22 Oct 26 – Fatima: Message of Reparation and Hope

Folks, you know, the miracle of Fatima, not only do I find it fascinating, do I find it exciting, do I find it really, more than anything else, a sign of hope and a reminder that God is here with us.

You know, we can say it's 107 years, but gosh, in heaven's time, what is 107 years? It might as well have been yesterday.

One of the things that I love about the miracle that occurred on October 13th on 1917, in the year of 1917, is that I think it left little doubt even for the doubters.

You know, we always say that if somebody has faith, no amount of proof is necessary.

But if somebody doesn't have faith, any amount of proof is never going to be enough.

And I think that this is true in this case.

As we know the history, you know, Our Lady appeared to three shepherd children and gave them a message of warning, gave them a message of warning of wars, predicted World War II.

And really, it seemed kind of scary, but I think at the end of the day, it was a message of hope.

It was a message that we are in control of our lives.

We are in control of whether or not we want to choose to be with God.

How do we know that? Our lady didn't say, you're such bad sinners, you're going to go to hell.

She said, I'm here to help you make it to heaven, and I'm going to give you the tools on how to do it.

Not because you're perfect, but because you're not perfect.

There's things you're not going to see in this world.

It's easy to get wrapped up in the politics of the world.

It's easy to get wrapped up in the frustrations of the world and to forget God.

This is also a great reminder to me for anybody who is into deliverance ministry and understands spiritual warfare.

We can't forget Pope Leo.

We can't forget the prayer of St. Michael.

We can't forget the image, the apparition, the insight, if you will, of having seen the devil ask God for a hundred years to turn all of us towards him.

Well, who says that heaven's not going to respond in kind and say, well, I'm going to send Our Lady down to send a message.

And to let everybody know that it doesn't have to be that way.

I'll tell you what, folks, I found this great article from the Fatima Center itself that I wanted to go through because it touched on a few points.

I thought it was really good in terms of reminding us for our own mental health, for our own peace of mind, that regardless of where we are in this world, there is always great hope that we're not alone and that we are in charge of our futures.

Let's look at this article.