Our Lady of Fatima is one of the most consequential Marian apparitions of the twentieth century. Between May 13 and October 13, 1917, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared six times to three Portuguese shepherd children — Lúcia dos Santos (age 10) and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto (ages 9 and 7) — in the Cova da Iria field near the village of Fatima, Portugal. Mary asked the children to pray the rosary daily for peace, to do penance for the conversion of sinners, and to make reparation for offenses against the Immaculate Heart of Mary. She entrusted to them three 'secrets': the vision of hell, the prediction of World War II if humanity did not turn back to God, and a third part that referred (according to the Vatican's 2000 disclosure) to the suffering of the Church in the twentieth century and the 1981 attempt on Pope St. John Paul II's life. The final apparition on October 13, 1917 was accompanied by the 'Miracle of the Sun' — witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people, including secular journalists, who reported the sun appearing to spin and approach the earth. Francisco and Jacinta died of the Spanish flu within three years of the apparitions and were canonized by Pope Francis in 2017 (the first non-martyr children declared saints). Lúcia became a Carmelite nun and lived until 2005. The Fatima Sanctuary at Cova da Iria is now one of the most-visited Marian shrines in the world, with millions of pilgrims annually. The novena to Our Lady of Fatima is appropriate for: world peace, the conversion of sinners, family healing, protection from spiritual harm, and any deep intention entrusted to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
12 min
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9 días
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Para principiantes
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Our Lady of Fatima
Santo patrono
Pray once daily for nine consecutive days. The novena is traditionally prayed in the nine days leading up to one of the apparition anniversaries (the 13th of the month from May through October) or the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima (May 13). The structure: (1) Sign of the Cross; (2) A decade of the Rosary, meditating on one of the mysteries (the apparition months — May through October — pair naturally with the Joyful, Sorrowful, and Glorious Mysteries in turn); (3) The novena prayer; (4) Three Hail Marys in honor of the Immaculate Heart; (5) Name the intention. Many Catholics pair this novena with the First Saturdays devotion — receiving Holy Communion, going to Confession, praying the Rosary, and meditating on the Mysteries for fifteen minutes on five consecutive first Saturdays — a practice Mary asked of Lúcia at Fatima as reparation for offenses against her Immaculate Heart. The novena is especially appropriate during the months of May (Mary's month) and October (the Month of the Rosary), and on the apparition anniversary itself (May 13).
Most Holy Virgin, who has deigned to come to Fatima to reveal the treasures of grace hidden in the Rosary and in the devotion to your Immaculate Heart, I beg of you to obtain for me the favor of imitating your virtues and the special grace I now ask through your intercession (mention your intention). O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to you. Amen.
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