Our Lady of Fatima and Pope John Paul II

OUR LADY OF FATIMA AND HIS HOLINESS POPE JOHN PAUL II
Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007

There are significant anecdotes to the messages of Our Lady of Fatima. Pope John Paul II credited the intercession of the Blessed Mother for allowing him to survive the assassination attack on May 13th, l981. He brought the bullet to the shrine of Fatima in Portugal and left it there in the crown of Mary’s statue. Later he said, “Let us remember everything Mary has done for each one of us and for all of us by becoming the Mother of Christ.”

The pope’s whole life is interwoven with Mary the Mother of Jesus Christ. This ‘perfect devotion’ is indispensable to anyone who means to give himself without reserve to Jesus Christ and to the work of redemption. “It is from Montfort that I have taken my motto: ‘Totus tuus’ (‘ I am all thine’). It would be wise to ponder Mary’s influence in the success of this pope.
Prior to the apparitions beginning May 13, 1917, there were three apparitions of the Angel of Peace in 1916. Here is sister Lucia’s account of the apparitions. 1) We imitated him, led by a supernatural inspiration, and repeated the words we heard him say: ‘My God, I believe, I adore, I hope, and I love Thee. I beg Thee forgiveness for those who do not believe, do not adore, do not hope, and do not love Thee.’ 2) ‘Offer God a sacrifice of anything you can as an act of reparation for the sins with which He is offended and as a supplication for the conversion of sinners. Draw peace upon your country by doing this. I am its guardian angel – the Angel of Portugal. Above all, accept and endure with submission whatever suffering the Lord sends you.’ 3) “Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, I adore Thee the most precious Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all the tabernacles of the earth, in reparation for the insults, sacrileges, and indifference with which He is offended. And through the infinite merits of His Most Sacred Heart and of the Immaculate Heart of May, I beg Thee for the conversion of Poor sinners.’ Excerpts- “Our Lady of Fatima” Prophecies of Tragedy or Hope? by A.A. Borelli

Of the six apparitions, there is not one in which the sins of humanity are not mentioned…. In her first apparition Our Lady asked the shepherds to accept the laborious mission of expiating for sinners and foretold that they would have much to suffer. In the second apparition, she urged them to pray and sacrifice in order to lessen the number of souls who were being lost…. In the third apparition, she showed them hell and the indescribable torments suffered by those cast there by the justice of God…. Many souls are lost because there is no one to make reparation for them. In the fifth apparition, Our Lady reiterated that men need to convert from their sins and cease tempting the justice of God to avert the chastisement. Sixthly, the surest remedies for this terrible religious and moral crisis are prayer and reparation.

Several of Jacinta’s last words were as follows: “Wars are nothing but punishment for the sins of the world. Pray much for priests! Pray much for religious! Sins that lead more souls to hell are sins of the flesh. Have charity even for those who are bad. Speak ill of no one and flee from those who do so. Be very patient, for patience leads us to heaven. Mortification and sacrifice greatly please our Lord. Confession is a sacrament of mercy. Therefore, one must approach the confessional with confidence and joy. Without confession there is no salvation.”

Our Lady of Fatima has been an inspiration, guide and protector of this pontiff. He has been seen by more people than anyone else in the world. He has issued more than 13 encyclicals, written countless letters, and made thousand of speeches all over the world. He has created 447 saints, compared to the 302 created in the five hundred years before he assumed the chair of St. Peter. He is the role model for each one of us, our shepherd Pope John Paul the Great.

“Pray the Rosary Daily” Our Lady of Fatima
Fraternally, George H. Kubeck, (March 8, 2003) Duplicate and or translate into Spanish.