The Message of Fatima & An Important Mission for Grieving Hearts

Written By Terri Thomas

Daily offer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, the sacrifices demanded by the duties required of your state in life, as well as whatever hardships and difficulties God permits in your life, in reparation for sin and for the conversion of sinners. In other words, “offer it up.” Sister Lucia considered the living out of this disposition the most fundamental and important everyday response to Fatima.

If we do our best to live the message of Fatima by offering the suffering we experience from the death of our loves ones, to Jesus through Mary, in reparation for sins and the conversion of sinners (starting with ourselves) we will truly be participating in the salvation of souls. This is a very high calling and one which I guarantee our loved ones who have died are hoping and praying that we will respond to.

The Message of Fatima

Our Lady came to Fatima to bring a message of hope and peace to the world during a time of great upheaval in the world.

The core of her message can be expressed in three simple sentences:

1. Addressing the eternal order, she told us that hell exists and that souls are being lost to it because there is no one to make reparation for their sins.

2. Speaking of the temporal, she said that war is a consequence of sin.

3. The salvation of souls and the attainment of world peace require the conversion of sinners. “People must stop offending God because He is already so much offended.” (Oct. 13, 1917)

Our Lady of Fatima Requests

1. Daily offer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, the sacrifices demanded by the duties required of your state in life, as well as whatever hardships and difficulties God permits in your life, in reparation for sin and for the conversion of sinners. In other words, “offer it up.” Sister Lucia considered the living out of this disposition the most fundamental and important everyday response to Fatima.

2. Pray a Rosary daily while meditating on the mysteries, especially for world peace.

3. Consecrate yourself to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and wear the Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel as a sign of your consecration. (Read more about Marian Consecration)

4. Practice the Communion of Reparation on the first Saturday of the month, popularly known as the First Saturday devotion.

5. Contribute to the establishment of devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in the world by spreading the message of Fatima to others.

The devotional requests of Our Lady of Fatima provide the precise weapons of spiritual warfare so desperately needed today – the peace plan from heaven. The honoring of these requests constitutes the devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, which Our Lady told Lucia God desired.

Original Source: The Blue Army

Terri Thomas

Catholic Events and Event Planning

I am a daughter of the Most High God and of His Catholic Church. I introduce myself that way because I am so grateful for that! I have been married to Dan for 34 years and we have three young adult children - Brett, Nicole & Eryn. I earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theology from Catholic Distance University and a certificate as a Catholic Spiritual Mentor from the Catholic Spiritual Mentorship Program. I was employed as the Adult Faith Formation Coordinator at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Peachtree City, Georgia since December of 2008. I retired this past December (2022) to start a Catholic Event Planning Ministry. In my 14 years as the Adult Faith Coordinater I gained much experience in planning, orgainizing and successfully executing many wonderful, faith-filled Catholic events. I hope to share my experience and expertise with other parishes across the United States.

Redemptive Suffering - Living Lamps Blog

On October 15, 2015, my family and I experienced our greatest suffering up to this point in our lives. Our oldest son, Brett, died at 26 years old. It was a complete blindside for us. Learning how to navigate through this intense time of suffering and confusion has been incredibly difficult but we have discovered many "hidden treasures" along the way. God is with us and has provided for us through our union with Christ and His Church.

This website also includes a blog that was created because of my sadness over the many people that I encounter that are suffering without hope and do not know the incredible gift that God is offering them through their suffering. He is giving them an opportunity to allow Him to elevate their suffering by connecting it to the redemption of the world. For those of us who are suffering over the death of a loved one, we can be sure that they are hoping that we will do this. They are cheering us on!

The blog is full of posts about many different aspects of our Catholic Faith that are connected to suffering. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to contact me at terri.thomas.ptc@gmail.com

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