Who was Our Lady of Fatima?

Being understood as a very important symbol within the Catholic Church, Our Lady of Fatima makes her first great apparition in Portugal, in the city of Fatima, more specifically in the Cova da Iria. The year is 1917 and three children, little shepherds, are taking care of their sheep.

Near the water well, the little shepherds, Francisco, Jacinta and Lucia, see a beautiful woman wrapped in a white mantle and she, who knows their names and knows the faith and the future of the little ones, begins to speak about the phases that the world will go through and the chaos that humanity will experience.

The first sentence she uttered was "I have come from Heaven" and she even gave instructions on how to pray to end the First World War.

Knowing more about Our Lady of Fatima

Our Lady of Fatima is characterized by a series of symbols in her imagetic construction for the world. She is almost always visually identified when she is seen by her faithful and even by those who are not so close to the church, since her prophecies are propagated until today.

Check out the main characteristics of this great saint and how important they are in the entire Catholic institution!

Origin and history

The 'sub classifications' of Our Lady occur according to her apparitions and their locations and circumstances. Here in Brazil, for example, we call her Our Lady Aparecida, because of her apparition in a river, by fishermen.

Our Lady of Fatima is named after the famous apparition in the city of Fatima, Portugal, as well as Our Lady of Guadalupe, who made her apparition in the city of the same name.

Miracles of Our Lady of Fatima

The apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima are considered miracles, since, normally, after these apparitions, situations change abruptly, and no plausible explanation is found for this, understood as, simply, a miracle.

In all, 6 apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima have been recorded, the last being the most 'important' and well-known, with Francisco, Jacinta and Lucia. The three children, who were cousins, followed priestly paths thereafter and lived to utter and propagate the Fatima prophecies. The youngest of them, Lucia, passed away in 2005.

Visual characteristics

The image of Our Lady of Fatima is well known around the world and when it is seen, people usually know it is her. Covered with a white robe, the Saint holds a rosary in her hands, which is her symbol and most powerful instrument.

In addition, she has a serene and angelic face, which bears white skin, unlike, for example, Our Lady of Aparecida, who has black skin. Our Lady of Fatima also carries a large golden crown.

What does Our Lady of Fatima represent?

When we talk about Our Lady of Fatima, we are talking about goodness, gentleness and also about how we can face the evils of the world. A great part of her prophecies, said to the three little cousins, really came true.

She, as she spoke to them, taught them how to deal with everything that was to come. For example, Our Lady of Fatima said that humanity would only come out of the First War if they prayed the rosary, which is her greatest instrument. Indeed, it is the key to dealing with all the barbarities of the world.

Devotion in the world

Our Lady of Fatima is, without a doubt, one of the subdivisions of the Saint most known and adored around the world. Her day is May 13, the day she appeared to the children in 1917. She is very well known, especially in Hispanic countries whose languages originate from Latin.

Here in Brazil, especially, her devotion is stronger than in most of the world, since we have a strong Portuguese influence, because of colonization, which facilitates access to documents and prayers in the language. We are even the largest worshipers of Our Lady of Fatima, second only to her country of origin, Portugal.

Our Lady of Fatima prayer and make a request

There are some prayers, made in the name of Our Lady of Fatima, which are for requests for graces. She, as the great intercessor in heaven, intermediates our request, together with Her Son, Jesus Christ.

Check out one of these prayers, how they should be done and what their meaning is!

Indications

This prayer is to ask for something that does not necessarily need a grace. The requests are more specific things, such as things you would like to ask for a car or any other material good.

Requests are more practical things that you won't perish if you don't have, but that yes, it would help you a lot if heaven decided to send you that good.

Meaning

Very succinct and true, this prayer talks about how Mary has the power to take away the agonies a person is going through. It indirectly suggests that the request be added later.

In this way, you pray the prayer and then you make your request. After that, an Our Father and a Hail Mary are recommended.

Prayer

"Mary knows all our needs, sorrows, sadness, miseries and hopes. She is interested in each of her children, she prays for each one as ardently as if she had no other. Amen".

Our Lady of Fatima prayer and make a request 2

Our Lady of Fatima has many fronts and usually requests can be made in many ways. Therefore, there is more than one request prayer to this great saint who, with her miraculous powers, intercedes for us.

Check out more about this powerful prayer and how it should be done, as well as its meaning!

Indications

This prayer is indicated for requests, but it can also be done in everyday life. It is also very important that prayers are said when we are not in need of anything, as a sign of respect.

You can pray her, for example, before you begin your morning and evening prayers. The important thing is to always keep Our Lady of Fatima in mind and establishing this connection with her is not difficult.

Meaning

It is a great reverence to Our Lady of Fatima and Mary in general, showing respect and recognition for all she has done and is doing for humanity. It is a request, but with all the character of something greater.

This prayer talks about prophecy and how she, in a fundamental way, brought clarity to earth with her teachings. Almost an ode to Our Lady of Fatima.

Prayer

O Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of the Rosary and Mother of Mercy, who deigned to manifest at Fatima the tenderness of your Immaculate Heart, bringing messages of salvation and peace. Trusting in your maternal mercy and grateful for the goodness of your most loving heart, we come to your feet to pay the tribute of our veneration and love. Grant us the graces we need to fulfillfaithfully Your message of love, is what we ask of You in this Novena, if it is for the greater glory of God, Your honour and our benefit. Amen.

Our Lady of Fatima prayer and ask for a grace

Requests are different from graces, since grace is a kind of 'small miracle'. It is something that you, more than wishing, need. It is important to know this difference when you ask for something, either to Our Lady of Fatima, or to any religious entity. And, of course, there are some prayers that help us get closer to that so dreamed grace.

Check now this powerful prayer, its meaning and how it should be performed!

Indications

A grace is a small miracle. And this prayer is for that very moment; it is for the son who needs help and is seeking his mother's comfort. This prayer can be said for the one who needs grace and it can also be said for someone else.

This prayer is very strong and it is recommended that you pray it with enough concentration and aiming at the grace you long for and need, especially when the prayer asks to quote it. If you feel comfortable, when you finish and pray an Our Father and a Hail Mary, have a real conversation with Our Lady of Fatima. Things will at least become clearer.

Meaning

As perhaps one of the most famous prayers of Our Lady of Fatima, it brings a request for help. It talks about the apparition of the Saint and how she has a very important role in healing and helping the world and humanity on the path of good.

Concentrate a lot and, if possible, pray it with the Rosary in hand, since it is the symbol of Our Lady of Grace and, as she herself recommended in her apparitions, it is the key for the healing of the ills of the flesh.

Prayer

Blessed Virgin,

that on the hills of Fatima

you deigned to reveal to the three little shepherds

the treasures of grace that we can attain,

praying the holy rosary,

help us to appreciate ever more

this holy prayer, so that,

meditating on the mysteries of our redemption,

let us obtain the graces that we insistently

we ask you (to ask for the grace).

O my good Jesus, forgive us,

deliver us from the fires of hell,

take all souls to heaven

and rescued mainly

the ones who need it most.

Amen.

Our Lady of Fatima prayer and ask for a grace 2

A grace is not always easy to attain. For this reason, there are several prayers, by the most varied saints, which help us on this arduous path, which is the search for a grace or miracle. They are special requests that we make to heaven when we need help.

Read on to understand more about this prayer and how it should be said!

Indications

The directions for this prayer are simple: faith. This is a powerful prayer that can be said any day of the week, day or night. You just need to be in a place where you can concentrate and have a conversation with the Mother.

It is usually done in search of a miracle, a grace, so it is a little longer and speaks more of things in our life. It is a very important point of connection between our heart and the merciful powers of Fatima.

Meaning

This prayer is used individually and also within novenas to Our Lady of Fatima, as several prayers are used in combination in her novena. It is a request for help and protection for your loved ones.

It is a small conversation, not very formal, with Our Lady of Fatima. It is a request for help that we would make to someone close to us who can help us and can assist us in this tortuous process.

Prayer

My Mother, I pray to you for my parents, spouse and children, that they may live united in love, for my brothers, relatives and friends, so that living together as a family we may one day enjoy eternal life with you. I pray to you in a special way for the conversion of sinners and the peace of the world; for abandoned children, that they may never lack divine help and what is necessary for their bodies and that one dayday, obtain eternal life.

O Mary, I know that you will listen and obtain this grace for me...

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And how many graces I ask of Thee, for I ask them for the love Thou hast for Thy Son Jesus Christ.

Pray for us, Holy Mother of God!

That we may be worthy of the promises of Christ!

Sweet Heart of Mary!

Be our salvation!

Our Lady of Fatima prayer for mercy

Within Christianity, humility and surrender is something fundamental, and many times our lives are so messed up that we need help, but we don't know which niche to be in anymore, since everything is in chaos. This Fatima prayer is this request for surrender.

Read more about this prayer and how it can help you change your life!

Indications

First of all, it is important to say that directions are not necessarily rules, making this prayer can be said at any time in your life and over any circumstance you are going through.

However, this prayer is usually recommended for people who are going through more complicated situations in life, where they don't really know what direction to take and really need divine help to continue dealing with things.

Meaning

This prayer is very beautiful and powerful, as it asks for a more careful look of this great Saint that is Our Lady of Fatima, it can be a remedy to help in a painful process, a light at the end of the tunnel.

It is important to note that she does not ask for something specific, but that divine providence and the designs of Our Lady of Fatima be done for her life. It is a request for mercy and care to be able to deal with life as it is. A space to show that you are ready to follow the steps that she decides.

Prayer

O Mary, turn Your eyes full of pity upon me, who am so much in need of Your help; show me as You have shown others, that You are truly the Mother of mercy, while I wholeheartedly salute You and invoke You with my sovereign and Queen of the Most Holy Rosary. Our Lady, pray for us, Amen.

Prayer Novena of Our Lady of Fatima

Novenas are closed prayer circles with nine points. Usually they take nine days to do, but there are those, extremely rare, that take nine hours. Generally, grace is attained within those nine days, and needs to be done strictly on time.

Check out more about the Novena for Our Lady of Fatima, its recommendations and how it should be done!

Indications

Novenas are usually done for more serious cases, since they require a discipline and usually more than one person. They are usually done for the healing of sick people or for more 'serious' causes, not that problems are measurable, but the urgency of the grace of a novena is a bit greater.

However, if you feel like it, you can make a novena to protect someone or people you want. By the way, making novenas, within Catholicism, is very well regarded, especially when it is made only for the worship of the saint in question.

How to pray the novena

This particular novena is to be prayed with the Rosary in hand. Before you begin, you pray, each day, the opening prayer of the novena. Usually, there is a prayer said first, which is standard for rosaries.

After that, you repeat, by number of beads, the preparatory prayer and, when you have finished all the beads of the rosary, you recite the final prayer, followed by an Our Father, a Hail Mary and a Glory be to God!

Meaning

This prayer is a deep conversation with Our Lady of Fatima, a deeper request for help so that you can achieve the grace you, more than want, need.

It is a time of introspection, which comes from repetition. Let your thoughts focus on the grace you want, because the whole text of the prayer suggests that.

Our Lady of Fatima Prayer

First of all, the most important of this prayer is to do the nine days in a row and with you must have great faith to in the whole process. Repeat the words always mentalizing what you want.

Blessed Virgin, who on the mountains of Fatima deigned to reveal to the three little shepherds the treasures of the graces we can obtain by reciting the Holy Rosary, help us to appreciate ever more this holy prayer, so that, meditating on the mysteries of our redemption, we may obtain the graces we insistently ask of you (ask for the grace).

O my Jesus, forgive us, deliver us from the fires of hell, lead all souls to heaven and help especially those most in need.

Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us.

(A decade of Hail Marys is prayed in salutation to Our Lady of Fatima)

O Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of the Rosary and Mother of Mercy, who deigned to manifest at Fatima the tenderness of your Immaculate Heart, bringing us messages of salvation and peace, confiding in your maternal mercy and grateful for the goodness of your most loving heart, we come to your feet to render you the tribute of our veneration and love.

Grant us the graces we need to faithfully fulfill your message of love, and those we ask for in this novena, if they are for the greater glory of God, your honor, and the profit of our souls. So be it.

O God, whose only begotten Son, by His life, death and resurrection merited for us the prize of eternal salvation, we beseech You: grant that, meditating upon the mysteries of the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may imitate the examples they teach us and obtain the prize they promise. Through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

Our Father

There are also some complementary prayers that should be prayed at the end of the novena. The Our Father is the first prayer that should be prayed after finishing the previous ones. For many, it is the strongest prayer that exists.

Check it out!

"Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven, our daily bread give us this day, forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil, Amen."

Hail Mary

After praying the Our Father, which is the first prayer that should be said when finishing the prayers of the Novena, you should intone a Hail Mary. Usually, since they are almost always prayed together, people think they are part of the same prayer, but they are not.

Read below:

Hail Mary, full of grace,

the Lord is with you.

Blessed are you among women,

and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus!

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners,

now and at the hour of our death.

Amen!

Glory to God

And finally, the prayer that should end the novena is the Glory be to God, which, although it is not so common, is fundamental within this novena, and needs to be done at the end of every day. Check it out!

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men whom He loves. Lord God, King of heaven, God the Father Almighty. ... You alone are Holy, You alone are Lord, You alone are Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

How to make a prayer of Our Lady of Fatima correctly?

The first step for a prayer to be made in the right way, be it to Our Lady of Fatima, or any religious entity, is faith. Faith is the primordial part for your connection with the divine to be made. It is this faith that will make the spiritual unite with the carnal and, in this way, your prayers will be heard.

Go in a quiet place and say your prayers with faith that that grace will come. If you are not comfortable speaking and praying the ready-made texts, you can just have a conversation with Our Lady of Fatima. Tell her what is in your heart and she will take care of the rest. And, of course, after the grace is granted, give thanks.