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What is the Protestant view of the miracle at Fátima?
I’m very curious to hear the Protestant view of Fatima, considering that it involves the Virgin Mary appearing before witnesses, many of whom were skeptics.
I’m very curious to hear the Protestant view of Fatima, considering that it involves the Virgin Mary appearing before witnesses, many of whom were skeptics.
Luke Hill
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Why do we say "My Jesus" and then "Our Father"?
In the famous [Fatima prayer](http://www.fatimacentennial.com/fatima-prayers) we say "My Jesus". The Decade prayer: > "O My Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to Heaven, especially those most in need of Thy mercy. Amen." But in the Lord's prayer we say "Our Fa...
In the famous [Fatima prayer](http://www.fatimacentennial.com/fatima-prayers) we say "My Jesus". The Decade prayer:
> "O My Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to Heaven, especially those most in need of Thy mercy. Amen."
But in the Lord's prayer we say "Our Father".
It seems that we should use **my** when talking to Jesus but **our** when talking to the Father.
Why do we say "my Jesus" and then "our Father"?
harry jansson
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Does the "Oh My Jesus" prayer support universalist beliefs among Roman Catholics?
Particularly, "Lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of thy mercy" implies a belief that everyone will eventually be saved. After all, who is more in need of God's mercy than someone who dies in a state of mortal sin?
Particularly, "Lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of thy mercy" implies a belief that everyone will eventually be saved. After all, who is more in need of God's mercy than someone who dies in a state of mortal sin?
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What is a prophet in Catholicism?
What is required to be called a Prophet? Can someone like Sr. Lucia of Fatima be called a prophet since she passed on a prophetic revelation from Our Lady? I understand she didn't have a "vocation" like Jeremiah or St. John the Baptist did but it seems to me quite similar. I'm looking for a definiti...
What is required to be called a Prophet?
Can someone like Sr. Lucia of Fatima be called a prophet since she passed on a prophetic revelation from Our Lady?
I understand she didn't have a "vocation" like Jeremiah or St. John the Baptist did but it seems to me quite similar.
I'm looking for a definition in a pre-V2 book or something similar.
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Did Pope Francis' consecration of Russia and Ukraine fulfill all the demands that Mary requested at Fatima in 1917?
**Does the [Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Russia and Ukraine](https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/prayers/documents/20220325-atto-consacrazione-cuoredimaria.html) on March 25, 2022 by Pope Francis fulfill all of the requests asked for by the Virgin Mary at Fatima in 1917?**...
**Does the [Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Russia and Ukraine](https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/prayers/documents/20220325-atto-consacrazione-cuoredimaria.html) on March 25, 2022 by Pope Francis fulfill all of the requests asked for by the Virgin Mary at Fatima in 1917?**
Not being an expert in this domain I would like to know if the [Consecration of Russia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consecration_of_Russia) and Ukraine meets all the necessary requirements that Mary asked for in 1917?
On March 17, 2022 the pope invited all the bishops to join him in making this consecration! [(Source)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gWwEjhobnrJnrcMMZ29E__B226k-m2nz/view)
This question was inspired by this question: [Was Russia properly consecrated to the Immaculate Heart?](https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/90095/was-russia-properly-consecrated-to-the-immaculate-heart)
One thing is very obvious: Mary has a very dear love for Russia in her Immaculate Heart.
> On [March 15,] 1917, Tsar Nicholas II abdicated from the throne. That same day, the Reigning Icon of the Mother of God was revealed to a peasant woman in Kolomenskoye. Many believe the reappearance of the icon was an indication that the Virgin Mary was displeased with Russia for dethroning Tsar Nicholas II during the February 1917 Revolution.
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> The Reigning Icon of the Mother of God is believed to date from the 18th century. It is considered one of the most revered both inside Russia and in Russian emigre circles.
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> The icon was originally venerated in the Ascension Convent, in the Chertolye neighborhood near the Moscow Kremlin. In 1812, as Napoleon Bonaparte’s Grande Armée approached Moscow during the French invasion of Russia, the icon was taken to the village church in Kolomenskoye for safekeeping and subsequently forgotten until 1917.
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> At the end of the February Revolution of 1917, on 15 March (O.S. 2 March) 1917, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicated the throne. That same day, Evdokia Adrianova, a peasant woman in the village of Pererva in Moscow Province, dreamed that the Blessed Virgin appeared and spoke to her. She was instructed to travel to the village of Kolomenskoye, where she would find an old icon which, “will change colour from black to red.” - [15th March: Reigning Icon of the Mother of God Revealed](https://tsarnicholas.org/2019/03/15/15th-march-reigning-icon-of-the-mother-of-god-revealed/)
Interestingly, in Russia, both Catholics and Orthodox prayed to Mary on Friday, March 25th, 2022, the latter at the request of Russian Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, who asked the faithful to do so a day after the Vatican announced Pope Francis’s request.
See this YouTube video: [Pope Francis consecrates Russia & Ukraine to Immaculate Heart](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HE7PUNO185Y)
Ken Graham
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Was Russia properly consecrated to the Immaculate Heart?
Has a pope already properly consecrated Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, in accordance with the requests of [Our Lady of Fatima][1]? [1]: https://isidore.co/calibre/#panel=book_details&book_id=3111
Has a pope already properly consecrated Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, in accordance with the requests of Our Lady of Fatima ?
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What are the 5 blaphemies against the Immaculate Heart of Mary?
What are the 5 blasphemies against the Immaculate Heart of Mary that Our Lady of Fatima mentioned? Which sects utter these blasphemies?
What are the 5 blasphemies against the Immaculate Heart of Mary that Our Lady of Fatima mentioned? Which sects utter these blasphemies?
Geremia
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Is the Fatima prophecy still relevant in the 21st century?
At Fatima, in a vision, Our Lady told Lucia Dos Santos that "Russia will spread its errors throughout the world, raising up wars and persecutions against the Church. The good will be martyred, the Holy Father will have much to suffer, and various nations will be annihilated". After the assimilation...
At Fatima, in a vision, Our Lady told Lucia Dos Santos that "Russia will spread its errors throughout the world, raising up wars and persecutions against the Church. The good will be martyred, the Holy Father will have much to suffer, and various nations will be annihilated". After the assimilation of several countries into the USSR, the atheism inherent in Marixist Communism, the attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II. I'd imagine most people thought this was "all she wrote" as my grandpa would say.
But if you read the news today, you might think we're just getting started. It starts with spreading lies, turn to wars, wars to persecutions, persecutions will result in martyrdom, etc... Are there any reasons to believe that the visions definitively were for the 20th century and not perpetually until Russia is actually consecrated?
What do the modern mystagogues and interpreters of visions say about the vision's relevance in the 21st century? What notions do they have about how we actually get to the end of this?
Peter Turner
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Mar 1, 2022, 03:35 AM
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