OUR LADY OF FATIMA

As mentioned earlier, I am a great believer in the apparations of Our Heavenly Mother at Fatima in 1917. I think only two apparations of the Virgin Mary have been given approval by the Catholic Church. These two are Lourdes and Fatima. At Fatima Our Heavenly Mother appeared to three children. She told the children that the first world war would soon end, there would be a second world war, that Russia would turn against God and become a great power in the world but would eventually fall. In the end she said her Immaculate Heart would triumph and there would be a period of peace in the world. To bring this about she asked people to pray, especially by saying the holy Rosary and do penance.

There has been a great deal of talk about a third secret that Our Blessed Lady told the three children. Part of the third secret I believe was that prayer and penance are a much greater force than bullets and armies.

At Fatima the Virgin Mary said "I am the Lady of the Rosary."

There has for many years been three mysteries of the holy Rosary. The joyful, sorrowful and glorious mysteries. In recent years Pope John Paul II added a fourth mystery - the mysteries of light.

Following is a poem which I have called the mysteries of light.

THE MYSTERIES OF LIGHT
by
J. A. Fullerton

In the year of nineteen-seventeen
At Fatima Our Heavenly Mother was seen
She had a message for us all
We all should listen and heed her call.

I am the ‘Lady of the Rosary’ she did say
She said the most Holy Rosary we all should pray
She said prayer and penance were a much greater force
Than bullets and armies you know of course

We can bring about world peace through penance and prayer
And then no one can say God isn’t fair
And who has more of our interests at heart
Than Our Heavenly Mother who has shown us the right path

And the mysteries of light can show us the way
The light from Jesus can light up our day
So pray the Rosary often and you will find
Peace in your heart and bring peace to mankind.






In the End my immaculate heart will triumph