The Message of Our Lady of Fatima - Beeldbibliotheek

Our Lady of Sorrows will come too.” The vision then rose in a cloud of light anddisappeared.Thursday, September 13, 1917The crowd has now grown to more than 30,000. Many people see the small whitecloud descend to the children. They also saw what looked like a rain of colorfulrose petals which vanished when reaching the ground. Lucia cried out, You mustpray!” and thousands of pilgrims fell to their knees praying.Lucia asked Our Lady, "What do You want of me?”Our Lady replied, "Continue to pray the Rosary every day in order to obtain the end ofthe war. In October Our Lord will come, and Our Lady of Sorrows and of Mount Carmeland St. Joseph with the Child Jesus to bless the world. God is pleased with your sacrifices,but He does not want you to sleep with the rope on; wear it only during the day.”Lucia said, "People have begged me to ask You many things. The cure of somesick persons, of a deaf mute ...”Our Lady replied, "Some I will cure, others not. In October I shall perform a miracle sothat everyone may believe.”Lucia then rose and said, "If you wish to see Her look in that direction." Peoplecould see the small white cloud ascending into the sky.Saturday, October 13, 1917More than 70,000 people, both believers and critics, had gathered in the field interrible rainy weather. Many newspaper reporters and photographers were thereto record the miracle or prove the children were lying. The crowd was standingin the relentless, pouring rain with mud up to their ankles. Many were prayingthe Rosary. Suddenly Lucia cried out, "Put down your umbrellas, everyone!” ToJacinta and Francisco she said, "Kneel down. Our Lady is coming! I have seen theflash!” Lucia then said to Our Lady, "What do You want of me?”Our Lady replied, "I am the Lady of the Rosary, I have come to warn the faithful toamend their lives and ask for pardon for their sins. They must not offend Our Lord anymore, for He is already too grievously offended by the sins of men. People must say theRosary. Let them continue saying it everyday.”She also said, "I would like a chapel built here in My honor.” She added that "the warwill end soon” and that the soldiers would not be long in returning to their homes.As Our Lady was about to leave She pointed to the sun and Lucia cried out,"Look at the sun!” The rain had stopped and the black clouds parted and the sunbegan to whirl in the sky, scattering rays of multicolored light and lighting upthe entire countryside. The sun whirled for three minutes, stopped and, then,resumed again a second and third time lasting a total of twelve minutes. The sunspun faster each time and at the end seemed to tear itself from the sky and beganplunging to earth.