Saturday, May 13, 2017

THE WORD AND THE FEAST

OUR LADY OF FATIMA 

13th MAY, 2017: 100 YEARS OF FATIMA
Acts 13:44-52; Jn 14: 7-14

On 13th of May 1917, Mother Mary appeared to the three children - Jacinta, Francis and Lucia and continued to do so, for 6 consecutive months on the same 13th day of the month. On 13th May 1881 John Paul II was miraculously protected from an attempt on his life. On May 13th 2000, John Paul II beatified Jacinta(she was 9 when she died)  and Francis(he was 10 when he died) ... they are going to be canonized today. Lucia died as a cloistered nun on 13th February, 2005. All miraculous events...and today is 100 years since this phenomenon ever began.

Many ask a question, is it not too much to claim that Mary keeps doing such powerful things? Is it not a mere clamorous attribution of the catholic church? The Gospel of the day (though it is not the proper of the feast) gives us a special insight into this question. 'I tell you solemnly, whoever believes in me  will perform the same works as I do myself, he (or she) will perform even greater works'... can we think of a person who believed more than our Blessed Mother? 

She is the most favoured daughter of God and the specially chosen Mother of God. What a beautiful mystery she embodies! Let us pay heed to her message: repent, pray, consecrate yourself to God...be prepared for the worst things in the world but be assured you belong to God.
O Queen of Holy Rosary, our Blessed Mother of Fatima, pray for us. 

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