Sunday, September 8, 2013

Our Commitment is Needed Now!


In a special letter to the Bishop of Fatima, issued on October 1, 1997, Pope John Paul II said: "On the threshold of the third millennium, as we observe the signs of the times of this 20th century, Fatima is certainly one of the greatest."

The Holy Father then points out that in this great sign we are presented with an alternative: WAR or PEACE.

He says one of the main reasons Fatima is one of the greatest signs of these times is "because its message announces many of the latter events and conditions them on the response to its appeals."

We will not have the promise without the response. And Our Lady seems to be traveling the world to evoke our response.

Indeed, the visit of the Pilgrim Virgin Statue to you brings a special RESPONSIBILITY. As the Holy Father has said, the triumph depends on OUR response. And if we have had Our Lady's visit do we not have a special obligation to respond?

After some 25 million persons around the world responded by making the basic pledge -- Daily Rosary & Five First Saturdays ... we had the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Also, in that October 1997 letter, the Pope said that she is anxious "to save mankind from self-destruction." 

And, he also said that, "in Our Lady of Fatima, God is now giving a refuge to the world: the refuge of her Immaculate Heart."

(SOURCE: Our Lady of Fatima: Our Mother Comes to Us)

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