Count on the Fatima seers to help your families
by Barb Ernster – Everybody has some sort of issue in his or her family. Parents never stop worrying about their kids for issues big and small. We all have family members and friends that we are praying back to Christ. The Fatima seers will not disappoint in their heavenly help. All three of the […]
Patriotism means adopting an attitude of selflessness
by David M. Carollo – As we approach the Independence Day holiday, the thoughts of patriotism come to mind. In this time when the very founding of this nation is regularly attacked, it would serve us well to understand the foundations of patriotism. Without this, it is impossible to understand the motivation of those who […]
Fatima emphasizes union of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
by Donal Anthony Foley – June is the month traditionally dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and today, June 11, is the feast or Solemnity of the Sacred Heart. The feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary takes place tomorrow, June 12. It is fitting that the two feasts are so closely linked in […]
The Eucharist defines pro-life movement
by Father Frank Pavone, National Director, Priests for Life Christians are used to looking beyond appearances. The baby in the manger does not look like God; nor for that matter does the man on the cross. Yet by faith we know He is no mere man. The Bible does not have a particular glow setting […]
Reparation, Adoration and Divine Justice
by Deacon Robert Ellis – As the first Saturday of June approaches, I am experiencing a much greater sense of urgency than I have in the past. The Solemnity of Corpus Christi immediately follows it. Two days later, on the 11th, we have the Memorial of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. June 13 will mark […]
Fortitude and our daily duty
by Catherine Moran, TOF, Ph.D. At Fatima, Our Lady asked that we offer up our daily duty as the penance required of us. This sounds easy, but in reality, it is very difficult to do without the gift of the virtue of fortitude, one of the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit. Fortitude is a […]
Peace and the Fatima Message
by David M. Carollo “If my requests are heeded, Russia will be converted and there will be peace; if not, she will spread her errors throughout the world, causing wars and persecutions against the Church. The good will be martyred, the Holy Father will have much to suffer, various nations will be annihilated.” All who […]
The Eucharist is central to the Fatima apparitions
by Father James L. P. Miara – His Excellency Joao Pereira Venancio, who was bishop of the Diocese of Leiria-Fatima from 1958 – 1968, when asked to summarize the message of Fatima, said: “Fatima is reparation, reparation, reparation and especially Eucharistic reparation.” Fatima is very Eucharistic. This is evident when one visits the sanctuary in […]
Be still and know the Lord wants to heal us
By Michaelyn Hein – A couple years ago, my daughter fell down our basement steps and gashed her eyebrow. “It needs stitches,” my husband told me over the phone. “Meet me at the hospital.” An hour later, I found myself doing the job a mother detests. I helped a nurse hold my screaming 4-year-old down […]
The Pilgrim Virgin Icon of Fatima – a sign of unity for East and West Church
by Mark Moran – The importance of Fatima to both the West and the East can never be underemphasized. Yet, within many circles in the East, there is a perception that Fatima and the Rosary is a Western-only apparition, with no bearing on the Universal Church. In fact, some Eastern Catholics see the Rosary itself […]
