Our Lady of Fatima
by Barbara Isbister
Part Two – The Apparitions of Our Lady, the Message of Fatima and the Miracle of the Sun
Our Lady appearing to the children Based on the Memoirs of Lucia Santos (1) The first of six apparitions of Our Lady to Lucia, Francisco and Jacinta happened on 13th May 1917. Prior to this, there had been three apparitions of the Angel of Peace in 1916 to prepare them. The children reported seeing a ‘Lady clothed in white,’ standing above a small oak tree in Cova da Iria. Lucia later wrote what she saw in her memoirs: ‘She was more brilliant than the sun and radiated light… She looked about seventeen years old…In her hands were beads of a rosary which shone like stars, with the crucifix most radiant of all.’ Our Lady said: ‘Do not be afraid. I will do you no harm.’
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