Our Lady appeared repeatedly in a cove near Fatima, Portugal, between May and October 1917, to shepherd children Francisco and Jacinta Marto, and their cousin, Lucia dos Santos.

‘At a time when the human family was ready to sacrifice all that was most sacred on the altar of the petty and selfish interests of nations, races, ideologies, groups and individuals, our Blessed Mother came from heaven, offering to implant in the hearts of all those who trust in her the Love of God burning in her own heart’ (Benedict XVI Homily, 13 May 2010).

This can only be realized through our repentance, and the conversion of our hearts to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
We must be watchful, to preserve our hearts from the darkness in the world (cf. Theological Commentary on The Message of Fatima, 2000).
With Fatima’s Saint Francisco, let us be able to say: “what I liked most of all was seeing Our Lord in that light which Our Mother put into our hearts. I love God so much!” (Memoirs of Sister Lúcia, I, 42 and 126).