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The duties of Francisco

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Francisco learned of Our Lady’s request through Jacinta and Lúcia that he should pray many Rosaries, and reacted thus: “O my Lady, I will pray as many Rosaries as You wish.”

Francisco wanted to console Our Lord and then convert sinners so that they would no longer offend Him.
Sometimes, upon arriving in Fátima, he would say to Lúcia: “You go to school. I will stay here in the Church, together with the hidden Jesus.”

Francisco was not very talkative and liked to make his prayers and sacrifices completely alone.

The duties of Jacinta

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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.

The duties of Lúcia

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Lúcia felt bitter, despised, and insulted by her own family.
Her mother insisted more and more that she confess that the May apparition was a lie. All these sufferings were sacrifices she offered to God and made her feel relieved.
Our Lady consoled and encouraged her, adding that she would never leave her and that the Immaculate Heart of Mary would be her refuge and the path that would lead her to God.
Jacinta also consoled her and explained that those sacrifices were certainly those that had been announced by the Angel of Peace and were used to repair for God and convert sinners.

When the Parish Priest learned of the events, of the apparitions in May and June, he sent word to Lúcia’s mother to take her to her house.
Lúcia’s mother took the opportunity to pressure Lúcia to confess that she had lied.
After the interrogation, the Priest was not convinced that those revelations had come from Heaven.
He considered that they might have been deceived by the devil and hoped that the future would reveal something more concrete to them.

Lúcia felt tremendous distress whenever one of her sisters called her to speak with someone who had come looking for her.
She consoled herself by offering her sorrow as a form of sacrifice to God.

When Lúcia’s mother beat her, justly or unjustly, she offered that suffering as a sacrifice to God.

Lúcia received a visit from a very tall man who asked her to accompany him to the place of the apparitions. Despite of feeling frightened by him, she accepted and took him there. The two prayed a Rosary and he asked Our Lady for a grace.
After the man left, Lúcia remained frightened.
Later, in the apparition of October 13, she saw the man again.
Lúcia was surprised; the grace he had asked for came true, and she had returned to ask for a blessing.

Lúcia was a devout Catholic, assiduous in her religious obligations.
Sometimes, the need for confession became a sacrifice, and besides, he preferred to confess to a priest from outside.

When Lúcia’s mother became seriously ill, to the point of being judged to be dying, all her children went to ask her for a supposed last blessing. When it was Lúcia’s turn, her mother became so distraught that her sisters took her out of the room and forbade her from returning, such was the distress they felt seeing their mother so disturbed. Lúcia felt deeply embittered and offered that sacrifice to God.
When Lúcia’s two older sisters saw their mother without any improvement, they put Lúcia to the test: If she had indeed seen Our Lady, then she should ask Her to heal her mother. Lúcia could promise whatever she wanted.
If the cure came to pass, they would fulfill their promise (they would do what Lúcia had promised) and believe in the apparitions of Our Lady. Lúcia asked Our Lady for the cure of her mother.
After three days her request came true and they fulfilled Lúcia’s promise.

When Lúcia’s father died, she was deeply distraught; her grief was so great that she even considered that she too was dying.
He offered that suffering for the love of God, in reparation for the sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary, for the Holy Father, and for the conversion of sinners.

Lúcia considered an aurora borealis to be the previously announced sign that the war was about to begin. She began to promote Reparative Communion on First Saturdays and the Consecration of Russia.

Jacinta reminded Lúcia of her duty to spread devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. She tells her that when she does so, she should not hide it and should also tell everyone that God grants us graces through the Immaculate Heart of Mary and that it is to her that they should ask for them.
The Sacred Heart of Jesus wants the Immaculate Heart of Mary to be venerated alongside it.

Jesus wants to use Lúcia so that people may know and love Our Lady.

The duties of Francisco and Jacinta

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They were thirsty during a very hot summer day while grazing sheep in a pasture far from home. That day Jacinta had headaches. Francisco persuaded her to accept those pains as a sacrifice for the conversion of sinners.

When they were in prison, Francisco and Jacinta offered their suffering as a sacrifice to Jesus for the conversion of sinners. He said: “O my Jesus, it is for Your love and for the conversion of sinners,” and Jacinta said, “O my Jesus, it is for Your love, for the conversion of sinners, for the Holy Father, and in reparation for the sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary.”

After being questioned by three gentlemen, as a parting gesture, they were asked to resolve to tell the secret, otherwise the Administrator would be willing to kill them. Jacinta was not intimidated and replied that in this way they would go to Heaven sooner.
When Lúcia’s aunt offered to take them to her house, to avoid the Administrator of Ourém and what he might do, the three refused her offer and replied that if they were killed, they would go to Heaven.

Francisco and Jacinta’s health began to worsen. Jacinta did not tell her mother about her symptoms; she felt a great pain in her chest and offered that suffering for Our Lord, in reparation for the sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary, for the Holy Father, and for the conversion of sinners.
Jacinta mentioned that one night she offered many sacrifices to Our Lord, she did not know how many, because she had a lot of pain and never complained.

Francisco suffered in silence and with patience, making the same sacrifices as Jacinta and Lúcia, and rarely suggesting anything to them. He suffered everything for love of Our Lord and Our Lady. The penitential practice of rope-tying and fasting were replaced by his illness.

Jacinta also made the sacrifice of going against her will, for example, when her mother gave her the choice between drinking milk or eating grapes, she chose the milk, which she did not like.
One night she made the sacrifice of not turning over in bed and therefore could not sleep at all.

Jacinta was admitted to the hospitals in Ourém and Lisbon.
Long before the decision to hospitalize her was made, she already knew, from Our Lady, that she was going to be admitted to two hospitals and told Lúcia: “Our Lady wants me to go to two hospitals; but it is not to cure me, it is to suffer more for love of Our Lord and for sinners.”

The duties of Francisco, Jacinta, and Lúcia

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Jacinta persuaded Francisco and Lúcia that they had to pray the Rosary and make sacrifices for the conversion of sinners as Our Lady requested them.

Francisco had the idea of giving their snacks to the sheep and going hungry. They accepted and spent the day fasting.

On Jacinta’s initiative, they gave their snacks to some children who were begging from door to door. This charitable act became frequent, and replaced their snacks for pine nuts, bellflower roots, blackberries, mushrooms, certain things they grabed from the roots of pine trees, and fruit from their parents’ orchards.

Our Lady asked them not to reveal their sacrifices. Lúcia stated that in this way they would not be questioned about what kind of sacrifices they made.

Lúcia’s mother felt distressed by the course of events, so she asked Lúcia to tell the Parish Priest that she had lied about the apparitions and should ask his forgiveness.
Lúcia told Jacinta what her mother had asked her to do. While Lúcia went to the Priest’s house to speak with him, Jacinta and Francisco stayed at home praying for Lúcia. Later they met at Lúcia’s house, who stated that she had told the Priest what she had said to Jacinta before leaving home.
Jacinta was happy with the decision, encouraged Lúcia not to be afraid, and blessed Our Lady.

While the three were tending the sheep, on a serene day, a strong wind arose and they saw a white and transparent figure approaching the olive grove, and told them: “Do not be afraid! I am the Angel of Peace. Pray with me.”

My God, I believe in You, I adore You, I wait for You and I love You. I ask Your forgiveness for those who do not believe in You, do not adore You, do not wait for You and do not love You.

The Angel of Peace asked them to say that prayer, and Lúcia persuaded them to keep it a secret.

After a considerable amount of time, the Angel of Peace appeared again to the three children, this time at the well of Arneiro. He recommended that they pray much and constantly offer prayers and sacrifices to the Most High.
Lúcia asked the Angel how they should sacrifice, and He replied that they should do everything within their power: “Offer to God sacrifices of everything you can in reparation for the sins by which He is offended and in supplication for the conversion of sinners. Thus, you should bring peace upon your country. I am your guardian angel, the Angel of Portugal. Above all, accept and bear with submission the suffering that the Lord sends you.”

A considerable amount of time passed again before the Angel of Peace appeared once more. This time he held a chalice in his left hand, above which a host was suspended from which drops of blood fell into the chalice. The Angel of Peace left the chalice suspended in the air, knelt beside them, and they repeated the following prayer three times.

Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I adore You profoundly and I offer You the most precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all the tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges and indifferences with which He Himself is offended. And by the infinite merits of His Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I ask You for the conversion of poor sinners.

Then he stood up, took the chalice and the host. He gave the host to Lúcia to take and the chalice to Francisco and Jacinta and said simultaneously: “Take and drink the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, horribly outraged by ungrateful men. Make reparation for their crimes and console your God.”

Lúcia withdrew to a solitary place and offered her suffering to God. Sometimes Jacinta and Francisco would find Lúcia in her bitterness, and the three would offer their sufferings to God.

After Our Lady told them that they were going to Heaven, she asked them: – “Do you want to offer yourselves to God to endure all the sufferings He wishes to send you, in reparation for the sins by which He is offended and in supplication for the conversion of sinners?”
– “Yes, we do.” – Thus the three answered affirmatively.
– “You will, therefore, have much to suffer, but the grace of God will be your comfort.”
Our Lady asked them to keep that conversation secret.

In the apparition of July 13, Our Lady revealed the secret to them and, to revive Lúcia’s waning fervor, said to her: “Sacrifice yourselves for sinners and say to Jesus many times, especially whenever you make some sacrifice: O Jesus, it is for Your love, for the conversion of sinners and in reparation for the sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary.”

Lúcia found a piece of thick, rough rope lying on a path, tied it to her arm, and discovered that the rope hurt, so she suggested that they use it as an instrument of penance and offered that sacrifice to God. Francisco and Jacinta also adhered to that penitential practice, dividing the rope into three parts and wearing it tied around their waists. Jacinta did not give up wearing the rope even when it caused her more pain and the other two persuaded her to remove it, reacting thus: “No! I want to offer this sacrifice to Our Lord, in reparation and for the conversion of sinners.”

While gathering weeds, Jacinta touched nettles, which stung her. From time to time, they would pick nettles, beat them on the skin of their legs, and offer that pain as a form of sacrifice.

Since the last apparition, that of October 13, the seers were visited almost daily with requests for Our Lady’s protection, joint prayers, and questions. Sometimes they insisted, and Lúcia had to make an extraordinary effort to hear them, offering that sacrifice to God: “It is for your love, my God, in reparation for the sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary, for the conversion of sinners, and for the Holy Father.”

The three made the sacrifice of going thirsty. Jacinta and Lúcia did it during a novena or for an entire month. Once, Jacinta said: “Our Lord must be happy with our sacrifices, because I am so, so thirsty! But I don’t want to drink; I want to suffer for His love.”

When the three prostrated themselves to pray the Angel of Peace prayer, Francisco was the first to tire of such position, but he remained kneeling or sitting, praying as well, until Jacinta and Lúcia finished.

In the June apparition, Our Lady asked them to return to that place on the 13th of the following month, to pray the Rosary every day, and to learn to read.

In the July apparition, Our Lady asked them to go there on the 13th of the following month, to continue praying the Rosary every day in honor of Our Lady of the Rosary, to obtain peace in the world and the end of the war because only she could help them.
Our Lady asked them: “Sacrifice yourselves for sinners and say many times, especially whenever you make some sacrifice: O Jesus, it is for Your love, for the conversion of sinners and in reparation for the sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary.”

Our Lady asked them to go to Cova da Iria on the 13th of each month and to continue praying the Rosary every day; in the last month she will perform a miracle so that everyone will believe.
Our Lady also asked them to make two floats. Lúcia, Jacinta and two other gitls would carry one, Francisco and three other boys would carry the other one.
Just before leaving, she added: “Pray, pray much and make sacrifices for sinners, for many souls go to hell because there is no one to sacrifice and pray for them.”

In the September apparition, as soon as Our Lady appeared above the holm oak, she told them: “Continue praying the Rosary every day, to achieve the end of the war.

In October, Our Lord, Our Lady of Sorrows, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, and Saint Joseph with the Child Jesus will also come to bless the world. God is pleased with your sacrifices, but He does not want you to sleep with the rope; bring it only during the day.”