Our Lady’s requests
The Fatima shrine records the apparitions to Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta beginning on May 13, 1917, together with the requests for daily recitation of the Rosary, sacrifices for sinners, and reparation to the Immaculate Heart.
Shrine of Fatima: Lucia’s memoirs and the apparition accounts (historical reference)
Persevere in the Rosary
But let us join to our confidence, in the fifth place, perseverance in prayer. Only he who perseveres in asking, in seeking, and in knocking shall receive, shall find, and shall enter.
Saint Louis de Montfort, The Secret of the Rosary, Forty-eighth Rose (excerpt)
Contemplate with Mary
Persevere, therefore, my dear confrere of the Rosary, in asking God through the holy Rosary for all your spiritual and bodily needs, and particularly for the divine Wisdom which is an infinite treasure: Thesaurus est infinitus [The treasure is infinite] (Wis 7:14), and you shall obtain it without fail, sooner or later, provided that you do not abandon it and do not lose courage in the midst of your course.
Saint Louis de Montfort, The Secret of the Rosary, Forty-eighth Rose (excerpt)
Pray with the saints
AH my blessed Mother, not one sword only then, but as many swords as have been my sins have I added to your Heart. Ah Lady, no — not to you, who are innocent, but to me, guilty of so many crimes, are the punishments due. But since you have willed to suffer so much for me, ah, by your merits obtain for me a great sorrow for my sins, and patience in bearing the troubles of this life, which will always be light compared with what I deserve, since so many times I have deserved Hell. Amen.
St. Alphonsus de Liguori · The Glories of Mary · The First Sorrow, prayerLet love become an act
Pray five decades for the conversion of sinners and for peace.
Pray the RosaryThe apparition and its witnesses
Read the full account of Our Lady of Fatima, with its history, the words preserved by the witnesses, and the call to prayer.
Keep the celebration
- May 13, 2026Optional Memorial
- May 13, 2027Optional Memorial
- May 13, 2028Optional Memorial
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