Flora Cantábrica

Location: Cova da Iria

Date: October 13, 1917

People present: 50000 to 70000

«- What do you want of me?”

– I want to tell you that a chapel is to be built here in my honour. I am the Lady of the Rosary. Continue always to pray the Rosary every day. The war is going to end, and the soldiers will soon return to their homes.

– I have many things to ask you: the cure of some sick persons, the conversion of sinners, and other things…

– Some yes, but not others. They must amend their lives and ask forgiveness for their sins.

Looking very sad, Our Lady said:

– Do not offend the Lord our God any more, because He is already so much offended! {If the people amend, the war will be over, and if they do not amend their ways, the world will come to an end.}

[- Is there anything more you want of me?

– No, I do not want anything more of you.]

Then, opening her hands, she made them reflect on the sun, and as she ascended, the reflection of her own light continued to be projected on the sun itself.
[…]

After Our Lady had disappeared into the immense distance of the firmament, we beheld St. Joseph with the Child Jesus and Our Lady robed in white with a blue mantle, beside the sun. St. Joseph and the Child Jesus appeared to bless the world, for they traced the Sign of the Cross with their hands.

 When, a little later, this apparition disappeared, I saw Our Lord and Our Lady; it seemed to me that it was Our Lady of Dolours. Our Lord appeared to bless the world in the same manner as St. Joseph had done. This apparition, and I saw Our Lady once more, this also vanished time resembling Our Lady of Carmel

Fatima in Lucia’s own words, Fátima, p. 182-183 (IV Memoir); the section in square brackets comes from the parish priest’s questioning of 16 October 1917 in Documentação Crítica de Fátima. I, p. 24; and the section in curly brackets is taken from Dr. Formigão’s interrogation in Documentação Crítica de Fátima. I, p. 142.