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Our Lady Of Fatima
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1917 Fatima, Portugal.
The Blessed Virgin
Mary, the Mother of God, appeared six times to three shepherd children
("the Three Seers" (See Related
Articles) ) near the town of Fatima, Portugal
between May 13th and October 13th 1917. Appearing to the
children, the Blessed Virgin told them that She had been sent by God
with a message for every man, woman and child living in our century.
Coming at a time when civilization was torn assunder by war and bloody
violence, She promised that Heaven would grant peace to all the world if
Her requests for prayer, reparation and consecration were heard and
obeyed.
Our Lady of Fatima explained to the children that war is a punishment
for sin and warned that God would further castigate the world for its
disobedience to His Will by means of war, hunger and the persecution of
the Church, the Holy Father and the Catholic Faithful. God's Mother
prophesized that Russia would be God's chosen "instrument of
chastisement," spreading the "errors" of atheism and materialism across
the earth, fomenting wars, annihilating nations and persecuting the
Faithful everywhere.
"If My requests are not granted, Russia will spread its errors throughout the world, raising up wars and persecutions against the Church. The good will be martryed, the Holy Father will suffer much and various nations will be annihilated."In all Her appearances at Fatima, the Blessed Mother repeatedly emphasized the necessity of praying the Rosary daily, of wearing the Brown Scapular (See Related Articles) of Mount Carmel and of performing acts of reparation and sacrifice. To prevent the terrible chastisement at the hands of Russia and to convert "that poor nation", Our Lady requested the solemn public Consecration of Russia to Her Immaculate Heart by the Pope and all the Catholic bishops of the world. She also asked that the Faithful practice a new devotion of reparation on the first Saturday of five consecutive months ("the Five First Saturdays" (See Related Articles) )
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The heart of Our
Lady's Message to the world is contained in what has come to be called
the "Secret" which She confided to the three child seers in July 1917.
The Secret actually consists of three parts, the first two of which have
been publicly revealed. The first part of the Secret was a horrifying
vision of hell 
specifically prophesized the outbreak of World War II and contained the
Mother of God's solemn request for the Consecration of Russia