This will be the final post regarding the upcoming pilgrimage to Europe that many of our students will embark on beginning this Monday until they get back and share with us all the awesome-ness they saw.
Fatima, Portugal: If you don't yet know about Fatima do yourself a favor and learn about it - these apparitions are probably the most important of the 20th century. In 1916 the Guardian Angel of Portugal appeared to three children (Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco) three times during which he prayed with them, taught them how to pray and adored the Blessed Sacrament with them. Then in 1917, Our Lady appeared to them six times (appearing a seventh time to Lucia in 1920). During the apparitions Our Lady told the children to pray the Rosary for peace in the world and shared with them what is now known as the 'secrets of Fatima', called this because the children did not reveal them - Lucia revealed the first two secrets after 1960 at the request of the bishop and the third secret was sent to the Vatican which was not revealed until very recently. I won't go into detail here, but rather will point you to the following links which go into detail quite well:
Fatima - EWTN
Message of Fatima - Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith
Also, during one of the apparitions Our Lady told the children to pray the following after each mystery of the Rosary which you may recognize: O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, lead all souls to heaven, especially those in most need of thy mercy."
Many pilgrims accompanied the children when Our Lady appeared to them including 70,000 people at the sixth apparition at which occurred the Miracle of the Sun. You can also read about this at the above EWTN link. Jacinta and Francisco passed away not long after the apparitions occurred and Lucia passed away in February of 2005. Jacinta and Francisco have been beatified.
Eucharistic Miracle of Santarem, Portugal: In the thirteenth century a woman who was afraid her husband was cheating on her decided to go to a sorceress who said she would only work with her if she brought her a consecrated Host. This obviously being a major major sacrilege, the woman was hesitant but agreed and when she was carrying the host in her linen to take to the sorceress It began to bleed. The woman ran to her home and placed the Host in a chest in the bedroom. It continued to bleed and during the night rays of light came forth from the chest. The woman explained everything to her husband and the two adored the Host the rest of the night. The parish priest came to return the Host to the church and they did so in procession. The Host can still be adored at the church today. Learn more about this Eucharistic miracle at the following links from which the above was derived:
Pierced Hearts
Real Presence
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