On October 13, 1917, more
than seventy thousand individuals watched (many in absolute terror) as the sun
danced in the sky before plummeting towards frightened onlookers. Many expected
to die. Just as suddenly, the sun stopped its deathly spiral and returned to
its normal perch, sitting passively in the sky – just a portion of the miracle
Our Lady of Fatima had promised her three young seers, Lucia, Jacinta and
Francisco.
Although we recently
marked the 100th anniversary of this supernatural event, relatively few
people in the world even knew it had occurred and of those who did, not nearly
enough of them have heeded our Blessed Mother’s call to prayer, repentance and
penance. Tragically, our heavenly Mother’s appearances and pleas have been, for
the most part, forgotten or ignored.
But not by Jean M.
Heimann. This well-respected author wanted to not only memorialize this great
miracle but to do something about the world’s amnesia, moral decay and near
destruction. In her most recent book, Fatima
-The Apparition That Changed the World, Heimann makes Fatima and our Lady’s
messages come to life, not only with words but with breathtakingly beautiful
photographs. The timeline and bibliography she included in this book are
treasure troves of additional resources.
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