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This is The book to read on Fatima. The memoirs of St. Lucia, with comments by John Haffert, who interviewed her.
353 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1993
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August 5, 2017This book was given to my by Kathy Kimar as a thank-you for volunteering as kitchen coordinator for the Teen Summer Institute. I read little bits of it all month during my lunch. Talk about daily nourishment!
This book is Lucia's memoirs of her life during the time of the apparitions, including the stories and descriptions of the life events and personalities of Sts. Jacinta and Francisco. I felt as if I was getting to know them in their little way of life, and their sainhood became real and unique to their own individualities, which to me was very refreshing and hopeful.
I am glad to have read this book having already familiarized myself with the sense of how Fatima fits into the story of the entire history of the world and of salvation. I know that sounds a little over dramatic, but these events are the events of the kingdom of heaven in our age that parallel the events of Moses and Elijah in the old testament! To have the context of the significance, and then to read the very personal account coming from the simple and faithful hand of Lucia, it helped me to see just how personal this story is.
I know that by reading it, bit by bit over the course of a month, my life has been forever changed. Not in a "complete turn-around" kind of way, but in a way where my eyes have been opened and they will never become shut again. I can never un-know the love the Mary and Jesus have for the world. I can never not see through these events how God DOES NOT ABANDON his beloved children, but comes to us and gives us a way to believe, and asks of us a simple and heartfelt response that can be given by any living soul, no matter how simple. I remember throughout my life wondering why these middle-aged women were always talking about the rosary and the scapular, thinking that it was just one more distraction. Now I see. Mary had gently lead my heart to show me how it is in her love she has given us these special tokens, and finally I WANT to have these devotions, because I want to love Mary, because I want to love Jesus.
Something that struck me from the book was Haffert's stress that Lucia was a joyful person. Why was this so unexpected to me? After reading all her serious accounts of very deep and spiritual things, the sacrifices she and her cousins made, and the weighty world-changing requests made of them, the author reports that Lucia didn't take herself too seriously, but laughed easily. This has posed a personal challenge to me--or maybe not a challenge, but has allowed me a personal freedom to say that I can be holy and joyful, and that that is what I am supposed to be.
The other thing that struck me was that these world-turning-point events took place for real people in real time. The children of Fatima lived their day to day lives for Christ, and they are the last people who would say they would have asked for such a thing to happen to them or that they deserved any kind of special treatment. Our Lady calls for a sanctification of daily actions. That is what we read about the children doing in the book. And that is what we can do to. We are called to the exact same path of holiness as they, but in our own day to day lives accepting our particular crosses.
This book is Lucia's memoirs of her life during the time of the apparitions, including the stories and descriptions of the life events and personalities of Sts. Jacinta and Francisco. I felt as if I was getting to know them in their little way of life, and their sainhood became real and unique to their own individualities, which to me was very refreshing and hopeful.
I am glad to have read this book having already familiarized myself with the sense of how Fatima fits into the story of the entire history of the world and of salvation. I know that sounds a little over dramatic, but these events are the events of the kingdom of heaven in our age that parallel the events of Moses and Elijah in the old testament! To have the context of the significance, and then to read the very personal account coming from the simple and faithful hand of Lucia, it helped me to see just how personal this story is.
I know that by reading it, bit by bit over the course of a month, my life has been forever changed. Not in a "complete turn-around" kind of way, but in a way where my eyes have been opened and they will never become shut again. I can never un-know the love the Mary and Jesus have for the world. I can never not see through these events how God DOES NOT ABANDON his beloved children, but comes to us and gives us a way to believe, and asks of us a simple and heartfelt response that can be given by any living soul, no matter how simple. I remember throughout my life wondering why these middle-aged women were always talking about the rosary and the scapular, thinking that it was just one more distraction. Now I see. Mary had gently lead my heart to show me how it is in her love she has given us these special tokens, and finally I WANT to have these devotions, because I want to love Mary, because I want to love Jesus.
Something that struck me from the book was Haffert's stress that Lucia was a joyful person. Why was this so unexpected to me? After reading all her serious accounts of very deep and spiritual things, the sacrifices she and her cousins made, and the weighty world-changing requests made of them, the author reports that Lucia didn't take herself too seriously, but laughed easily. This has posed a personal challenge to me--or maybe not a challenge, but has allowed me a personal freedom to say that I can be holy and joyful, and that that is what I am supposed to be.
The other thing that struck me was that these world-turning-point events took place for real people in real time. The children of Fatima lived their day to day lives for Christ, and they are the last people who would say they would have asked for such a thing to happen to them or that they deserved any kind of special treatment. Our Lady calls for a sanctification of daily actions. That is what we read about the children doing in the book. And that is what we can do to. We are called to the exact same path of holiness as they, but in our own day to day lives accepting our particular crosses.
February 10, 2017
Recounts that Marian apparitions at Fatima and St. Lucia's memoirs.
February 12, 2017
I bought this book about 8 years ago when the statue of Our Lady of Fatima traveled through the United States and made a stop at Gesu. I finally got around to reading it, and am very happy I did. The book is mostly the memoirs of Sr. Lucia, one of the three children who were visited by Mother Mary in Fatima in 1917. It was really interesting to read so many details about the events that I never heard of before. It also inspired me to say more rosaries!
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