Pontevedra apparitions

Pontevedra apparitions

The Apparition at Pontevedra

Eight years after the Fátima events, one of the seers, now called Sister Lúcia was living in a Dorothean convent in Pontevedra, Spain. On December 10, 1925, she claimed she experienced another apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary. On this occasion, in Sister Lucia's own words, the Virgin returned as She had promised at Fatima to relate the specific requirements for the Communion of Reparation on the First Saturdays.

Here is how Sister Lúcia describes the appearance: "The Most Holy Virgin appeared to me, and by her side, elevated on a luminous cloud, was the Child Jesus. The Most Holy Virgin rested her hand on my shoulder and as she did so, she showed me a heart encircled by thorns, which she was holding in her other hand."

During this alleged apparition, the Child Jesus asked Sister Lúcia to have compassion on His Mother, referring to her as the heavenly mother of Sister Lúcia.

At this point, the Virgin Mary is said to have set the parameters of the five first Saturdays devotion. If one fulfilled these conditions on the First Saturday of five consecutive months, the Virgin Mary promised special graces at the hour of death.

The devotion of the Communion of Reparation on the Five First Saturdays, mentioned by the Virgin at Fátima on July 13 1917, and then confirmed at Pontevedra as described above, some believe is an essential part of the Message of Fátima.

The First Saturdays devotion had already been an established custom in the Catholic Church. On July 1 1905, Pope Pius X approved and granted indulgences for the practice of the first Saturdays of twelve consecutive months in honor of the Immaculate Conception. This practice greatly resembled the request of Pontevedra.

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Then on February 15 1926 while emptying a garbage can outside the garden, Sister Lúcia saw a child she thought she recognized. After striking up a conversation with him, she claimed the child transformed himself into the Child Jesus, who chastised Sister Lúcia for not doing more to promote the five First Saturdays devotion.

ee also

*Our Lady of Fatima
*First Saturdays devotion

External links

* [http://www.santuario-fatima.pt Sanctuary of Fatima — Official Website]


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