they felt the presence of God

On one of the occasions, when Lúcia was questioned by Dr. Manuel Nunes Formigão Júnior, he advised her to love Our Lord very much for the many graces and benefits that must have been granted to her.Lúcia felt inspired by those words and formulated this short prayer: “My God, I love You, in gratitude for […]

Lúcia began to consider the possibility that those manifestations could be the work of the devil, lost her enthusiasm for the practice of sacrifice, and considered whether she should say that she had lied and thus end it all. Francisco and Jacinta persuaded her not to consider the apparitions a work of the devil and