Fatima's Children in 1917
Apparitions of Virgin Mary have been reported in these 2,000 years, but the most famous one is the apparition of Mary in Fatima in 1917.
Our Lady of Fátima is a Catholic title of Mary, mother of God based on the Marian apparitions reported in 1917 by three shepherd children at the Cova da Iria in Fátima, Portugal. The three children were Lúcia dos Santos and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto. The bishop of Leiria, José Alves Correia da Silva, declared the events worthy of belief on 13 October 1930.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_F%C3%A1tima)
There are photographs of Lucia (10), Francisco (9), and Jacinta (7) taken in Fatima at the time.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_F%C3%A1tima)
They look so gloomy with sadness and anger inside. But, if you read a report on Fatima by Lucia, it can be understood. These children were intimidated by the police and other adults around. They were accused of telling lies. They were told that they would be killed if they did not tell the truth, since the police and other adults did not believe that they had seen Virgin Mary.
Therefore, these children aged between 7 and 10 years were under threat of death from infidels. It is no wonder that they look so gloomy, standing before a cameraman. This picture is of children under death threat rather than of children who were under the blessing of seeing Virgin Mary.
But they did not seem to be afraid of death. Rather, they looked like wishing to go to Heaven as soon as possible, according to Lucia's report:
Then Our Lady spoke to us: “Do not be afraid. I will do you no harm.” “Where are you from?” “I am from Heaven.” “What do you want from me?” “I have come to ask you to come here for six months in succession, on the 13th day, at this same hour. Later on, I will tell you who I am and what I want. Afterwards, I will return here yet a seventh time.” “Shall I go to Heaven too?” “Yes, you will.” “And Jacinta?” “She will go also.” “And Francisco?” “He will go there too, but he must say many Rosaries.”
Remarkably, the three children immediately believed that the woman (Virgin Mary) who appeared before them in air was from Heaven with heavenly power. But, Francisco and Jacinta died so soon, a few years after the apparition. Yet, Lucia died in 2005 when Poe Jon Paul II died, leaving some controversies on secrets or prophecies of Fatima.
We should take seriously these apparitions of Virgin Mary, sine She seems to want to save the mankind from the hells. Probably many people would fall into the hells in the coming World War Three.
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Mark 6, King James Version
14 And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
15 Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.
16 But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.
17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her.
18 For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
19 Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
20 For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.