"But God, in His Goodness..." (Sister Lucia of Fatima)

[MariaChristi]

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Sister Lucia concludes her Chapter 22 “The Call to Follow the Road to Heaven” with these words:

If God had created us merely in order to live out, on this earth, the few days that we spend here in the midst of toil, suffering and affliction that all of us, one way or another, have got to endure, then we could say that our life had no meaning, since it was destined to end in the dust of the earth from which we were made. But God in His goodness, must have had a greater purpose in mind, and His Love could not be content with this. We are the masterpiece of His love, since He created us to share in the immensity of His Life…

…This is the most important thing in our lives: that we should behave in such a way as to ensure that when we depart this world and at the end of time, we shall deserve to hear from the lips of Jesus Christ, those consoling words: “Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” (Mt 25:34)

It is for this reason that the Message speaks to us of Heaven and urges us to keep to the way that will lead us there.

Especially during tis 100th Anniversary Year of the Apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima, may we keep our eyes focused on Jesus, Our Way, our Truth and our Life, even as Mary did during her journey on earth. Let us learn, by God’s Grace, as the three shepherd children learned (and the servants at Cana learned) from our Mother, to do everything He tells us.