Our Lady of Fatima Prophecies 94 Years ago

Catholics around the world are familiar with the apparition of the Virgin Mary in Fatima, Portugal 94 years ago today.  She appeared to 3 shepherd children, Jacinta, Francisco and Lucia, as they tended their flock of sheep. She returned each 13th day of the month giving warnings and predictions about world affairs, WWI and the coming days when both Francisco and Jacinta would soon join her and her son, Jesus, in heaven.  The Virgin Mary gave the time that WWI would end, but also delivered the stern warning that if Mankind did not change its way there would be a second and more terrible war to follow.  Sadly, her warning wasn't heeded and WWII began in 1939.  There was a Third Message at Fatima, which was to be revealed in 1960 to Catholics at Sunday Mass.  At the appointed time this revelation was not given.  Catholics pondered then and through the following decades why the 3rd Secret of Fatima was not revealed.  People speculated that Pope Pius XII read the secret and then died of shock.  Neither Pius XII nor John XXIII ever  made the secret known.    It is no coincidence that Pope John Paul escaped an assassination attempt on May 13, 1981, 64 years to the day of Mary's first visit to the children at Fatima.  Pope John Paul II credited Our Lady of Fatima with guiding the bullet through his body, missing vital organs by just fractions of an inch.  After his recovery he made a pilgrimage to Fatima and on March 25, 1984, he consecrated the world, and Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.  She had requested this consecration to ensure peace in the future.  For whatever reasons, Pius XII and John XXIII dragged their feet at her request.  Another one of Mary's prophecies was that if the world did not change its sinful ways entire nations would disappear in the future.  Remember that the next time you see a wild weather report. God bless.