I asked who he was and was told Senhor Joao da Cunha Vasconcelos. With his face turned to the sun, he recited the Credo in a loud voice. Standing at the step of an omnibus was an old man. But at that moment a great shout went up, and one could hear the spectators nearest at hand shouting: "A miracle! A miracle!"īefore the astonished eyes of the crowd, whose aspect was biblical as they stood bareheaded, eagerly searching the sky, the sun trembled, made sudden incredible movements outside all cosmic laws-the sun "danced" according to the typical expression of the people. It might have been an eclipse which was taking place. It looked like a plaque of dull silver, and it was possible to look at it without the least discomfort.
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Among the witnesses there were the following: Eye Witness Accountsįrom the road, where the vehicles were parked and where hundreds of people who had not dared to brave the mud were congregated, one could see the immense multitude turn toward the sun, which appeared free from clouds and in its zenith. The Lady would come to urge her to dedicate herself wholly to God.Īs the children viewed the various apparitions of Jesus, Mary and Joseph the crowd witnessed a different prodigy, the now famous miracle of the sun. At that time Lucia would be praying in the Cova before leaving Fátima for a girls boarding school. However, for Lucia Our Lady would return a seventh time, in 1920, as she had promised the previous May. This would be the last of the apparitions of Fátima for Jacinta and Francisco. This apparition also vanished, and I saw Our Lady once more, this time resembling Our Lady of Carmel. Our Lord appeared to bless the world in the same manner as St. When, a little later, this apparition disappeared, I saw Our Lord and Our lady it seemed to me to that it was Our Lady of Sorrows (Dolors). Joseph and the Child Jesus seemed to bless the world, for they traced the Sign of the Cross with their hands. Joseph with the Child Jesus and Our Lady robed in white with a blue mantle, beside the sun.
Lucia describes the latter in her memoirs.Īfter our Lady had disappeared into the immense distance of the firmament, we beheld St. While the rain had stopped, dark clouds continued to obscure the sun, which suddenly bursts through them and is seen to be a soft spinning disk of silver.įrom this point two distinct apparitions were seen, that of the phenomenon of the sun seen by the 70,000 or so spectators and that beheld by the children alone. They must not offend our Lord any more, for He is already too much offended!Īs the Lady of the Rosary rises toward the east she turns the palms of her hands toward the dark sky. People must amend their lives and ask pardon for their sins. Some I shall grant, and others I must deny. The war will end soon, and the soldiers will return to their homes. I want you to continue saying the Rosary every day. However, when the sun arrived at its zenith the Lady appeared as she had said she would. It was well passed noon by the official time of the country. When they arrived they found critics who questioned their veracity and the punctuality of the Lady, who had promised to arrive at noon. Today on the site is the modern glass and steel Capelhina (little chapel), enclosing the first chapel built there and the statue of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima where the holm oak had stood.Īs for the children, they made their way to the Cova amid the adulation and skepticism which had followed them since May. From there they made their way down the gently slope to the place where a trestle had been erected over the little holm oak of the apparitions. By foot, by cart and even by car they came, entering the bowl of the Cova from the Fátima-Leiria road, which today still passes in front of the large square of the Basilica. During the night of 12-13 October it had rained throughout, soaking the ground and the pilgrims who make their way to Fátima from all directions by the thousands.ĭuring the night of 12-13 October it had rained throughout, soaking the ground and the pilgrims who make their way to Fátima from all directions by the thousands.
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