by Blueblades 13 Replies latest jw friends
And if that wasn't enough to convince you, they also predicted the death of some future Pope in a violent massacre at the hands of groups of soldiers. This was obviously fulfilled when Pope John Paul II nearly died in an assassination attempt by a lone gunman.
*lol*
Common to visions of Mary are a theme that goes like this: "Jesus is angry, he is coming to judge. So, do X marian devotion to escape his wrath." That's just my cynicism of course.
I'll have to wait until a time when I'm feeling less impatient to go look at that Vatican webpage again. A lot of of what I did read looks like jibberish at first glance. I think I've lost the ability to read religious material any more, I just want stuff to get to the point already. I didn't even get as far as the "prediction" of WWII.
Hi Luna:
Well, in short....the Story of Fatima is what the Church calls private Revelation. This means that Catholics are not required to believe it. However, the Church teaches that private Revelation can strengthen our faith in the public Revelation of Jesus Christ.
At Fatima, three young children had visions of the Virgin Mary. The Virgin Mary shared some visions of the future with them. Evidently, the visions predicted the problems that the Church would have during World War II and also with the Communist gov'ts. The Pope interpreted the 3rd part of the last secret of Fatima to have been a prediction of the assassination attempt on his life and the last seer of Fatima (St. Lucia who died a few months ago) seems to agree with this interpretation.
So, that in a nutshell is what Fatima is all about. The Church obviously approved this private Revelation as being consistent with the teachings of the Catholic Church (public Revelation). One of the main messages of the Virgin Mary at Fatima is that Christians and mankind in general need to pray more and seek forgiveness for the sins of the World.
Jeff Schwehm
Thanks, Classicist! That was sweet of you to look that up!
It had briefly occured to me to do that but I figured it was only something we sang locally and it wouldn't stand a chance to be listed on a search!
Hmm1950, huh? Made me 9 years old and in 3rd grade. Possibly learned it a year or two later......but I was in elementary school. (Isn't this exciting folks?)
HEY! I'm not always stuck in the WTS time-warp on here, ya know!
hugs,
Annie
