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Secret Witnesses of Fatima - Episode 3
Welcome, and thank you for joining me today. If you are watching this series, you are probably already at least a little familiar with the incredible events that took place on October 13th, 1917, in Fatima, Portugal. For those of you who are not, here is a brief introduction:
At noon, on October 13th, 1917, a crowd estimated at over 70 thousand people witnessed an event so shocking that news of it spread across the world like wildfire. The event was so incredible, it has cemented itself as the most credible example of a modern miracle known to man. These Witnesses, gathered in a large, rain-soaked field, saw the noonday sun roll from left to right, dancing out of its predictable orbit, then draw close to the crowd, stopping above a small tree in the middle of the field. While it moved, the sun changed colors, from yellow, to every color in the rainbow, returning back to yellow as it drew close to the tree. The Witnesses all claim to have been able to look directly at the sun without damaging their eyes…. and yet the sun was so HOT that the field was reported to have dried within minutes, and the thousands of people who witnessed this event all claim to have left the area that day with their RAIN-SOAKED clothes completely DRY.
How did this happen? Why was Fatima, Portugal, chosen to be the location of such an incredible event? Central to this miracle were the three Fatima Seers, Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta. Their stories have been told many times, and heard by millions of believers. However, their stories are only PART of this incredible event. There were thousands of “Secret” witnesses to the Fatima miracle, each of whose eye witness reports dispel some of the mysteries behind this miracle. Come with me now as we explore this great mystery, and meet the Secret Witnesses of Fatima!
We've come to you today, with the recounting of events from witnesses who saw the Miracle of the Sun from a distance, and who were interviewed in the early 1960s, by John Haffert, the author of the book that much of this series is based on.
Meet Father Lourenço, a mere schoolboy at the time of the miracle. Lourenço was with his brother as well as some other children in the village of Alburitel when he bore witness to the incredible Miracle of the Sun from a distance of nine miles. They all thought it was the end of the world. Lourenço tells us:
“I feel incapable of describing what I saw. I looked fixedly at the sun which seemed pale and did not hurt my eyes. Looking like a ball of snow, revolving on itself, it suddenly seemed to come down in a zigzag, menacing the earth. Terrified, I ran and hid among the people, who were weeping and expecting the end of the world at any moment.
It was a crowd which had gathered outside our local village school and we had all left classes and ran into the streets because of the cries and surprised shouts of men and women who were in the street in front of the school when the miracle began.
There was an unbeliever there who had spent the morning mocking the ‘simpletons’ who had gone off to Fatima just to see an ordinary girl. He now seemed paralyzed, his eyes fixed on the sun. He began to tremble from head to foot, and lifting up his arms, fell on his knees in the mud, crying out to God.
But meanwhile the people continued to cry out and to weep, asking God to pardon their sins.
We all ran to the two chapels in the village, which were soon filled to overflowing. During those long moments of the solar prodigy, objects around us turned all colors of the rainbow... When the people realized that the danger was over, there was an explosion of joy.”
In another retelling of the events, we meet Mr. Albano Barros, a successful building contractor who was at the time a child in a village near Minde, about eight miles from Fatima. Though only twelve years old at the time, he remembers the miracle as though it had happened yesterday.
“What were you doing that day?”
“I was watching sheep, as was my daily task, and suddenly there, in the direction of Fatima, I saw the sun fall from the sky. I thought it was the end of the world.”
“Was it raining at the time? Were your clothes dry afterward?”
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Secret Witnesses of Fatima - Episode 3
America Needs Fatima is a campaign to capture the heart and soul of America with the Message of Our Lady of Fatima. In 1917, Our Lady asked for prayer, penance and other measures to avoid chastisement of suffering, famines, and wars. She also promised that:
“Finally, my Immaculate Heart will triumph.”
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