That statement is written in the book by Fr. John de Marchi, I.M.C. entitled The True Story of Fatima: A complete account of the Fatima Apparitions. Imprimatur 1947 by Bishop James E. Cassidy. It states that it is “A true story as it happened. It is taken directly from Lucia’s Memoirs and checked by her in person.”Instead, if the prayer converts my own heart to a more forgiving and merciful Christian, then this is the holiness called for by Jesus.
And to tie in with that Our Lady also said the final battle will be the attack on marriage and the family and it sure looks like we are there with the liberal left’s support for the killing of the unborn, redefining marriage and gender ideology.Most souls go to hell for the lust of the flesh- our lady of fatima
That statement is written in the book by Fr. John de Marchi, I.M.C. entitled The True Story of Fatima: A complete account of the Fatima Apparitions. Imprimatur 1947 by Bishop James E. Cassidy. It states that it is “A true story as it happened. It is taken directly from Lucia’s Memoirs and checked by her in person.”I don’t know where you got this, but I read through the documents of Fatima last night and could not find where the Blessed Mother told Jucinta or Lucia that many souls go to hell because of sins of the flesh.
She did say the Blessed Mother said there are souls in hell and purgatory suffering because there is no one to offer prayers and penances for them.
This doesn’t make sense from what we learned from the other approved apparitions.
I have a problem with Fatima, especially where it was Lucia who told Francesco what the Blessed Mother said, because he could see her, but couldn’t hear her.
Also, things that Lucia wrote in her memoirs decades later, she never mentioned at the time of her interviews about the apparitions.
Fatima is still personal revelation and not necessary for Catholics to believe.
Jim
Thank you, not it was a mis-reply to you. I agree with you about these private revelations having no obligation.Not sure what you meant to respond to me, Vico. You quoted me in a response to Jim.
Regardless of what Lucia said and believed, it remains a private revelation, and Catholics are not obliged to believe, consider or even know the contents of the private revelations of saints.
If prayer for the sake of those who are lost sheep converts our own hearts to be more forgiving and merciful, this conversion is indeed a holiness called for by Jesus Christ.
Are you saying that the testimony is not in your source matching the book of Fr John Marchi on p. 70 of the pdf: the testimony about what St. Jacinta Marto said? The book states:Well I question the accuracy of Fr John De Marchi’s book
The testimony given by the three visionaries, never state that the Blessed Mother told them this.
What is your source?Father de Marchi spent hours and days researching for this book on location. He spoke at length to many witnesses including Ti Marto, the father of Jacinta and Francisco, as well as with Maria Carreira, one of the most important witnesses who first came to the Cova da Iria for the apparition of June 13, 1917. Most of the witnesses he interviewed are now dead.
Thank you.Documents on Fatima & the Memoirs of Sister Lucia
BTW, it’s possible that Lucia wrote in her memoirs that Jucinta had told her this. But in the three children’s testimony to the investigating priest, they never stated that the Blessed Mother said this.
It’s one of the problems I have with Fatima, is that Lucia added things decades later in her memoirs.
Not just healthier but also more in keeping with revealed Truth.Sad to me when adults are motivated by fear, rather than other options I believe are healthier.