However, private revelations may and do continue, in the form of various apparitions, admonitions, and messages. "In Christ, God has said everything-that is, he has revealed himself completely-and therefore Revelation came to an end with the fulfillment of the mystery of Christ as enunciated in the New Testament," the German prelate writes. In the first part of his commentary, the cardinal-who is the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith-carefully places the Fatima message in its proper context, as a "private revelation." He explains that private revelations must be distinguished from the definitive public revelation which is contained in the Scriptures as interpreted through the Tradition of the Church. VATICAN ()-In his theological commentary on the "third secret" of Fatima, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger emphasizes that the key to understanding the Fatima message lies in the words attributed to the Virgin Mary: "Penance, penance, penance!"Ĭardinal Ratzinger adds that a second crucial aspect of the Virgin's message is her reassurance that "my Immaculate Heart will triumph." Beneath the two arms of the Cross there were two angels each with a crystal aspergillum in his hand, in which they gathered up the blood of the Martyrs and with it sprinkled the souls that were making their way to God.ĬARDINAL RATZINGER COMMENTS ON FATIMA MESSAGE "We had the impression that it was the Holy Father." Other bishops, priests, men and women religious going up a steep mountain, at the top of which there was a big cross of rough-hewn trunks as of a cork-tree with the bark before reaching there the Holy Father passed through a big city half in ruins and half trembling with halting step, afflicted with pain and sorrow, he prayed for the souls of the corpses he met on his way having reached the top of the mountain, on his knees at the foot of the big Cross he was killed by a group of soldiers who fired bullets and arrows at him, and in the same way there died one after another the other bishops, priests, men and women religious, and various lay people of different ranks and positions. After the two parts which I have already explained, at the left of Our Lady and a little above, we saw an Angel with a flaming sword in his left hand flashing, it gave out flames that looked as though they would set the world on fire but they died out in contact with the splendor that Our Lady radiated towards him from her right hand: pointing to the earth with his right hand, the Angel cried out in a loud voice: "Penance, Penance, Penance!" And we saw in an immense light that is God: "something similar to how people appear in a mirror when they pass in front of it," a bishop dressed in white. "I write in obedience to you, my God, who command me to do so through his Excellency the Bishop of Leiria and through your Most Holy Mother and mine. Shrine of secrets full#The following is the full text of the "third secret" in its original translation: Sister Lucia-now a Carmelite nun-wrote down the text in 1944, at the request of the local bishop. The "third secret was written down by Sister Lucia, the only survivor among the three children to whom the Virgin Mary appeared at Fatima in 1917. ( provided details on Cardinal Ratzinger's commentary in a second Feature story below.) VATICAN () - On Monday, June 26, the Vatican released the full text of the "third secret" of Fatima, complete with a commentary by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. In lieu of events in May 2000, The Mary Page received permission to duplicate the following news releases: Included in the messages was a warning about a pending new war and the conversion of Russia. The first two "secrets" called for conversion and prayer. Q: Does the Third Secret of Fatima reveal apocalyptic events?Ī: The Blessed Mother appeared to three shepherd children between May 13 and October 13,1917.
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