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In 1917 one of the greatest miracles in the history of the Catholic Church occurred in Fatima, Portugal and was witnessed by over 70,000 people. Thousands of testimonials were submitted to the Catholic Church and after 13 years of investigation, the Church declared it worthy of belief. It is one of the greatest proofs showing that the Catholic Church is the one true church, and cannot be disputed. It has been approved by all Popes from 1917 to present.
Some don’t know that there is a book of testimonials available online. Here are a few excerpts along with a link to the book. A fascinating read!
Deposition from José Joaquim da Assunção who was 71 years old in 1960 and living in Montelo. At the moment of the miracle he was standing fairly close to the place of the apparitions where the fountain is now located. He was with several acquaintances:
“The sun began spinning as though in a sort of a box. All the people cried: ‘It comes down! It comes down!’ The colors of things seemed different.”
“How were you dressed, José?”
“I was not dressed in a special way. Just as usual. It was raining.”
“And were you dry afterward?”
“The sun began to come down and all were quickly dried.”
Dona Maria Teresa Charters, another prominent living witness, is from one of the most distinguished families of Leiria. She was 26 years of age and was in the Cova with several relatives.
“We distinctly saw the sun, without harm to the eyes. The sun came down, turning on itself, and throwing beams of several colors.”
“Were you afraid?”
“I thought we were all to die, but I was not afraid.”
Mrs. Guilhermina Lopes da Silva was living in Leiria, 16 miles from the place where the miracle occurred. Mrs. da Silva had seen the crowds passing through Leiria in great numbers. She wanted very much to join them going to Fatima to see whether the miracle predicted by the children would happen.
“But I could not go because my husband was an unbeliever. I was looking toward the mountain at noon when suddenly I saw a great red flash in the sky. I called two men who were working for us. They, of course, saw it, too. One of my relatives, Mr. Louis Lopes from Arrabalde de Santa Margarida, went to Fatima and told us afterward that although he had taken every precaution to avoid the rain (because he suffered from bronchitis) he was soaked through from his feet to his waist. But as the sun came down from the sky he noticed, to his astonishment, that he was completely dry. And my former neighbor, Dona Nazare Pinheiro, when she came back from Fatima that day, told me that when she had seen the sun coming down like a spinning wheel, she was so frightened that she fell to her knees reciting the Act of Contrition, believing it to be indeed the end of the world.”
Full e-book: http://johnhaffert.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Meet-the-Witnesses-91511.pdf
Some don’t know that there is a book of testimonials available online. Here are a few excerpts along with a link to the book. A fascinating read!
Deposition from José Joaquim da Assunção who was 71 years old in 1960 and living in Montelo. At the moment of the miracle he was standing fairly close to the place of the apparitions where the fountain is now located. He was with several acquaintances:
“The sun began spinning as though in a sort of a box. All the people cried: ‘It comes down! It comes down!’ The colors of things seemed different.”
“How were you dressed, José?”
“I was not dressed in a special way. Just as usual. It was raining.”
“And were you dry afterward?”
“The sun began to come down and all were quickly dried.”
Dona Maria Teresa Charters, another prominent living witness, is from one of the most distinguished families of Leiria. She was 26 years of age and was in the Cova with several relatives.
“We distinctly saw the sun, without harm to the eyes. The sun came down, turning on itself, and throwing beams of several colors.”
“Were you afraid?”
“I thought we were all to die, but I was not afraid.”
Mrs. Guilhermina Lopes da Silva was living in Leiria, 16 miles from the place where the miracle occurred. Mrs. da Silva had seen the crowds passing through Leiria in great numbers. She wanted very much to join them going to Fatima to see whether the miracle predicted by the children would happen.
“But I could not go because my husband was an unbeliever. I was looking toward the mountain at noon when suddenly I saw a great red flash in the sky. I called two men who were working for us. They, of course, saw it, too. One of my relatives, Mr. Louis Lopes from Arrabalde de Santa Margarida, went to Fatima and told us afterward that although he had taken every precaution to avoid the rain (because he suffered from bronchitis) he was soaked through from his feet to his waist. But as the sun came down from the sky he noticed, to his astonishment, that he was completely dry. And my former neighbor, Dona Nazare Pinheiro, when she came back from Fatima that day, told me that when she had seen the sun coming down like a spinning wheel, she was so frightened that she fell to her knees reciting the Act of Contrition, believing it to be indeed the end of the world.”
Full e-book: http://johnhaffert.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Meet-the-Witnesses-91511.pdf