29 august, 2011
On September 29, the Shrine of Fatima recalls the third apparition of the Angel in 1916, in the village of Aljustrel.
The third apparition took place at Loca do Cabeço (hilltop grotto). Lucia recounts:
“As soon as we arrived there, we knelt down, with our foreheads touching the ground, and began to repeat the prayer of the Angel: «My God, I believe, I adore, I hope and I love You…» I don’t know how many times we had repeated this prayer, when an extraordinary light shone upon us. We sprang up to see what was happening, and beheld the Angel. He was holding a chalice in his left hand, with the Host suspended above it, from which some drops of blood fell into the chalice. Leaving the chalice suspended in the air, the Angel knelt down beside us and made us repeat three times:«Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, 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 with which He Himself is offended. And, through the infinite merits of His Most Sacred Heart, and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg of You the conversion of poor sinners.» Then, rising, he took the chalice and the Host in his hands. He gave the Sacred Host to me, and shared the Blood from the chalice between Jacinta and Francisco, saying as he did so: «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 again he prostrated himself on the ground and repeated with us, three times more, the same prayer «Most Holy Trinity…», and then disappeared. We remained a long time in this position, repeating the same words over and over again. When at last we stood up, we noticed that it was already dark, and, therefore, time to return home.” Sister Lucia, II Memoir, 1937 Program: 21h30 - Rosary and procession from Little Chapel to Valinhos. Because of this special program to celebrate the third apparition of the Angel of Portugal in Fatima, the Rosary of 21h30 (Lisbon time) won’t be recited in the Little Chapel of Apparitions, but in the procession. |
