MARY, OUR MOTHER

Actual photo of Fatima Witnesses

CHAPTER XVI: TWO HEARTS OF WIT & WISDOM

Many of us have seen the "Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima" movie, either on T.V. or in the movie-theaters, also these High School students I instructed one day did see the film as it was shown in their auditorium.
During my question-period on the subject, one of the students came up with a very good point and question on this delicate observation:
As you will recall from the movie, the sun was spinning in the sky for--about 10 minutes, while all colors of the rainbow covered the countryside. Then suddenly the sun loosed itself from its position and came down towards the earth. The people thought it was the end of the world, they fell on their knees, asking God's forgiveness; all at once the sun stopped, and returned to its position in the firmament.
Many people were suddenly healed, a woman cried out: "My husband, I can see you!" She had been totally blind.
Throwing away his crutches, a teen-ager yelled out: "Mother, I can walk again!"
It had been raining from the night before, right up to noon, when the great miracle began to take place. Of course, these 100,000 people standing mud-deep in the rain, were all wet to the skin. They all were awaiting the miracle--which was foretold months ago to the Three Fatima Children by Our Lady.
You can imagine the joy of the multitude--but now they realized they were all perfectly dry and clean, as if they had just stepped out of a dry-cleaner. (Of course they were all muddy, falling on the ground on their knees, asking God's forgiveness, as the sun seemingly came down upon the earth.)
In fact one 'devils advocate,' a Msgr. questioned this miracle, stating, perhaps the people were mass-hypnotized. Said one by-stander:
"Was the earth and the clothing hypnotized too--as the earth & clothing was suddenly dry? - - - (Tah-tah-tah-)
This incredible Miracle of the Sun was seen within a radius of some 15 miles from Fatima, Portugal. The rest of the world did not see it! Headlines and pictures appeared in the news-papers in Lisbon, the capital. The New York Times simply reported that an unusual event occurred at Fatima, Portugal, on Page 27. (Seemingly not believing one ounce of it all.)
So, one of the High-school students asked this very good question: "How did God do this? All this was seen by the people living near there and the rest of the world did not see it--well then how is this possible?"
"You know very well--God can do all things," I told him "So then, some day, when you get to Heaven--make sure you'll make it--get Jesus into a little corner and just ask Him! 'How did you do that?' He'd be very glad to tell you."
Again--if you don't want to believe this Miracle of the Sun, that's your tough luck! - - -

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