May 13th is the 104th anniversary of the first apparition of Our Lady of Fatima. On May 13, 1917, during World War I, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared at Fatima, Portugal, to three shepherd children. On May 13, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI said at Fatima, "At a time [World War I] when the human family was ready to sacrifice all that was most sacred on the altar of the petty and selfish interests of nations, races, ideologies, groups and individuals, our Blessed Mother came from heaven, offering to implant in the hearts of all those who trust in her the love of God burning in her own heart.…" (Homily at Fatima, May 13, 2010).
On July 13, 1917, Mary said at Fatima, “In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph. The Holy Father will consecrate Russia to me, and she will be converted, and a period of peace will be granted to the world.”
Mirjana Soldo, one of the visionaries at Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, said that St. John Paul II told her, “Medjugorje is hope for the entire world. And if I were not Pope, I would have been in Medjugorje a long time ago.”
Mirjana told me in my interview with her, “I don't want to talk very much about the secrets, because secrets are secrets. I want to say one thing that is very important. Blessed Mary said, ‘What I started at Fatima, I will finish in Medjugorje. My heart will triumph.’ If the heart of our mother will triumph, we don’t need to be scared of anything. It’s only important to put our life in her hands and not to think about secrets. We should think about the messages and what she asked for us, so that we can help her Immaculate Heart to triumph.”
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