Lady of Fatima

The Pilgrim Lady of Fatima from the Heralds of the Gospel is staying in our house today. She arrived last night. Didn't get any sleep as we were keeping a vigil for Her.

We in our family, we are so honored to have the Blessed Lady of Fatima at our home. She will be staying with us until 4 or 5 in the afternoon, after which She will be in another household in Talisay.

Actually, the Lady of Fatima statue the Heralds of the Gospel have is a copy of the original image that Sister Lucia had made (read: she *had it made*, as in, from a sculptor) for the Blessed Virgin Mary that appeared to her and two other shepherd children, Jacinta (who, if I'm not mistaken, was her sister) and Franciso (or Francesco?) in Fatima, Portugal in 1917. Two of the children, Jacinta and Francisco, died shorty after the apparition, while Lucia is still alive. She's already 97 years old and is a cloistered nun.

For more about the Fatima apparition and the Lady of Fatima, go to www.fatima.org.