A BLESSED FEAST OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA TO YOU! On this 109th anniversary of Her first apparition, May 13, 1917, The Fatima Center staff wishes you, dear devotee of Our Lady of Fatima, a blessed feast day! Appearing “more brilliant than the sun,” Our Lady announced to Lucia dos Santos and her cousins Jacinta and Francisco Marto, God’s Will to save the world in these times through devotion to Her Immaculate Heart. “To whomever embraces this devotion,” She added, “I promise salvation. These souls will be dear to God, as flowers placed by Me to adorn His Throne.” God’s timing is always perfect. Thus, we do well to reflect upon why Our Lady appeared when She did, and not at some other time in world history. God’s ways are inscrutable, deep, and far beyond man’s understanding. While faith and meditation may give us insights into His solicitous wisdom, we men can never presume to exhaust the ways of Divine Providence. Nevertheless, in honor of Her feast day, we offer the following …