Lucy’s Shining Star

Mary

All was ready because the three children were prepared by their devout families, by their personal devotion, by the simplicity of their culture, by the visits of the angel and their personal response. Oh, how they responded, encouraging one another to daily sacrifices and prayer. If one faltered, the others lifted them up. Such was my plan to have three children.

Lucy would be my messenger but Francisco and Jacinta were her helpers until she no longer needed them.

Lucy became like a lone star, burning brightly in the night. Her star still shines in all of her recorded words and writings. Her witness lives and calls people to repentance. She speaks to the Church, to popes, bishops, priests, religious and laity. Her words will grow like a din that cannot be ignored in these years of wars and turmoil.