“We find in the Saints Francisco and Jacinta the example of someone who cares for the others and their needs. “The exhortation that Our Lady made them, in the first apparition, received from the Little Shepherds a clear and faithful answer, without hesitations or reservations, that transformed their lives”, whose existence became marked by the intense rhythm of prayer “one of the most distinctive features of the message of Fatima”. The rector left this invitation, so that it can be possible to contemplate closely their example and to understand that the holiness “is a mission of every christian”. “The Saints Francisco and Jacinta are an example of holiness geographically close because they have lived in this land where we are right now” and invited all the pilgrims who were present to visit their houses, to walk on the same paths as them and to visit their tombs.

Carlos Cabecinhas recalled the words of the Holy Father on the 13th of May 2017, in Fatima and pointed out that Francisco and Jacinta Marto help the discovery of the “beauty and grace of the christian holiness, as a vocation of all the christians” since they present the holiness as a “close and achievable reality”. In this festive day, the rector invited the pilgrims to take in consideration some important intentions: the “good fruits” of Pope Francis Lenten retreat and also of the Lenten retreat of the Bishops of Portugal.įr. The priest, in the beginning of the celebration, spoke to the pilgrims who were present and said that these two children “show how the Message of Fatima is a path to holiness”. Carlos Cabecinhas, rector of the Shrine of Fatima who presided at the mass. “Today is a day of joy and celebration” said Fr. followed by the procession to the Basilica of the Most Holy Trinity, where was celebrated the votive mass of the Saints Francisco and Jacinta Marto at 11:00 a.m. This morning, the Day of the Little Shepherds started with the Rosary in the Chapel of Apparitions by 10:00 a.m. with the recitation of the Rosary in the Chapel of the Apparitions with the presence of the icons of the Saints Francisco and Jacinta Marto, followed by a Prayer Vigil in the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima. The liturgical program started yesterday, on the 19th of February, at 9:30 p.m. One year after the canonization of the Saints Francisco and Jacinta Marto, the Shrine of Fatima celebrates today the liturgical feast of the youngest saints non-martyred of the Catholic Church. Carlos Cabecinhas urged the pilgrims to pray for the Pope. Shrine of Fatima celebrates liturgical feast of Saints Francisco and Jacinta Marto Celebration presided by Fr.

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