THE POPE SAYS...
OUR LADY OF FATIMA AWAITS THE BISHOPS
On the occasion for the March 25, 1984
Consecration of the World to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, an immense number of
pilgrims filled St. Peter's Square. The crowd flowed way back into the Via
Conciliazione, all the way back to the Tiber River. A prelate who has lived for
nearly 30 years in Rome described it as the largest crowd he had ever seen
there. The original hand-carved statue of Our Lady of Fatima, the one that is
venerated at the little chapel, "The Capelinha", in Fatima was flown to St.
Peter's for the occasion by the Bishop of Fatima himself. The statue was
carried through St. Peter's Square in front of the Vatican Basilica and placed
near the Altar.
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His Holiness, John Paul II, kneeling before
the statue of Our Lady of Fatima, consecrates the word to the Immaculate heart
of Mary. This statue was brought for the occasion to Rome by the Bishop of
Fatima himself.
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On Sunday morning after Mass the Pope
knelt in front of Our Lady of Fatima's Statue and made the Act of Consecration
of the World in ringing and emotionally laden tones. He followed the text which
he had published beforehand and which we published in The Fatima Crusader,
Issue Number 15 "Act of
Consecration to Our Lady". This text he sent to all Catholic Bishops
asking them to join him in this act.
POPE JOHN PAUL II PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGED
ON MARCH 25, 1984 THAT OUR LADY STILL AWAITS CERTAIN PEOPLES TO BE CONSECRATED
BY THE POPE AND BISHOPS
At a certain point he departed from
this prepared text. In Italian the Pope added an extra prayer to Our Lady in
the second half of the Act of Consecration. This addition of the Pope was
reported in the March 27, 1984 edition of L'Osservatore Romano. According to
the report, the words added by the Holy Father were inserted after the sentence
"Enlighten the People of God on the way of Faith, Hope and Charity", the words
which the Pope added were "Enlighten especially the people whose consecration
and entrusting you are awaiting from us."
This shows clearly that the Pope is
aware that he still needs to consecrate Russia specifically, in the future. For
the Pope could have said " ...whose consecration you have been awaiting" if he
believed that the consecration proper - pronounced several paragraphs earlier
fulfilled Our Lady of Fatima's command.
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Part of a large number of pilgrims present at
St. Peter’s March 25, 1984 for Pope John Paul’s Third Consecration of the World
to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
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This becomes even more evident from
the report given by a Catholic Italian paper "AVVENIRE" dated March 27, 1984 on
page 11. This report tells us that several hours AFTER the Act of Consecration,
the Pope prayed again publicly to Our Lady: this time inside St. Peter's
Basilica where by that time the statue of Our Lady of Fatima had been brought
for veneration. The Pope prayed to Our Lady in the afternoon of March 25, 1984,
as follows:
"We wished to choose this Sunday, the
Third Sunday of Lent, 1984 - still within the Holy Year of Redemption - for the
act of entrusting and consecration of the world, of the great human family, of
all peoples, especially those who have a very great need of this consecration
and entrustment, of those peoples for whom You Yourself are awaiting our act of
consecration and entrusting".
The Holy Father then said "We have
been able to do all this according to our poor human possibilities and the
measure of human weakness but with immense confidence in Your maternal love and
immense confidence in Your maternal solicitude."
The Pope by these statements in front
of OUR LADY OF FATIMA has PUBLICLY acknowledged the INADEQUACY of what he had
done that morning and that OUR LADY IS STILL WAITING for certain "peoples" to
be consecrated even after he had that morning consecrated the world. This late
report from Rome confirms the analysis given by The Fatima Crusader in
"The Pope Moves a Step Closer" and
"The Collegial Consecration of the World to Mary's Immaculate Heart on the
Feast of the Annunciation March 25, 1984 (I.E. The Incarnation)" issue
number 15. These articles point out that the Bishops must join the Pope in
Consecrating Russia. See also
"Fatima May 13, 1982: What Actually Happened? Was Russia Consecrated to the
Immaculate Heart of Mary?" in this issue.
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