The Great Promise of the Heart of Mary

On December 10, 1925, the most holy Virgin
appeared to Lucia, and by her side, elevated on a
luminous cloud, was a Child.  The most holy
Virgin rested her hand on her shoulder, and as
she did so, she showed her a heart encircled by
thorns, which she was holding in her other
hand.  At the same time, the Child said:

"Have compassion on the Heart of your most

holy Mother, covered with thorns, with which

ungrateful men pierce it at ever moment, and

there is no one to make and act of reparation to

remove them."

Then the most holy Virgin said:

"Look, my daughter, at my Heart, surrounded

with thorns with which ungrateful men

pierce me at every moment by their blasphemies

and ingratitude.  You at least try to console

me and say that I promise to assist at the

hour of death, with the graces necessary for salvation,

all those who, on the first Saturday of

five consecutive month, shall confess, receive

Holy Communion, recite five decades of the

Rosary, and keep me company for fifteen minutes

while meditating on the fifteen mysteries

of the Rosary, with the intention of making

reparation to me."

The Message of Fatima

Lucia Speaks