A Pure Heart
A Pure Heart
God was preparing Lucia before the visions took place. Father Joe notes that Lucia's mother urged her to ask God to make her a saint, and Lucia made a self-offering.
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Our Lady asked the Fatima children to pray the Rosary every day. Father Joe explains that the intention is for peace, the conversion of sinners, and the conversion of our own hearts, which takes time.
Father Joe discusses the Eucharistic prayer given by an angel to the Fatima visionaries that's remarkably similar to a prayer later given to St. Faustina.The Divine Mercy Chaplet, like the Fatima prayer, is an extension of the power of the Mass.
The readings for this homily: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/120225.cfm
In Proverbs 8, Scripture reveals a tender mystery: before the world began, the Eternal Son “was beside Him… playing before Him at all times.” Before creation, before the angels, Jesus rejoiced in the Father’s presence with the freedom of a child. Fr. Anthony reminds us that this childlike joy is not optional—it is essential to the spiritual life. “Unless you become like little children, you will not enter the Kingdom of Heaven” (Mt 18:3).
