What is perhaps one of the most officially well-recognised Catholic Miracles is what is known as the “Miracle of Fátima”. Vast numbers of people claim to have witnessed it.
Very briefly, the story is this.
On 13 October 1917, a very large crowd gathered in Fátima, Portugal. This was in response to a prophecy made by three shepherd children, Lúcia Santos and Francisco and Jacinta Marto. Their claim was that the the Virgin Mary would appear and perform miracles on that date.
Estimates are that roughly 30,000 to 40,000 turned up ready to see this miracle. Some claimed 100,000 were there, but the more reasonable estimate is probably closer to the truth.
Various local press reporters also attended and took pictures.
Here is the crowd …
The three children claimed they saw various visions of Jesus and Mary on the day, but nobody else saw that.
What many witnesses in the crowd report is that the Sun appearing to “dance” or zig-zag in the sky, careen towards the Earth, or emit multicolored light and radiant colors. According to these reports, the event lasted approximately ten minutes.
Here are a few examples …
“The sun, at one moment surrounded with scarlet flame, at another aureoled in yellow and deep purple, seemed to be in an exceedingly swift and whirling movement, at times appearing to be loosened from the sky and to be approaching the earth, strongly radiating heat.”―Dr. Domingos Pinto Coelho, writing for the Catholic newspaper Ordem.
“… The silver sun, enveloped in the same gauzy grey light, was seen to whirl and turn in the circle of broken clouds … The light turned a beautiful blue, as if it had come through the stained-glass windows of a cathedral, and spread itself over the people who knelt with outstretched hands … people wept and prayed with uncovered heads, in the presence of a miracle they had awaited. The seconds seemed like hours, so vivid were they.”―Reporter for the Lisbon newspaper O Dia.
“The sun’s disc did not remain immobile. This was not the sparkling of a heavenly body, for it spun round on itself in a mad whirl when suddenly a clamor was heard from all the people. The sun, whirling, seemed to loosen itself from the firmament and advance threateningly upon the earth as if to crush us with its huge fiery weight. The sensation during those moments was terrible.”
It is worth noting a couple of things.
To be specific …
- Overall, the eyewitness testimony was actually a collection of inconsistent and contradictory accounts. Not all witnesses reported seeing the Sun “dance”. Some people only saw the radiant colors, and others, including some believers, saw nothing at all. It was clearly very a subjective personal experience that varied.
- When it was later officially declared to be a miracle the official version became “The account” of what was seen. Anything that conflicted with that was ignored.
Did it Physically Happen?
All around the globe nobody noticed anything unusual, it was only seen at Fátima.
There were also many people there at Fátima who reported seeing nothing.
Is there a reasonable explanation for what was seen?
Indeed, yes there is.
You have a large crowd expecting a miracle, a vision. They were highly motivated to stare at the sun looking for a vision.
If you stare directly at the sun for a sufficient period of time, 5-10 minutes will do it, then you will indeed not only damage your eyesight, but you will see exactly what was reported – radiant colours and the sun dancing in the sky.
This is not simply an opinion, it is what happens to the human eye when exposed to the sun like that.
Paper: Solar retinopathy following religious rituals.
In 1988, a paper with the above title was published within the British Journal of Ophthalmology.
Here are a few extracts …
A 23-year-old nurse presented to the RVEE Hospital in June 1987 … While on a pilgrimage to Medjugorie she had stared at the sun for 10 minutes in the late afternoon of a hot summer’s day. While staring at the sun it went a deep green, surrounded by a gold rim, and when she looked away her vision was blurred …
… A 33-year-old woman presented to the RVEE Hospital in July 1987. She complained of a black spot in front of her right eye. In May 1987 she had been on a pilgrimage to Medjugorje. She had stared at the sun at 7.00 pm intermittently for a few minutes. While she was so doing, the sun had danced and changed colour from orange to black to white. When she looked away she noticed her vision was blurred, and there was a black spot in front of her right eye. Gradually with time her vision improved, but the black spot has persisted….
The paper then goes on to outline other similar cases, and then within the discussion section explains what was going on inside the eye and illustrates the damage that had been done with images.
The very simple explanation here is that yes, people at Fátima did indeed see the sun dance in the sky, and yes they did also see radiant colours.
There is nothing supernatural going on, this is what happens if you stare directly at the sun for long enough.
Hopefully I’ve thrown a bit of light upon a subject that has blinded many, which in the case of those that were there, is quite literal.
Meanwhile …here is Fátima today
Fátima, once a tiny obscure and unknown village, is now this …
Vast sums of money are in the mix here.
Something like 6 and 8 million people visit each year. Catholicism is never going to seriously admit that nothing supernatural happened, they are already too deeply invested in it.
Further Reading
Wikipedia Page – Miracle of the Sun
I am a Catholic by the grace of GOD. There is no salvation to Heaven outside GOD JESUS CHRIST through His only Church the Catholic Church
Those who knowingly accept the heretical false fatima apparations of the devil cannot at the same time cannot call themselves Catholics. In one word they are heretics. PERIOD ! Heretical fatima contradicts Divine Revelation taught by the only Church of GOD the Catholic Church. It is false and utter nonsense. The crystal clear heretical fatima apparations of the devil falsely approved and falsely pushed onto the Universal Church by the freemasonic, modernist, liberal and evolutionist Pope Pius XII, [falsely] states that an “angel” adminsitered “holy communion” in Portugal when Divine Revelation taught by the Catholic Church (see below) clearly teaches that ANGELS CANNOT ADMINISTER HOLY COMMUNION. It states things contrary to Divine Revelation and falsities. The evils of Pope Pius XII & Popes before have to be exposed. It is not only Pope John XXIII onwards to the current Pope, Pope Leo XIV who is prevost the false prophet of the end times. Pope’s Pius XII, XI, X, IX, Bendict XV, Leo XIII and ones before them have been builders of the diabolical SIN-odal Anti-Chrurch for Antichrist (who will manifest not far from now). Woe [hell] to you that call evil good, and good evil: that put darkness for light, and light for darkness: that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. (Isaias 5:20). For there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed: nor hidden that shall not be known. (Luke 12:2). False fatima for some, false divine mercy for some and false medjugorge for some. All together part of the signs and wonders Anti-Church for Antichrist.
Heretical fatima apparations of the devil
IT IS THE HOLY WORD OF THE LIVING GOD THAT ANGELS CANNOT GIVE HOLY COMMUNION [See below. Catholics who call false fatima true please read it 50 times].
Keeping aside the Divinely Revealed truth that Angels cannot give Holy Communion, the false apparations are a blasphemy because it states that GOD will send an Angel to violate the laws of His Church (calling GOD a sinner), that GOD will send the Blessed Virgin Mary to tell heresies, anti Catholic things, falsities, and state things that are factually not true.
From the Roman Catechism (Decreed by a Papal Bull of Pope Pius V) – But although GOD is the author and dispenser of the SACRAMENTS, He nevertheless WILLED that they [the SACRAMENTS, which obviously include HOLY COMMUNION] should be ADMINISTERED in His CHURCH by MEN, NOT by ANGELS.
GOD has willed that the Sacraments which includes Holy Communion should be adminsitered in His Church by men and NOT BY ANGELS.
This is enough to prove fatima is heretical and false. But further.
Keeping the above Divinely Revealed truth that Angels cannot adminsiter Holy Communion aside, furthermore from the same Roman Catechism – “THE SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST” – ONLY Priests Have Power To Consecrate And ADMINISTER The Eucharist: It must be taught, then, that to PRIESTS ALONE has been given power to consecrate and ADMINISTER to the FAITHFUL, the HOLY EUCHARIST. That this has been the UNVARYING PRACTICE of the CHURCH, that the faithful should receive the Sacrament from the priests, and that the officiating priests should communicate themselves, has been explained by the holy Council of Trent, which has also shown that this practice, as having proceeded from APOSTOLIC TRADITION, is to be religiously retained, particularly as CHRIST THE LORD has left us an illustrious example thereof, having consecrated His own most sacred body, and given it to the Apostles with His own hands.”
To priests alone has been given power to consecrate and ADMINISTER to the faithful [read the rest above after ‘faithful’ which includes ”particularly as CHRIST THE LORD and APOSTOLIC TRADITION”]. Only Priests can adminsiter the Holy Eucharist. An Angel is not a Priest. Pope Pius XII the foundation layer of the anti-GOD second vatican council with the false approval in a way made way for the diabolical lay people giving Holy Communion.
If one accepts false fatima one is by default calling GOD a liar, Pope Pius V a heretic, St. Charles Borremeo the editor a heretic, all the Saints heretics, and Catholics who beleive this Divinely Revealed truth heretics. One cannot claim to accept Divine Revelation taught by the Catholic Church and knowingly accept Pope Pius XII’s heretical fatima apparation at the same time. PERIOD.
A childs Catholic Catechims [DIVINE REVELATION]:
Q. Is it a sin to transgress a law of the Church?
A. Knowingly to transgress a law of the Church in grave matter is a mortal sin.
Q. Who can dispense from a law of the Church?
A. Only the Pope, or one who has received from him the power to do so, can dispense from a law of the Church.
Keeping the fact that Angels cannot give Holy Communion aside, the false holy communion given by the devil in the form of an Angel is a serious break of more than one law of the Church in force at that time. GOD cannot bypass His Divinely established order. He does not contradict Himself. There are things the Omnipotent GOD cannot do because He said He would not do them. GOD will never send an Angel to break HIS LAWS OF HIS CHURCH ! PERIOD !
The devil in the form of the Blessed Virgin Mary said to the false seers on September 13 1917 at the Cova de Iria. – ”God is pleased with your sacrifices but does not wish that you wear the rope when you go to sleep. Wear it only during the day.” This is evil child abuse. It is blasphemy to say this is what GOD wants. GOD will never want this. PERIOD !
October 13, 1917 – Then growing sadder (devil in the form of the Blessed Virgin Mary): “They must not offend Our Lord any more for He is already too much offended.”Contradiction to Sacred Scripture – And I heard a great voice from the throne, saying: Behold the tabernacle of God with men: and he will dwell with them. And they shall be his people: and God himself with them shall be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes: and death shall be no more. Nor mourning, nor crying, nor sorrow shall be any more, for the former things are passed away. (Apocalypse 21:3,4) and Divine Revelation De-Fide taught by the Catholic Church – ‘the bliss of heaven lasts for all eternity’.
The false apparation states (August 19 1917) The devil in the form of the Blessed Virgin Mary: “Pray! Pray a great deal and make sacrifices for sinners, for many souls go to Hell because they have no one to pray and make sacrifices for them.” .
First of all there is always prayer and sacrifice going on in the Church so this is a factual lie. It is Divine Revelation De-Fide taught by the Catholic Church and plain common sense that GOD gives everyone sufficient grace to save their souls. So it is heresy to say that souls go to hell because no one does prayer and sacrifice for them. Because the sufficient grace of GOD is always given to all which is also from the merits of holy prayer and sacrifice that always happens. So saying souls go to hell because no one does prayer and sacrifice for them is false.
The devil in the form of the Blessed Virgin Mary (July 13 1917): “If they heed My requests, Russia will be converted, and there will be peace. If not, she shall spread her errors throughout the world”. If this [nonsense from hell] was so important it should not have been kept a secret for a period of time to allow “Russia to start spreading her errors throughout the world” in the mean time and then be told later. There was a gap. And Russia is very very very wicked and evil and so are all the nations but the most diabolical of all is the satanic Dis-United States of America which is the main nation that has spread freemasonic diabolical evil wickedness around the world for the new world dis-order to bring in Antichrist. This is a FACT. In the first place the whole “consecration of Russia” which is a desecration, is utter nonsense. As if the infinite value Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is not enough.
This demonic apparation among other things is a work of satan to push the Mary worshipping idolatry and the bad idolatrous fruits are there to see. The anti GOD marianism which is contrary to Catholic Church doctrine on the Blessed Virgin Mary. Hyper dulia not Latria. Catholics have become pagans in relation to Catholic things.
July 13 1917 – The devil in the form of the Blessed Virgin Mary ”for only She can help you.” The Blessed Virgin Mary, who is GOD’s most humble child, will never say this blasphemy. “ONLY she can help you.”
The Parish Priest of the false seers had first said after interogation that it was from the devil. The Parish Priest said this “As a rule, when things of this sort happen, Our Lord directs the souls that He speaks with to give a full account to their pastors or confessors. This child holds back as much as she can.”
It is a false miracle of the sun that the freemasons put on their demonic newspapers and the freemasonic Pope Pius XII falsely approved. If the sun moved in one place it has to be seen moving in all other places which did not happen. GOD cannot do miracles against His reality. People have given different reports of what they saw. It is claimed one person [Judah Ruah] said that he saw nothing and that is why he took pictures when he saw people reacting. And if those pictures that exist were taken while the “sun was moving” [falsity], only extraordinary help from GOD could keep someone calm and composed to take those pictures. Taking pictures while “the sun was moving towards the earth”?
Now Cardinal George Pell (Australia), who died, was a modernist liberal. But this is what he said about heretical fatima, which he had difficulties with, but should have known they were HERETICAL & FALSE: ”A couple of these difficulties should be mentioned. It was on May 13th [1917] that Lucia believed Our Lady to say, in answer to her question, that a local child who had died would be in purgatory until the end of the world. This seems excessive by any human standards. On October 13th, Lucia believed Our Lady to say that the First World War would end that day and that the soldiers would soon return home; in fact, the War did not end for another thirteen months.”
The date is wrong it was June 13th. This is what the false apparation states – Lucia: “And Amelia?” The devil in the form of the Blessed Virgin Mary: ”She is still in Purgatory.”
In her fouth [false] memoir, Lucia records the Blessed Virgin Mary as responding, “She will be in Purgatory until the end of the world.” (Fatima in Lucia’s Own Words, Fatima, Portugal, 1976, p. 161.)
-GOD casts into hell those who have to “go to purgatory for many many many years”. This is common sense. Lucia was one big fraud. People have been duped with this hoax from hell.
-Lucia the real one not the imposter was a fraud ! She put out a fabricated false secret using events that had already taken place & calling [lying] them “propheies”, in which one was blatantly factually wrong, by taking evil advatage of the death of the other two false seers. Her mother called her a liar. Now mothers know their children better than anyone. And no mother would call her child a liar when the child was not one unless the mother was absolutely evil.
Ignorant Catholics behave as if “apparation” & “canonization” [mania] is Divine Public Revelation which is an essential part of the Catholic Church & absolutely necessary for salvation. When they are NOT. All they need to be fooled is a “dressed up” “solemn” “ceremony” with an infiltrated VALID Pope. The gates of hell do not prevail with false approvals of apparations and false canonizations. And Masses have been offered on the altars for the dead for over the centuries of which many for certain were damned souls in hell. All of them were in purgatory or heaven ? No. Canonizations & Apparations are not an essential part of the Catholic Church & are not necessary for salvation. But the hirelings inside the Church have manipulated to deceive by abusing the positions of authority in the Church in using the “gates of hell will never prevail” factor in a place where it does not apply. They have falsely assumed things to the papacy that it does not have. This is an opperation of error sent by GOD to those who do not love the truth of GOD. And all this when Pope Benedict XIV (14) when Cardinal clearly stated that Catholics can reject apparations given an [false] approval by a Pope when it is evident that it contradicts Divine Revelation which is anyways a no brainer. In the first place Canonizations & Apparations do not fall under the teaching realm of a Pope. It is under the Judgement realm. Apparations & Canonizations are outside the deposit of faith and that the deposit of faith is already closed is Divine Revelation de-fide taught by the Catholic Church. Canonizations are not Apostolic. The only place a Pope can never err (which is only in the office of teaching) is when he 1) solemnly binds the universal Church under pain of anathema 2) with a doctrine on faith or morals contained in the already closed unchangeable Deposit of Faith (Divine Revelation). Outside that permitted by GOD Popes can always err. History has hands down proven this. The papacy (which includes papal infallibility) has been craftily weaponized for ulterior motives by enemies of the Church taking advantage of the ignorance of Catholics. The Pope is a servant of the servants of GOD. He should wash the feet of Catholics.
[Part 4]
The false heretical apparations of fatima itself is a part of the infiltration and apostasy of these end times & a work of the devil to keep Catholics awaiting a false solution ( the falsity of “consecration of russia” that will NEVER happen), which is absolute nonsense and a lie of the devil for the ongoing only one apostasy of these end times while to bring in the reign of the Antichrist which is not far from now. There is no earthly restoration foretold by GOD through Divine Revelation to end the only one apostasy of the end times (currently going on) but the eternal restoration which will be done by GOD JESUS CHRIST after His final coming. Divine Revelation Timeline of the End Times – 1. The preaching of the Gospel throughout the world. 2. A falling away from the faith = Apostasy [On going]. 3. Katechon taken out of the way 4. The Coming of the Antichrist whose manifest reign will be for three & a half years. [It is ot far from now. The Antichrist will be brought in by the False Prophet Prevost (who is also the Current Pope of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV) who has already manifested himself]. 5. The Final Coming of GOD JESUS CHRIST who will kill the Antichrist, destroy his evil reign, end the world by fire, conduct the Final Judgement, cast the reprobates into hell and bring in the New Heaven and New Earth for His greater glory and the felicity of His Saints for eternity. From the Roman Catechsim – ARTICLE VII : “FROM THENCE HE SHALL COME TO JUDGE THE LIVING AND THE DEAD” Signs Of The General Judgment: The Sacred Scriptures inform us that the general judgment will be preceded by these three principal signs: the preaching of the Gospel throughout the world, a falling away from the faith, and the coming of Antichrist. This gospel of the kingdom, says our Lord, shall be preached in the whole world, for a testimony to all nations, and then shall the consummation come. The Apostle also admonishes us that we be not seduced by anyone, as if the day of the Lord were at hand; for unless there come a revolt first, and the man of sin be revealed, the judgement will not come.
End Times – Katechon [Papacy|Pope] and Public Sacrifice of the Mass.
On 7 August 2024 the agents of satan from the Vatican have put out the what they had said they would namely the diabolical ‘Pathways for the Implementation Phase of the Synod’. Into this Pope Leo XIV has quietly formed two new study groups: dealing with [1]“The Liturgy in Synodal Perspective” and [2]“The Statute of Episcopal Conferences, Ecclesial Assemblies and Particular Councils.” [1] is work for taking away of the public Sacrifice of Holy Mass (Daniel 8:11,12; 9:27; 11:31; 12:11) for the evil reign of the Antichrist. [2] is work for taking the Katechon [Papacy|Pope] (2 Thessalonians 2:6,7) out of the way while being Pope of the Catholic Church for the Antichrist, the man of sin, to manifest himself via the false concept of “decentralization of the Papacy” which cannot be decentralized (“one among equals”; “Bishop of Rome” but not Vicar of JESUS CHRIST on earth and Visible head of the Church).
Without the Katechon [Papacy|Pope] being out of the away the Antichrist can NEVER manifest himself to begin his manifest evil reign and without taking away of the public sacrifice of the Mass the Antichrist can NEVER have His false reign. Through Prevost the False Prophet of the end times who is P. Leo XIV (the current Pope of the Catholic Church) via the diabolical Synodality -new way of being anti Church- which is the final phase of the anti Church, the false Church of satan infiltrated inside the Catholic Church in these end times, to bring in the manifest evil reign of the Antichrist which will also simultaneously be the moment when satan will be unchained from hell for a little time (Apocalypse 20:3).
(1) The Antichrist will by default begin His reign after the katechon taken out of the way will no longer be restraining. (2) The Antichrist will be ushered in when the great apostasy will be in its highest point where most Catholics instead of giving right worship in sprit and truth to the only true GOD through His Church primarily through Holy Mass and the Sacraments will be partaking with the Antichrist in the abolishment of the public Sacrifice of the Holy Mass and instead giving him false worship which will be followed by a diabolical inversion of Holy Communion by the reception of his satanic mark. (3) The abomination of desolation will be standing in the Holy place. At the beginning of the reign of the Antichrist will be where all these three diabolical threads come together into a knot which the Antichrist and his disciples will think they will have victory but will soon be hit by reality when they and their demonic new world -dis-order will be UTTERLY DESTROYED by GOD who is the: most high Creator Almighty, and a powerful king, and greatly to be feared, who sitteth upon his throne, and is the God of dominion (Ecclesiasticus 1:8) and is the: Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.(Apocalypse 22:13).
GOD JESUS CHRIST is awake sleeping in His only one boat the Catholic Church during this only one end time apostasy. By His omnipotent grace which only comes through His Church having FAITH in Him is the key that brings forth HOPE in Him the catalyst and as a result of which His CHARITY the greatest of the three will be flowing through that soul for the honour and glory of Him. Being justified therefore by faith, let us have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access through faith into this grace wherein we stand: and glory in the hope of the glory of the sons of God. And not only so: but we glory also in tribulation, knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience trial; and trial hope; And hope confoundeth not: because the charity of God is poured forth in our hearts, by the Holy Ghost who is given to us. (Romans 5: 1-5). For our God is a consuming fire. (Hebrews 12:29).
Catholic Church is indefectible in her essential form and perpetual in her existance. The Catholic Church is perpetually indefectible in her ESSENTIAL FORM Catholic = According to the whole (not parts) – Catholic Doctrine given by JESUS, Catholic Worship & Means of Sanctification – Holy Mass & Sacraments instituted by JESUS and Catholic Hierarchy established by JESUS.
Catholics have to do the will of GOD which is only possible by staying inside the Catholic Church. It is a sin of grave matter to partake in the sacrileges and other evils that have been and are rampantly going on in the legal structures of the Catholic Church. It is a sin of grave matter to offer masses and to assist at masses and to administer and receive the sacraments outside the legal structures of the Catholic Church (s.p.x [rampant child abuse & cover up], s.p.x resistance, sedevacantism, indepedent [from GOD] movement, false old [non] “catholics”, false orthodox. THE ENDS CAN NEVER EVER JUSTIFY THE MEANS. (Romans 3:8). Catholic Doctrine (Roman Catechism): Whoever will eat the lamb outside this house is profane. It is Divine Revelation De-Fide that there has to be Bishops sent by the Pope with mission and jurisdiction until the end of time. This is one of the easiest way to know the only true Church of GOD.
Who, having known the justice of God, did not understand that they who do such things, are worthy of death: and not only they that do them, but they also that consent to them that do them. (Romans 1:32)
Those not having clarity of things need to prayer to GOD in humility, dressed properly (clothes are to conceal the body), with fasting and almsgiving for Him to show His truth and help to live it for His greater glory and the salvation of souls. I am the vine: you the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for without me you can do nothing. (John 15:5)
No one mandatorily needs a good Pope, good Bishop or good Priest to be in union with GOD in this life and for all eternity in Heaven but only and only the never failing grace of the infinitely good, loving and merciful GOD that will always be there from Him only through His Catholic Church until the end. And His grace He only and only gives to the humble. A sacrifice to God is an afflicted spirit: a contrite and humbled heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. (Psalms 50:19)
When people fear for their lives and feel there is no hope to escape this fear of death, the mind can play tricks on us to calm us and make us feel hope that whatever, or whom ever you believe in will come to your aide and save you, and sometimes maybe Jesus does perform a miracle or two, but the Bible tell us only through Jesus can your be saved, so take that with a grain of salt. In the end the thought of death because of war that is considered a world war can be very scary, so these children actually felt like they saw this vision in their heart because they wanted a miracle, and the Catholic Church loves to keep their flock under the influence of miracles by saints, angels, and what have you. Do I think that Jesus or God has performed miracles on earth? I do to a point, but only in ways that we will never understand. I like to think of life on earth and the miracles that do happen, without notice sometimes, as being God’s way of working behind the scenes. In short, we are the miracle on this earth, and we hold the power in our trembling hands for either peace or complete destruction of this earth, because God/Jesus, unfortunately, gave us free will, and that is the problem, or maybe the answer to finding or seeing real peace on this earth. We are God’s/Jesus’ miracle and either we will be the light of his creation, or we will be the biggest disappointment of his creation. In the end, it’s hard to know what is going to happen to the world’s humans because not all societies or human groups are on the same level of evolution, so some cultures are dysfunctional and do not contribute to peace on earth, and some are on very high levels of civility, so they have to try educate and bring these dysfunctional cultures to a higher way of life. We are the answer, and the miracle.
what about UFO, it probably wasn’t the sun at all. we’re talking interdimensional beings.