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13th OCTOBER: FATIMA ANNIVERSARY

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1. "DOING EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO AVOID EVERY SINGLE SIN FOR LOVE OF OUR JESUS"

Our Lady of Fatima said on October 13, 1917, the day of the great Miracle of the Sun, ‘People must amend their lives #Fatima #Fatima103 #FatimasNextJob

2. and ask pardon for their sins. They must not continue to offend Our Lord, Who is already deeply offended.’

The Holy Bible tells us that ‘He was wounded for our iniquities, He was bruised for our sins’ (Isaiah 53:3). St Alphonsus, Doctor of the Church, says that each one of

3. us can truly say the if I sinned just one sin less, then Jesus would have less to suffer in His Passion and Death.

The Blessed Virgin then tells us that we must pray because she knows, and the Catholic Church teaches, that without the grace of God no one can
#Bible #grace

4. always keep the Ten Commandments and all God’s laws, because it is impossible to always resist the world, the flesh and the devil without God’s help.

As Jesus says, ‘Without Me you can do nothing.’ But in order to have the grace of God, we must pray for it.
#JesusChrist

5. This is why St Alphonsus Liguori says ‘He who prays will be saved, and he who does not pray will be damned.’ Thus the Blessed Virgin was sent by God to remind us of the necessity of prayer.

AVOIDING THE OCCASIONS OF SIN FOR OURSELVES AND OTHERS

Also necessary for the

6. forgiveness of sins is the firm purpose of amendment.

In order to be forgiven by God, a person who has sinned must not only confess all his mortal sins personally and directly to a priest in the Sacrament of Confession, but also the penitent must be sorry

#sin #heaven #hell

7. for having offended God by his sins, and with a firm will, he must resolve to not commit those same sins.

A person, then, who resolves to avoid sin, must of course resolve also to take all the means necessary in order to not commit those same sins.

#repent #forgiveness

8. We have a strict obligation to not only avoid sin, but also to avoid as far as possible those persons, places and things (such as shows, magazines, books, and fashions) which would be an occasion whereby we would likely fall into sin.

#sin = #selfishness

#religion #faith

9. We also have the obligation to see to it that we are not an occasion of sin for others.

#fashion #style
#life #fashionstyle #dress
#Twitter #YouTube #Television #books #quoteoftheday #Oct13

Our Lady gave a specific warning about fashions which would cause people to sin.

10. When she appeared at Fatima she said: ‘Certain fashions will be introduced that will offend Our Lord very much.’

She also mentioned that more souls go to hell for sins of the flesh, than any other sin. Let us then repent of our sins,

#healthylifestyle #EternalHealth

11. make a good confession, and resolve to avoid all sin and unnecessary occasions of sin.
(From the booklet “Our Lady’s Urgent Appeal” published by the Fatima Centre)

#Christian #Christianity #ChristiansOnTwitter #CatholicTwitter #Christiantwitter #TuesdayVibes #EternalLife

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