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By Rev.Fr Benjamin-Maria

The Third Apparition of Our Lady of Fatima – July 13, 1917

On July 13th, 1917 a few moments after arriving at the Cova da Iria near the Holm-oak, where a large number of people were praying the Rosary, the children saw the flash of light once more and a moment later Our Lady appeared over the Holm-oak.

Lucia: What do you want of me?

Our Lady: I want you to come here on the thirteenth of next month and 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 obtain it.

Lucia: I would like to ask you to tell us who you are and to perform a miracle so everyone will believe that You appears to us.

Our Lady: Continue to come here every month. In October, I will tell you who I am and what I wish, and I will perform a miracle that everyone shall see so as to believe.

Lucia then made a number of requests for conversions, cures, and other graces. Our Lady recommended the constant recitation of the rosary; thus they would obtain those graces during the year.

Then she went on: “Sacrifice yourselves for sinners and say many times, especially when you make a sacrifice, ‘O Jesus, this is for love of Thee, for the conversion of sinners, and in reparation for the sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary.'”

As she spoke these words, Our Lady stretched out her hands, and bright rays came forth which seemed to penetrate the earth. All at once the ground vanished, and the children found themselves standing on the brink of a sea of fire. HELL

Looking with compassion at the pale and trembling little ones,
Our Lady : You have seen hell, where the soul of poor sinners go. To save them God wishes to establish in the world the devotion to my Immaculate Heart. If people do what I tell you, many souls will be saved and there will be peace. The war is going to end. But if people do not stop offending God, another and worse one will begin. When you shall see a night illuminated by an unknown light, know that is the great sign that God gives you that He is going to punish the world for its many crimes by means of war, hunger, and of persecution of the Church and the Holy Father.

To prevent this, I shall come to ask the Consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart and the communion of Reparation on the five first Saturdays. If my request are granted, atheistic Russia will be converted and there will be peace. If not, she will scatter her errors throughout the world, provoking wars and persecution of the Church. The good will be martyred, the Holy father will suffer much and various nations will be destroyed.

….But in the end, My Immaculate Heart will triumph,… when you recite the Rosary, after each mystery say: Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fire of hell, lead all souls to heaven, especially those who are most in need of thy mercy.

After a short silence, Our Lady ascended towards the east and disappeared.