tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post8929612602788149994..comments2024-03-28T20:30:10.681-04:00Comments on southern orders: DO CATHOLICS HAVE TO BELIEVE IN FATIMA?Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-31786042608169069782017-05-16T22:24:27.441-04:002017-05-16T22:24:27.441-04:00As I like to say, the Rosary is wonderful, but it ...As I like to say, the Rosary is wonderful, but it does not have a monopoly on Marian devotion, Private apparitions, we're not obliged to believe them. <br /><br />Some people elevate Fatima to a near dogmatic declaration of the Church, I think it's a bit problematic if the Faith was to depend on private apparitions. Православный физикhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11313371333531421128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-43607943968879214172017-05-12T07:35:16.381-04:002017-05-12T07:35:16.381-04:00The Fatima message was a message for Twentieth cen...The Fatima message was a message for Twentieth century Catholics, especially insofar as that century coped with the lasting legacy of the calamitous First World War. The message obviously reinforced basic Catholic truths and practices, but its main point was specific to a particular historical path. Rood Screenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09816036539243214384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-7407440057474454452017-05-12T07:24:22.960-04:002017-05-12T07:24:22.960-04:00Maybe our Blessed Mother will duplicate the miracl...Maybe our Blessed Mother will duplicate the miracle of the sun ☀️/ Son!<br />Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-66283486803602649702017-05-12T02:03:31.810-04:002017-05-12T02:03:31.810-04:00From The Weather Channel...forecast for Fatima:
-...From The Weather Channel...forecast for Fatima:<br /><br />-- Friday...90 percent chance of rain.<br /><br />-- Saturday...60 percent chance of rain.<br /><br />Pax.<br /><br />Mark ThomasMark Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-33393091200378737252017-05-12T01:32:02.717-04:002017-05-12T01:32:02.717-04:00His Holiness Pope Francis...General Audience, May ...His Holiness Pope Francis...General Audience, May 10, 2017 A.D.<br /><br />“This coming Friday and Saturday - God willing - I will go as a pilgrim to Fatima, in order to offer Mary the temporal and eternal fate of humanity and ask through her intermission for the heavenly blessing.<br /><br />“I ask all of you to join me, as pilgrims of hope and peace: May your hands in prayer continue to support mine.<br /><br />“May the greatest and best of Mothers watch over each one of you, for all your days until eternity.”<br /><br />Pax.<br /><br />Mark ThomasMark Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-2509514705386401602017-05-11T19:23:42.009-04:002017-05-11T19:23:42.009-04:00Holy See Press Office...Pope Francis' upcoming...Holy See Press Office...Pope Francis' upcoming visit to Fatima:<br /><br />Dear People of Portugal, <br /><br />Only a few days remain before our pilgrimage, mine and yours, to the feet of Our Lady of Fatima. These are days of joy in expectation of our encounter in the home of Mary our Mother. <br /><br />I know that you wanted me to come to your homes and communities, your towns and cities. I received all your invitations! Needless to say, I would have liked to accept every one of them, but I cannot. So I am grateful even now for the understanding with which the various Authorities accepted my decision to restrict my Visit to the usual events associated with a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Fatima. I want to meet everyone at the feet of the Virgin Mother. <br /><br />It is as the universal pastor of the Church that I would like to come before the Madonna and to offer her a bouquet of the most beautiful “blossoms” that Jesus has entrusted to my care (cf. Jn 21:15-17). By this I mean all of our brothers and sisters throughout the world who have been redeemed by Christ’s blood, none excluded. <br /><br />That is why I need to have all of you join me there. I need to feel your closeness, whether physical or spiritual; the important thing is that it come from the heart. In this way, I can arrange my bouquet of flowers, my “golden rose”. With all of us forming “one heart and soul” (cf. Acts 4:32), I will then entrust you to Our Lady, asking her to whisper to each one of you: “My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the path that leads you to God” (Apparition of June, 1917). <br /><br />“With Mary, a pilgrim in hope and in peace”. That is the motto of our pilgrimage. It contains an entire programme of conversion. I am happy to know that in anticipation of that blessed moment, the culmination of a century of blessed moments, you have been preparing yourselves by intense prayer. <br /><br />Prayer enlarges our hearts and makes them ready to receive God’s gifts. I thank you for all the prayers and sacrifices that you offer daily for me. I need them, because I am a sinner among sinners, “a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips (Is 6:5). Prayer gives light to my eyes and enables me to see others as God sees them, and to love others as he loves them. <br /><br />In his name, I will come among you and have the joy of sharing with everyone the Gospel of hope and peace. May the Lord bless you, and the Virgin Mother protect you!<br /><br />Pax.<br /><br />Mark ThomasMark Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-50609133704121334882017-05-11T12:23:43.920-04:002017-05-11T12:23:43.920-04:00Marc, I feel your pain. But people to be smacked b...Marc, I feel your pain. But people to be smacked by obvious at times. And I can think of few things as comforting (although unnerving) as a visit from the Queen of Heaven. rcghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09131930849106490711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-77933002238875528512017-05-11T12:02:38.566-04:002017-05-11T12:02:38.566-04:00I've tried and tried to care about the Fatima ...I've tried and tried to care about the Fatima stuff, but I just don't. Admitting as much would make me anathema to most so-called Traditional Catholics who seem to believe that Fatima explains everything that is happening in the Church right now. So be it.Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13510317669833026685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-80525926197715210632017-05-11T11:44:35.117-04:002017-05-11T11:44:35.117-04:00Father McDonald said..."However, we all know ...Father McDonald said..."However, we all know that spirit of Vatican II heterodox didn't like these kinds of devotions because these did not fit their ecumenical agenda. Mary and the cult of the saints were out because these were a part of that dreadful pre-Vatican II Church which was unenlightened unlike the spirit of Vatican II folks were."<br /><br />That is true of certain folks within the Church.<br /><br />However, the good news is that our Vatican II Era Popes never wavered in their promotion of the Blessed Virgin Mary to the Faithful.<br /><br />Pax.<br /><br />Mark ThomasMark Thomasnoreply@blogger.com