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FT Chapter 18 (Fatima is Good News)

Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 9/27/17

FT Chapter 18 (Fatima is Good News)

We are constantly being told all the bad things that are happening out there.  There are many evil things happening.  There are all the nature disasters that are happening: earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, famine, drought, and wild fires.  But these ... Read More »

FT Chapter 17 (Swimming Against the Tide of Secularism)

Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 9/22/17

FT Chapter 17 (Swimming Against the Tide of Secularism)

Today, more than ever life is being attacked.  It is easy to sit back and do nothing.  The culture we live in is pulling us along.  The tide is extremely strong.  The winds are blowing against us.  Our culture ... Read More »

FT Chapter 16 (ABCs)

Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 9/15/17

FT Chapter 16 (ABCs)

We need to get some help to do our work.  Sometimes, we need others to teach us so that we can than spread the news that we are supposed to do.  Lucia needed help to spread the message of Fatima and Our Lady told ... Read More »

FT Chapter 15 (World Consecration to Immaculate Heart of Mary) (Post for Friday, September 8)

Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 8/18/17

FT Chapter 15 (World Consecration to Immaculate Heart of Mary)

Totus Tuus (Totally Yours) a reference to total consecration to Our Lady which John Paul II made many years before becoming Pope.  He placed the M on his Coat of Arms as a reminder of his devotion and ... Read More »

FT Chapter 14 (Keep Trying) (Post for Friday, September 1)

Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 8/18/17

  FT Chapter 14 (Keep Trying)

Sr. Lucia with Pope Paul VI

There were two parts to what Our Lady asked for: We covered the first with the Five First Saturdays Devotion.  But Our Lady asked for something else.  She asked that the Holy Father Consecrate Russia ... Read More »

FT Chapter 13 (High Five) (Post for Friday, August 25)

Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 8/18/17

FT Chapter 13 (High Five)

Numbers are important.  So for instance we see 3’s, 7’s 12’s and 40’s in the Bible and when we do we stop and take a closer look.  So today, Lucia has entered the convent and she has three private revelations (Fatima for Today, ... Read More »

FT Chapter 12 (Death of the Young)

Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 8/17/17

FT Chapter 12 (Death of the Young)

Death will come to us all, but it always seems easier to deal with the death of someone who has lived a good long many years compared to those who die young.  But God’s thoughts are not our thoughts, nor are His ... Read More »

FT Chapter 11 (SUN)

Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 8/06/17

FT Chapter 11 (SUN)

The last apparition at Fatima took place on October 13, 1917.  Our Lady appeared and said, “I want to tell you that a chapel is to be built here in my honour.  I am the Lady of Rosary.  Continue always to pray the Rosary ... Read More »

FT Chapter 10 (The best is yet to come)

Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 8/03/17

FT Chapter 10 (The best is yet to come)

Sometimes we need to hear a message a few times to realize the importance of what is being asked.  I believe that is part of what Our Lady was doing.  On September 13, when she appeared, she said to ... Read More »

FT Chapter 9 (Real Suffering)

Posted by Father Thomas Galarneault on 7/27/17

FT Chapter 9 (Real Suffering)

Trusting and planning are good things.  Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco were trusting children and they planned on doing what Our Lady asked of them.  Well, sometimes monkey wrenches are thrown in and that is what happened.  The children thought that they were going ... Read More »