A Challenge To Atheists: Proof of God's Existence

A ChallengeTo Atheists

Proof of the Existence of God

By Ace Orense

First question... Who created the universe?

The universe is vast and almost infinite.

Who programs, commands, and executes the laws of the universe, gravity, force, motion, physics, chemistry?

It is made up of billions of galaxies.

Each galaxy contains billions of stars and thousands of planets.

Star systems compose of suns and planets.

Who created the sun?

The sun burns daily every millisecond and it does not consume nor explode until billions of years.

Who created it?

Who gave it extreme heat and vast energy?

Look at the planets.

Why and how do they revolve and rotate around the sun?

Perhaps to deliberately sustain life, would you say?

Who commands, programs, and executes the laws of weight, equilibrium, and gravity?

Look at plants and trees.

Who created them?

How come they give off oxygen to be in-breathed by humans and animals?

How come they grow?

Is it by random chance?

Look at the insects, the ants, how come they know how to gather food and communicate using tiny brains?

Look at the flies. How come they fly at a high speed?

Look at the dolphins. How come they know where to go in the vastness of the seas?

Look at the migratory birds. How come they know exactly where to go to find food or to escape winter?

Look at the diverse creation of plants and animals, their intricate structure, their marvelous designs.

Look at the flamingos, how they are created aesthetically, very pleasant to look at.

Look at the eagles on how they hunt for food, how they fly at high altitudes.

Random chance?

Evolution?

Study the flagellum.

It is microscopic in size yet it functions as a whole like an organic robot.

Certainly, it is not a result of evolution.

Evolutionism states that man came from apes through evolution.

Yet, as we study the chromosomes of apes and compare it with man, it is different, especially the DNA and RNA.

Look at man how they differ from apes.

Apes are of a different skeletal structure.

Yes, apes have eyes, nose, mouth, head, feet, teeth, tongue, arms, hands, legs, and thighs but still of a different species.

Man is a mammal but definitely not an ape nor do we evolve from apes.

There are claims that man is an interbreeding between aliens and ape-women. Not true, very false.

Humanoids cannot mix with apes. The sperm cell and egg cell of humanoids and apes will not unite for they are incompatible because they are of different kinds.

Others claim that aliens created man out of chemicals combined with the DNA of aliens.

No intelligent life form can create life forms. Intelligent humanoids or aliens can only use DNA or sperms cell and egg cells and mix them but not create. Aliens can clone humans but not create them.

If you use the theory of evolution, evolutionists would say that human life started from one-celled organisms, if so, who created the one-cell organism? And it is not possible that we were created as one-cell organisms for the human body is too complex.

Do you know how humans can see? It is through the iris, the lens, and the cornea, and by the precise connection of millions of nerve endings.

The brain is the most powerful computer. It can perceive all sorts of colors and images. It can store memory more than 1 trillion gigabytes. It commands our body parts to move.

It calculates everything. A modern robot of cannot catch a ball thrown randomly but a human can in one or several attempts. A modern robot cannot play basketball.

Is it by random chance?

Will you give credit everything to evolution?

The universe is too complex for it to just arrive from evolution.

Do the planets have the mind of their own to revolve and to rotate?

Just the human body is too complex not a even a genius scientist from a highly advanced alien civilization can create man out of chemicals or compounds unless by DNA, sperm cells or egg cells, I bet!

And granting that aliens created us, who created the very first aliens?

Athiests are intelligent but they are fools.

All they have to do is read the Bible.

All the answers are there.

Do you give credit the creation of the universe to random chance or to evolution?

No way.

If evolution is the sole process, who dictates evolution?

Evolution cannot evolve by itself without someone intelligent commanding it.

Nor can there be a universe without a creator.

Get an apple. Where does it come from? You say the apple tree. Correct. Who made the apple tree? From the seed, it came forth. I said “who?” Okay, who made the seed? Evolution? Random chance? From a single-celled organism?

You bet. For all you know, God made the apple seed. God made the apple tree.

In a broader view, God, the Super Intelligent, All-Powerful, Infinite, Eternal Self-Existent Being created everything.

Who is God?

God is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Three Divine Persons disctinct from each other yet in one Essence, God.

The Holy Trinity is God.

Let’s talk about souls.

There is a UFO religion stating that there is no God nor soul. I will disprove that. Who created the universe? Without a Creator, God, there is no universe.

There is no soul? Think again.

Take away soul from a human body, the human body dies.

They say aliens can resurrect dead human beings.

False.

They can only clone human beings by taking cells from the human body by acquiring DNA or RNA, sperm cell, egg cell, or any cell.

But resurrecting? But resurrecting?

That Only God can do by His Divine Power.

Say we cut your hand and recreate it as alienists would say, it will not be you anymore, but your clone. You still live, then your clone will live. If what the alienists claim is correct about cloning. Then, there’ s the two of you. You are not resurrected. Get the point. Say you died and a cell sample was taken from you, your body dies, your cell recreated, would it be you? No. It is your clone. It is your cell.

It is not you. Definitely not you. They say Jesus was resurrected by the aliens. But how? Question Mark! Aliens may be able to clone but not resurrect.

What I am trying to point out is, the human body is just a vessel, the captain of this ship or vessel is the soul, which is you. You are your soul. Your cells are not you! The cells are merely parts of Your Body, Not You! Definitely not you!

No God nor Soul? You Bet!

Thus, therefore, I conclude, through my careful analyses, logical analyses, mathematical analyses, and scientific analyses, that the universe was created by a Creator, “God!”,

That all life forms were created by a Creator, “God”,

That God is the Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Spirit, Holy Three Persons in One God, One Essence, Infinite, Omnipotent, Omniscient, and Omnipresent.

That man was created by “God”.

That every creation in existence is/was/will be created by God, supernatural, infinite, and divine.

For more references, read the Our Lady of Fatima and the Three Secrets, the Diary of Saint Faustina, and the books of the many saints and prophets of God.

Hell is real. Aren’t you afraid you will suffer eternally for your disbelief in God.

There, the flames are painful, scourging your body every millisecond, the odor is foul, the demons are scary, the punishment is brutal and eternal.

Suffer forever or repent.

God is a merciful, understanding, loving God, don’t you know?

God is our Father in heaven.

He watches us. He cares for us.

He lavished us with His may gifts, graces, and blessings.

God Cares for You! Yes He does. He is thinking of you this very moment.

Heaven awaits all believers of God, those who believe in the Son of God, Jesus Christ, Ea-shoa’ M’shee-kah, son of Yahweh, the Almighty Father.

Heaven is an eternal paradise where there is happiness all the time.

No crying nor weeping, no fears, no agony, no torment, no suffering.

Everything is provided, no need to toil.

Accept Jesus as your Savior and begin to be saved.

If you now believe in the Splendid Existence of God and His Spectacular Works of Creation, pray this short prayer.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

“Heavenly Father, thank you for opening my eyes and my heart to the truth. I have been ignorant of you, even of your existence. I did not have gratitude for you creating me and everything around me. I now accept Jesus Christ, Your Son, to be my Savior, my Lord, and my God.

I accept you as my Father and Creator.

I accept the Holy Spirit to be my Sanctifier and my God.

I worship and bow down before the Holy Trinity, as my God, in submission to the Divine Will.

I will have myself baptized to a Catholic priest as soon as possible and be baptized in the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. I will read the Bible and get to know you better. I pledge praying the rosary for the salvation of many souls as You have saved me. I will draw mankind closer to You, O Sweet, Loving God.

Glory to the Father, to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, Amen.

P.S. I wrote this book to save your soul. I love you as Jesus has loved us. Jesus died for you. He waits for your response.

He says “I love you”. Will you say “I love you too?”

Ace Roland Mendoza Orense

The Archangel Gabriel Incarnate

The Life of Prophet Ace Orense

Ace Roland Mendoza Orense or Brother Ace is a layman of the Roman Catholic Church, who envisioned establishing The Yeshua Movement, an organization meant to glorify Jesus Christ and to prepare mankind for his Second Coming, under which are the Fraternity of the Knights of Christ, and the Sorority of the Sisters of Christ, established for the kingdom of Our Lord Jesus Christ. He was born on September 28, 1979 at Makati City, Philippines. He is the firstborn son of Orlando Rodriguez Orense and Marlene Mendoza Orense. He was baptized as a Roman Catholic on March 30, 1980 at Don Bosco Parish Church at Makati City, Philippines.

Here is a description of Brother Ace’s appearance and stature: Ace is 5”9’3/4 feet in height, has a body mass of around 220 pounds, has average build, has dark brown hair, has brown eyes, and has a fair complexion.

His family is from the comfortable middle class. His father, Orlando Orense is an engineer while his mother, Marlene is an ordinary housewife.

Ace grew up in the city of Las Pinas, Philippines.

He studied elementary and high school in Catholic schools like Elizabeth Seton School and Saint Francis of Assisi College in Las Pinas City, Philippines. He was an above average student who often was ranked among the honor roll. When he was ten years of age, he joined the Knights of the Altar as a sacristan or altar server. It was then that he first felt that inner calling to serve The Master Jesus. He served the Holy Church as a sacristan from 10 years until 15 years of age and then 22 years until 28 years of age. All in all, he has been a sacristan for 13 years.

Brother Ace studied in colleges such as Mapua Institute of Technology, taking up Electronics and Communications Engineering, Saint Francis of Assisi College, continuing the same course in engineering, AMA Computer University, taking up the same course in engineering and Information Technology, ABE International College, taking up Tourism, and at NIIT, taking up web designing.

Brother Ace worked at different establishments as a factory worker, computer technician, proofreader, waiter, call center agent, and as a teacher.

He was also an entrepreneur. He ran a billiard center at the garage of his house in Las Pinas City, Philippines.

Brother Ace was a romantic lover. All in all, so far, he had 11 girlfriends.

Brother Ace’s earlier life was filled with merriment in the company of his friends. He loved partying in clubs and engaged himself in other social activities.

Brother Ace was a rap singer and a composer. He composed rap gospel songs such as Jesus Is My Shepherd, God’s Children, Angels of God, Blood, Two Thousand Years, What Profit Is It For A Man, Armageddon, God Is Love, Tomorrow, and many others.

The gospel songs he composed were all inspired by his deep love for the Master Jesus.

Brother Ace is a literary writer.

Brother Ace is the author of “Books of Ace”, a compilation of inspirational Christian books composed of books such as “Yeshua”, “Second Coming of Christ”, “The Divine Warrior”, “Angels of God”, “Children of God”, “Teachings of Master Jesus”, “End of the World”, “Miracles of Christ“, “Parables of Jesus”, “The Good Shepherd” “The Life of Brother Ace”, and many others. To date, Ace is still writing many a books for the evangelization of the people of God.

The Mystical Life of Brother Ace:

Brother Ace has always dreamed of being a saint. He desires to become an angel one day. One of his dreams is to go fishing on a boat, on a blue lake with Jesus, his master, the person he loves the most.

Brother Ace first felt the presence of Christ on the year of the Lord, 2002 when he was 22 years of age. The Lord Jesus Christ would speak to Him either as The Santo Nino (The Child Jesus) or as the adult Christ, His dual manifestations. Master Yeshua would speak through Him by a manifestation called divine possession. The Master Yeshua would continually save Brother Ace from perils brought about by Satan and his minions.

And when in the company of little children, Brother Ace would be possessed by The Child Jesus narrating them stories about the Holy Scriptures like Noah’s Ark and preaching to them to be good and to be obedient to their parents.

In the year 2003, Brother Ace went to a faith healer as told by the Master Yeshua. It was the time of the conflict between the Master Yeshua and Satan. The healer roared like a devil and was possessed by Satan Lucifer while Brother Ace was possessed by the Master Yeshua. This was the conversation: Jesus: “Away from my throne.” Lucifer: “I got here first.” Jesus: “You are evil.” Lucifer: “Thanks.” Jesus: “I will explode the Earth for man has become evil.” Lucifer: “Explode it.” Jesus: “1, 2, 3, The Earth will explode (singing)”.

The conversation was said in the Filipino language, in Tagalog.

Then Brother Ace and Jesus left Satan and his medium. Great is the necessity for Brother Ace to preach the gospel to the ends of the Earth for the End of the World is near, Jesus declared it. Latter, the same year, The Master Jesus, once again took possession of Ace for the message of warning. Jesus shouted out furiously to groups of people on the road this ultimate message: “Change, all of you, The Earth will explode!!!”

The devastation of the Earth was prophesied many times in the Holy Bible. To cite a few, read 2 Peter 3:7 by the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the Day of Judgment and destruction of ungodly men. Read 2 Peter 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare. Isaiah24:1 See, the Lord is going to lay waste the earth and devastate it; he will ruin its face and scatter its inhabitants. Isaiah 24:18-20 The floodgates of heaven are opened, the foundations of the earth shake. The earth is broken up, the earth is split asunder, the earth is thoroughly shaken. The earth reels like a drunkard, it sways like a hut in the wind; so heavy upon it is the guilt of its rebellion that it falls-never to rise again. Isaiah 65:17 Behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind. This is biblical proof to the words of Christ regarding the End of the World.

To continue, Brother Ace was sent to rehabilitation centers for several times for a few months each time because of his strange behavior. He was prescribed to take medicine for depression for an indefinite period of time.

This did not end Brother Ace’s mission for God. February 2007, Brother Ace went to Baclaran Church in the Philippines to hear mass. Then, the angels began to sing through him in angelic tongue. When he went outside, he saw an old woman begging for money. He treated her at McDonald’s a cup of coffee and a piece of hamburger, then gave her 100 pesos. Afterwards, he went outside. He saw a crippled, lame boy begging for alms for it was his birthday, the boy said. Brother Ace suddenly touched the boy’s legs and cried out, “Abba! Abba! Abba! Dios! Dios! Dios!” Then, he asked the boy to follow him by walking faster and faster then invoked The Angel Raphael while touching the legs until he made him run and jump. Hallelujah! A miracle performed through the power of God. Not only that, a Muslim policeman saw the miracle and he narrated what happened to two passers by, an old woman and an old man with eye disease. The cop brought the two old folks to Brother Ace. Brother Ace asked the old folks one after the other to open their eyes and not to close it while he blew on his index fingertips while uttering an angelic incantation unknown to him and touched their iris. Afterwards, the old woman’s eyes dropped a lot of tears and said she could see better. The old man could also see well after the healing.

Other accounts of the miracles performed by Brother Ace through the power of Christ: He made two old lame men walk on separate occasions, one in Las Pinas City, February 2007 and one in Pandacan, Manila, March 2007 in the Philippines. He healed an old woman sick with fever in Baclaran, month of February, year 2007. He healed a man with lumps in Cavite, year 2007. He healed his mother from witchcraft, year 2003. He healed a woman from witchcraft, year 2004 in Las Pinas City. He healed a man with a weak aching leg, year 2007 in Valenzuela City. He healed a teen-ager with a foot cramp, year 2007 in Valenzuela City. He casted away an evil spirit from his friend’s body, year 2007 in Las Pinas City. All of these miracles were performed in the Philippines.

These were miracles and living proofs that anyone can be used by God to show His mercy unto those who are sick and who are in need of help.

February 14, 2007, Brother Ace went to a visionary in Las Pinas City, Philippines, who could see and talk to God. The Master Yeshua appeared to the visionary and anointed Brother Ace. Jesus laid His hand on Ace’s head and touched his cheeks, making him smile. Brother Ace felt His presence and his mother even raised her right hand while it occurred. Brother Ace pleaded that God may make Him into an angel. Jesus said yes. He inquired his new name. The visionary spelled out ‘Cristel’, meaning ‘Christ is God’. The visionary said that Ace will be the third highest angel and that he will be given two wings of an angel.

That night, holy angels possessed Ace and delivered this message to him and his mother and sister: “Your son will be the Archangel Cristel. Your brother will be the Archangel Cristel”. Ace may become the Archangel Cristel, the Angel of Christ.

Prior to that, the year 2003, a healer told Ace this message: “You are Gabriel, because you are good, God will make you God.”

And in the year 2008, this message was flashed to Brother Ace while he was praying in the Adoration Chapel at Las Pinas City, Philippines:

“GABRIEL IS YOUR NAME”

December 2008, a woman from America, possessed by God, told Ace that he is already an angel.

God spoke through her and said to Ace ‘You are the Angel Gabriel because I said so.’

The year 2007, Ace met a young man who claims to be an angel.

The young man told Ace that Ace is the fourth coming, meaning the fourth sent, among Moses, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, with Ace being the fourth messenger of God.

On March 2007, Saint Michael The Archangel spoke to Ace, the year 2007 and told him that he is an angel. Then this appeared on Ace’s left thigh:

‘ACE TR 444’

ACE is his name. T stands for Teth which means ‘Serpent’ while R stands for Resh which means ‘Head’. ‘Ace Serpent Head 444’: 444 is an angelic number for angels were created on the 4^th day of creation. ‘Serpent’ means ‘Seraphim’.

Therefore, Ace could be the Head of the Seraphim.

According to the book of Enoch, ‘Gabriel, who presides over all that is powerful, rules over Paradise, ‘Ikisat’ (Serpents/Seraphim), and the Cherubim.’

This is in parallel to what ACE TR444 means, Serpent Head or Head of the Seraphim.

Prophet Ace Orense is the Archangel Gabriel Incarnate.

Because of his goodness, God will make Gabriel God.

Gabriel will become God, God the Angel Gabriel, the Fourth Person of the Holy Quadrinity.

Brother Ace has mental telepathy, mediumistic capabilities, and telekinetic capabilities. He could talk to people from far away places. He is a medium of Yahweh and Yeshua. He could move small objects by merely pointing at them.

He usually moves flowers held in the hand and moves it by pointing his fingers to it.

On March 16, 2007, He said “Body, show unto me what happened 2,000 years ago.” Then he slapped his forehead to activate his command. Suddenly, his body moved and he appeared to be tortured, whipped, and then crucified while he kept crying, ‘Abba! Abba! Abba!’ And he was suddenly speaking in Aramaic, re-speaking the words uttered by Christ during his crucifixion. His clothes were taken off during the process with only the underwear left. Afterwards, his palms and toes began to itch, and then triangular nail marks appeared. Ace obtained a bloodless stigmata.

Several years prior to that, this appeared on his left wrist in red marks: “El Yulo” ‘El Yulo’ when translated means ‘The Yule’. Brother Ace might be the Yule of the Second Coming of Christ.

The Master, Yeshua will return soon as prophesied by Brother Ace.

God the Father Yahweh manifested Himself to Brother Ace.

Year 2003, Brother Ace was accompanied by his parents to CCF, Christ’s Commission Foundation, a Christian Church in Sucat, Paranaque, Philippines.

There, two women prayed over Ace. When asked to close his eyes, there appeared the vision of God the Father. He was dressed in the cleanest white robe and He was wearing a cone-shaped, spiral, golden crown covering Hid head while a picture of Jesus praying was flashing. The Father has white complexion and His arms are stretched towards Ace. He was bare-footed. Brother Ace was in perfect bliss and in ecstasy for he has seen the beatific vision. The Lord Yahweh appeared to Ace. He jumped and shouted out for joy. “Blessed are the clean of heart for they shall see God.”

Year 2007, The Father was so angry with the evil of man. He possessed Brother Ace in his house in Las Pinas City, Philippines in the middle of the night and shouted out “Why do you worship money? If the nearby Church will not be filled by people in the morning, there will be an earthquake in Manila!”

Brother Ace went to the nearby Church to inspect if the Church will be filled by mass-goers. At 6am, luckily, the Church was filled by people. Then Yahweh said: “For your sake, I will spare your people.”

Yahweh is The Most High God. He is infinitely good yet he could be provoked to just anger if we would worship other gods. For Yahweh is a Jealous God.

Brother Ace’s heart is always close to the poor. He would often give alms to the poor and when he has money, he would treat them with food. There were a number of occasions when he would give what he has to the needy.

Mark 10:21 “If thou wilt be perfect, go, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou wilt have treasure in heaven; and come follow me. “

The mystical and supernatural life of Brother Ace has led him in the spirit of prophecy and healing and charity, establishing The Yeshua Movement, the Knights of Christ, and the Sisters of Christ.

He is inspired with a burning love and zeal for God and for his Master Jesus to write books, compose songs, sing praises to God, and pray unceasingly to God.

Brother Ace is a prophet and a servant of The Lord Jesus Christ.

Brother Ace continually serves, honors, magnifies, and glorifies God through his many gifts, his ministry of preaching, prophesying, and healing.

The life of Brother Ace proves that anyone who wishes to serve God will be aided, guided, inspired, and protected by God and his angels.

Servants of God will be exalted and glorified and will be rewarded in heaven, in the company of God, his people, with the angels and the saints.

All those who love and serve the Lord shall be called sons and daughters of God.

Brother Ace Orense

Prophet, preacher, healer, and Servant of God

Founder of the Yeshua Movement, the Fraternity of the Knights of Christ and the Sorority of the Sisters of Christ

Author of “Books of Ace”, a compilation of inspirational Christian books

Author of the books “Yahweh”, “Yeshua”, “Second Coming of Christ”, “The Divine Warrior”, “Children of God”, “Angels of God”, “Teachings of Master Jesus”, “End of the World”, “Miracles of Christ“, “Parables of Jesus”, “The Good Shepherd” “The Life of Brother Ace” and many others

Composer of the rap gospel songs “Jesus Is My Shepherd”,

“God’s Children”, “Angels of God”, “Blood On The Face Of The Moon, “Armageddon”, “The Four Horsemen”, “Change The World”, “God Is Love”, “What Profit Is It For A Man”, and many others

Heaven

Heaven

By Ace Orense

Heaven is a place where there is infinite pleasure and happiness.

There is the river of life which nourishes the citizens of heaven, the sons and daughters of God.

There, you are in the direct presence of God who loves you, cares for you, takes care of you and gives you everything you need and want.

There, you are in the company of the holy ones of God, the angels and the saints, and all His magnificent creatures who does His will.

There is the tree of life, which bears thousands of fruits which nourishes your heavenly spiritual bodies to live forever.

There, you will live in big mansions and with great treasures, gold, sapphire, emerald, ruby, onyx, garnet, and many other priceless riches and gifts.

There, you will wear the most beautiful clothes you have never seen.

There, you eat the most delicious foods and most refreshing drinks you could never taste on earth.

Heaven is infinitely big that the angels could not measure its size, depth, length, height, and width.

There are many heavens, each would be the dwelling place of the righteous depending on their deeds.

Rivers of milk, honey, oil, and wine abound for your pleasure.

You are in the midst of the most beautiful creatures, the angels and the celestial creatures of God.

In heaven, you will never suffer, nor cry, nor be in anguish nor be in pain, nor need anything, nor desire anything.

Everything there is given on a silver platter.

Everything in heaven is perfect.

Oh, what a wonderful place.

Heaven is reserved for the righteous, for the holy ones who do God’s will.

How to get to heaven?

Obey and observe all of the commandments of God.

Follow the teachings of Jesus Christ.

Believe and have faith in Jesus Christ.

The Son will lead us to the Father.

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Begotten Son, and whosoever who believeth in Him will not perish but have life everlasting.

Work out for your salvation and for the salvation of your brethren.

We are judged by faith and deeds.

Therefore have faith in God and do good to everyone.

Follow these two greatest commandments of Jesus Christ:

1. Love God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.

2. Love your neighbor as yourself. Love one another as I have loved you. Lay your life for your friends. There is no greater love than this.

See you in heaven.

The Heart of Jesus

The Real Presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist: The Flesh and Blood, The Heart of Jesus

Ancient Anxanum, the city of Frentanese, has contained for over twelve centuries, the first and greatest Eucharistic Miracle of the Catholic Church. This wondrous event took place in the 18^th century A.D. in the little Chruch of the Saint Legontian, as a divine response to a Basilian monk’s doubt about Jesus’ Real Presence in the Eucharist.

During Holy Mass, after the two-fold consecration, the host was changed into live Flesh and the wine was changed into live blood, which coagulated into five globules, irregular and differing in shape and size.

The Host-Flesh, as can be very distinctly observed today, has the same dimensions as the large host used today in the Latin Church; it is light brown and appears rose-colored when lighted form the back.

The Blood is coagulated and has an earth color resembling the yellow of ochre. Since 1713, the Flesh has been reserved in the artistic silver Ostensorium, delicately embossed by an artisan of the Neaopolitan school.

The Blood is enclosed in a rich and very old cup made Rock-crystal.

The Minor Conventuals have been the custodians of the Sanctuary since 1252; their appointment was the wish of Bishop Landulf of Chiete; their appointment was confirmed by a Pontifical Bull dated April 20, 1252.

In 1902, it was transferred into the present monumenta marble altar which the people of Lanciano had erected.

In 1970-1971 and again in 1981, a scientific investigation was done by illustrious scientists, Prof. Odoardo Linoli, Professor in Anatomy and Pathological Histology and in Chemistry and Clinical Microscopy, assisted by Prof. Ruggero Bertelli of the University of Siena.

The analyses were conducted with absolute and unquestionable scientific precision and they were documented with a series of microscopic photographs.

The analyses sustained the following conclusions:

The Flesh is Real Flesh.

The Blood is Real Blood.

The Flesh and the Blood belong to the human species.

The Flesh consists of the muscular tissue of the heart.

In the Flesh, we see present in sections: the myocardium, the endocardium, the vagus nerve, and also the left ventricle of the heart for the large thickness of the myocardium.

The Flesh is a “Heart” complete in its essential structure.

The Flesh and the Blood have the same blood type:

A.B. (Blood type identical to that which Prof. Baima Bollone uncovered on the Holy Shroud of Turin).

In the Blood were found proteinds in the same normal proportions percentage-wise as are found in the sero-proteic make-up of the fresh normal blood.

In the Blood, there were also found these minerals: chlorides, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, sodium, and calcium.

The prevation of the Flesh and of the Blood, which were left in there natural state for twelve centuries and exposed to the action of atmospheric and biological agents, remain an extraordinary phenomenon.

In conclusion, it may be said that Science, when called upon to testify, has given a certain and thorough response as regards the authenticity of the Eucharistic Miracle of Lanciano.

Impirmatur Leopoldo Teoplili

Archbishop of Lanciano, Italy

During the celebration of the mass, during the consecration of the bread and the wine at Holy Eucharist, the bread and the wine become the true and flesh blood of Jesus Christ as he has promised to the apostles.

“This is my body which will be given up for you.”

“This is my blood, the blood of the new covenant which will be shed for you for the forgiveness of sins”.

The host becomes the heart of Christ as an imminent sign for Jesus’ great love for man.

Receive the Body of Christ at Holy Eucharist and be united with Jesus for the forgiveness of sins.

Attend Holy Mass daily.

Receive the Heart of Christ.

Our Lady of Fatima

Our Lady of Fatima

In the year of 1916 three shepherd children,

Lucia dos Santos, age nine and her two cousins, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, age eight and six respectively tended their parents’ flock of sheep. It was a fine spring morning for grazing sheep on Lucia's father property.

The children played as the sheep feasted on the grass.

Suddenly there was a change in the weather. A steady drizzle fell and the breeze was chilling from a northwest wind. Quickly gathering the sheep they lead them to a small wooded area where they took shelter in a cave. The drizzle proved to be just a passing shower.

While still at play without warning a light whiter than the driving snow appeared. As it approached, the light took the shape of a transparent young man.

He began to speak, "Fear not. I am the Angel of Peace. Pray with me." The figure of light knelt on the ground, bowing low and three times recited this prayer: "My God, I believe, I adore, I hope and I love You. I ask pardon of You for those who do not believe, do not adore, do not hope and do not love You." Then he arose and said: "Pray this way. The Hearts of Jesus and Mary are attentive to the voice of your supplications." Then the transparent young man disappeared.

The man of light appeared to the children three time. On the second visit the children were playing as usual when they were startled by a voice saying, "What are you doing? Pray, pray a great deal. The Hearts of Jesus and Mary have designs of mercy for you. Offer unceasingly to the Most High prayer and sacrifices."

Lucia asked, "But how are we to make sacrifices?" "Offer up everything within your power as a sacrifice to the Lord in reparation for the sins by which he is so much offended and of supplication for the conversion of sinners. Thus bring down peace upon your country. I am the Guardian Angel of Portugal. More than all else, accept and bear with resignation the sufferings that God may send you." On the third visit the Angel came holding aloft a chalice with a host suspended above it. From the host drops of blood fell into the chalice cup. Leaving both chalice and host suspended in air, he prostrated himself upon the ground and three times prayed: "Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Ghost, I adore You profoundly and I offer You the most precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all the tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges and indifference by which He Himself is offended. And by the infinite merits of His Most Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg of you the conversion of poor sinners."

The Angel arose and gave Lucia the Host and the contents of the chalice were given to Francisco and Jacinta. Again he spoke: "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 more the Guardian Angel of Portugal prostrated himself upon the ground and again recited three times the Holy Trinity, than disappearing once again.

On May 13, 1917 the children were tending the sheep on the same piece of land known as the Cova da Iria. They had finished praying a Rosary, ate some lunch and were beginning to play. Abruptly there was a brilliant flash of light.

Fearing a storm they excitedly herded the sheep to head for shelter. Again, there was another flash of light and there before the children appeared the vision of a beautiful Lady. The Lady majestically floated above the branches of a small oak tree. She was all dressed in white and was as radiant like the sun.

The children first impulse was to run away but the Lady beckoned them to draw near. Here is the conversation on May 13, 1917.

(Lady) "Do not be afraid, I will not hurt you," (Lucia) 'Where do you come from?' (Lady) "I come from Heaven" (Lucia) 'And why have you come down here?'

(Lady) "Because I want you children to come here on the thirteenth of each month at the same hour. In the month of October I shall tell you who I am and what I want you to do." (Lucia) 'Do you really come from Heaven, and shall I go to Heaven too?' (Lady) "Yes, you will go there." (Lucia) 'And Jacinta?' (Lady) "Yes Jacinta will go to Heaven, too" (Lucia) 'And Francisco?' (Lady) "Yes Francisco, too, will go to Heaven, but he will first have to say many Rosaries."

Lucia now confident asked about two childhood playmates. (Lady) "One is in Heaven, and the other is in Purgatory." (Lucia) 'And Amelia?' (Lady) "Amelia will be in Purgatory till the end of the world" (Lady) "Do you wish to offer yourselves to God in order to accept all the suffering he wishes to send you, in reparation for sin and for the conversion of sinners?" (Children) 'Yes, we are willing.' (Lady) "Than you will suffer much but the grace of God will be your comfort."

Here the children receive rays of penetrating light coming from the Lady’s hands and as Lucia writes, "it penetrated our hearts and the innermost depth of our soul making us see ourselves in God, Who was that light, more clearly than we see ourselves in the best of mirrors." After this the children fell to their knees repeating over and over, "0 most Holy Trinity, I adore You! My God, my God, I love You in the most Blessed Sacrament!"

After a few moments the Lady spoke again saying, "Pray the Rosary, every day, in order to obtain peace for the world, and the end of the war." The Lady drifted off to the East and disappeared. In the following days and months there was great concern in the little village of Fatima. People from near and far poured into the tiny hamlet. As news of the apparition spread it reached authorities of the communistic ruled government. The three shepherd children were beginning to experience the sufferings the Lady had spoken of.

Note to the reader: From hear I will tell you only the messages of this beautiful Lady. I could go on and write a whole book but I suggest you read a book called "Fatima in Lucia's own words." Lucia who is still alive today is a Carmelite closeted nun in Coimbra, Portugal. Fatima in Lucia's own words was written by Lucia as she was instructed to do so by her superiors. The book is most enlightening and the sacrifices of Jacinta nearly beyond belief.

If however you are not so inclined to read. You could either rent or purchase a copy of the 1952 Warner Bros. Film, The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima staring Angela Clark. The retail cost, about $20.00. Hollywood has added a few characters that did not exist for the sake of sensationalism but over all the movie is a very good account of the events in Fatima Portugal in 1917.

The second apparition, June 13, 1917
(Lucia) "What do you want of me?" (Lady) 'I wish you to come here on the 13th of next month, to pray the Rosary every day, and to learn to read. Later, I will tell you what I want.' Lucia asked for the cure of a sick person. (Lady) 'If he is converted, he will be cured during the year.' (Lucia) "I would like to ask you to take us to heaven." (Lady) 'Yes, I will take Jacinta and Francisco soon, but you are to stay here some time longer. Jesus wishes to make use of you to make me known and loved. He wants to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart. (Lucia) "Am I to stay here alone?" (Lady) 'No, my daughter. Are you suffering a great deal? Don't lose heart. I will never forsake you. My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the way that will lead you to God."

Once again the children were to receive the ray of light as before. Lucia writes; Jacinta and Francisco seemed to be in that part of the light which rose toward heaven, and I in that which was poured out on the earth. In front of the palm of the Lady's right hand was a heart encircled by thorns which pierced it. We understood that this was the Immaculate Heart of Mary, outraged by the sins of humanity and seeking reparation.

The third apparition, July 13, 1917
(Lucia) "What do you want of me?" (Lady) 'I want you to come here on the 13th of next month, to continue to pray the Rosary every day in honor of Our Lady of the Rosary, in order to obtain peace for the world and the end of the war, because only she can help you.' (Lucia) "I would like to ask you to tell us who you are, and to work a miracle so that everybody will believe that you are appearing to us." (Lady) 'Continue to come here every month. In October, I will tell you who I am and what I want and I will perform a miracle for all to see and believe. Here Lucia makes some requests which she does not recall. The Lady said it was necessary for such people to pray the Rosary in order to obtain these graces during the year.' (Lady) 'Sacrifice yourselves for sinners and say many times, especially whenever you make some sacrifice: O Jesus it is for the love of You, for the conversion of sinners, and in the reparation for the sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary.'

At this time the Lady opened her hands once more and Lucia writes; and the rays of light seemed to penetrate the earth, and we saw as it were a sea of fire. Plunged in this fire were demons and souls in human form, like transparent burning embers all blackened or burnished bronze, floating about in the conflagration, now raised into the air by the flames that issued from within themselves together with great clouds of smoke, now falling back on every side like sparks in huge fires, without weight or equilibrium, amid shrieks and groans of pain and despair, which horrified us and made us tremble with fear. (It must have been this sight which caused me to cry out, as people say they heard me.) The demons could be distinguished by their terrifying and repellent likeness to frightful and unknown animals, black and transparent like burning coal. Terrified and as if to plead for succors, we looked up at the Lady, who said to us, so kindly and so sadly:

(Lady) 'You have seen hell where the souls of poor sinners go. To save them, God wishes to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart. If what I say to you is done, many souls will be saved and there will be peace. The war is going to end; but if people do not cease offending God, a worse one will break out during the pontificate of Pius Xl. When you see a night illumined by an unknown light, know that this is the great sign given you by God that he is about to punish the world for its crimes, by means of war, famine, and persecution of the Church and of the Holy Father.'

(Lady) 'To prevent this, I shall come to ask for the consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart and the Communion of Reparation on the First Saturdays. If my requests are heeded, Russia will be converted, and there will be peace; if not, she will spread her errors throughout the world, causing wars and persecutions of the Church. The good will be martyred, the Holy Father will consecrate Russia to me, and she will be converted, and a period of peace will be granted to the world. In Portugal, the dogma of the Faith will always be preserved; etc.… Do not tell this to anyone.' (Lucia) "To Francisco?" (Note: Francisco was only able to see the Lady not hear her words) (Lady) 'Yes, you may tell him. When you pray the Rosary, say after each mystery, O my Jesus, forgive us, save us from the fire of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those who are most in need. After this there was a moment of silence, (Lucia) "Is there anything more that you want of me?" (Lady) 'No I do not want anything more of you today.' Then, the Lady ascended towards the East and disappeared.

The forth apparition, August, 1917
Note: The apparition did not take place on the 13th as the children were taken into custody by the local authorities. Lucia recalls the date as being August 15. At the time of the apparition the children were tending sheep on a piece of land called, Valinhos.

(Lucia) "What do you want of me?" (Lady) 'I want you to continue going to the Cova da Iria on the 13th and to continue praying the Rosary every day. In the last month, I will perform a miracle so that all may believe.' (Lucia) "What do you want done with the money that the people leave in the Cova da Iria?" (Lady) "Have two litters made. One is to be carried by you and Jacinta and two other girls dressed in white; the other one it to be carried by Francisco and three other boys. The money from the litters is for the festa of Our Lady of the Rosary, and what is left over will help towards the construction of a chapel that is to be built here.' (Lucia) "I would like to ask you to cure some sick persons." (Lady) 'Yes, I will cure some of them during the year. Than looking very sad the Lady said, (Lady) 'Pray, pray very much, and make sacrifices for sinners; for many souls go to hell, because there are none to sacrifice themselves and to pray for them.' And the Lady disappeared as before

The fifth apparition, September 13, 1917
(Lady) "Continue to pray the Rosary in order to obtain the end of the war. In October Our Lord will come, as well as our Lady of Dolours and Our Lady of Carmel, Saint Joseph will appear with the Child Jesus to bless the world. God is pleased with your sacrifices. He does not want you to sleep with the rope on, but only to wear it during the daytime." (Lucia) 'I was told to ask you many things, the cure of some sick people, of a deaf-mute….' (Lady) "Yes, I will cure some, but not others. In October I will perform a miracle so that all may believe." And the Lady disappeared into the East as usual.

The sixth and final apparition, October, 13, 1917
(Lucia) "What do you want of me?" (Lady) 'I want to tell you that a chapel is to be built here in my honor. I am the Lady of the Rosary. Continue always to pray the Rosary every day. The war is going to end, and the soldiers will soon return to their homes.' (Lucia) "I have many things to ask you: the cure of some sick persons, the conversion of sinners, and other things…' (Lady) 'Some yes, but not others. They must amend their lives and ask forgiveness for their sins." Looking very sad Our Lady said, (Lady) 'Do not offend the Lord our God any more, because He is already so much offended.' Lucia writes; "Then, opening her hands, she made them reflect on the sun, and as she ascended, the reflection of her own light continues to be projected on the sun itself.

Here, Your Excellency is the reason why I cried out to the people to look at the sun, because I was not even aware of their presence. I was moved to do so under the guidance of an interior impulse.

After Our Lady had disappeared into the immense distance of the firmament, we beheld St. Joseph with the Child Jesus and Our Lady robed in white with a blue mantle, beside the sun. St. Joseph and the Child Jesus appeared to bless the world, for they traced the Sign of the Cross with their hands. When, a little later, this apparition disappeared, I saw Our Lord and Our Lady; it seemed to me that it was Our Lady of Dolours. Our Lord appeared to bless the world in the same manner as St. Joseph had done. This apparition also vanished, and I saw Our Lady once more, this time resembling Our Lady of Carmel."

The promised miracle of Oct. 13, 1917
This account is take from a book called, "A Woman Clothed with the Sun," Gradually the sun grew pale, lost its normal color, and appeared as a silver disk at which all could gaze directly without even shading their eyes. Then, to the astonishment of all present, rays of multicolored light shot out in every direction; red, blue, yellow, green, every color of the spectrum. Meanwhile, the very heavens seemed to be revolving as the sun spun madly on its axis like a gigantic wheel of fire, painting the rocks, the trees, the faces of the people with sunshine such as human eyes has never seen before. Three times it stopped and three times the mad dance was resumed. Then, while the crowd went to its knees in abject terror, the sun suddenly seemed to be torn loose from its place in the heavens. Down it hurtled, closer and closer to the earth, staggering, "drunkenly" as it zigzagged through the skies while from all parts of the now terrified multitude arose cries of repentance and appeals for mercy. "It’s the end of the world," Shrieked one woman hysterically." "Dear God, don't let me die in my sins," cried another." "Holy Virgin, protect us," implored a third."

Suddenly, as if arrested in its downward plunge by an invisible Heavenly hand, it poised from a moment and then, in the same series of swirling motions it began to climb upward till it resumed its accustomed place in the heavens. Gone was the silver disk with the brilliant rays. It was once more a ball of fire at which nobody could look directly with unshaded eyes.

During that day drenching rains had left an estimate 70,000 pilgrims soaking wet. The apparition site was a pit of mud. After the miracle the weather was beautiful. While the people looked at one another, still trembling from their terrifying experience and not yet sure that some further disaster would not overtake them, a cry of astonishment was heard on every side. The rain-sodden garment had suddenly dried, someone said out loud, and the muddy pit of land was also dry.

VATICAN CITY, JUN 26, 2000 (VIS) - Given below is the complete translation of the original Portuguese text of the third part of the secret of Fatima, revealed to the three shepherd children at Cova da Iria-Fatima on July 13, 1917, and committed to paper by Sr. Lucia on January 3, 1944:

"I write in obedience to you, my God, who command me to do so through his Excellency the Bishop of Leiria and through your Most Holy Mother and mine.

"After the two parts which I have already explained, at the left of Our Lady and a little above, we saw an Angel with a flaming sword in his left hand; flashing, it gave out flames that looked as though they would set the world on fire; but they died out in contact with the splendor that Our Lady radiated towards him from her right hand: pointing to the earth with his right hand, the Angel cried out in a loud voice: 'Penance, Penance, Penance!'. And we saw in an immense light that is God: 'something similar to how people appear in a mirror when they pass in front of it' a Bishop dressed in White 'we had the impression that it was the Holy Father'. Other Bishops, Priests, men and women Religious going up a steep mountain, at the top of which there was a big Cross of rough-hewn trunks as of a cork-tree with the bark; before reaching there the Holy Father passed through a big city half in ruins and half trembling with halting step, afflicted with pain and sorrow, he prayed for the souls of the corpses he met on his way; having reached the top of the mountain, on his knees at the foot of the big Cross he was killed by a group of soldiers who fired bullets and arrows at him, and in the same way there died one after another the other Bishops, Priests, men and women Religious, and various lay people of different ranks and positions. Beneath the two arms of the Cross there were two Angels each with a crystal aspersorium in his hand, in which they gathered up the blood of the Martyrs and with it sprinkled the souls that were making their way to God."

The Three Secrets of Fátima

Three Secrets of Fátima

The first two secrets

The first secret was a vision of Hell, which Lúcia describes in her Third Memoir, as follows:

"Our Lady showed us a great sea of fire which seemed to be under the earth. Plunged in this fire were demons and souls in human form, like transparent burning embers, all blackened or burnished bronze, floating about in the conflagration, now raised into the air by the flames that issued from within themselves together with great clouds of smoke, now falling back on every side like sparks in a huge fire, without weight or equilibrium, and amid shrieks and groans of pain and despair, which horrified us and made us tremble with fear. The demons could be distinguished by their terrifying and repulsive likeness to frightful and unknown animals, all black and transparent. This vision lasted but an instant. How can we ever be grateful enough to our kind heavenly Mother, who had already prepared us by promising, in the first Apparition, to take us to heaven? Otherwise, I think we would have died of fear and terror."^[9]

The second secret included Mary's instructions on how to save souls from Hell and convert the world to the Catholic faith, written in 1917:

"You have seen hell where the souls of poor sinners go. To save them, God wishes to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart. If what I say to you is done, many souls will be saved and there will be peace. The war is going to end: but if people do not cease offending God, a worse one will break out during the Pontificate of Pius XI. When you see a night illuminated by an unknown light, know that this is the great sign given you by God that he is about to punish the world for its crimes, by means of war, famine, and persecutions of the Church and of the Holy Father. To prevent this, I shall come to ask for the consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart and the Communion of reparation on the First Saturdays. If my requests are heeded, Russia will be converted, and there will be peace; if not, she will spread her errors throughout the world, causing wars and persecutions of the Church. The good will be martyred; the Holy Father will have much to suffer; various nations will be annihilated. In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph. The Holy Father will consecrate Russia to me, and she shall be converted, and a period of peace will be granted to the world."

The fate of the three children

Lúcia Santos (middle) with her cousins Jacinta and Francisco Marto, 1917.

Lúcia reported seeing the Virgin again in 1925 at the Dorothean convent at Pontevedra, Galicia (Spain). This time, she said she was asked to convey the message of the First Saturday Devotions. A subsequent vision of the Christ Child Himself reiterated this request, by her account.

Lúcia was transferred to another convent in Tui or Tuy, Galicia in 1928. In 1929, Lúcia reported that Mary returned and repeated her request for the Consecration of Russia to her Immaculate Heart.

Lúcia reportedly saw Mary in private visions periodically throughout her life. Most significant was the apparition in Rianxo, Galicia in 1931, in which Sister Lúcia said that Jesus visited her, taught her two prayers, and delivered a message to give to the hierarchy of the Church. In 1938, Lúcia saw the blood-red "Fire In The Skies Event" that was seen through out Europe and into Russia, taking this as an ominous sign of war as described by the Virgin Mary.

In 1947, Sister Lúcia left the Dorothean order and joined the Carmelite order in a convent in Coimbra, Portugal. Lúcia died on February 13, 2005, at the age of 97. After her death, the Vatican, specifically Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (at that time, still head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith) ordered her cell sealed off. It is believed this was because Sister Lúcia had continued to receive more revelations, and the evidence needed to be examined in the course of proceedings for Lúcia's canonization.

Lúcia's cousins, the siblings Francisco (1908–1919) and Jacinta Marto (1910–1920), were both victims of the Great Spanish Flu Epidemic of 1919.

Francisco and Jacinta were declared venerable by Pope John Paul II in a public ceremony at Fatima on May 13, 1989. John Paul returned there on May 13, 2000, to declare them 'blessed' (a title of veneration below that of sainthood; see Canonization). Jacinta is the youngest non-martyred child ever to be beatified.

In 1941, Lúcia claimed that the Virgin Mary had predicted the deaths of two of the children during the second apparition on June 13, 1917. Some accounts, including the testimony of Olímpia Marto (mother of the two younger children) state that her children did not keep this information secret and ecstatically predicted their own deaths many times to her and to curious pilgrims. According to the 1941 account, on June 13, Lúcia asked the Virgin if the three children would go to heaven when they died. She heard Mary reply, "Yes, I shall take Francisco and Jacinta soon, but you will remain a little longer, since Jesus wishes you to make me known and loved on earth. He wishes also for you to establish devotion in the world to my Immaculate Heart.^[11] Jacinta, in fact, accurately foretold the time and detailed circumstances of her death, according to Lúcia and hospital staff.

Exhumed in 1935 and again in 1951, Jacinta's body was found incorrupt.^[12] Francisco's had decomposed.

The consecration of Russia

Main articles: Pope Pius XII Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and Sacro Vergente

Statue of Pope Pius XII in Fatima, Portugal. Just as a few years ago We consecrated the entire human race to the Immaculate Heart of the Virgin Mary, Mother of God, so today We consecrate and in a most special manner We entrust all the peoples of Russia to this Immaculate Heart…

According to Sister Lúcia, The Virgin promised that the Consecration of Russia would lead to Russia's conversion and an era of peace.^[1]

Pope Pius XII, in his Apostolic Letter of July 7, 1952 Sacro Vergente consecrated Russia to the Most Blessed Virgin Mary. Pius XII wrote,

Just as a few years ago We consecrated the entire human race to the Immaculate Heart of the Virgin Mary, Mother of God, so today We consecrate and in a most special manner We entrust all the peoples of Russia to this Immaculate Heart…^[13]

In 1952 the Pope reminded the Russian people, that the Virgin Mary was always victorious. "The gates of hell will never prevail, where she offers her protection. She is the good mother, the mother of all, and it has never been heard, that those who seek her protection, will not receive it. With this certainty, the Pope dedicates all people of Russia to the immaculate heart of the Virgin. She will help! Error and atheism will be overcome with her assistance and divine grace".^[14]

Pope Pius XII and Pope John Paul II both had special relations to our Lady of Fátima. Pope Benedict XV began Pacelli's Church career, elevating him to archbishop in the Sistine Chapel on May 13, 1917, the very day, Our Lady of Fátima is believed to have first appeared to three shepherd children in Fátima. Pius XII, was laid to rest in the crypt of Saint Peter's Basilica on November 13, 1958, on the Feast of our Lady of Fátima. The Lady of Fátima is credited by many faithful and, as mentioned below, by the Pontiff himself, with saving the life of John Paul II during the assassination attempt in 1981 on Fátima day.

Pope John Paul II again consecrated the entire world to the Virgin in 1984, without mentioning countries like Russia. Some believe that Sister Lúcia verified that this ceremony fulfilled the requests of the Virgin. However, in the Blue Army's Spanish magazine, Sol de Fatima, in the September 1985 issue, Sister Lúcia said that the ceremony did not fulfill the Virgin's request, as there was no specific mention of Russia, and "many bishops attached no importance to it". In 2001, Archbishop Tarcisio Bertone issued a statement, claiming that he had met with Sister Lúcia, who reportedly told him, "I have already said that the consecration desired by Our Lady was made in 1984, and has been accepted in Heaven." Sister Lúcia died on February 13 (same day as the apparitions), 2005, without making any public statement of her own to settle the issue.

A 2008 Conference in the former Soviet Union focused on a future accompanied by Mary. Orthodox Russians gathered in Minsk with Catholics of Belarus to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Mary's apparitions in Lourdes and to consider her role in their personal and national history. It was recalled that Our Lady told Bernadette Soubirous that she was the Immaculate Conception. ^[15] To some faithful, this may be an indication that the prayers to the Lady of Fatima about Russia are effective.

The Third Secret

The third secret, a vision of the death of the Pope and other religious figures, was transcribed by the Bishop of Leiria and reads:

"After the two parts which I have already explained, at the left of Our Lady and a little above, we saw an Angel with a flaming sword in his left hand; flashing, it gave out flames that looked as though they would set the world on fire; but they died out in contact with the splendor that Our Lady radiated towards him from her right hand: pointing to the earth with his right hand, the Angel cried out in a loud voice: ‘Penance, Penance, Penance!' And we saw in an immense light that is God: ‘something similar to how people appear in a mirror when they pass in front of it' a Bishop dressed in White ‘we had the impression that it was the Holy Father'. Other Bishops, Priests, Religious men and women going up a steep mountain, at the top of which there was a big Cross of rough-hewn trunks as of a cork-tree with the bark; before reaching there the Holy Father passed through a big city half in ruins and half trembling with halting step, afflicted with pain and sorrow, he prayed for the souls of the corpses he met on his way; having reached the top of the mountain, on his knees at the foot of the big Cross he was killed by a group of soldiers who fired bullets and arrows at him, and in the same way there died one after another the other Bishops, Priests, Religious men and women, and various lay people of different ranks and positions. Beneath the two arms of the Cross there were two Angels each with a crystal aspersorium in his hand, in which they gathered up the blood of the Martyrs and with it sprinkled the souls that were making their way to God."

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