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SUMMARY:Our Lady of Fatima
DESCRIPTION:OUR SWEET MOTHER\nBy St John Paul II on the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima 2\n◊◊◊\nSince the time when Jesus\, dying on the cross\, said to John: “Behold your\nMother”\, since the time when “the disciple took her into his home”\, the mystery\nof Mary’s spiritual motherhood had its fulfillment in history with an amplitude\nwithout boundaries. Motherhood means concern for her son’s life. Now\, if Mary\nis the mother of all people\, her concern for human life is universal in scope…\nThe spiritual motherhood of Mary is therefore participation in the power of the\nHoly Spirit\, the One who “gives life.” It is with the humble service of the one\nwho says of herself: “Behold I am the handmaid of the Lord”. In the light of the\nmystery of Mary’s spiritual motherhood\, let us understand the extraordinary\nmessage\, which began to resonate in the world by Fatima since May 13\, 1917\nand lasted for five months until October 13 of the same year. If the Church has\nembraced the message of Fatima it is mainly because it contains a truth and a\ncall\, which in their essential content is the truth and the call of the Gospel itself. \n“Repent and believe in the Gospel”\, these are the first words of the\nMessiah addressed to humanity. The message of Fatima is in its core a call to\nconversion and penance… The call to repentance is maternal and at the same\ntime\, strong and determined. The love that “rejoices in the truth”\, knows how\nto be outspoken and determined… Can the Mother\, who with all the power of\nher love\, which fosters in the Holy Spirit and desires the salvation of every\nperson\, keep quiet about what undermines the very foundations of this\nsalvation? No\, she cannot! \nThe Immaculate Heart of Mary\, opened by the word: “Woman\, behold\nyour son”\, meets spiritually with the Heart of the Son opened by the soldier’s\nlance. Mary’s Heart was opened by the same love for mortals and for the world\,\nwith which Christ has loved humanity and the world\, offering Himself on the\nCross for them. To consecrate the world to the Immaculate Heart of the Mother\nmeans returning beneath the Cross of her Son. More it means consecrating this\nworld to the pierced Heart of the Savior\, bringing the very source of his\nredemption. Redemption is always greater than the sin of man and the “sin of\nthe world.”… The Heart of the Mother is aware of this\, as no one else in the\nwhole universe\, visible and invisible… \nThe Mother of Christ calls us and invites us to join the Church of the living\nGod in the consecration of the world\, this reliance by which the world\,\nhumanity\, nations\, all people are offered to the Eternal Father with the power\nof Christ’s redemption. They are offered in the pierced Heart of the Redeemer\non the Cross… The appeal of the Lady of Fatima is so deeply rooted in the Gospel\nand in the whole of tradition that the Church feels committed by this message.\nYes\, we can truly say: “Blessed are you\, daughter\, in front of the Most High God\nabove all women on earth!”… Yes\, here and throughout the Church\, in the heart\nof every man and in the whole world you are blessed Mary\, our sweet Mother! \n2 A Discourse of Pope John Paul II at Fatima.
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