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THE

FATIMA
CRUSADER ISSUE 116 AUTUMN 2016

100th Anniversary
The Angels
Apparitions
at
Fatima

Make Reparation ... and Console Your God


Our Lady Will Protect Her Dear Ones
by Coralie Graham, Editor

I
have just returned from Our explained by Father Rodriguez
Ladys Army of Advocates in this issue.
conference in St. Louis, Father Phillipson gives us an
Missouri, and I urge you if inspiring catechetical teaching
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This year is the 100th The Fatima Crusader arms
Anniversary of the appearances Our Ladys dear ones with the
of the Angel of Fatima. Read spiritual grace and truth we need
the detailed account of his to bring about the Triumph of the
appearances and his message Immaculate Heart of Mary the
of reparation and prayer. Let us ONLY way to true world peace
follow his example for devotion and the salvation of millions of
to the Blessed Sacrament as souls. Only She can help us.

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The Angel of Fatima and
Reparation at Holy Mass
by Father Michael Rodriguez

T
his year, we are celebrating St. Michael The Guardian
the 100th anniversary of Angel of Portugal
the Apparitions of the The Angel from Heaven
Guardian Angel in 1916, at appeared three times in 1916,
Fatima, Portugal. to the three shepherd children
This is a highly significant of FatimaLucia, Francisco and
part of Gods revelation at Jacinta. He appeared for the first
Fatima, since it prepared the way time in the spring, then a second
for Our Ladys appearances the time in the summer, and a final
following year. time in the fall.
Today, one-hundred years In his First Appearance, the
later, this Message of the Angel revealed himself as the
Guardian Angel of Portugal Guardian Angel of Portugal.
assumes an added, providential Most likely, this was, in fact, St.
dimension: it helps us to Michael the Archangel. In that
understand and appreciate the First Appearance, St. Michael
urgency of doing everything that brought a message of capital
we can, as Catholics, to work for importanceto the children of
the restoration of the Traditional Fatima, to the world, and to us
Latin Mass. Catholics of the 21st century.
Therefore, in this brief What did St. Michael say? He,
article, I will review some of whose name means, Who is
the most important parts of the like God?, brought a simple
Apparitions of the Guardian message centered on God. He
Angel in 1916, and relate them taught the little shepherds to
to the necessity of being faithful pray in adoration and reparation
to, and working toward, the to Almighty God:
restoration of the Mass of the My God, I believe, I adore,
Ages. I hope and I love Thee! I ask
pardon of Thee for those

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Father Michael Rodriguez, offering the Holy Tridentine Mass at Our Lady of Good Success
Shrine in Quito, Ecuador

who do not believe, do not insignificant that this prayer of


adore, do not hope and do faith, adoration, and reparation
not love Thee. was chosen by God for our
This was the Prayer from times. This prayer addresses
Heaven, which the Angel of the the fundamental problem in
Lord brought to the shepherd our world and Church today.
children of Fatima for our times: The grave and horrific sin of
to believe in God, to adore God, our times is the rejection of
and to make reparation for so God: men and nations have
many poor souls who reject God. set aside Gods holy law, His
From this time on, continuing Commandments and the social
through to the end of their days order which God has graciously
in this valley of tears, Lucia, ordained. Thirteen years prior to
Francisco, and Jacinta remained the Apparitions of the Guardian
faithful to this prayer, often Angel, our Holy Father, Pope St.
praying it on their knees or in Pius X, wrote the following in
humble prostration. his inaugural Encyclical Letter,
E Supremi, We were terrified
I exhort you to think and beyond all else by the disastrous
reflect at length on the profound state of human society today. For
meaning of this prayer. It is not
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who can fail to see that society is the Mass is the most perfect
at the present time, more than sacrifice of adoration and praise
in any past age, suffering from a to God, wherein we are united to
terrible and deep-rooted malady Christs Sacrifice on Calvary. At
which, developing every day and Holy Mass, in, with, and through
eating into its inmost being, is Christ, we offer God our faith,
dragging it to destruction? You adoration, hope, and loveMy
understand, venerable Brethren, God I believe, I adore, I hope and I
what this disease isapostasy love Thee! It is without question
from God. Think about this . . a spiritual tragedy of epic
. the rejection of God. Consider proportions that vast numbers of
the implications. Once God is Catholics no longer understand
rejected, what is there left? There what the Holy Sacrifice of the
are millions upon millions of Mass truly is, and this is due, in
souls, including countless so- large part, to the unholy changes
called Catholics, who, even made to the Mass in the period
though they may give lip service following the Second Vatican
to belief in God, in actual fact Council.
(i.e. by the lives they lead), they The Sacrifice of the Mass is
do not demonstrate belief in the the actualization, across time
one true God, and do not adore, and space, of Our Saviors
hope, and love God. Heaven Sacrifice on Calvary, and this is
itself attested to this terrible the only sacrifice that expresses
reality at Fatima, Portugal, in true belief in God. It is the only
1916, through the content of sacrifice that offers true and
this prayer of reparation which complete adoration to God (i.e.
the Guardian Angel brought for adoration of the Father in spirit
our times. and in truth, Jn 4:23), and
The Prayer of Reparation expresses perfect hope and love
Is Connected to the for God. True belief, adoration,
Holy Sacrifice of the Mass hope, and love for God are
magnificently expressed in the
This Heaven-sent Prayer Traditional Latin Mass; however,
of Reparation is very much this is not the case regarding the
connected with the Holy Sacrifice Novus Ordo Miss (the New Mass
of the Massthe place where, of Pope Paul VI). Therefore,
and the means by which we offer we must now pray fervently
God true belief, adoration, hope, in reparation for all the lack of
and love. The Holy Sacrifice of faith, adoration, hope, and love
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that takes place in countless New Providentially, in anticipation
Masses, due to the un-Catholic of the Apparitions of the Holy
changes that were made to the Mother of God at Fatima, the
Mass and unjustly imposed on Guardian Angel of Portugal
the faithful. provided us poor sinners with a
In order to truly believe, prayer which ought and must! be
adore, hope, and love Godas used to make due and necessary
Catholicsit is of paramount reparation.
importance that we do our Pray, Pray, Pray Very Much
best to recover and restore the
Traditional Latin Mass, which is The Second Appearance of
truly theocentric, i.e. centered on St. Michael, the Guardian Angel
God. How can one truly believe, of Portugal, took place in the
adore, hope, and love God at Holy Summer of 1916. I will highlight
Mass, if ones entire being, body two brief phrases spoken by the
and soul, is not directed to, and Angel in preparation for the
focused on God? Furthermore, coming of the Queen of Heaven.
how can even sincere Catholics He told the children, Pray, pray
truly believe, adore, hope, and very much, and Offer prayers
love God at Holy Mass, if the and sacrifices constantly to the
prayers of the Rite itself have Most High.
been deformed, and as such, Once again, consider and
no longer express the perennial reflect upon the manifold
faith, adoration, hope, and love significance of these angelic
of the Roman Catholic liturgy? commands. To pray very much
It is woefully unfortunate, but and offer prayers and sacrifices
true, that the New Mass, the constantly to the Most High is
one with which most Catholics not simply something we do
are familiar, is not theocentric, ourselves. Obviously, the Angel
but rather quite the opposite, was urging the young children to
i.e. anthropocentric, centered do this, but what is of greatest
on man and the community. importance is that it is Our Lord
In sum, serious reparation must and Savior, Jesus Christ Who
be offered to Heaven for the carries this out on our behalf!
sin of attempting to radically Above all, we are called to unite
change the Holy Sacrifice of the ourselves to Him. How do we do
Mass which, by its very nature, this? Through the Mass!
only admits of organic (very At the Holy Sacrifice of the
gradual and limited) growth. Mass, Jesus Himself is the
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One Who prays for us, and left hand with the Host
offers sacrificethe sacrifice suspended above it, from
of His life!, His Precious Body which some drops of blood
and Blood!constantly to the fell into the chalice. Leaving
Most High for our well-being the Host and chalice
and salvation. The Traditional suspended in the air, the
Latin Mass helps us in many Angel lay prostrate on the
ways to understand that Jesus ground beside us and made
Himself is the principal Priest at us repeat a beautiful prayer
the altar. The Traditional Latin asking reparation to the
Mass directs and elevates our Most Blessed Trinity for all of
minds and hearts to this mystery. the sacrileges, outrages and
Once we believe this, we are indifferences by which Our
able to offer perfect prayers Lord is offended, specifically
and sacrifices constantly to in His Eucharistic Presence
the Most High by uniting our and His Precious Body and
prayers and sacrifices to those Blood.
of our Divine High Priest. This I urge all of youplease do
is what it means to participate your absolute best to remember
at Mass! this appearance well, the
Finally, let us be diligent in culminating appearance of the
fulfilling the Angels command Guardian Angel. It is a vital
to Pray, pray very much, by part of Our Ladys Message at
praying the Rosary faithfully and Fatima, and it teaches us what
devoutly every day. we must do today in order to
be truly faithful to God, Holy
The Angel of Fatima Teaches Mother Church, and, of course,
Us What To Do Today Our Lady.
In conclusion, the Third I think this appearance of
Appearance of St. Michael the the Angel presents us with one
Archangel, took place in the of the most stunning and vivid
Autumn of 1916. This was the pictures of what takes place
culmination of his appearances during the Holy Sacrifice of
to the three children of Fatima. the Mass, and highlights what
Sister Lucia describes the must be recovered for the sake of
extraordinary scene which took the restoration of the Catholic
place: religion and the conversion of the
We beheld the angel world. In this scene, the Angel,
holding a chalice in his notwithstanding his remarkable
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purity and holiness,
is nevertheless
prostrate on the
ground, adoring
the Real Presence of
his Lord, God, and
Kingthe Body,
Blood, Soul, and
Divinity of Jesus
Christ. The Angel
and the children
lie prostrate
in profound
and prolonged
adoration, praying,
adoring, praying
more, and making
reparation. The
shepherd children
of Fatima continued
this practice
faithfully, and
would spend hours
lying prostrate in
prayer, adoration, Father Nicholas Gruner, celebrating the Tridentine Mass
and reparation. My in India. He was instrumental in training many priests to
friends, this is what offer the Tridentine Mass and drew many of the laity to
should take place at love and attend this grace-filled Mass.
the Holy Sacrifice celestial spirits from the higher
of the Mass, this is the Catholic choirs of Angels assist at Mass,
Faith! reverently worshipping their
The Angel of Fatimas Lord and God in this sublime
adoration of our Eucharistic Lord mystery. It was revealed to St.
is a window into the marvelous Mechtilde that three thousand
reality of the angelic presence Angels from the Seventh Choir,
at the Holy Sacrifice of the the Thrones, are ever in devout
Mass. Fr. Martin von Cochem attendance, around every
explains it thus, Besides the tabernacle where the Blessed
Angels guardian, thousands of Sacrament is reserved. (The
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Incredible Catholic Mass, p. sacrileges, outrages and
346, 1997 TAN edition) How indifferences that are being
can anyone go to Mass and not perpetrated against Our Lord
adore the Lord and King of in the Holy Eucharist. How is
the universe (Who becomes it possible that such grave sins
truly present!) for prolonged continue to be committed at
periods? This is why there are Mass? At Mass!!! Where are
lengthy periods of silence, the noble souls who are making
adoration, and kneeling in the reparation for these outrages?
Traditional Latin Mass! This It is of utmost importance
is why we must do everything that we take this to heart: the
in our power to restore and be issue of the Mass, i.e. New Mass
faithful to the Mass of the Ages. versus Traditional Latin Mass,
Given the absolute necessity of is not a question of personal
reverence, silence, adoration, preference; it is a question
and kneeling during Holy Mass, of being faithful to what has
it is shocking to see that those in always been the Holy Sacrifice
positions of authority within the of the Mass. Moreover, it is
Church have done the opposite also a question of fidelity to the
,by protestantizing the Mass, Message of Our Lady of Fatima
placing an exaggerated focus on and this Third Appearance of the
the word, the community, Guardian Angel of Portugal, by
and external activity, and offering the due reparation to
allowing countless elements of God (for all the sins committed
the profane to contaminate that against Our Lord in the Holy
which is most sacred. Can we Eucharist), which can only be
even fathom the magnitude of made through the Traditional
reparation which must now be Latin Mass. Finally, it is a
made? question of fidelity to God and
Pray, Make Reparation, Holy Mother Church, for the
Be Faithful to God, to Our Lady, Catholic Church of the 21st
and Holy Mother Church century desperately needs to
recover these dimensions of
One of the greatest tragedies her perennial worship of God,
of the post-conciliar Church which were signaled by the
the Catholic Church in the Angel of Fatima: profound
period after the Second Vatican reverence, adoration, prayer,
Councilis that in so many and reparation. Amen. |
Masses there are widespread

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100TH Anniversary:
The Angel Appearances
at Fatima
By Frre Michel de la Sainte Trinit

T
he three great angelic manifestations of the Guardian Angel
of Fatima took place in the Spring, Summer and Fall of 1916.
The exact date is not known because, as Sister Lucy wrote:
at the time I did not know how to reckon the years, the
months, or even the days of the week.

However, by remembering the weather outside, she was able


to indicate the season when each of the three apparitions took
place. Lucy had just turned nine, Francisco was barely eight, and
Jacinta was only six years old.
I am the Angel of Peace
Lucy and her cousins, Jacinta and Francisco, had led their sheep
to the east side of the Cabeo. Here is Sister Lucys description of
the events:
Around the middle of the morning, a fine rain began to
fall, so fine that it seemed like mist. We went up the hillside,
followed by our flocks, looking for an overhanging boulder
where we could take shelter. Thus it was for the first time that
we entered this blessed hollow among the rocks. It stood in the
middle of an olive grove belonging to my godfather Anastacio.
From there, you could see the little village where I was born,
my parents home and the hamlets of Casa Velha and Eira da
Pedra.
We spent the day there among the rocks, in spite of the
fact that the rain was over and the sun was shining bright and
clear. We ate our lunch and said our Rosary. A strong wind
began to shake the trees. We looked up, startled, to see what
was happening, for the day was unusually calm. Then we saw,
coming towards us, above the olive trees a young man, about
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fourteen or fifteen years old, whiter than snow, transparent as
crystal when the sun shines through it, and of great beauty.
We were surprised, absorbed, and struck dumb with
amazement. On reaching us, he said:
Do not be afraid! I am the Angel of Peace. Pray with
me.
Kneeling on the ground, he bowed down until his forehead
reached the ground. Led by a supernatural impulse, we did the
same, and repeated the words which we heard him say:
My God, I believe, I adore, I hope and I love Thee! I ask
pardon of Thee for those who do not believe, do not
adore, do not hope and do not love Thee!
Having repeated these words three times, he rose and said:
Pray thus. The Hearts of Jesus and Mary are attentive
to the voice of your supplications.
Then he disappeared.
Is it not touching to see the Angel making the same request of
them in turn: Pray with me? What a marvelous response.
The devotion to the Holy Angels was very much alive in Portugal
at that time; thus the celestial spirits were far from being unknown
to our three shepherds. Morning and evening, they invoked their
Guardian Angel who watches over us night and day. May he always
be in our company!
What could be more in harmony with the great tradition of the
apparitions of Angels than the first words of the Angel of Fatima:
Fear not! I am the Angel of Peace. They sound just like the
words of the Gospel. In the temple of Jerusalem, in the house of
Nazareth, or in the fields of Bethlehem, as at the entrance to the
tomb of Jesus, the presence of the Angel always fills the witnesses
with astonishment, and he must first reassure them. Fear not!
he says to Zachary and the Blessed Virgin, to the shepherds on
the night of the Nativity, and to the holy women on the morning
of the Resurrection.
As for his appearance, Sister Lucy affirms that he resembled a
young man, of great beauty, around fourteen of fifteen years old,
whiter than snow and resplendent with a crystal-clear light, so

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Father Gruner explains the appearances of the Angel of Fatima at the site where he
appeared.

much so that when Canon Barthas asked, what was he like? she
summed up her response in this laconic expression: Era de luz.
(He was of light.)
Here also is a completely biblical expression. The Angel who
announced the Resurrection of Christ, relates St. Matthew, had an
appearance as of lightning, and his raiment was white as snow. (Mt.
28:3) And the same Evangelist, describing Our Lord transfigured on
Mount Tabor, says: His face shone like the sun, and His garments
became white as snow. (Mt. 17:12) God is light, and in Him is no
darkness at all. (1 Jn. 1:5), and whenever He deigns to manifest
Himself to men, by the ministry of Angels or the mediation of His
Holy Mother, He appears to us clothed in splendor, according to
the beautiful verses of the Psalm: O Lord, my God, Thou art very
great! Clothed with honor and majesty, arrayed with light as with
a cloak. (Ps. 104:2)
At Fatima, after each of the apparitions (which moreover always
took place at noon, as is also remarkable), this word Light always
comes back to the lips of the seers. To this sparkling light which
sometimes became dazzling, corresponds the intensity of the
supernatural atmosphere, the overwhelming weight of the divine
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Presence which leaves the natural faculties inhibited, almost
paralyzed. Sister Lucy writes:
The supernatural atmosphere which enveloped us was so
intense that for a long time we were scarcely aware of our own
existence, remaining in the same posture in which he had left
us, and continually repeating the same prayer. The presence
of God made itself felt so intimately and so intensely that we
did not even venture to speak to one another. The next day, we
were still immersed in this spiritual atmosphere, which only
gradually began to disappear.
It did not occur to us to speak about this Apparition, nor
did we think of recommending that it be kept secret. The very
Apparition itself imposed secrecy. It was so intimate, that it
was not possible to speak of it at all. The impression it made
upon us was all the greater perhaps, in that it was the first such
manifestation we had experienced.
Sister Lucy tells us that Francisco did not have the privilege of
hearing the words of the Angel; the others had to repeat them to
him. The same was true of all the other apparitions. However, we
can say that he was favored with the essential, the heavenly vision
and the infused graces which this imparted to their souls. For the
Angel did not come merely to speak with them, he also came to
fill them with a very elevated mystical grace, by which they felt
themselves penetrated by the Divine Presence. Lucy describes this:
This apparition of the Angel, and everything that he said
and did was so intimate, so interior, so intense. Besides being
the Messenger of God, the Angel also seems to have been for
them the one who mediated and revealed the Divine Presence.
The Presence of God is something stupendous, even crushing,
for our feeble human faculties. But this annihilation before the
Divine Presence, to use the expression of Sister Lucy, was for the
three future messengers of Our Lady, the surest school of true and
profound humility, which is, first of all, the intimate knowledge of
the infinite sanctity of God and the nothingness of the creature.
In addition to the message which the seers began to put in
practice right away, from then on, we used to spend long periods of
time, prostrate like the Angel, repeating his words, until sometimes

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we fell, exhausted. The visit of the Angel also obtained for them
intimate graces of peace and joy in God:
The peace and happiness which we felt were great, but
wholly interior, for our souls were completely immersed in
God. The physical weakness that came over us was also great.
The Second Apparition
I Am the Angel of Portugal
Lucy describes the second apparition:
The second apparition must have been at the height of
summer when the heat of the day was so intense that we had
to take the sheep home before noon and only let them out
again in the early evening. We went to spend the siesta hours
in the shade of the trees which surrounded the well that I have
already mentioned several times. Suddenly, we saw the same
Angel right beside us.
What are you doing? Pray, pray very much! The Holy
Hearts of Jesus and Mary have designs of mercy on
you. Offer prayers and sacrifices constantly to the Most
High.
Lucy asked: How are we to make sacrifices?
Make of everything you can a sacrifice, and offer it to God
as an act of reparation for the sins by which He is offended,
and in supplication for the conversion of sinners. You will
thus draw down peace upon your country. I am its Angel
Guardian, the Angel of Portugal. Above all, accept and bear
with submission the suffering which the Lord will send you.
One must read and reread these accounts of the apparitions
of the Angel to appreciate their conciseness and limpidity, as well
as the nobility in all the requests and attitudes. We do not find in
them an ounce of vulgarity, nothing incongruous, childish or banal.
Nor is there anything emphatic or artificial which would betray the
voice of a theologian. No, there are nothing but profound truths,
expressed simply, with vigor.
The words of the Angel, pronounced during each of his three
apparitions, form a whole, perfectly coherent. Later on we will look
more closely at the most important parts of the angelic catechesis.

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Let us consider here a tiny detail, which is reminiscent of the
great biblical theophanies. It is the interpellation so abrupt and
eloquent that the Angel addresses to the children while they are
playing. They are found word for word in the book of Kings, when
the Voice of God spoke to Elias at Mount Horeb: What are you
doing, Elias? (1 Kg. 19:9, 13). It was the same with the seers of
Fatima: What are you doing? Pray! Pray much!
The lesson was not in vain. In the autumn, when he came for the
last time, to distribute to them the Bread of Angels, the children
were no longer playing, but prostrate on the ground, repeating the
prayer which the Angel had taught them.
Francisco himself who could not hear his words and could
only understand them with difficulty when Lucy repeated them
was captivated by the beauty of the Angel and the intensity of the
supernatural light which accompanied it.
The Third Apparition
The Angel of the Eucharist
Sister Lucy notes the time of the third apparition of the Angel:
The third apparition must have taken place in October, or
towards the end of September, as we were no longer returning
for siesta.
On this day the three shepherds had pastured their flocks at the
Pregueira, a small olive grove which belonged to the dos Santos,
on the south side of the Cabeo.
After our lunch, we decided to go and pray in the hollow
among the rocks on the opposite side of the hill. To get
there, we went around the slope, and had to climb over
some rocks above the Pregueira. The sheep could only
scramble over these rocks with great difficulty. As soon as we
arrived there, we knelt down with our foreheads touching
the ground, and began to repeat the prayer of the Angel:
My God, I believe, I adore, I hope and I love Thee
I dont know how many times we repeated this prayer, when
an extraordinary light shone upon us. We sprang up to see
what was happening, and beheld the Angel. He was holding
a chalice in his left hand, with the Host suspended above it,

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from which some drops of Blood fell into the chalice. Leaving
the chalice suspended in the air, the Angel knelt down beside
us and made us repeat three times:
Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Ghost, I offer
Thee the most precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity
of Jesus Christ, present in all the tabernacles of the
world, in reparation for the sacrileges, outrages and
indifferences by which He Himself is offended. And
through the infinite merits of His Most Sacred Heart,
and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg of Thee the
conversion of poor sinners.
Then, rising, he took the chalice and the Host in his hands.
He gave the Sacred Host to me, and shared the Blood from the
chalice between Jacinta and Francisco, saying as he did so:
Take and drink the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ,
horribly outraged by ungrateful men! Make reparation
for their crimes and console your God.
Once again, he prostrated on the ground and repeated with
us, three times more, the same prayer: Most Holy Trinity
and then disappeared.
Moved by a supernatural force which enveloped us, we had
imitated the Angel in everything; that is, we prostrated as he
did and repeated the prayers that he said We remained a
long time in this position, repeating the same words over and
over again. It was Francisco who realized that it was getting
dark, and drew our attention to the fact, and thought we
should take our flocks back home. I felt that God was in me.
There is a very clear gradation in the apparitions of the Angel, and
the third, which was spent entirely in the miraculous Communion
given to the seers, truly marks the high point. On that day, they
had a sort of Eucharistic Theophany, during which it was given
to them to contemplate the drops of Precious Blood falling from
the Sacred Host into the chalice.
Lucy insists again, this time, on the state of physical exhaustion
in which the angelic apparition plunged them:
In the third apparition, the presence of the Angel was still
more intense. For several days, even Francisco did not dare to
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talk. He said later on: I love to see the Angel, but the trouble is
that later on, we are incapable of doing anything. I could not
even walk any more. I didnt know what was the matter!
It was a grace so sublime, and so intimate, that Francisco,
all absorbed in God, did not have a clear consciousness of the
mystical grace that he had received and felt in a confused
way. Once the first few days were over, and we had returned
to normal, Francisco asked: The Angel gave you Holy
Communion, but what was it that he gave to Jacinta and
me? It was Holy Communion, too, replied Jacinta, with
inexpressible joy. Didnt you see that it was the Blood that fell
from the Host? Francisco replied: I felt that God was within
me, but I did not know how!
From this moment on (Summer 1916), we had begun to
offer to the Lord everything that mortified us, but without
looking to impose particular penances on ourselves, except
to pass entire hours prostrated on the ground, repeating
the prayer which the Angel had taught us We remained
prostrate a long time, sometimes repeating these prayers even
to the point of exhaustion.
Afterwards, when we prostrated to say that prayer,
Francisco was the first to feel the strain of such a posture; but
he remained kneeling, or sitting, and still praying until we had
finished. Later he said: I am not able to stay like that for a long
time, like you. My back aches so much that I cant do it.
However, it was God Himself Who would send His chosen ones
the most meritorious sacrifices. In reading the Memoirs of Sister
Lucy, it becomes clear that the overwhelming trials that were to
overcome her family coincided almost exactly with the time of the
first apparitions. Little by little, the family atmosphere grew more
unhappy and this was all the more painful for the seer because,
until then, she had known unalloyed joy in the midst of her family
that she tenderly cherished, and who cherished her in return.
Sister Lucy noted:
Although I was only a child, I understood perfectly the
situation we were in. Then I remembered the Angel`s words:
Above all, accept submissively the sacrifices that the

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Lord will send you
At such times, I used to withdraw to a solitary place, so as
not to add to my mothers suffering by letting her see my own.
This place, usually, was our well. There, on my knees, leaning
over the edge of the stone slabs that covered the well, my tears
mingled with the water below and I offered my suffering to
God. Sometimes, Jacinta and Francisco would come and find
me like this, in bitter grief. As my voice was choked with sobs
and I couldnt say a word, they shared my suffering to such a
degree that they also wept copious tears.
These hard trials did not leave the seers overwhelmed; the
Angel had announced these sufferings to the children, and he had
invited them to offer their sufferings in reparation for the sins of
men, for the consolation of God, and the conversion of sinners.
By an infused grace, the words of the Angel had penetrated very
profoundly into their souls:
These words were indelibly impressed upon our minds.
They were like a light which made us understand Who God is,
how He loves us and desires to be loved, the value of sacrifice,
how pleasing it is to Him and how, on account of it, He gives
the grace of conversion to sinners. It was for this reason that
we began, from then on, to offer to the Lord all that mortified
us.
Thanks to the ministry of the Angel, who had become their
teacher and catechist, the shepherds learned to pray and offer their
sacrifices. Sanctified by the Bread of Angels, they were ready, from
then on, to welcome the Queen of Heaven and bear witness to Her
apparitions and message even to the point of heroism.
At Fatima, the words of the Angel, brief as they are, already
present themselves as a first formulation, a first synthesis of the
unique message, which constitutes for our century a condensation
of the Gospel, or, better still, by its precise and dogmatic character,
a catechism perfectly adapted to our times of apostasy. So true is
this that it sometimes appears, as we will see, quasi prophetic.
With our three shepherds, Let us become children again,
according to the Gospel, and let us be taught by the Messenger of
Heaven. |

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Celebrating an
Apocalyptic Plague
The 500th Anniversary of the Lutheran Revolt
by John Vennari

P
ope Fr a n c i s will 1530s to the present day.
participate in a ceremony In the early part of the 20th
commemorating Century, Saint Maximilium Kolbe
the 500th anniversary of warned that Ecumenism is the
the Protestant Revolt. The enemy of the Immaculata.1 The
January 25 Vatican Bollettino pre-Vatican II popes uniformly
announced: The Holy Father condemned the very ecumenism
Francis will travel to Lund, nurtured since the Council, for
Sweden, to commemorate it effectively places the one true
the 500th anniversary of the Church established by Christ
Reformation. His Holiness on the same level as counterfeit
Francis intends to participate in religions. The insanity of todays
a joint ceremony of the Catholic practice of ecumenism will be
Church and the World Lutheran illustrated by a closer look at the
Federation to commemorate Arch-heretic Martin Luther and
the 500th anniversary of the the devastation he wrought.
Reformation, scheduled to
take place in Lund, Sweden on Plague of Locusts
Monday, 31 October 2016. Chapter 9 of the Apocalypse
The Pope will lead the opens with Saint Johns
common worship service along terrifying vision:
with two Lutheran leaders: And the fifth Angel sounded
Lutheran World Federation the trumpet; and I saw a star fall
(LWF) President Bishop Dr from Heaven upon the earth,
Munib A. Younan and LWF and to him was given the key to
General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin the bottomless pit.
Junge. It will be held in Lund
cathedral, a medieval cathedral And he opened the
held by the Lutherans from the bottomless pit: and the smoke
of the pit ascended as the
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Why would todays Catholic leadership honor Martin Luther, a man
whose warped religious views led him to reject the true Church,
deny his priesthood, and teach that the Mass is an abomination
worse than the most loathsome brothel?

smoke of a great furnace; and open the pit and let loose
the sun was darkened, and the against the Church all the
air with the smoke of the pit: fury of hell. Therefore modern
And from the smoke of the interpreters almost universally
pit, there came out locusts upon see in this fallen star, Luther.2
the earth, and power was given Father Kramer references the
to them, as the scorpions of the eminent Scriptural commentator
earth have power. (Apoc. 9:1-3) Cornelius a Lapide as making
this point.3
Devout Catholic Scriptural
commentators for the past 500 The whole description of
years have seen in this vision the locusts, Father Kramer
a prediction of Luther and his explains, fits down to the last
Protestant Revolt. detail the kings and princes who
established by force the heresy of
Father Herman Bernard the 16th Century. He continues:
Kramer, in The Book of Destiny,
explains: Luther did truly
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When Luther propounded The princes of Germany
his heretical and immoral eagerly took up Lutheranism to
doctrine, the sky became as become the spiritual heads of
it were obscured by smoke. It the churches in their domains
spread very rapidly over some and to plunder the Church. Their
regions of the earth, and it assumed jurisdiction in spiritual
brought forth princes and kings matters was usurpation ... In
who were eager to despoil the Denmark, Norway and Sweden
Church of her possessions. They the Kings imposed Lutheranism
compelled the people of their upon the people by the power of
domains and in the territories the sword and by lying, deceit
robbed from the Church to and hypocrisy. They left the
accept the doctrines of Luther. altars in the churches and had
The proponents of Protestantism apostate priests use vestments
made false translations of the and external trappings of the
Bible and misled the people Catholic Church to mislead the
into their errors by apparently people. They crushed out the
proving from the Bible Catholic faith by terrorism, by
(their own translations) the making it a felony and treason to
correctness of their doctrines. remain a Catholic. Each monarch
It was all deceit, lying and made himself the spiritual head
hypocrisy. Bad and weak, lax of the church in his kingdom.
and lukewarm, indifferent and They had so-called historians
non-practicing Catholics and falsify history to arouse hatred
those who had neglected to get against the Church in the hearts
thorough instruction were thus of the people. They pretended to
misled; and these, seeing the prove the truth of Lutheranism
Catholic Church now through by false translations of the Bible
this smoke of error from the made by Luther and by others
abyss and beholding a distorted and by still falser interpretations
caricature of the true Church, of it. Those princes and kings
began both to fear and hate were the locusts appearing in the
her.4 vision of St. John. They had the
As for Luther, he did teeth of lions to terrify lukewarm
everything to instill hatred of Catholics into submission.6
the [Catholic] Church into the The Haydock Commentary
hearts of his followers.5 Father of the Douay Rheims bible
Kramer explains: contains a similar explanation
of Apocalypse 9:2:
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Luther and his followers justification, asserting that
propagated and defended their faith alone justifies man; they
new doctrines with such heat made God the author of sin,
and violence as to occasion and maintained the observance
everywhere seditions and of the commandments to be
insurrections which they seemed impossible.8
to glory in. Luther openly Msgr. Joseph Clifford
boasted of it. You complain, said Fenton, the eminent American
he, that by our gospel the world theologian, rightly observed
is become more tumultuous; I that Martin Luthers alleged
answer, God be thanked for it; Reformation of the Church
these things I would have so to consisted in an effort to have
be, and woe to me if such things people abandon the Catholic
were not.7 Faith, and relinquish their
The Commentary further membership in the one true
explains that indeed the sun was Church militant of the New
darkened since the light of faith Testament, so as to follow his
was darkened by the widespread teaching and enter into his
heresy of Protestantism. The organization.9
revered Redemptorist Father This is what the Lutheran
Michael Mller elucidates how revolt was, the tearing away
these Protestant reforms of millions of souls from the
snuffed out the light of true one true Church of Christ,
Faith: and probable consignment of
... they dissected the Catholic millions to eternal hellfire. The
faith till they reduced it to a Protestant revolt is nothing to
mere skeleton; they lopped off celebrate!
the reality of the body and blood In the present ecumenical
of Christ in the Holy Eucharist, climate, the above-mentioned
the divine Christian sacrifice facts receive little press,
offered in the Mass, confession since ecumenical Catholics
of sins, most of the sacraments, regard these truths as an
penitential exercises, several of embarrassment. Much of what
the canonical books of Scripture, saints, theologians and the
the invocations of saints, Church herself taught regarding
celibacy, most of the General the errors and dangers of
Councils of the Church, and Protestantism are either not
all present Church authority; mentioned, or explained away as
they perverted the nature of
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Candlelight Rosary Procession
in Honor of Our Lady
Our Ladys Army
of Advocates
Conference
at
St. Louis, Missouri
pathetic ignorance of a bygone annoys you with the word
era. Thanks to Vatican II, the (alone) tell him straightway: Dr.
Church has allegedly outgrown Martin Luther will have it so:
its juvenile counter-reformation Papist and ass are one and the
stance that was based on the same thing. (Amic. Discussion,
ghetto mentality of no salvation I, 127).10
outside the Catholic Church. Goldstein goes on to explain
The ecumenical Catholic has the brutality of the Lutheran
effectively abandoned the true revolt: The soldiers of the
God of Catholicism to serve the princes slaughtered the peasants,
false god of ecumenism and pillaged the churches and
inter-religious dialogue. He prevented Catholic worship in
incinerates the Churchs anti- public. In this way Lutheranism
Protestant doctrines as burnt was made the doctrine of the first
offerings to his new deity. Protestant Church the State
Luther, the Man Church of Germany (1520).11
Take, for example, what Goldstein further points out
faithful Catholics have observed that Luther denied the binding
about Luther. force of the moral law: We
must remove the Decalogue
David Goldstein, the zealous out of sight and heart (De
Catholic convert from Judaism Wette, IV, 188), and again,
who was called a 20th Century If Moses should attempt to
Saint Paul, rightly remarked: intimidate you with his stupid
The father of the first Ten Commandments, tell him
Protestant Church [Luther] right out: Chase yourselves to
changed the 28th verse of the Jews (Works, Wittenberg,
the 3rd chapter of St. Pauls ed. V,1573).12
Epistle to the Romans to make Luther, an ordained priest and
it fit his doctrine that Christian consecrated religious, wantonly
faith minus Christian works is broke his vow of celibacy to God,
sufficient for salvation: We hold and married a nun, also under
that man is justified without a vow of celibacy. Of Luthers
works by the law of faith alone. debased teachings, Goldstein
To one of his followers who observed:
complained that objection was
being made to this perversion Luthers writings regarding
of the sacred text, Luther gave matters of sex are the opposite of
the cold comfort: If any Papist things decent. Only in Socialist

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free-love writings have we seen Where There Is No Hatred of
commendation of them. There Heresy, There Is No Holiness
Luthers lewd writings have Forgotten in this ecumenical
won for him distinction as the maelstrom is the fact that
classic exponent of healthful Protestantism is heresy, and
sensualism (Bebel, Woman, p. heresy is a sin. In the objective
78, New York, 1910). Too many order, it is a mortal sin against
times through the centuries, Faith that sends souls to hell
immoralities have disgraced the for eternity. The revered Father
Christian ministry, but Luther Frederick Faber explained
has the unenviable distinction that heresy is the sin of sins,
of having defended sex sins as the very loathsomest of things
necessary.13 which God looks down upon in
One of Luthers ultimate this malignant world. ... It is the
disgraces was his giving polluting of Gods truth, which
permission to Phillip Landgrave is the worst of all impurities.
of Hesse to have two wives at Thus, Father Faber observed,
once. The license was signed by where there is no hatred of
Luther, Melancthon, Bauer and heresy, there is no holiness.17
five other Protestant preachers.14
Likewise, Saint Alphonsus
Thus it is degeneracy that Liguori spoke of the duty to fight
our Catholic Church leaders heresy because it kills our souls
plan to celebrate in the 500th and the souls of others:
anniversary of a man who
Heresy has been called
spent his life debasing Christian
a canker: It spreadeth like a
revelation. Yet it is not surprising.
canker. (2 Tim. 2:17) As a
We saw similar madness in 1983,
canker infects the whole body, so
when a high Catholic churchman
heresy infects the whole soul
praised Luther for his deep
the mind, the heart, the intellect
religiousness,15 thus voicing
and the will. It is also called a
unqualified public esteem for
plague; for it not only infects the
a man whose warped religious
one contaminated with it, but
views led him to reject the true
others who associate with him.
Church, deny his priesthood,
Truly the spread of this plague in
and teach that the Mass was
the world has injured the Church
an abomination worse than the
more than idolatry.18
most loathsome brothel.16
But for todays Catholic
leaders, the heresy of
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Protestantism is no longer a Consequences of the
problem. Have these leaders no Lutheran Revolt
love of Catholic doctrine? If they The great Catholic historian
did, they would publicly oppose Hilaire Belloc points out that
the Protestant heresies that heresy does not only affect
disfigure it. Have they no love the individual, but also has a
of souls? If they did, they would negative social impact.20 Belloc
not pretend that a Protestant can reminds us that man has to live
be saved by remaining in his own and arrange his life according to
man-made religion that teems a creed, some system of beliefs.
with errors against the express And if his creed be distorted
teaching of Our Lord Jesus away from the truth revealed
Christ. by God, he will pattern his life
Protestantism accordingly. Thus when large
A Revolt Against God masses of people fall into
heresy, and live accordingly, it
None of this matters to will change the entire structure
ecumenists like the Vaticans of their society away from the
Bishop Brian Farrell who looked Divine Program of Our Lord. It
ahead misty-eyed to 2017, and will create an environment that
requests profound study of is not conducive to living the life
what the Reformation meant of sanctifying grace, a society
and what it has meant down the where evil is institutionalized.
centuries and what it actually
means today ... Yet he need not For example, thanks to the
embark on yet another profound Protestant heresy, we have
study, since one of the greatest legalized divorce in society.
Popes in history made it clear Thanks to the Anglicans at
what the Reformation means. Lambert in the 1930s, we have
Blessed Pope Pius IX rightly legalized contraception.
recognized Protestantism in all Thanks to Protestantism in
its forms as a revolt against God, general, as the eminent Father
it being an attempt to substitute Denis Fahey points out, we have
a human for a divine authority, the inordinate rise of the power
a declaration of the creatures of the State. This is because
independence from God.19 the Protestant does not look
This revolt against God has at his church as an authority
had profound consequences. established by Christ to teach
and govern all men. According

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Saint Teresa of Avila called Lutheranism that wretched sect.

to the Protestant, Christ never decline.


founded such a Church. Thus,
for the Protestant, the highest Protestantism:
authority on earth is the State. The Death Knell of Christendom
This had the immediate result When we pray in the Our
of increasing the power of Father, Thy Kingdom come,
princes and rulers in Protestant Thy will be done on earth as it
countries, which gave rise to is in Heaven, we pray for the
State Absolutism, and even what establishment of the Social
was called the Divine Right of Kingship of Jesus Christ, wherein
Kings.21 States, governments and social
As the secular kings and institutions base their laws of
leaders gained temporal power right and wrong on what the
due to Protestantism, the Social Gospel teaches is right and
Kingship of Christ went into wrong, and on what Our Lords
Catholic Church teaches is right
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and wrong. This is what is called elucidations.
Christendom. This, in effect, is how all
The organization of Europe Protestant sects began. Thus,
in the 13th Century, despite its Protestants do not have a
various defects due to human Divine Faith received from
foibles, affected the concrete Heaven through a teaching
realization of this Divine Plan. Church established by Our Lord.
Father Fahey writes, The formal Rather, Protestantism is simply
principles of ordered social rationalism. The individual
government in the world, the decides for himself how he will
supremacy of the Mystical Body, interpret the Bible, or what
was grasped and, in the main, denominations interpretation
accepted. he fancies the most.
However, Father Fahey This necessarily leads to
explains, The Lutheran revolt, indefinite multiplication of
prepared by the cult of pagan sects. Pushed to its ultimate
antiquity at the Renaissance conclusion, notes Father
... led to the rupture of that Fahey, this would give rise to
order.22 as many churches as there are
This is the true legacy of individuals.23 Protestantism, by
Protestantism, the shattering its very nature, begets endless
of the Social Kingship of Christ. fragmentation. Our Lord Jesus
Christ, Who is Wisdom itself,
First, Protestantism rejects would never establish such an
the entire notion of a visible unstable system.
Church established by Christ
to teach, govern, sanctify and This multiplication of sects
offer worship to the Father in His so scandalized the learned
name. For the Protestant, there English Protestant Dr. Walton
is no visible Church, there is only that he applied Chapter 9 of the
the lone Protestant and his Bible. Apocalypse to Protestantism
There is no external ecclesiastical itself, thus, knowingly or not,
authority that the Protestant agreeing with Catholic exegesis:
must obey for salvation. If the The bottomless pit seems to
individual Protestant disagrees have been opened, from whence
with his ministers interpretation a smoke has arisen which has
of Scripture, he is free to adopt darkened the heavens and the
one of his own, and even start his stars, and locusts have come out
own sect to propagate his biblical with stings, a numerous race of

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sectaires and heretics, who have Rome and ourselves is that we
renewed all the ancient heresies, cannot brook a faith which is not
and invented many monstrous an autonomous conviction.25
opinions of their own. These Father Fahey thus observed,
have filled our cities, villages, the autonomous man, who
camps, houses, nay our pulpits, decides on his own authority
too, and lead the poor deluded what he will accept of the Gospel
people with them to the pit of God Himself came to deliver to
perdition.24 us, is already well on the way
Father Mller, employing the to self-deification. And, as
words of Saint Paul, calls these mentioned, the deification of
human sects the works of the man is the foundation doctrine
flesh. As such, they undergo of Freemasonry.
the corruption of the flesh. There is no doubt that
One of the first consequences Freemasonry is the product of
of the doctrine of private Protestantism. Father Michael
judgment the individual Mller said as much with the
deciding for himself how to statement: The main spirit
interpret Scripture is a kind of Protestantism, then, has
of deification of man, which is always been to declare every
the main tenet of Freemasonry: man independent of the divine
the autonomous man decides authority of the Roman Catholic
for himself all things without Church and to substitute for
reference to a teaching Church this divine authority a human
operating in Gods name authority.26 On the same point,
Father Fahey quotes the we again quote Blessed Pope
Protestant writer, Herman, who Pius IX who called Protestantism
explains the humanistic manner a revolt against God, it being an
in which Protestants believe: attempt to substitute a human for
It matters little that we a divine authority, a declaration
[Protestants] are in agreement of the creatures independence
with Catholics about certain from God.27
points of Christian doctrine. In short, the French
What is distasteful to us in the Revolution, that based itself on
Catholic Church is not what the Masonic deification of man, is
Catholics believe, but above all, the direct result of the Protestant
the way in which they believe. Revolt. The godless secularism,
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moral license that spawned Notes: (1) Entry of Diary dated April 23, 1933.
Cited from Fr. Karl Stehlin, The Immaculata Our
from the French Revolution can Ideal (Warsaw: Te Deum, 2005), p. 37. (2) Father
Herman Bernard Kramer, The Book of Destiny,
look to Protestantism as its true (originally published in 1955, republished by
father. Tan Books, Rockford, Illinois, 1975), p. 223. It
is worth noting that it took Father Kramer over
This is the torrid legacy 30 years to write this book on the Apocalypse.
(3) (Cor. a Lapide, p. 201, Note 1 ma), Ibid.
our churchmen will celebrate (4) Ibid. pp. 223-224. (5) Kramer, p. 224. (6)
Ibid., pp. 223-224. (7) The Douay-Rheims New
when they uncork their best Testament with a Comprehensive Catholic
champagne at the 2017 Commentary compiled by Rev. Fr. Geo. Leo
Haydock (republished by Catholic Treasures,
party, and to celebrate the 1991), p. 1637. (8) Father Michael Mller,
Fifth Centenary of Luthers C.SS.R., The Catholic Dogma [New York:
Benzinger Brothers, 1888], p. 35. The following
cataclysmic heresy. quote from Luther himself demonstrates Luthers
perverse doctrine: Gods commandments are
all equally impossible (De Lib. Christ, t. ii., fol.
That Wretched Sect 4). Ibid., p. 36. (9) Msgr. Joseph Clifford Fenton,
The Council and Father Kung, American
Saint Teresa of Avila called Ecclesiastical Review, September 1962.
Lutheranism that wretched (10) David Goldstein, Campaigners for Christ
Handbook, [Boston: Catholic Campaigners for
sect,28 and established her first Christ, 1931], pp. 197-198. (11) Ibid., p. 197.
Discalced Carmelite foundation (12) Ibid., p. 198.
(13) Ibid. (14) Ibid., and also Fr. Mller, p. 37.
of nuns at Avila to help cure this (15) Sadly, it was Pope John Paul II who
praised Luther for his deep religiousness. See
terrible evil by bringing some Pope Praises Luther in an Appeal For Unity
comfort to our Lord. on Protestant Anniversary, New York Times,
November 6, 1983. (16) Of the Holy Sacrifice of
Thus, said Saint Teresa, the Mass, Luther said that no sin of immorality,
nay not even manslaughter, theft, murder and
being all of us employed in adultery is so harmful as this abomination of
the Popish Mass. He said further that he would
interceding for the champions have rather kept a bawdy house or been a
of the Church and the preachers robber than to have blasphemed and traduced
Christ for fifteen years by saying the Masses.
and theologians who defend her, Luther, by Hartman Grisar, S.J. (English
we might, to our utmost, aid this translation, Herder), Vol. 2, p. 166; Vol 4. p. 525.
(17) From Father Fabers The Precious Blood.
Lord of mine Who is attacked (18) St. Alphonsus Liguori, The History of
Heresies, English translation taken from the No.
with such cruelty ...29 1-2, 2000 edition of Christ to the World (Rome)
in its first installment of serializing the book. (19)
One can only imagine how Quoted from Mller, pp. 43-44. (20) Consult
Saint Teresa of Avila would Bellocs The Great Heresies. (21) See Father
Denis Fahey, C.S.S.P, The Mystical Body of
react to Catholics joining with Christ in the Modern World, [first published by
Protestants to celebrate the fifth Regina Publication in Dublin, 1935; republished
by Christian Book Club of America, 1987). This
centenary of the Lutheran revolt. theme is developed in Chapter III. (22) Ibid., p.
10. (23) Ibid., p. 12. (24) Quoted from Mller, p.
But who cares what Saint 33. (25) Quoted from Fahey, p. 13 (emphasis
added). (26) Mller, pp. 43-44.
Teresa thinks. For ecumenical (27) Ibid. (28) Saint Teresa of Avila, The Way
Catholics, dancing on the graves of Perfection, English Translation by the
Benedictines of Stanbrook, [first published in
of the saints is a necessary ritual 1911; republished by Tan Books, 1997] p. 5.
of their new religion. | (29) Ibid., p. 6.

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WE NEED PRIESTS
To Promote the Fatima Message
The following excerpts were taken from a television program on the
topic of The Fatima Movement of Priests. Father Gruners words are
timeless, as always.

by Father Nicholas Gruner, S.T.L. S.T.D. (Cand.)

I
f we want to be loved by enough attention: Neither the
Christ, we should accept bad nor the good.
the spiritual maturity that She said that over 50 years
Christ gives the Blessed Virgin ago, but its even more true today
over us by the very fact that, if than it was in 1957. What we
we are going to be the beloved need is priests to promote the
disciple and we should all Message of Fatima.
be beloved disciples then
we should accept Christs will Now, I promote the Message
that She become our Spiritual of Fatima and Im sure I could
Mother. do better, but even if I could do
it perfectly, I dont think it would
The Blessed Virgin came be enough. Im one priest. Ive
with a message at Fatima for been able to do a fair amount
the Church. Saint Thomas tells of work in this area, but just
us that God sends prophets or imagine if there were a hundred
messengers to every generation priests, each with his own little
to remind the faithful what they Fatima apostolate. Weve been
must do to save their souls. So, successful, by the grace of God,
the prophecy and the prophet and certainly through the help
of our time, par-excellence, is of our friends and supporters.
Our Lady of Fatima, and so Her
message is for our time. Weve raised the number
of Rosaries offered by several
Unfortunately, up to now, the million. If every priest could raise
words of Our Lady, more exactly, a million Rosaries, youd have
the words of Sister Lucy, tell us: hundreds of millions of Rosaries
Our Lady is very sad because offered for the fulfillment of Our
no one has paid attention to Her Ladys request.
Message. Sister Lucy points out
that most people have not paid
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That would certainly have a of man comes at the end of time,
tremendous impact on getting will He find faith on earth? The
the Consecration of Russia done, dogmas are what encapsulate
not to mention, if we had more the teaching of Christ, in, shall
priests helping to get more books we say, very precise language
and leaflets and pamphlets out and its dogmatic terminology.
there. And even though we Theres no misunderstanding.
translated some of our material If youre going to draw up a
into six languages, there are still contract, you have very precise
a lot of other places that we dont language. You draw it up, in
reach with those languages but which case then, you say: Now
we could, with the help of more both parties know exactly what
priests. each other one is signing to
We have put together a and agreeing to. Well, thats
manual articulating some pretty what dogmatic theology does.
specific principles for priests to It basically takes the terms of
follow in The Fatima Movement Scripture and other common
of Priests. This isnt just: Go parts of those terms and puts it
forth and preach Fatima see into formulas which only have
you later. one meaning.
Knowing, Communicating Obviously, everybody deals
and Defending the Dogmas with this. When they get up in
of the Faith. the morning, they ask for coffee.
They didnt ask for tea, they
You may ask: What does
didnt ask for an egg, they asked
that have to do with Fatima?
for coffee. They know what they
Well, first of all, the beginning
asked for. So if we can do that in
of the Third Secret, the words of
our daily life from the moment
Our Lady, says: In Portugal the
when we get up, to the moment
dogma of the Faith will always
we go to bed, we can also do that
be preserved, which implies, as
in the most important thing we
you well know, that in all other
do in life in our relationship to
parts of the world, the dogma of
God. So, if we can do that with
the Faith will not be preserved.
our relations with each other
Our Lady Herself, is saying, and even talking to ourselves,
Look, preserving the dogma we can certainly do it when we
of the Faith is important! And talk to God. Thats why doctrine
why is it important? Because and dogma are fundamental to
Our Lord says: When the Son the Message of Fatima because
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Father Gruner led pilgrimages to the well where the Angel made his second appearance.
The Angel said to the children: What are you doing? Pray, pray very much! The Hearts
of Jesus and Mary have designs of mercy on you. Offer prayers and sacrifices constantly
to the Most High. Let us apply the Angels spiritual direction to ourselves.

Our Lady came to warn about an is by formal solemn definition,


attack on dogma. which is called the ex cathedra
It is crucial that the priests statements of the Pope. And this
who participate in this Fatima is one dogma that has not been
Movement of Priests should taught that way.
be constantly promoting the However, having said that, in
teaching of the Ordinary the First Vatican Council thats
Magisterium of the Church from the council of 1870 it
down through the centuries points out that there are dogmas
that Mary is the Mediatrix of taught infallibly by the Ordinary
all Graces. and Universal Magisterium. That
The doctrine is there. Many means, what the Church has
priests and certainly many of the always taught everywhere, at all
faithful dont know its a dogma times, all through the centuries.
because it has not been defined Pope Leo XIII says: All graces
formally. But there are two come to us from God the Father,
ways a dogma is infallible. One through the sacred Humanity of

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Jesus Christ, through the hands became a Son of Adam. Adam
of the Blessed Virgin Mary, to us, had sinned and, therefore, the
through the Church. redemption has to be by a Son
Now, some Catholics have of Adam. So, by His own way of
a difficult time accepting that treating our free will, He would
Gods grace comes to us through not become man of the Blessed
Mary, as Mediatrix. However, if Virgin without Her saying, Yes.
they think about it for a moment She had to say Yes before
just think about the salvation He would become man. So, the
of mankind certainly it comes whole of salvation was entrusted
from Jesus Christ, but it was to Her, waiting for Her to say:
entrusted to the Blessed Virgin Yes. Christ came to us only
first, chronologically speaking, through Mary by the Divine Will
in order for Christ to save us. He itself.
has to shed His Blood. As it says So, its only fitting that, now
in Scripture, theres no salvation that Christ has ascended into
without the shedding of blood. Heaven and the Holy Spirit has
Theres no redemption of sin come upon the Church, that He
without the shedding of blood. would send the Holy Spirit to us
So, Christ saves us by shedding with the graces that God gives
His Blood; but where did He get us, also through Mary.
His Blood from? Well, He got Its only by the grace of God,
His Blood because He became the grace of God won for us
man. As God, He couldnt shed through Christ, and particularly
His Blood, so the Second Person through His sacrifice on the
of the Blessed Trinity became Cross it is only through Christ
man. How did He become man? that we have grace. But, its
Gabriel, the Archangel, asked only through Mary that we have
permission of the Blessed Virgin Christ, and Christ was able to
for Her to be His mother. win this grace for us.
He is literally of one flesh Our Lord, on the Cross, said
with the Virgin Mary. He was to John, the disciple whom He
Her flesh and blood. The fact is, loved very much: Behold your
He also had to be of the flesh of Mother. He was saying that, not
Adam. You see, Adam and Eve just to John, but to all mankind.
are the father and mother of all And so, if we want to be loved
mankind in the flesh. And so, by Christ, we should accept the
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gives to the Blessed Virgin over because She comes to earth
us, by the very fact that, if we are and says that souls will be
going to be the beloved disciple saved and there will be peace
and we should all be beloved on earth if Russia is consecrated
disciples then we should accept to Her Immaculate Heart. So,
Christs Will that She become God Himself is sending us the
our Spiritual Mother. message that He is going to
The Second Vatican Council bestow these singular graces on
actually points out that She is our the Church and all of humanity,
Mother because She generates only if we honor His Mother.
us into the life of sanctifying There Are Concrete Ways
grace; and the word used in of Communicating
Latin is generavit. I learned that the Fatima Message
the word generate is not made
up out of nowhere; it comes from Part of this movement is that
John 3:3 when he says: Unless a every priest should be promoting
man be born again of water and in any way that he can the
the Holy Spirit. Well, a man is particulars of the Fatima
born again by his baptism when Message, the prophecies that it
hes baptized by the priest. Hes makes, the promises that it offers
born again of water and the Holy and the warnings of the errors
Spirit. At the same moment, that it tells us about.
Mary generates him into a life First of all, what is the
of sanctifying grace. Its a little profession of a priest? A priest
hard to explain that. is to deal with men concerning
Another way to look at it, is, things of God. I think that Saint
people are always asking for us Paul talks about them as being a
to pray for them. Who better to kind of ambassador from God to
pray for us than the very Mother men. His purpose is, he is trying
of God? Even Luther referred to save souls. So it is by Divine
to Mary as the Mother of God. Providence that every priest
It is defined by the Council of interacts with somebody else.
Ephesus in 431 AD that Mary is Even a hermit priest probably has
truly the Mother of God. to spend part of his time simply
praying for sinners, even if he
That leads us to the Fatima doesnt meet very many, if any.
Message. Marys mediation is But, the fact is, most priests are
part and parcel of the Fatima interacting with people. There
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in the world and there are one Our Lord said: Pray a great
billion members of the faithful. deal for the Holy Father, that he
So, theres an average of 2,470 would do it. So, we can pray for
people per priest. the Holy Father. A priest could
I have heard the question also start a parish group devoted
asked: Im just a parish priest. to making the Message of Fatima
I have all these duties. How am known and lived.
I going to find time to conduct Sister Lucy told us we should
a Fatima Apostolate? There not wait for the Pope. Dont
are always some people in the wait for the bishops to issue
parish who have more time and commands in this area. We have
are willing to help. He could ask: to act on our own. We have to
You come to Mass everyday reform ourselves. We have to
anyway. Why not just lead the save ourselves and the people
Rosary fifteen minutes before in our path. But she didnt say:
Mass starts? Dont wait for the priest. The
Every time Our Lady appeared priests are basically on the front
at Fatima, She said: Pray the lines of this struggle.
Rosary. Could you, My dear The point I have been trying
children, pray the Rosary? to drive home is, if the priest
Pray the Rosary every day. doesnt initiate this movement
So, a priest can get ten people to get the leadership of the
in his parish who come to daily Church to do what the Message
Mass, or a hundred, or how of Fatima requires, who will? If
many there are to help him in they fail to do it, it wont happen.
leading the Rosary. He can also Were now close to a century
ask that same person or another since Our Lady appeared in
person: Why dont you start a Fatima, and time is running out.
block Rosary in your section of The world situation is getting
town? And they could do that worse. Our Lady said: If My
for the intention, for example, requests are granted, Russia
of the Consecration of Russia. A will be converted and there will
priest can also offer Masses for be peace. But She warned: If
the Consecration of Russia and My requests are NOT granted,
the release of the Third Secret; then entire nations will be
or he can offer Mass intentions annihilated. So, its up to the
for the Triumph of the Blessed priests at this point, as it really
Virgin, or for world peace. always has been.

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The event of Fatima is simply by fulfilling in their own
certainly a true story and it lives, the five basic points of The
encourages many people to Fatima Movement of Priests.
be devoted to Our Lady and 1. Total adherence to the dogmas
to be devoted to Our Lord of the Faith as infallibly defined
by simply remembering Our by the Magisterium;
Ladys maternal gestures, as
well as Her maternal interaction 2. To believe and preach the
with the children when She constant teaching of the
spoke to them at Fatima. But Ordinary and Universal
its more than just a story; its Magisterium on Our Ladys
more than just something to special role as Mediatrix of All
encourage your devotion; it is a Graces;
prophetic message of worldwide 3. To understand and promote the
significance. full Message of Fatima.
Not only the very existence of
nations, but also the freedom of 4. To pursue unwaveringly the
the whole world is at stake. Sister true Consecration of Russia
Lucy tells us that: Russia will be by name in a public ceremony
the instrument of chastisement, conducted by the Pope and
chosen by Heaven to punish the all the bishops of the world
whole world for its sins if we in obedience to Our Lady of
do not obtain, beforehand, the Fatima and to Her Divine Son;
conversion of that poor nation. 5. To live the Fatima Message in
But the only way to obtain this our daily lives and to promote
conversion is through obedience it by word and example.
to Our Lady of Fatima; its
through the Consecration of To bring about the
Russia. The Fatima Movement of Consecration of Russia, the
Priests is an initiative from The priests have to be much more
Fatima Center to foster a greater involved. Encourage your
allegiance to the Fatima Message parish priests to join The Fatima
among the Catholic clergy of the Movement of Priests.
world. Write us and ask us for more
But, this movement is not information. Well be happy to
only for priests, the laity can send it to you.
participate as well not by God bless you. Pray the
becoming as we could say Rosary every day. |
card carrying members but
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The Consecration of the
City of Aliquippa to the
Hearts of Jesus and Mary
by Nelson Hertel

O
n Saturday, June 4, 2016 been positive developments in
the city of Aliquippa recent years.
(located in western In November 2007 the
Pennsylvanias Beaver County) Traditional Latin Mass
was solemnly consecrated to Guild of the local Knights of
the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Columbus (Woodlawn Council
the Immaculate Heart of Mary. 2161) was formed. Part of a
It was truly an historic and growing national contingent
exceptional moment. of traditional Knights of
Aliquippa is a small city just Columbus councils, the Guild
outside of Pittsburgh, with about does admirable work, actively
9,000 inhabitants. Years ago, the and successfully promoting the
areas citizens numbered over celebration of the Traditional
27,000. But like many American Mass and sacraments, especially
cities, Aliquippa has suffered at Aliquippas Roman parish of
tremendously over the past Saint Titus.
few decades due to the collapse During the past few years,
of the local steel industry and members of this Guild had
other economic-social changes. considered the necessity and
The city finds itself at a critical timeliness of a consecration
time; human solutions for its of their city to the Sacred and
improvement and revival seem Immaculate Hearts. They began
to be exhausted. to arrange this consecration in
In the past, a great percentage a concrete way, after reading
of Aliquippas citizens were excerpts of a speech given by
Catholic, filling its churches to Suzanne Pearson at The Fatima
the brim for Sunday Mass. The Centers September 2015
city has three Catholic parishes: conference in Washington, DC.
one Roman, the others of the In her speech, New Light
Byzantine and Ukrainian Rites. on the Consecration of Russia,
Although Mass attendance has excerpts of which were published
dropped significantly, there have
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in the Winter 2016 Fatima churchs iconostasis, and the
Crusader (Issue 113), Miss Holy Rosary recited. The Divine
Pearson described the benefits of Liturgy followed, beautifully
past consecrations (of parishes, sung by the choir of SS. Peter
dioceses, cities and countries like and Paul Ukrainian Catholic
Portugal) and encouraged local Church of nearby Ambridge.
ceremonies as a kind of stepping The Liturgy was concelebrated
stone to the proper Consecration by Aliquippas three Catholic
of Russia to the Immaculate pastors (Fr. Mykhaylo Shkyndya
Heart of Mary. Encouraged by of St. George, Fr. Michael
this, Guild members approached Polosky of SS. Peter and Paul
the local Catholic pastors and and Fr. Paul Householder of
Aliquippas mayor, Hon. Dwan St. Titus). Several other priests
Walker. assisted in choir, Mayor Walker
All parties readily agreed was also in attendance. Upon the
to perform the consecration of Divine Liturgys conclusion, the
Aliquippa. The date was set, pastors and mayor knelt in front
June 4: the First Saturday of of the icon, where they fervently
the month, in the centenary read in turn, the prayers of
year of the Fatima apparitions. consecration.
Meanwhile, solemn ceremonies These prayers were based
were organized for the morning on the Act of Dedication of
and afternoon. On Saturday the Human Race to the Sacred
morning, a procession began at Heart of Jesus; the May 1931
10:30 am at St. George Byzantine consecration of Portugal to
Catholic Church. During the the Immaculate Heart by the
procession, a copy of the icon Portuguese episcopate; and the
of the United Hearts of Jesus May 2013 Miami consecration.
and Mary was carried. This icon They were fitting texts, fulfilling
was originally commissioned in Our Lords desire expressed to
Miami. There, it was exposed Sister Lucia in 1936: I want
during a May 2013 consecration My whole Church to put
ceremony although not made the devotion to My Mothers
explicitly to the Sacred and Immaculate Heart beside the
Immaculate Hearts performed devotion to My Sacred Heart.
by the local Archbishop and After the prayer, the
Mayor. consecrators gathered near
The image was then the churchs entrance. The
enshrined just outside of the Knights Guild presented each
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consecrator with a copy of the assembled.
icon. Surrounded by parishioners The Votive Mass of Christ the
and guests, Mayor Walker read King was offered in thanksgiving
an official proclamation. He for the consecration, by Canon
then presented a copy of the Jean Marie Moreau of the
proclamation and the flag of the Institute of Christ the King
city of Aliquippa to each pastor. Sovereign Priest. He was assisted
Visibly moved, the mayor by Pittsburgh diocesan priests,
proceeded to make some Fathers Ladis Cizik and David
unprepared remarks, embracing Rombold, respectively as deacon
the grateful clergy and many of and subdeacon. The Bach Choir
the faithful. He acknowledged of Pittsburgh sang Mozarts
that only Divine intervention Coronation Mass magnificently.
could save Aliquippa, beset by so During the Mass, Canon Moreau
many challenges. But those who preached on the Social Reign of
assisted at the ceremony could Our Lord, citing Saint Augustine
not help but have renewed hope in his work, City of God, as well
for Aliquippa, now-consecrated as the eminent Cardinal Pie of
to the Sacred and Immaculate Poitiers.
Hearts. Let us pray that the city of
Although well-conscious of Aliquippa be abundantly blessed
their citys current troubles, the by God for this Consecration.
faithful could take courage in Let us pray for our country, the
the words spoken by Our Lady to whole world and the Church,
Lucia on June 13, 1917: Dont doing what we can to bring
lose heart. I will never forsake about more local consecrations.
you. My Immaculate Heart will Above all, let us continue to pray
be your refuge and the way that and work for the Consecration of
will lead you to God. Russia as requested by Heaven.
The congregation then While we know that this will
proceeded to St. Titus Church, be done late, and we realize all
where a number of people were too well that things appear to be
already present, waiting for the very bleak, even universally, let
Tridentine Mass to begin. Before us remember and take comfort
the Solemn High Mass, at which in Our Lords words to Sr. Lucy
he also assisted, Mayor Walker in August 1931: It is never too
read his proclamation again late to have recourse to Jesus
and briefly addressed those and Mary. |

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OUR CATHOLIC CATECHISM: PART II
Authentic Apostolic Teaching
on Faith and Truth
The following is Part II of a speech given by Father Phillipson at the Our
Ladys Army of Advocates conference in Boston, Massachusetts. He
gives us an in-depth explanation of the importance of a sound Catholic
catechism which is consistent and true to the unchanging Apostolic
teachings of the Church. His full speech is available on CD and DVD
from The Fatima Center. See page 63 to order
by Father David Phillipson

A
lot of people are trying separate us from Christ, it brings
to attempt to form their together the faithful and Christ,
moral Catholic life because they both have the half
without being rooted in the of the coin that goes together in
truth. That is an error in and of the original meaning of what a
itself! First, the truth is needed. symbol is.
First, the mind needs to be Not only does the Symbol of
converted to the truth and then the Creed attach us to God, it
a person will begin to act in the also brings us in communion
truth. Many people are trying with one another. We all hold
to act somewhat in a Catholic the same half coin because we
way without first changing their all hold the same Faith. Our
minds. Thats the first place that Faith should be one, Catholic,
change needs to occur. apostolic and holy. Thats a
The Catechism is the first Catechism question, by the way
recourse to conversion and to What are the four marks of
acting properly in a moral and the Church?
Catholic way. The devil is doing The four marks of the Church
everything he can to separate are: the Church is one, holy,
the faithful from the Shepherd, Catholic and Apostolic. These
theShepherd of Truth. However, marks should characterize our
the Creed, as a Symbol, is the Faith as well. It needs to be
solution to what the devil is apostolic; it needs to come from
trying to do. The Creed does not the Apostles. Therefore, when we

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read a catechism and meditate Its how the Church teaches it;
and reflect on a good catechism, how the Church understands this
we are reflecting on the apostolic Article of Faith, that we should
teaching. This apostolic teaching receive it as coming from God
is one, and the same. Whether it as the Church teaches.
was taught two thousand years Therefore, our Faith should
ago, or whether its authentically be one it should be the same.
taught today,its the same. This is primarily what unites us
So, as Catholics, we are to one another, and to God.And
all holding the same coin. because it truly unites us to God,
Because our faith is Catholic, the faith is holy.
it is universal we all believe Before I get into the Creed
the same thing throughout itself, Id like to dovetail a little
the world and throughout bit regarding something that
time.We recognize each other John Vennari said this morning,
asCatholicbecause we are all about a definition of Faith. This
holding the same symbol. Thats is a very similar definition, that is
important: we should be united from theSumma Theologicaeof
in Faith. Saint Thomas Aquinas.
Diversity inthe Faith I just want to read this to bring
Is Not Catholic. out one or two particular points
The idea that Catholics can about what is entailed in the faith.
believe different things is a This comes from the Catholic
novelty! Diversity inthe Faith Encyclopediaof 1913; the old
is not Catholic. Its not apostolic. Catholic encyclopedia. This
There is an insistence in the is a definition quoted from
Creed that we all believe the theSumma Theologicaeof Saint
same thing; we all hold the same Thomas Aquinas. A definition of
coin by adhering to the Creed Faith: The act of the intellect
and understanding it the way the assenting to a Divine Truth
Church teaches not the waywe owing to the movement of the
thinkit should be understood, will, which is itself moved by the
not the way you feel it should grace of God.
be understood: Well, I feel this Thats quite a lot, and Im only
way about that Article of the going to touch upon a couple of
Faith. You know, that doesnt things here. First of all, its an
cut the mustard. act of the intellect assenting
to Divine Truth owing to the

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Father David Phillipson, giving his Apostolic teaching on Faith and Truth.

movement of the will which is act of faith in the God who has
itself moved by the grace of God. revealed it. That requires grace
Clearly, when were making an to elevate my intellect and my
act of faith, asupernaturalact of will to assent or consent to that
faith, grace is required. Truth, for the reason that God
We might be able to reason revealed it: not because I can
I would imagine most adults figure it out.
would be able to figure this out For example, if I think it makes
that there is one God. The proofs sense that Christ founded a
of St. Thomas Aquinas bear this Church and wed all come
out. Reason alone can attain to together occasionally for social
thefact: there is one God. That purposes and have a good time,
is not an act of faith: believing on Sundays and so forth.That
it on rational grounds is not an is a rational approach to the
act of faith. understanding of the Church.
When I believe there is one But understanding the Catholic
God, because God revealed there Church as aDivine institution
is only one God, as the Church because God has revealed it to be
teaches, then I am making an such requires the assistance of

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grace. A supernatural act will our side. Having a problem
always require grace. Its not on the subjective side might
an act based merely on reason sound like: I have a hard time
alone. believing that, I need help. I need
TheCatholic Encyclopediaalso assistance. I need grace. Prayer
mentions, in discussing what would be needed in order to
an act of faith is, that it has an arrive at an act of faith in the
objective and subjective mode. truths that the Church teaches.
Ive been speaking about the Unfor tunately, what s
faith mostly in an objective mode happened today is that there
that is a body of Truths that has been so much emphasis on
anybody can take up in a book the subjective dimension or
and read. These are the objective the difficulties of coming to an
body of Truths, a deposit of act of faith that the objective
Faith.Thats the object. bodies of Truth have completely
There is a subjective been obliterated.
dimension to Faith as well. It Today you might find people
was the subjective side of the in the hierarchy saying: Well,
faith which generally used to you know, it doesnt really
be the only problem beforethe matter what you believe, so
Council because what used to long as you believe it sincerely.
happen is pretty much all the So long as you believe with all
priests, bishops, and popes were your heart, thats whats really
already on the same page with important. It doesnt really
the deposit of Faith. matter what you believe, its just
The only problem they may whether what you do believe is
have had is how clear they believed from your heart, if you
were in explaining this or that really feel it.
point of the faith. Usually the There are legitimately two
only problem back then was poles, and they both have to
the fact that some people come together. We want to
might have had a difficult time make sure that when we read the
assenting: because they couldnt Catechism and accept the faith,
understand the faith, or they had its not just merely a head-game.
a hard time getting motivated to Its not just: Oh yeah, God exists
make an act of faith. somewhere out there. Yes, I can
The difficulty then would have figure out that there is a God.
been on the subjective side: on No, that is not an act of faith.

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Thats not the willassentingto which the Church teaches.
the Truth because God has Thats part of what an act of
revealed it. faith is, right? A catechism
Rather, when I believe in God question: What is an act of
and this is bringing us right faith? I believethese and all
back to the first article of the the truths which the Catholic
Creed when I believein God,I Church teaches because Thou
dont just believe that Godexists, hast taught them: You who can
I believe through Him and with neither deceive nor be deceived.
Him because Im being assisted These truths are the truths found
by grace. And in order to be in the Catechism. These truths
assisted by grace, I need to be God has revealed. These truths
in Him. are to be believed by us because
the God who reveals them cant
Remember St. Paul said,
lie and cant be deceived.
we cant say that Jesus is Lord
except in the Holy Spirit. We Now Im going to take a look at
cant really say, Jesus is Lord the Apostles Creed. Note again
and mean it with our minds and that there are twelve Articles,
our hearts obviously we can say and we will maybe finish the first
that verbally off the top of our Article.
heads but we cant say that and Just to provide a way of
mean it without the assistance introduction, I will read the
of the grace of the Holy Ghost. twelve Articles, so you can hear
them, Article by Article for the
There Are Two Sides sake of knowing there are twelve,
Subjective and Objective
and what those twelve are. Also,
So there are the two sides: for knowing that each of these
the subjective and the objective Articles need to be adhered to
sides. We need both. with a divine act of faith.
First and foremost, when The first Article is the only
were talking about the Faith, Article about God the Father.
we need to make sure that were The twelve Articles are divided
talking about a body of truths into three: Father, Son and Holy
that the Church has always and Ghost. God the Father only gets
everywhere taught. one Article. Most of the Articles
Secondly, the faith requires are about the Son, and the Holy
that we make our own personal Ghost.
act of assenting to those truths

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Article 1:I believe in God the institution. The Holy Ghost is
Father Almighty, Creator of the life-force of the Catholic
Heaven and earth. Church.
Article 2: regards the Son Article 10: the forgiveness
and [I believe] in Jesus Christ, of sins.
His only Son, Our Lord. Article 11:The resurrection
Article 3: Who was conceived of the body.
by the Holy Ghost, born of the Article 12: and life ever-
Virgin Mary. lasting, Amen.
Article 4: suffered under Those are the Twelve Articles
Pontius Pilate, was crucified, of the Apostles Creed. Now were
died and was buried. He going to look at the First Article
descended into hell. of the Apostles Creed. This is the
Article 5:On the third day teaching of the Catholic Church.
He rose again from the dead. First of all, its I believe. I. Im
Article 6: He ascended into going to spend a bit of time on
Heaven and sits at the right hand just that first word, I.
of God the Father Almighty. In the beginning, when the
Article 7:From thence He Church was compiling her
shall come to judge the living Creeds, most of the time the
and the dead. Creed began with the way that
most of you are probably familiar
So weve just heard Articles with the Creed beginning with
2 to 7 all about the Son. The We. We believe. Both are
remaining 5 Articles will be true.
about the Holy Ghost.
Its a personal act I believe
Article 8: I believe in the and that must be the case, for
Holy Ghost. it to be salvific. I cannot just be
Article 9: [I believe in] part of the amorphous blob or
the Holy Catholic Church, the mass of people who go along just
Communion of Saints because to get along. No, I must make a
the Holy Ghost is the soul of the personal act in my own mind, in
Catholic Church. The Catholic my heart and in my will. I must
Church is a Divine institution, assent to these truths myself.
regardless of how badly her But I like this quote, I
Ministers perform their duties: know it has bad connotations,
in what they say, and how they nevertheless it takes a village
act. It is nevertheless a Divine
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Matt Gaspers, speaking about Our Lady and Islam.

to raise a child, and it takes a up from the depths of my own


Church to bring forth the faith being as a modernist would
in an individual. It takesa body have it rather I got it from the
of people. Therefore, my personal public Divine revelation of the
act of belief when I say I believe Catholic Church.
were not Protestants, were not Therefore, it is just as true to
independent faith units here. We say we believe as it is to say
are a body. That body is the I believe; because we believe
Mystical Body of Jesus Christ: the same thing as Catholics. In
we belong as members to a head. the current form of the Apostles
So when I say I believe, it Creed we say I believe, but
is joined with other Is, so its again in the beginning of the
very proper to say we believe. Churchs formulations of the
Because I didnt make this Faith Creed, very often they began
up. I didnt come up with these with We believe: both are true.
truths on my own; they were So weve just covered the word
given to me. I received them. I.
I made them my own, but I
The word believe will be
didnt get them from my own
covered in Part III, next issue. |
self. I didnt get them welling-
The Fatima Crusader | Autumn 2016 51
Prophecies For the
Latter Day Saints
Our Lady and Islam
The following is an excerpt of a speech given at Our Ladys Army
of Advocates conference in St. Louis, Missouri. His entire speech
on CD, DVD and booklet format is available from The Fatima Center.

By Matt Gaspers

O
ver the past several themes as the increased
years, one of my primary prominence of Mary prior to
study interests besides the Second Coming, the rise of
Islam has been what Holy a great Catholic Monarch, and
Scripture sometimes refers to as the reign of an extraordinarily
the latter days1 or last days,2 holy Pope. The definitive
that is, the era leading up to destruction of Islam, as you
the glorious Second Coming will soon hear, is foretold in the
of Christ.3 My interest in this context of these specific themes.
topic has led me to read several But before we explore the
interesting resources, including prophetic texts themselves,
two books that provide a concise it is worth our time to hear
yet thorough look at authentic the testimony of Mr. Dupont
Catholic teaching concerning regarding the importance of
the end times. Those books prophecy. In the Introduction
are Catholic Prophecy: The to his book, he states:
Coming Chastisement by Yves Indeed, prophecies are for
Dupont and Prophecy for Today: our edification: They cast
A Summary of the Catholic a light on many problems;
Tradition Concerning the End- they warn us against errors;
of-Time Era by Edward Connor. they prepare us for dangers
Both of these works present a to come; and they are a
large collection of prophecies manifestation of the power
from reliable Catholic sources, of God. At the same time,
together with each authors they are an encouragement
commentary, and cover such and a consolation. The

52 The Fatima Crusader | Autumn 2016


current crisis in the Church Mary began salvation, and
and in the world was by her intercession it will
predicted long ago, but the be completed. Before the
final victory of the Christian second coming of Christ,
forces is also predicted; this Mary, more than ever, must
is an encouragement and a shine in mercy, might, and
consolation.4 grace in order to bring
Im now going to share with unbelievers into the Catholic
you a small sampling of these faith. The power of Mary in
prophecies quoted by Dupont the latter days will be very
and Connor in their respective conspicuous. Mary will
books, some of which are found extend the reign of Christ
in both, beginning with those over the heathens and the
that foretell the increased Mohammadans, and it
prominence of Our Lady in the will be a time of great joy
latter days. This period of time when Mary is enthroned
is popularly referred to as the as Mistress and Queen of
Age of Mary and seems to be Hearts.5
intertwined with the reign of the It is very interesting to
Great Monarch and Angelic Pope note that in The Mystical City
(more on those subjects in a few of God (the written account
moments): of her visions), Ven. Mary of
Agreda describes how almost
I. Concerning the Age of Mary immediately after Our Lords
Ven. Mary of Agreda (1602- redemptive death, the devil and
1665), the renowned Franciscan his minions devised a myriad
mystic from Spain who received of heresies to lead souls away
numerous visions of the life of from Christ, including the sect
the Blessed Virgin, testified: of Mahomet.6
It was revealed to me that Next, we have St. Louis De
through the intercession Montfort (1673-1716), the
of the Mother of God all veritable Apostle of Our Lady
heresies will disappear. The who was named Missionary
victory over heresies has Apostolic by Pope Clement XI.
been reserved by Christ for He stated:
His Blessed Mother. In the The power of Mary over
latter days, the Lord will all devils will be particularly
in a special manner spread outstanding in the last
the renown of His Mother.
The Fatima Crusader | Autumn 2016 53
period of time. She will faithful servants of Jesus
extend the Kingdom of Christ, who shall battle for
Christ over the idolaters His interests.8
and Moslems, and there Notice how Ven. Mary and St.
will come a glorious era Louis both predict the ultimate
in which Mary will be the demise of Islam specifically
ruler and Queen of human through the intervention of
hearts.7 Our Lady. Continuing on this
De Montfort wrote extensively theme, lets return for a moment
about the increased prominence to Archbishop Sheens book The
of Our Lady leading up to the Worlds First Love, in which he
Second Coming of Her Divine wrote:
Son in his classic work True It is our firm belief that
Devotion to Mary. The following the fears some entertain
is one such passage not included concerning the Muslims
by Dupont or Connor in their are not to be realized, but
respective books: that Islam, instead, will
Mary must shine forth eventually be converted
more than ever in mercy, to Christianityand in a
in might and in grace, way that even some of our
in these latter times: in missionaries never suspect.
mercy, to bring back and It is our belief that this
lovingly receive the poor will happen not through
strayed sinners who shall be the direct teaching of
converted and shall return Christianity but through a
to the Catholic Church; summoning of Muslims to
in might, against the a veneration of the Mother
enemies of God, idolaters, of God.9
schismatics, Mahometans, He goes on to explain that
Jews and souls hardened although Muslims vehemently
in impiety, who shall rise reject the divinity of Christ, they
in terrible revolt against ironically have great devotion
God to seduce all those who to His Mother. In fact, there is a
shall oppose them and to verse in the Quran that seems to
make them fall by promises imply belief in the Immaculate
and threats; and finally, she Conception, which he quotes:
must shine forth in grace, in Oh, Mary, Allah has chosen you
order to animate and sustain and purified you, and elected
the valiant soldiers and
54 The Fatima Crusader | Autumn 2016
you above all the women of the future will, more and more,
earth. [Surah 3:42]10 see that their apostolate
Finally, Archbishop Sheen among the Muslims will be
makes a crucial connection successful in the measure
between the conversion of that they preach Our Lady
Muslims and Our Lady of Fatima: of Fatima.11
Mary, then, is for the Footnotes:
(1) See Dan. 10:14. (2) See II Tim. 3:1, II Pet.
Muslims the true Sayyida, 3:3. (3) It is interesting to note that during her
or Lady. The only possible 1957 interview with Fr. Augustine Fuentes,
serious rival to her in their Sister Lucia revealed the following: Father,
the Most Holy Virgin did not tell me that we
creed would be Fatima, the are in the last times of the world, but She
daughter of Mohammad made me understand this (http://www.
fatima.org/essentials/opposed/frfuentes.
himself. Since nothing asp). (4) Yves Dupont, Catholic Prophecy:
ever happens out of Heaven The Coming Chastisement (Rockford: TAN
except with a finesse of Books and Publishers, Inc., 1970), p. 9.
(5) Dupont, Catholic Prophecy, p. 33; Edward
all details, I believe that Connor, Prophecy for Today: A Summary of
the Blessed Virgin chose the Catholic Tradition Concerning the End-
of-Time Era (Charlotte: TAN Books, 2010
to be known as Our Lady edition), p. 49. (6) The Mystical City of God,
of Fatima as a pledge and A Popular Abridgement (Rockford: TAN
Books and Publishers, Inc., 1978), p. 584. (7)
sign of hope to the Muslim Dupont, Catholic Prophecy, p. 33; Connor,
people and as an assurance Prophecy for Today, p. 49. (8) True Devotion
that they, who show her to Mary, n. 50, 6 (p. 29 of edition published
by TAN Books in 1985). (9) Sheen, The
so much respect, will one Worlds First Love, p. 205. (10) Ibid., p. 206.
day accept her Divine Son, (11) Ibid., p. 206-208. |
too. Missionaries in the

The Fatima Crusader | Autumn 2016 55


MURDER
In the Magic Kingdom
Special to The Fatima Crusader

N
asrudin is a comic that the real problem is
character in Middle elsewhere, where easier (but
Eastern folklore whose false) solutions can be found.
misadventures illustrate bits This failing is repeatedly on
of homely wisdom or, in some display following the endless
cases, a more profound truth. In parade of bombings, shootings,
one story, Nasrudins wife looks stabbings and assorted atrocities
out the window at midnight preceded by the cry of Allahu
to find her husband, returned akbar! Whenever an act of
home from a night of carousing, savagery is visited upon the
crawling around under the West by Muslims following the
street lamp. dictates of the Koran, our leaders
What are you doing? she of Church and state can always
asks. be found crawling around under
Looking for my house the street lamp, looking for a key
key, he answers. that isnt there.
Where did you lose it? The key to these attacks
she asks. is clearly Islam itself: not
radical Islam or some aberrant
Over there, he says, interpretation that distorts
pointing to a dark corner Islam (the religion of peace),
some distance from where but Islam itself. There is no act
he is crawling around. of Islamic terror that cannot
Then why are you looking find its provenance in one of the
under the street lamp? she suras (chapters) of Mohammeds
asks. book, or in the hadith, the
Because the lights better sayings and acts of the Prophet
here. accepted as guiding principles
in Islam. And no perpetrator
The story underscores a
of these bloody incidents ever
common failing: a desire to
cites as his motivation anything
avoid difficulties by pretending
other than his or her allegiance

The Fatima Crusader | Autumn 2016 57


to Islam. some way of embracing
both alternatives can
The Disturbing Truth always be found; that mere
The attempt to suggest a moral development or adjustment
equivalence between radical or refinement will somehow
Christians and radical Muslims turn evil into good without
is preposterous, but that has our being called on for a
not stopped Pope or President final and total rejection of
from attempting such ridiculous anything we should like to
comparisons. And when was the retain. This belief I take to
last time you read or heard of be a disastrous error. You
someone shouting Praise Jesus cannot take all luggage with
Christ before driving a car bomb you on all journeys; on one
into a building or cutting off the journey even your right
head of a non-believer? That hand and your right eye may
Islam is now unique among the be among the things you
worlds religions in its espousal have to leave behind.
of murder as a holy duty is a dark If this desire for an impossible
and disturbing truth. conciliation of radically opposed
So, naturally, our leaders look forces was prominent in Lewis
for answers where the light is day, it has become an overarching
better: that is, where the truth preoccupation, to the point of
is not, for the truth compels us absurdity, in our time.
to address a reality that has been The truth is sought where the
assiduously avoided for a very light is better, not where it is to be
long time in the West. C.S. Lewis, found. The light, for our leaders,
commenting on the modern is any solution that does not call
ages attempt to embrace all for anything more than stale
alternatives and thus avoid rhetoric and candlelight vigils
any conflict or confrontation, and vague denunciations of
wrote the following in The Great evil and hate, with a careful
Divorce: avoidance of any mention of
The attempt is based where evil and hate originate.
on the belief that reality A frank acknowledgement
never presents us with an that Islam is the key to these
absolutely unavoidable ceaseless assaults upon what
either-or; that, granted ISIS, Al Qaeda, the Taliban, Al
skill and patience and Shabab and a host of Islamic
(above all) time enough,
58 The Fatima Crusader | Autumn 2016
groups call the crusaders who profess religious beliefs
(thats us) would compel our should refrain from judging the
leaders to face the glaring truth behavior of those who do not.
that Islam is at war with the The abiding controversy over
West: not just with a particular abortion highlights the absurdity
Western nation, but with the of these assumptions. If I believe
entire culture of Europe and the that abortion is murder, but
Americas. And then what? you do not, then as a matter of
We would have to take a good manners in our democratic
hard look at immigration from republic it is incumbent upon
Islamic countries. Open borders me to allow you to commit
would become closed borders. murder with good grace and
Imams who preach jihad would forbearance.
have to be expelled. Business Tolerance
dealings with Islamic nations Is Indifference
that support terror would have
to be ended. No matter what the Tolerance as an absolute
cost, economically or politically, principle is unworkable. How
our leaders would be compelled can an apostle of tolerance be
to protect our citizenry from the tolerant of the intolerant? Even
threat of Islam. Imagine that! John Locke saw the problem,
which is why he thought
And heres the big one: We, the Catholics socially unacceptable:
nations of the West, would have they insist upon an absolute
to admit that religion matters. truth. The essence of tolerance
We would have to say plainly that is indifference, if not practical
how a culture conceives its God denial, of absolute truth.
can have profound implications
on how its people live and act. Islam has in common with the
Acknowledging the truth about Catholic Faith its insistence on
Islam would compel us to face absolute truth, that is, exclusive
hard truths about ourselves, truth. So Islam and Catholicism
about the Western way of life are inevitable foes, as they have
and its underlying assumptions. been since the first cry of Allahu
akbar! accompanied the first
It is presently assumed that beheading of an infidel more
religion is a purely private than 1300 years ago.
matter, and that it should
remain so. Further, it is an It is sometimes said that
article of public faith that those radical Islam is rooted in a 7th
century ideology, the implication
The Fatima Crusader | Autumn 2016 59
being that moderate Islam is the futility of restricting or
consonant with modern values. ending Muslim immigration. In
All of Islam is rooted in a 7th fact, they emphasize not only
century ideology. It IS that how vital it is as a matter of self-
ideology, from which it has never defense, but how much further
departed. Defenders of Islam like we have to go in investigating
to point out that most Muslims just who is living among us with
live among us peacefully. But murderous intent.
such co-existence is not the Islam is the enemy. We must
result of their religion, but of a face it, if we are to survive
falling away from that religion. this war. But this war will not
last forever. Sooner or later,
Peaceful Muslims
Can Become Radical Russia will be consecrated to
the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
The problem is that peaceful When that happens, much will
Muslims can become radical change.
Muslims without warning. All
that has to happen to effect the The late Bishop Fulton Sheen
transition is a deepening of faith, believed that Our Lady appeared
a closer reading of the Koran, at Fatima as a sign that Islam
would be converted. Fatima
the inspiration of a sermon on
is the name of Mohammeds
the duty of jihad at the local
daughter, as well as the name
mosque. It is not an easy thing to
of the Muslim girl who converted
acknowledge, but every Muslim
to the Catholic Faith in the town
is a potential jihadist.
named after her in Portugal. Of
Unwittingly, those who all the places Our Lady might
attempt to dismiss a call for have appeared, She chose
restricted Muslim immigration Fatima.
by pointing out that some
So in this crisis involving
atrocity, such as the gay
Islam, as with every other
nightclub murders in Orlando,
problem we face, Our Lady is
were committed by someone
the key. Why look where the key
who grew up in a Western
is not. If we turn to Our Lady and
nation, underscore the potential
obey Her requests, the darkness
danger any Muslim represents, will be dispelled and the light
no matter where he was born of love and peace will dawn at
and raised. Self-radicalization last. |
and homegrown terrorist are
terms designed to demonstrate

60 The Fatima Crusader | Autumn 2016


WHY the World
Needs Fatima NOW
NEWS ALERT * NEWS ALERT * NEWS ALERT * NEWS ALERT

Murdered at the Altar


Islamic terrorists stormed a Catholic church during Mass near the
Normandy city of Rouen -- taking worshipers hostage, murdering
an 84-year-old priest by slitting his throat while chanting Allahu
Akbar! and leaving a nun fighting for her life.
Putin LOSES IT, Warns Journalists of War
Russian President Putin warned a panel of foreign journalists
that by irresponsibly repeating anti-Russia propaganda, they were
helping to accelerate the world toward a nuclear confrontation.
How is it, he asked them, that they do not sense the impending
danger?
The United States and NATO Are Preparing for a
Major War with Russia
Massive military exercises and troop buildups on NATOs eastern
flank reflect a dangerous new strategic outlook in Washington,
in which a major war between nuclear powers is considered
increasingly likely.
South Sudan Civil War Imminent
The short-lived peace agreement between the Dinka and Nuer
Tribes of South Sudan has given way to a wave of violence, with
tanks and helicopter gunships targeting the countrys Vice President,
igniting fears that the five-year-old nation could descend into a
bloody civil war.
Gorbachev: The Next War Will Be the Last
Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, denouncing recent
NATO deployments of military forces to the Baltic states and eastern
Poland as short-sighted and dangerous decisions which amount to
a preparation for a hot war with Russia, warned that if the crisis
escalates into another war, it will be the worlds last war.
NATO Marches Toward Destruction ... Next Page
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Under the euphemism of containment, the U.S. is relentlessly
advancing its new Cold War on Russia and China -- a Cold War
that grows increasingly hotter, with proxy wars now raging in
eastern Ukraine and Syria and with confrontations in the South
China Sea, producing an ever growing likelihood that these points
of tension will flare up into an all-out military conflict.
Did Turkey Just Threaten War Against the United
States After Failed Coup?
Turkish officials threaten to go to war with any country
supporting exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen, the alleged mastermind
of the coup plot, which would put the US directly in Ankaras
crosshairs.
Lavrov Warns NATO to Back Off
Denouncing NATOs present course as destabilizing and short-
sighted for its deliberate disruption of the strategic balance of forces
in Europe, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov underscored in
an interview with the Hungarian newspaper Magyar Nemzet that
Russia will take any and all necessary measures to address the
emerging threats to its national security.
China Warns Against Threats, May Declare Air
Defense Zone Over Isles
China has issued a warning to other countries against threatening
its security in the South China Sea after an international tribunal
handed the Philippines a victory by saying Beijing had no legal basis
for its expansive claims there. Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin
said Beijing may choose to declare an air defense identification
zone over the waters -- a move that would sharply escalate tensions
-- strongly implying that China will not abandon its claims, even if
they become the origin of a war.
Russia Sharply Criticizes the Decisions of the NATO
Summit in Warsaw
Echoing the Russian Foreign Ministrys indictment of NATO for
not paying attention to the long-term negative consequences of
its policy in Eastern Europe, the former President of the Soviet
Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, also sharply criticized the alliance after
its summit meeting in Warsaw, calling NATOs current posturing
a de facto declaration of war on Russia.
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~ INSIDE ~
Our Lady Will Protect Her Dear Ones
by Coralie Graham ................................................................ 2
The Angel of Fatima and Reparation at Holy Mass
by Father Michael Rodriguez................................................... 4
100th Anniversary: The Angel Appearances at Fatima
by Frere Michel de la Sainte Trinite......................................... 11
Celebrating an Apocalyptic Plague: The 500th Anniversary of the Lutheran
Revolt
by John Vennari.................................................................. 21
WE NEED PRIESTS: To Promote the Fatima Message
Father Nicholas Gruner, S.T.L. S.T.D. (Cand.)........................... 33
The Consecration of the City of Aliquippa to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary
by Nelson Hertel.................................................................. 41
OUR CATHOLIC CATECHISM: PART II
Authentic Apostolic Teaching on Faith and Truth
by Father David Phillipson.................................................... 45
Prophecies For the Latter Day Saints
Our Lady and Islam
by Matt Gaspers.................................................................. 52
WHY the World Needs Fatima NOW............................................. 62

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