| The Third Secret of Fatima | | | | flames died out in contact with the splendor that |
| Taken from the Vatican News VATICAN CITY, | | | | Our Lady radiated towards him from her right |
| JUN 26, 2000 (VIS) - Given below is the complete | | | | hand". This protection of Our Lady is for all |
| translation of the original Portuguese text of the | | | | of us. The Pope John Paul II refers to this |
| third part of the secret of Fatima, revealed to | | | | protection when he was shot on a 13th of May, |
| the three shepherd children at Cova da Iria-Fatima | | | | feast of Fatima, and the bullet did not kill him… |
| on July 13, 1917, and committed to paper by Sr. | | | | and of course, Our Lady was protecting him, as |
| Lucia on January 3, 1944: | | | | she protects each on of us daily. |
| "I write in obedience to you, my God, who | | | | 2- Penance, Penance, Penance!: Our part against |
| command me to do so through his Excellency the | | | | this chastisement to the world is Penance, |
| Bishop of Leiria and through your Most Holy | | | | Penance, Penance!, as it was cried out by the |
| Mother and mine. "After the two parts which I | | | | Angel in a loud voice… it is a center piece of this |
| have already explained, at the left of Our Lady | | | | message. Our main Penance is to suffer |
| and a little above, we saw an Angel with a flaming | | | | with resignation, and even with joy, all the trials |
| sword in his left hand; flashing, it gave out flames | | | | and tribulations that the Lord gives us in our daily |
| that looked as though they would set the world | | | | life… they are the most delicate gifts of God!… |
| on fire; but they died out in contact with the | | | | our rough-hewn Cross, which is in the heart of |
| splendor that Our Lady radiated towards him | | | | the message. |
| from her right hand: pointing to the earth with his | | | | 3- The Bishop dressed in White: The children, as |
| right hand, the Angel cried out in a loud voice: | | | | Lucia comments, "'we had the impression that it |
| 'Penance, Penance, Penance!'. And we saw in an | | | | was the Holy Father' "… some might think it was |
| immense light that is God: 'something similar to | | | | referring to Bishop Romero of San Salvador, who |
| how people appear in a mirror when they pass in | | | | always dressed in white and was killed by |
| front of it' a Bishop dressed in White 'we had the | | | | soldiers… but I stick with Lucia, that he |
| impression that it was the Holy Father'. Other | | | | represents the Pope, as the head of the Church, |
| Bishops, Priests, men and women Religious going | | | | of which then presents its apostasy, martyrdom, |
| up a steep mountain, at the top of which there | | | | and salvation… and besides, the next paragraph |
| was a big Cross of rough-hewn trunks as of a | | | | talks about the Bishop in White as the Holy |
| cork-tree with the bark; before reaching there | | | | Father, "before reaching there the Holy Father |
| the Holy Father passed through a big city half in | | | | passed through a big city". |
| ruins and half trembling with halting step, afflicted | | | | 4- The way of the Church as a Via Crucis: The |
| with pain and sorrow, he prayed for the souls of | | | | way of the Church, and you and me, is rough, like |
| the corpses he met on his way; having reached | | | | a Via Crucis, going up a steep mountain to the big |
| the top of the mountain, on his knees at the foot | | | | rough-hewn Cross, "Other Bishops, Priests, men |
| of the big Cross he was killed by a group of | | | | and women Religious going up a steep mountain, |
| soldiers who fired bullets and arrows at him, and | | | | at the top of which there was a big Cross of |
| in the same way there died one after another the | | | | rough-hewn trunks as of a cork-tree with the |
| other Bishops, Priests, men and women Religious, | | | | bark"… It is the story of the Church, just since |
| and various lay people of different ranks and | | | | Jesus himself!. |
| positions. Beneath the two arms of the Cross | | | | 5- The apostasy in the Church: This is a tough |
| there were two Angels each with a crystal | | | | part, the apostasy in the Church, and may be one |
| aspersorium in his hand, in which they gathered up | | | | of the reasons why it took so long to be released |
| the blood of the Martyrs and with it sprinkled the | | | | this Third Part of the Secret… "before reaching |
| souls that were making their way to God." | | | | there the Holy Father passed through a big city |
| Commentry of Dr Jerome Dominguez to the | | | | half in ruins and half trembling with halting step, |
| Third Secret of Fatima | | | | afflicted with pain and sorrow, he prayed for the |
| The Secret of Fatima has Three Parts. | | | | souls of the corpses he met on his way"… and |
| 1- The First Part: A vision of Hell, to encourage | | | | may be this has been the history of the Church |
| the children and us "to save souls", and our | | | | during the last decades. |
| weapon: The Rosary. | | | | 6- The martyrdom in the Church: This may be |
| 2- The Second Part: The World War, the menace | | | | another reason why it took so long for the |
| of Communism, and the conversion of Russia, | | | | document to be released: "having reached |
| with our weapon: The consecration to the | | | | the top of the mountain, on his knees at the foot |
| Immaculate Heart of Mary. The consecration of | | | | of the big Cross he was killed by a group of |
| Russia by the Pope was done in 1984, with the | | | | soldiers who fired bullets and arrows at him, and |
| consequent dissolution of Communism in Russia a | | | | in the same way there died one after another the |
| few years later. This Presentation recalls | | | | other Bishops, Priests, men and women Religious, |
| that "On 25 March 1984 in Saint Peter's Square, | | | | and various lay people of different ranks and |
| the Holy Father, in spiritual union with the Bishops | | | | positions". It is talking about the Holy Father |
| of the world, who had been "convoked" | | | | killed by a group of soldiers when he reached the |
| beforehand, entrusted all men and women and all | | | | top of the mountain. This prophecy may have not |
| peoples to the Immaculate Heart of Mary"... and | | | | been fulfilled yet…. the martyrdom of Bishops, |
| Sister Lucia confirmed it: "Sister Lucia personally | | | | Priests, Religious, and laymen has been a fact in |
| confirmed that this solemn and universal act of | | | | the last decades. These "soldiers" and |
| consecration corresponded to what Our Lady | | | | "bullets" and "arrows", are all symbolic: They are |
| wished ("Sim, està feita, tal como Nossa Senhora | | | | the enemies of the Church, from without and |
| a pediu, desde o dia 25 de Março de 1984": "Yes | | | | from within the Church. The "killing" may be |
| it has been done just as Our Lady asked, on 25 | | | | physical or symbolic spiritual, with the bullets of |
| March 1984": Letter of 8 November 1989). Hence | | | | heretic theologies and false criticisms from within, |
| any further discussion or request is without basis". | | | | and the arrows of persecutions and intolerance |
| 3- The Third Part: The apostasy and martyrdom | | | | from without. |
| in the Church, the protection of Mary, with the | | | | 7- The Blood of martyrs is the seed of Christians: |
| final triumph of the Church, and our weapon: | | | | This is the last part of the message, an |
| Penance, Penance, Penance!. | | | | encouraging one: "Beneath the two arms of the |
| The Third Part of the Secret: | | | | Cross there were two Angels each with a crystal |
| It was given to the children in 1917, written by | | | | aspersorium in his hand, in which they gathered up |
| Sister Lucia in 1944, and released by the Vatican | | | | the blood of the Martyrs and with it sprinkled the |
| in 2000. It is all presented in apocalyptic | | | | souls that were making their way to God." |
| symbolic terms, but very clear to me: | | | | It is always the Cross of Christ!… with the |
| 1- Protection of the Church by Our Lady: The | | | | power of his Blood is how Our Lady protects us, |
| first lines of the Secret shows the "Angel with a | | | | and with his Blood is how we can be |
| flaming sword" to punish the world and us, | | | | co-redeemers with Christ, as Our Lady, because |
| "flashing, it gave out flames that looked as though | | | | every child looks a little like his mother. Praise the |
| they would set the world on fire". But Our | | | | Lord. |
| Lady was protecting the world and us, "but the | | | | |