Religion Q & A – Secrets of Fatima
Chiweta asks: “Why did Mary tell Lucia (one of the children from Fatima) to keep what she said secret?”
Answer: The each of the secrets of Fatima were given to the children for a specific time and a specific purpose. If shared at the wrong time to the wrong people, the purpose of the messages may not come to pass as God willed them to be. Mary gave them direction as to when and how to share the secrets, and the visionaries were obedient to her instructions.
These secrets are not meant to determine a set future that cannot be changed, but to warn the world of what may happen if people do not convert and change their ways. In other words, they clue us in to “worst case scenarios” that should prompt us to pray for all sinners, including ourselves.
Those of us who can pray and know what it takes to faithfully follow Christ need to remember that we must fight for souls who do not know God and live their lives offending Him. We were all made to be with the Father in Heaven, not to suffer eternity in hell. Satan works very hard to hurt God by taking His children away from Him, and our Blessed Mother Mary works even harder to keep us on the right path as any good mother would.
Fatima and other apparitions, like Guadalupe and Lourdes, are given to us to remind us of this mission, and it is up to us to answer the call to step up and battle through our prayers…particularly with the Rosary.
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