She is known as Our Lady of Fatima but also as Our Lady of Fatima or Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima.
It is a figure through which Mary, the mother of Jesus, is venerated in Catholicism.
Story of Fatima
The history of the Virgin of Fátima is very particular since it emerges from almost contemporary events and from stories that have even been worked on by the press of the time.
Appearances
The apparitions of the Virgin of Fatima, arise at the beginning of the 20th century, more specifically in the spring of the year 1916, where three shepherd children experienced an angelic presence while herding their sheep.
The children stated that the Virgin taught them to pray specific prayers to ask for the conversion of sinners. In addition, they told that this was a preparation for the next visits of the Virgin Mary.
A year later, on Sunday, May 13, 1917, the children were herding in a place known as Cova da Iria. One of them described seeing a woman “brighter than the sun” dressed in white and with a rosary in her hands, who asked them to return on the same day and at the same time for five months in a row.
Another of the children stated that he did not hear the woman speak but did see her. They ran to the town to tell the story but most of its inhabitants did not believe them.
The last apparition of the Virgin of Fatima took place on October 3, 1917, where the famous “miracle of the sun” took place, which was witnessed by some 50,000 people, including journalists and personalities considered “free thinkers”.
It is late, the sun offered a show of colors that stunned the thousands of people who were there.
Images
The Virgin of Fatima is usually represented on top of a hill, dressed in white, with a rosary in her hand, shining and with the three shepherd children staring at her.
There are also some images of the Virgin of Fatima during the famous “miracle of the sun” where you can see many people worshiping the solar show that happened in 1917.
Day of the Virgin of Fatima
The official celebration is on May 13, the day on which the first of all the apparitions of Fatima took place, in front of the three shepherd children. The city of Fátima, after the Holy Land, is one of the most visited pilgrimage centers by parishioners who, during this special date, gather in prayer there on the hills of Cova de Iria (Portugal).
Every year thousands of people gather there to pray both in the church of Fatima and in the hills where the apparitions took place.
How to pray to the Virgin of Fatima
Learn below three ways to pray to the Virgin of Fatima, the novena to our Lady of Fatima, the prayer and the rosary. With these prayers you can ask for his divine intervention for urgent and desperate matters:
Novena to the Virgin of Fatima
Find out below the novena of the Virgin of Fätima to ask for health, work or any serious problem that you or your loved ones are going through.
Pray the corresponding prayer to the Virgin of Fatima for 9 nights in a row and you will receive answers promptly:
O most holy Virgin Mary, Mother of poor sinners! Appearing at Fatima, you let a slight shadow of sadness shine through your heavenly face to indicate the pain caused by the sins of men, and with maternal compassion you exhorted not to afflict others. more to your Son with guilt and to repair sins with mortification and penance. Give us the grace of a sincere sorrow for the sins committed and the generous resolution to repair with works of penance and mortification all the offenses that are inflicted on your Divine Son and your Immaculate Heart.
Day two
Oh most holy Virgin Mary, Mother of divine grace, who dressed in snowy whiteness you appeared to some simple and innocent little shepherds, thus teaching us how much we must love and strive for the innocence of the soul, and who asked through them the amendment of customs and the holiness of a perfect Christian life. Mercifully grant us the grace to know how to appreciate the dignity of our condition as Christians and to lead a life in everything according to the baptismal promises.
Day Three
Oh most holy Virgin Mary, distinguished vessel of devotion!, that you appeared in Fatima holding the holy Rosary hanging from your hands, and that you insistently repeated: “Pray, pray a lot”, to ward off through prayer the evils that threaten us. . Grant us the gift and spirit of prayer, the grace to be faithful in fulfilling the great precept of praying, doing it every day, in order to be able to observe the holy commandments well, overcome temptations and come to the knowledge and love of Jesus Christ in this life and the happy union with Him in the other.
Day four
O most holy Virgin Mary, Queen of the Church!, who exhorted the little shepherds of Fatima to pray for the Pope, and instilled in their simple souls great veneration and love for him, as Vicar of your Son and his representative on earth. . Instill in us also the spirit of veneration and docility towards the authority of the Roman Pontiff, of unwavering adherence to his teachings, and in him and with him a great love and respect for all the ministers of the holy Church, through whom we participate the life of grace in the sacraments.
Day five
O most holy Virgin Mary, health of the sick and comforter of the afflicted! Moved by the prayer of the little shepherds, you have already worked cures in your apparitions at Fatima, and you have converted this place, sanctified by your presence, into the office of your motherly mercies in favor of all the afflicted. We come to your maternal Heart full of filial trust, showing the illnesses of our souls and the afflictions and ailments of all our lives. Cast a look of compassion on them and remedy them with the tenderness of your hands, so that we can serve you and love you with all our hearts and with all our being.
day six
Oh most holy Virgin Mary, refuge of sinners!, that you taught the little shepherds of Fatima to pray incessantly to the Lord so that those unfortunates do not fall into the eternal pain of hell, and that you told one of the three that the sins of the meat are the ones that drag more souls to those terrible flames. Instill in our souls a great horror of sin and a holy fear of divine justice, and at the same time awaken in them compassion for the fate of poor sinners and a holy zeal to work with our prayers, examples and words for their conversion. .
Seventh day
Oh most holy Virgin Mary, Queen of Purgatory!, who taught the little shepherds of Fatima to pray to God for the souls in purgatory, especially for the most abandoned. We entrust to the inexhaustible tenderness of your maternal Heart all the souls that suffer in that place of purification, in particular those of all our relatives and relatives and the most abandoned and needy; alleviate their sorrows and take them soon to the region of light and peace, to perpetually sing your mercies there.
day eight
O most holy Virgin Mary! In your last apparition you made yourself known as the Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, and in all of them you recommended the recitation of this devotion as the safest and most effective remedy for all the ills and calamities that afflict us. both of the soul and of the body, both public and private. Instill in our souls a deep esteem for the mysteries of our Redemption that are commemorated in the recitation of the Rosary, in order to always live from its fruits. Grant us the grace to always be faithful to the practice of praying it daily to honor You, accompanying your joys, pains and glories, and thus deserve your maternal protection and assistance in all moments of life, but especially at the hour of death. .
day nine
Oh most holy Virgin Mary, our most sweet Mother!, who chose the little shepherds of Fatima to show the world the tenderness of your merciful Heart, and you proposed devotion to it as the means by which God wants to give peace to the world, as the way to lead souls to God, and as a supreme pledge of salvation. Do, oh Heart of the most tender of mothers!, That we know how to understand your message of love and mercy, that we embrace it with filial adherence and that we always practice it with fervour; and so may your Heart be our refuge, our consolation and the path that leads us to love and union with your Son Jesus.
Rosary of the Virgin of Fatima
Find out below, how to pray the complete Holy Rosary of the Virgin of Fatima, to ask for help in desperate and difficult matters:
V. Open, your Lord my lips.
R. And my mouth will sing your praises.
V. Come, O God, to my aid.
R. Make haste, Lord, to help me.
We begin to pray the mysteries corresponding to each day.
Each mystery consists of 1 Our Father and 10 Hail Marys, at the end of these pray:
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit as it was in the beginning, now and forever and ever. Amen.
Oh my Jesus, forgive us, save us from the fires of hell, lead all souls to Heaven, especially those most in need. Amen.
Mary, Mother of grace, Mother of mercy, defend us from the enemy and protect us now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Mysteries:
Joyful Mysteries (Monday and Saturday)
1. The incarnation of the Son of God.
2. The visitation of Our Lady to Saint Elizabeth.
3. The birth of the Son of God.
4. The Presentation of the Lord Jesus in the temple.
5. The Loss of the Child Jesus and his discovery in the temple.
Sorrowful Mysteries (Tuesday and Friday)
1. The Prayer of Our Lord in the Garden of Gethsemane.
2. The Flagellation of the Lord.
3. The Crowning with thorns.
4. The Way of Mount Calvary carrying the Cross.
5. The Crucifixion and Death of Our Lord.
Glorious Mysteries (Wednesday and Sunday)
1. The Resurrection of the Lord.
2. The Ascension of the Lord.
3. The Coming of the Holy Spirit.
4. The Assumption of Our Lady into Heaven.
5. The Coronation of the Blessed Virgin.
Luminous Mysteries (Thursday)
1. The Baptism in the Jordan.
2. The self-revelation at the wedding at Cana.
3. The announcement of the Kingdom of God inviting conversion.
4. The Transfiguration.
5. The Institution of the Eucharist, sacramental expression of the Paschal mystery.
After each mystery it is said: “O my Jesus, forgive us, save us from the fires of hell, lead all souls to Heaven, especially the most…