Jacinta could not keep secret what had been revealed to her by Our Lady during the apparitions. At home she revealed that Our Lady promised to take them to Heaven.
She did not miss any opportunity to make sacrifices for the conversion of sinners.
Jacinta seemed insatiable in the practice of making sacrifices.
When she was questioned by the Priest Father Manuel M. Ferreira, at the end of May 1917, said no more than two or three words.
Later, in response to Lúcia, she said that she did so because she had promised not to say anything else to anyone.
Our Lady taught them to offer their sacrifices to Jesus, and whenever they made a sacrifice or went through a trial of suffering, Jacinta would say: “O Jesus, it is for Your love and for the conversion of sinners.”
After learning about the Holy Father, she added the following to her jaculatory prayer: “and for the Holy Father,” that is, “O Jesus, it is for Your love, for the conversion of sinners, and for the Holy Father.”
At the end of each Rosary, she would still pray three Hail Marys for the Holy Father.
Jacinta preferred to die rather than tell the secrets that should not be revealed.
Dancing was one of Jacinta’s great pleasures; sometimes she even danced alone, but from that moment on, it became her desire not to dance anymore, and she offered that sacrifice to Jesus. Her wish came true, and the dancing ended.
Some of the people Jacinta encountered asked her to intercede for them through Our Lady. Jacinta made sacrifices, prayed for some of those people, and her effort bore good fruit.
Later, it was found that the circumstances of those people’s lives had changed for the better: they adopted a more reasonable attitude, obtained cures for their illnesses, and resolved family and professional problems. Some of those people returned later and thanked her for the graces that had been granted to them.
For Jacinta, it was a sacrifice to be without Lúcia’s company.
When Jacinta was in the hospital and Lúcia visited her, she replied that she was suffering greatly, but offered all her suffering for sinners and for the reparation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and blessed Our Lord and Our Lady.
Jacinta returned from the hospital to her parents’ house with a large open wound on her chest. The daily dressings of her wounds caused her suffering, but she did not complain.
The frequent visits and interrogations of those who sought her out caused her more distress.
On the day of her departure for the hospital in Lisbon, she suffered greatly, embraced Lúcia, and while crying, asked her, in a questioning tone, that she would never see her again, nor her brothers, nor her parents, nor anyone else, and that she would finally die alone.
Jacinta wished to make the effort to think because the more she thought, the more she suffered, but she did it out of love for Our Lord and for sinners.
Sometimes she would kiss a crucifix and, embracing it, say: “O my Jesus, I love You and I want to suffer greatly for Your love.” Other times she would say: “O Jesus, now you can convert many sinners because this sacrifice is very great!”
She affirmed that she needed nothing; when she was thirsty, she preferred not to drink, offering this sacrifice to Jesus for her sins. She did not complain about her sufferings and did not want anyone to know that she was suffering so that they would not be distressed.
One of Jacinta’s sacrifices was not avoiding the people who sought her out; she allowed them to approach her, but remained silent when they asked her something she did not want to answer.
Jacinta spent long periods of time praying the ejaculatory prayer: “O my Jesus, forgive us, save us from the fire of hell; lead all souls to Heaven, especially those who are most in need,” and from time to time she would call out to Francisco or Lúcia and ask them if they were praying with her, and remind them that it was necessary to pray a lot to save souls from hell, and she would end by exclaiming that very many souls were going to hell.