May 13—Our Lady of Fatima
Mary is honored throughout the liturgical year. Her appearance to three children in Fatima,
Portugal in 1917 is celebrated this month.
Her message to them and to us was simple: Pray!
Pray the rosary for world peace, the end of WWI, sinners, and the conversion
of Russia. May 13 was also the date when
Blessed John Paul II was attacked by a would-be assassin’s bullets in
1981. He attributed the saving of his
life to the intervention of Mary and gave one of the bullets to the bishop of
Leira-Fátima, who had it placed in the crown of the statue of Mary.
Mary leads us to Jesus.
She has always led us to Jesus, whether it was at Cana, at the foot of
the cross on Calvary, or in appearing to three children at Fatima. She is our mother and she wants only what is
best for us, Jesus. If we listen to her
and pray for her intercession, we will find the reward that has already been
given to us, salvation through Jesus Christ.
May we remember to pray to Mary and through Mary to Jesus this May.
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