Today Is The 107th Anniversary Of Our Lady Of Fatima!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                         On this day, in 1917, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to three shepherd children--Lucia Dos Santos, and her two cousins, Francisco and Jacinta Martos.  The visits, a series of them over time, took place in the Cova Da Iria, near the Portuguese village of Fatima.  The most famous of these visits involved The Miracle Of The Sun.

                                           Yesterday was Mother's Day.  Today, it is apt to celebrate the biggest Mother of them all.   And on the Centennial Anniversary, all three children were canonized by the Roman Catholic Church as saints.  Lucia lived the longest, at 98, but Francisco went quickly, dying on April 3, 1919, while Jacinta passed on the following year--February 20, 1920.  It was she, however who would go on to become the symbol of Fatima, being the holiest of the children, and suffering greatly, including surgery minus anesthetic.  

                                              No wonder her picture was center stage over the Vatican, during the ceremony, which was televised, and which I can proudly say I saw.

                                                 So, today, we remember Mary and those courageous, holy children.

                                                 Hey, Mary, Earth could use a visit from you in these times.