Why did god kill the 3 children of Fatima

[Fauken]

And I said this to her but she said “they where murdered but dying of disease is different”

Why is it different? Is God somehow more capable of stopping disease than murder? How so?

 

[Start]

So they can go to heaven. Problem solved.

 

[Allegra]

I’m confused as to why your friend would look at it that way. Two of the Fatima children died of flu, along with thousands of other children throughout history. Everyone dies in their own time. God blessed those children with an incredible life, personal interaction with Him and His mother while still alive, and the opportunity to change the lives of millions of people they’d never even met. They were truly blessed beyond what most of us could ever dream of.

 

[PennyinCanada]

Here’s the thing. There was a huge crowd of 70,000 on the location at the place and time because the children told them, and the biggest event that happened since the parting of the Red Sea in the Old Testament happened, the sun danced.

If someone wants to ignore that part and talk about the fact that 2 of the children died later of the flu, what can you say?

Pray the rosary for the conversion of sinners as our Blessed Mother asked at Fatima and leave it to her to change hard hearts.

 

[mythbuster1]

The children specifically asked to go to Heaven, and soon. The Blessed Virgin assured them they would. Jesus simply gave them what they wanted and His Mother promised.

 

[brian_custer]

i don’t know how anyone could sum up the actual history of the “Fatima 3” better than this

thank you for posting that

 

[Rosie11]

I’ll tell her that she’s asleep now tho every time I come stay with her we debate about everything because she’s Protestant and I’m Catholic

 

[Francis]

@Rosie11

God is a loving god why would he kill them they all died exept one my Protestant sister brought this up to me

it says in wisdom god never delight in killing Wisdom 1:13 because God did not make death,and he does not delight in the death of the living.14 For he created all things so that they might exist;the generative forces of the world are wholesome,and there is no destructive poison in them,and the dominion of Hades is not on earth. St. Matthew recalls how this event was actually prophesied. He was referring to the prophet Jeremiah, who in chapter 31:15–17 not only foretold the event but also the fact that those slaughtered would be rewarded Thus saith the Lord: Let thy voice cease from weeping, and thy eyes from tears: for there is a reward for thy work, saith the Lord: and they shall return out of the land of the enemy. And here is hope for thy last end, saith the Lord: and the children shall return to their own borders.

On page 674 of volume two, Incarnation , she venerable sr Mary of Agreda writes of Christ’s prayer to His Heavenly Father on behalf of these little lambs, who were about to be slaughtered at Herod’s command: He offered up the murdered children as the first fruits of His own Death; asking Him also that they receive the use of reason, in order that they might be a willing sacrifice for their Redeemer and accept their death for His glory. Thus, He would be able to reward them with the crowns of martyrdom for what they suffered. All this, the eternal Father granted.
thought they died young, doesn’t matter for god, because in his will and plan their’s souls are saved as in
wisdom 3:1 But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God,and no torment will ever touch them.2 In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died,and their departure was thought to be a disaster,3 and their going from us to be their destruction;but they are at peace.4 For though in the sight of others they were punished,their hope is full of immortality.5 Having been disciplined a little, they will receive great good,because God tested them and found them worthy of himself;6 like gold in the furnace he tried them,and like a sacrificial burnt offering he accepted them.7 In the time of their visitation they will shine forth,and will run like sparks through the stubble.8 They will govern nations and rule over peoples,and the Lord will reign over them forever.

Souls are more important than our bodies which god jealously desires our souls as said in
James 4:5 Or do you suppose that it is for nothing that the scripture says, “God yearns jealously for the spirit that he has made to dwell in us”? -and- John 6:63 It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh is useless. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

Romans 5:1-5 3 And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.

 

[Asonglaw]

I think accepting that the Lord allows another to suffer so is sometimes difficult. For it means i’d have to accept my own sufferings. Not that I don’t believe He allows this, but, just accepting the Lord could allow such a cross as St Lawrence being roasted to death…. Maybe that’s the problem with Pentecostals, a denial to “accept”.
Think about it, Pentecostals are not so ignorant of the sufferings God who though merciful, allowed for Christ and the apostles etc . Its just a bitter peal to swallow, so bitter that some may reject to carry their crosses.
Maybe you should remind her though that Catholics are not those with more crosses for in the world, bad/good things happen to Catholics and Pentecostals whether or not they want (G warming, disease, accidents, floods etc). What makes the Catholic different is the “acceptance” whether in big crosses like death or small ones like misunderstanding (take up your cross). We celebrate the Fatima children, for their acceptance, an acceptance strongly similar to that of Christ. I guess They show us Catholics that indeed the kingdom of God is for those with childlike minds