This May 13 commemorates the apparition of the Virgin of Fatima in front of three children in Portugal (1917).
Ang Virgin of Fatima He is one of the emblematic figures of the Catholic Church, its celebration is held on May 13 to commemorate his first appearance in Cova da Iria, Portugal, in 1917.
On that day, the Virgin appeared to Lucía and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto, who lived in the town of Aljustrel, in Fatima. Children are shepherds of their family’s flocks.
And at that first meeting the Virgin Mary told them, among other things, that he will return for the next six months every day on the 13th at the same time. And he kept it.
The apparitions of the Virgin of Fatima in 1917
In the second apparition, María tells the men that Francisco and Jacinta will die while Lucía will live to testify to the apparitions.
A crowd participated last year, in the procession of Our Lady of Fatima on the occasion of the annual pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima. Photo/EFE
At the third apparition of the Virgin, which took place on July 13, the secret was revealed to Lucia. The girl, in fear, shouted the name of the virgin, there was a loud thunder and the sight ended.
On August 13, when the fourth apparition took place, the children did not reach Cova da Iria, they were detained by the Ourém administrator. Thus, the encounter with the Virgin It happened two days later, on August 19, in a place called Valinhos.
Procession of Our Lady of Fatima. Photo/EFE
The children saw the Virgin again on September 13 in Cova da Iria. And the sixth and final appearance, took place on October 13, when the “miracle of the day” took place, where attendees saw the king star dance.
The fate of the children who saw the virgin
Francisco and Jacinta died during the so -called Spanish flu pandemic that hit in 1918. As Lucía turned her life to religion. He entered the convent of the Dorothean Sisters.
The testimony of Sister Lucia, one of the girls who saw the Virgin in 1917, was kept secret for decades. Photo/EFE
On June 13, 1929, in the convent chapel in Tuy, Spain, the maiden had another mystical experience where she saw the Holy Trinity and the Virgin Mary. And on October 13, 1930, the Bishop of Leiria declared the apparitions of Fatima as real.
Eighteen years after the apparitions, Sister Lucia wrote her testimony, which was kept secret for many years. Some texts have seen the light in the last century. They spoke of repentance, of prayer and gave dark visions of hell.
Source: Clarin