Who shears his sheep before St Gervatius’s [Servatius’s] day
Loves more his wool than his sheep.
English traditional proverb for May 13
Mary, Queen of Heaven -- or goddess? -- appears to kids
During the dark days of the first World War, an event happened in a Portuguese village that has profoundly affected the Roman Catholic Church ever since. According to Catholic tradition over nearly the last century, the Virgin Mary (“the Mother of God”), appeared six times to three shepherd children ('the Three Seers') in a chickpea field near the town of Fatima, Portugal. These apparitions commenced on this day and continued until October 13th 1917.
Mary told the children that she had been sent by God with a message for every man, woman and child. She promised that prayers to her would result in the advent of peace in the world. She also gave them secrets that are still carefully guarded by the Vatican. Consequently, something akin to a cult of Fatima has existed within the Catholic Church.
Strangely, the Virgin/goddess instructed the children that they should suffer for sin. An issue of the Catholic newspaper, The Wanderer, stated that after the vision, there "began a gradual transformation of the little shepherds into spiritual victims of reparation for sin."
It is said that the children viewed their suffering as contributing to the conversion of sinners. While in great pain, on of the girls, Jacinta, would pray, "O my Jesus you can convert many sinners now, because this sacrifice is very big."
Mary told two of the children that they would soon "go to heaven" but that the third would live long. This indeed happened as the two youngest died in the great global influenza epidemic that swept the world after World War One, and the other lived as a cloistered nun in a Portuguese convent.
The shrine of Our Lady of The Rosary at Fatima is one of the most significant places of pilgrimages of any religion, anywhere in the world. On May 13, 2000, Pope John Paul II made a pilgrimage to the shrine. His purpose in going was to thank the Virgin Mary again for sparing his life when a would-be assassin wounded him May 13, 1981.
Fatima is also the name of an ancient Arabian goddess and she is identified also as the daughter of the Prophet Mohammed. She is known as Zahra, the radiant one, as well as Batul, meaning virgin. She is queen of humanity, is compared to Mary and is called Maryam. A major all-female feast, sofreh hazrat i zahra, is still very popular with Muslim women; these sofreh (dining cloth) feasts, mainly celebrated in Iran, have their origins in the ancient Zoroastrian religion that began in Iran c.55 BCE.
Fatima is thus a popular girl’s name amongst Muslims and Catholics especially. Variants of Mary, such as Maryam and Miriam are also very popular Muslim names.
Allah revealed to Prophet Muhammad that he created the universe for him and because of him. He later told him that Muhammad himself was created because of Ali and at the end proclaimed that both and all was created because of Fatima (Hadith Ghodsi).
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May 13, 1985 MOVE along, nothing happening here
Philadelphia, USA, police and a radical black cult named MOVE clashed when MOVE’s headquarters were bombed on the orders of Mayor Wilson Goode. Eleven people died and 61 homes were destroyed in the extraordinary event. Said one resident, "MOVE in its wildest day never perpetrated anything on our block like what Wilson Goode did." However, good Mayor Goode thought otherwise, and said that the action he ordered was "perfect, except for the fire”.
Loves more his wool than his sheep.
English traditional proverb for May 13
May 13, 1917 Fatima – let the apparitions begin
Mary, Queen of Heaven -- or goddess? -- appears to kids
During the dark days of the first World War, an event happened in a Portuguese village that has profoundly affected the Roman Catholic Church ever since. According to Catholic tradition over nearly the last century, the Virgin Mary (“the Mother of God”), appeared six times to three shepherd children ('the Three Seers') in a chickpea field near the town of Fatima, Portugal. These apparitions commenced on this day and continued until October 13th 1917.
Mary told the children that she had been sent by God with a message for every man, woman and child. She promised that prayers to her would result in the advent of peace in the world. She also gave them secrets that are still carefully guarded by the Vatican. Consequently, something akin to a cult of Fatima has existed within the Catholic Church.
Strangely, the Virgin/goddess instructed the children that they should suffer for sin. An issue of the Catholic newspaper, The Wanderer, stated that after the vision, there "began a gradual transformation of the little shepherds into spiritual victims of reparation for sin."
It is said that the children viewed their suffering as contributing to the conversion of sinners. While in great pain, on of the girls, Jacinta, would pray, "O my Jesus you can convert many sinners now, because this sacrifice is very big."
Mary told two of the children that they would soon "go to heaven" but that the third would live long. This indeed happened as the two youngest died in the great global influenza epidemic that swept the world after World War One, and the other lived as a cloistered nun in a Portuguese convent.
The shrine of Our Lady of The Rosary at Fatima is one of the most significant places of pilgrimages of any religion, anywhere in the world. On May 13, 2000, Pope John Paul II made a pilgrimage to the shrine. His purpose in going was to thank the Virgin Mary again for sparing his life when a would-be assassin wounded him May 13, 1981.
Fatima is also the name of an ancient Arabian goddess and she is identified also as the daughter of the Prophet Mohammed. She is known as Zahra, the radiant one, as well as Batul, meaning virgin. She is queen of humanity, is compared to Mary and is called Maryam. A major all-female feast, sofreh hazrat i zahra, is still very popular with Muslim women; these sofreh (dining cloth) feasts, mainly celebrated in Iran, have their origins in the ancient Zoroastrian religion that began in Iran c.55 BCE.
Fatima is thus a popular girl’s name amongst Muslims and Catholics especially. Variants of Mary, such as Maryam and Miriam are also very popular Muslim names.
Allah revealed to Prophet Muhammad that he created the universe for him and because of him. He later told him that Muhammad himself was created because of Ali and at the end proclaimed that both and all was created because of Fatima (Hadith Ghodsi).
Mary as Goddess
More
Fatima goddess card
May 13, 1985 MOVE along, nothing happening here
Philadelphia, USA, police and a radical black cult named MOVE clashed when MOVE’s headquarters were bombed on the orders of Mayor Wilson Goode. Eleven people died and 61 homes were destroyed in the extraordinary event. Said one resident, "MOVE in its wildest day never perpetrated anything on our block like what Wilson Goode did." However, good Mayor Goode thought otherwise, and said that the action he ordered was "perfect, except for the fire”.
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