On
December 10, 1925, the Most Holy Virgin appeared to Lucy of
Fatima,
and by her side, elevated on a luminous cloud, was the Child
Jesus. The
Most Holy Virgin rested her hand on Lucy's shoulder, and as she did
so, she showed her a Heart surrounded with thorns, which she was
holding in her other hand. At the same time, the Child Jesus said:
"Have
compassion on the Heart of your Most Holy Mother, covered with
thorns, with which ungrateful men pierce it at every moment, and
there is no one to make an 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 it 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 months, 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."
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