It was a mere 93 years ago today. Seventy thousand people, thereabouts, gathered on a muddy hill in Portugal, there to await a "miracle" purported to take place at this last appearance of the Virgin Mary to three peasant children. How preposterous! How ridiculous! How incredibly ignorant one must be to believe in such a thing!
Believers were there, as well as unbelievers, agnostics, and true atheists, too. When it was all over, there were thousands who converted to the Catholic faith.
Our Lady has asked us to pray the rosary. It is such a little thing to do, yet why is it such a difficult thing to do, to find a few minutes in our day, to pray?
Mary never lets us down. I know this for a fact, for she has never, ever let me down. She will weave wonders, true miracles, in your life, if you let her in. She will take you to her Son, and on the way, the journey will be sweet. It will be a journey unlike any you can possibly imagine.
Then you will understand. That not to believe is the most preposterous, most ridiculous, most ignorant thing we can do, in this our life on earth!
Oh most holy virgin Mary,
Queen of the most holy Rosary,
You were pleased to appear to the children of Fatima
and reveal that glorious message.
We implore you, inspire in our hearts a fervent
love for the recitation of the Rosary.
By meditating on the mysteries of the redemption
that are recalled, may we obtain the graces and virtues
that we ask, through the merits of Jesus Christ,
our Lord and Redeemer. Amen.
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