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.
Father Joe Roesch unpacks the Angel of Fatima's directive to the visionaries to continually offer up prayers and sacrifices to God.
Jesus said, "Whoever wishes to come after Me, must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me" (Matthew 16:24).
Father Joseph Roesch, MIC, shares about the connection between St. Vincent de Paul and St. Catherine Laboure in Paris, near the special shrine of the Miraculous Medal, were the heart of St.