-filled feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus! “Behold this Heart! which has so loved men as to spare Itself nothing, even to exhausting and consuming Itself, to testify to them Its love, and in return I receive nothing but ingratitude from the greater part of [...]
The Divine Office[1] readings for Matins on the Feast of the Sacred Heart are related to the history of, and progressive increase in, devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. “Often enough in times past the Fathers, Doctors and Saints paid tribute to our Redeemer’s love, declaring that the wound opened in His side [...]
“Look at this Heart which has loved men so much, and yet men do not want to love Me in return. Through you My divine Heart wishes to spread Its love everywhere on earth.” (Words of Our Lord Jesus Christ to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque) The History of the Feast of the Sacred Heart and [...]
Today, on the Feast of St. Anthony, we also commemorate the 94th Anniversary of the “Apparition at Tuy,” which in many ways can be considered the climactic revelation and summary of the Message of Fatima. (You can read the details of this apparition HERE.) Fr. Karl Stehlin also presents a compelling case that Our Lady’s [...]
Continuation from yesterday’s article in honor of the feast of Corpus Christi. The Catholic Faith can be attacked by actions done in either an obvious or a subtle manner. We uphold the Faith by upholding the pious practices of the Church that support our adherence to the Faith. By introducing novel practices into the Universal [...]
The Fatima Center wishes you a blessed and grace-filled feast of Corpus Christi! “For My flesh is meat indeed: and My blood is drink indeed. He that eateth My flesh, and drinketh My blood, abideth in Me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent Me, and I live by the Father; so [...]
A Recent Inquiry This two-part article is prompted by a question we recently received at The Fatima Center. The questioner accused the Catholic Church of changing God’s Ten Commandments. She stated that she corrects Catholics on this matter and gave the impression that Catholics were bewildered by her answer, in the manner of an uneducated [...]