the signifigance of 5/13

God's timing is perfect, you may not believe in the apparitions of Mary but there is no denying the timing of the hand of God. 

Mary, Queen of Peace, pray for us. 

YBIC

Eamon

1 John 4:4b

"The one that is in you is greater than the one who is in the world."

From: Kurt Hammons

  I love Fatima and the other Marian apparitions, I think they are so important for the time we are living in. I thought the significance of 5/13 was pretty cool and wanted to share it with yall. 

  

  Pope Francis will travel to Fatima this weekend and on Saturday, 5/13 celebrate the 100^th anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin Mary at Fatima.  On that day he will also be beatifying Francisco and Jacinta who were the two youngest of the seers. Our Lady appeared under the title "Queen of the Holy Rosary" and urged penance and prayer for the reparation of sin.  She also gave the children three "secrets" the first of which was a terrifying vision of hell.  The second secret was the prediction that WWI would end, but if men did not stop offending God a second and even greater war would begin.  In this revelation she also asked that the Holy Father consecrate Russia to her immaculate heart, in order to save the world from its errors. The third secret was a vision of a bishop dressed in white, who looked like the Holy Father, walking through a desolated city strewn with bodies. Upon reaching his destination he was gunned down, with many other religious and lay people. 

  On 5/13/1981 at 5:13 Pope John Paul II was shot in St. Peters Square and nearly killed.  He credited his survival to the Blessed Virgin. After his recovery, Pope John Paul II decided to consecrate the world to the immaculate heart and this was done in 1984.  Sister Lucia confirmed that the consecration, though not done exactly as asked, was accepted in heaven.  In the summer of 1989 communism fell without a shot being fired. 

  In the year 2000, Pope John Paul II revealed the third secret to the world, which up until then had not been revealed.  He thought that he was the bishop dressed in white, and with his assassination attempt, this fulfilled the third secret. 

  It's also pretty cool that the next day is Mother's Day.

  Hope you guys have a great Mother's day weekend.  See yall Monday night.

 

  YBIC

   Kurt