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Fatima: 100 Questions and Answers about the Marian Apparitions
From May to October, 1917, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared six times to three shepherd children in the tiny village of Fatima, Portugal. What started as a private matter was soon known all over town, throughout the country, and around the world. These apparitions are fascinating, and have gripped the imagination of people all over the world, from simple believers to academic theologians; from skeptics to the curious; from scientists to popes.
100 Questions and Answers on the Marian Apparitions utilizes a question-and-answer format to explore the context of these apparitions, why they were so engrossing at the time, what they have meant to the Church and the world in the century since they happened, and why the requests of Our Lady are so important today.
Questions
Who were these children? Why would Mary appear to them?What were the so-called “Secrets of Fatima”?What really happened during the Miracle of the Sun?In what ways were the children persecuted by the powerful Freemasons in the Portuguese government?Did the children see a vision that predicted the attempted assassination of St. John Paul II?And many more.The major new feature film, Fatima, tells the story of these apparitions in a narrative and with a limited amount of screen time. As a companion to the film, this book offers the reader greater context and answers many of the questions that the viewer may have about this amazing story.
100 Questions and Answers on the Marian Apparitions utilizes a question-and-answer format to explore the context of these apparitions, why they were so engrossing at the time, what they have meant to the Church and the world in the century since they happened, and why the requests of Our Lady are so important today.
Questions
Who were these children? Why would Mary appear to them?What were the so-called “Secrets of Fatima”?What really happened during the Miracle of the Sun?In what ways were the children persecuted by the powerful Freemasons in the Portuguese government?Did the children see a vision that predicted the attempted assassination of St. John Paul II?And many more.The major new feature film, Fatima, tells the story of these apparitions in a narrative and with a limited amount of screen time. As a companion to the film, this book offers the reader greater context and answers many of the questions that the viewer may have about this amazing story.
120 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 28, 2020
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January 3, 2024
A very detailed interesting book, not only on the Fatima apparitions, but also on the visionaries, their lives, and the cult of Our Lady of Fatima which was allowed by the Holy See.
A good book for a detailed overview of the miracles of Our Lady of Fatima.
A good book for a detailed overview of the miracles of Our Lady of Fatima.
February 24, 2021
After seeing the film "Fatima", I decided to read a concise book that I could find about the events for Our Lady of Fatima.
3 children in Portugal had an experience where they saw an apparition of the Virgin Mary, during a time of the beginning separation of Church and State and religion being called superstition. One of the children could see her but not hear her, one could hear her but not talk with her, and the final could hear and talk with her.
The film leaves a few things left out or only mentioned, as the book details, such as the children also being visited by an angel "white as snow" who instructed them on how to pray about six months before meeting the Virgin. Also included is how Our Lady appeared with lightning flashes, an orb hanging by a rope from her neck, and a glowing rosary. She is also called "Our Lady of the Rosary" when asked who she is and is declared the Virgin Mary, though she never says this herself.
The film does a good job of presenting all sides - for example, how the children were read a story about a visit by the Virgin Mary before they claimed to have seen her, the same with the angel. This examines if they were led to believe their story or did they have an imagination. Also how one miracle of a small boy walking was also possible with a remedy presented by a doctor who had said the boy needed to practice walking. In the film, he is said to need more faith.
To show everyone proof she had appeared, weeks after first appearing the Virgin had the Sun dance in the sky in midday - this has been accounted by the many in attendance. A strange occurrence, those there thought the Sun was falling out of the sky at one point. This was also seen miles away.
The eldest of the three became a nun. In the film she is portrayed being interviewed, confronted about other things - like Jesus not being crucified by the hands but by the wrists, so how do those with stigmata explain this - she says simply, "I don't have an answer for everything." Her job, she says, is not to change the mind, but simply to tell the experience.
3 children in Portugal had an experience where they saw an apparition of the Virgin Mary, during a time of the beginning separation of Church and State and religion being called superstition. One of the children could see her but not hear her, one could hear her but not talk with her, and the final could hear and talk with her.
The film leaves a few things left out or only mentioned, as the book details, such as the children also being visited by an angel "white as snow" who instructed them on how to pray about six months before meeting the Virgin. Also included is how Our Lady appeared with lightning flashes, an orb hanging by a rope from her neck, and a glowing rosary. She is also called "Our Lady of the Rosary" when asked who she is and is declared the Virgin Mary, though she never says this herself.
The film does a good job of presenting all sides - for example, how the children were read a story about a visit by the Virgin Mary before they claimed to have seen her, the same with the angel. This examines if they were led to believe their story or did they have an imagination. Also how one miracle of a small boy walking was also possible with a remedy presented by a doctor who had said the boy needed to practice walking. In the film, he is said to need more faith.
To show everyone proof she had appeared, weeks after first appearing the Virgin had the Sun dance in the sky in midday - this has been accounted by the many in attendance. A strange occurrence, those there thought the Sun was falling out of the sky at one point. This was also seen miles away.
The eldest of the three became a nun. In the film she is portrayed being interviewed, confronted about other things - like Jesus not being crucified by the hands but by the wrists, so how do those with stigmata explain this - she says simply, "I don't have an answer for everything." Her job, she says, is not to change the mind, but simply to tell the experience.
February 11, 2021
I enjoyed this book. It was a great easy read that I learned a lot.
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