The angel appeared three times to the shepherds of Fatima in order to prepare them for future apparitions of Our Lady and elevate them with Communion to a supernatural state.
During the third apparition the angel gave Lucy Communion with a Host that dripped a drop of blood into the chalice. Francesco and Jacinta, having not yet made their First Holy Communion, were offered the content of the chalice.
In this apparition the angel told them: "Eat and drink the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ terribly outraged by the ingratitude of men. Offer reparation for their sakes console your God".
"We began to see, in the distance, a light whiter than snow in the form of a young man, quite transparent, and as brilliant as crystal in the rays of the sun.
As we came near we were able to see his features: a young man about 14 to 15 years old and very beautiful. We were surprised and quite taken aback. We did not say a word. He reached us and said: 'Do not be afraid. I am the angel of peace.
Pray with me.' He knelt, bending his forehead to the ground. With a supernatural impulse we did the same, repeating the words we heard him say: 'My God, I believe, I adore, I hope, and I love You.
I ask pardon for those who do not believe, do not adore, do not hope, and do not love You.' Pray in this way. The hearts of Jesus and Mary are attentive to our prayers. And he disappeared.
The supernatural atmosphere that he left us was so intense we were for a long time unaware of our own existence...".
"The angel said to us: 'What are you doing? You must pray! Pray a lot! The hearts of Jesus and Mary have merciful designs for you.
You must constantly offer your prayers and sacrifices to God, the Most High.' 'How are we to sacrifice?' I asked. 'In every possible way offer sacrifice to God in reparation for the sins by which He is offended, and in supplication for the conversion of sinners.
In this way you will bring peace to your country. I am the Guardian Angel of Portugal.
Above all, hear and accept with submission the sufferings God will send you.' And the disappeared...These words of the angel cut into our spirits like a light, making us understand who God is, how He loves us, and how He wants us to love Him; the value of sacrifice and how it pleases Him; how He receives it for the conversion of sinners."
"We began to see, in the distance, a light whiter than snow in the form of a young man, quite transparent, and as brilliant as crystal in the rays of the sun..."
When Lucy asked Our Lady of she would take them to Heaven the Virgin replied "Yes, I will soon take Jacinta and Francisco, but you will stay here for quite a while. Jesus wants you to serve God, whom He loved.
He wants to establish in the world a devotion to my Immaculate Heart. I promise salvation to all the devotees. God, and like flowers then will be placed by me before his throne".
The angel that appeared to the three shepherd children at Fatima in 1916 was described as being "over 6 in. or was a Hour born which shone of blood fell into the chalice".
The Blessed Jacinta Mario retold what Our Lady said during one of the apparitions: "Pray, pray very much, especially for sinners.
Take note, many souls will go to Hell because you did not pray and make sacrifices for them." In addition, "The sins which cause most souls to go to Hell are the sins of the flesh. Certain fashions that come that will offend Jesus very much.
The people that serve God need not to worry because Jesus needs reparation for his merits. Jesus is always the same. The sins of the world are very great. If men only knew what eternity is, they would do everything in their power to change their lives.
Mankind is on its way because they do not think of Jesus' death and they do not repent" (cf. CCC 1035).
"We saw the angel holding in his left hand a chalice and suspended in the air above it, was a Host from which drops of blood fell into the chalice. Leaving the chalice and the Host suspended in the air, he knelt near us and repeated three times the prayer 'Holy Trinity.
beg the conversion of poor sinners.' After that he rose, took again in his hand the chalice and the Host.
The Host he gave to me and the contents of the chalice he gave to Jacinta and Francesco, saying at the same time: 'Eat and drink the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ terribly outraged by the ingratitude of men.
Offer reparation for their sakes and console God; '...and then he disappeared".
Immediately after the attempted assassination at St. Peter's Square on May 13, 1981, Pope John Paul II went to Fatima in 1982 to thank Our Lady and speak to St. Lucia. On March 25, 1984 Pope John Paul II entrusted the world and Russia to the Virgin of Fatima making the consecration of the world and Russia.
The handwritten text describes the third secret revealed to Sr. Lucy and consigned by the bishop which describes the third secret revealed to her by Our Lady, which would then be publicly announced by Pope John Paul II in the year 2000.
"We saw the angel holding in his left hand a chalice and suspended in the air above it, was a Host from which drops of blood fell into the chalice..."
October 13, 1917 the pilgrims increased (70,000), they saw the rain stop suddenly. the sun appeared as a silver disc without rays, and like a silver moon that revolved on itself with great speed, like a fire, projecting in every direction beams of multi-colored light, that fantastically lit up the clouds in the sky, the trees, the rocks, the clothes of the people.
It passed for a few moments and then again the dance of the sun. It's a rich and glowing movement from which the people then for the third time fireworks, then for the third time. At last the people had the impression that the sun was falling on them.
The crowd had the collective scream "Miracle! Miracle!" When everything finished even the people's drenched clothes from a short time ago were perfectly dry.
Newspaper article from January 15, 1938 which describes the appearance of lights formed by Our Lady of Fatima as a sign of the beginning of the war
Painting that describes the apparition in which Sister Lucy had in which Our Lady asked her to divulge the atonement devotion on the first few Saturdays of the month