Flora Cantábrica

Location: Valinhos

Date: August 19, 1917

People present (on the 13th): 15000 to 18000, though some writings mention only 5000

«- What do you want of me

– I want you to continue going to the Cova da Iria on the 13th, and to continue praying the Rosary every day. In the last month, I will perform a miracle so that all may believe. [If you did not come back with them to the Village, it would be the best-known Miracle; St Joseph was to come with the Child Jesus to give peace to the world, and also our Lord would come to bless the people; our Lady of the Rosary would come with an angel on each side, and Our Lady surrounded with an arch of flowers.]

– What do you want done with the money that the people leave in the Cova da Iria?

– Have two litters made. One is to be carried by you and Jacinta and two other girls dressed in white; the other one is to be carried by Francisco and three other boys. The money from the litters is for the “festa” of Our Lady of the Rosary, and what is left over will help towards the construction of a chapel that is to be built here.

–  I would like to ask you to cure some sick persons.

– Yes, I will cure some of them during the year.

Then, looking very sad, Our Lady said:

– Pray, pray very much, and make sacrifices for sinners; for many souls go to hell, because there are none to sacrifice themselves and to pray for them

Fatima in Lucia’s own words, Fátima, p. 179-180 (IV Memoir); the section in square brackets comes from the parish priest´s interrogation of 27 August 1917, Documentação Crítica de Fátima, I, p. 17.