August 13 – 4th Apparition at Fatima: The children are thrown into jail
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Why many souls go to hell
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 On
August 13, 1917, the civil authorities of Fatima (Portugal), worried
about the curiosity and fervor exhibited at the previous apparition,
ordered the three young seers to be put in jail for disrupting public
order. Hoping to find out the secrets that the Virgin Mary had revealed
to the children, they threatened them with death, but in vain: the
children kept their secret. Reluctantly, the officials released them on
August 15th.
On
Sunday, August 19th, while the children were grazing their herds at Cova
da Iria, the Virgin appeared to them. Lucia, the eldest of the three,
said (excerpts):
"Francisco
and I saw the reflection of light that we called lightning. After
Jacintha (the third young seer) arrived a moment later, we all saw Our
Lady on top of a holly oak. I asked: ‘What do you want from me?’
‘I want
you to continue coming to Cova da Iria on the 13th of each month, and
that you continue to pray the Rosary every day. On the 13th of the last
month, I will perform a miracle so that all may believe...’ And with a
sadder countenance she said: ‘Pray, pray very much and make sacrifices
for sinners, for many souls go to hell because they have no one who
sacrifices and prays for them.’ Then she rose up and vanished towards
the east."
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