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Today marks the 93 anniversary of the first visit to Lucia Santos and Jacinta and Francisco Marto. The story of the Fatima children has always been one of my favorites. I had a book on Blessed Francisco and Jacinto, and I read over and over again about how the Blessed Virgin had appeared to three children nearly my age, how they had courageously refused to reveal Mary’s secrets even when the authorities had taken advantage of their young age and gullibility and threatened them with death in a pot of boiling oil. And finally, the conclusion of the apparitions with the amazing miracle of the dancing sun.
Our Lady of Fatima, Lady of the Rosary: pray for us!
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