The Third Secret..

Kahapon mula 1pm ng hapon eh sinumulan ko nang basahin yung pinahiram na book ni Zander sa akin yung "The Third Secret" ni Steve Berry.. normally hindi naman talaga ako nakakabasa pa ng mga ganitong type ng conspiracy na novel halos puro sci-fi/fantasy kasi ako pero nung binabasa ko na sya sa prologue nakakaintriga na agad kung anu ba ang third secret na yan mula sa Our Lady of Fatima at bakit masyadong pinagkakainteresan ng Catholic Church ito samantalang it was made public nung 2000 by the late John Paul II with Sister Lucia.. sabi nila binago raw ang translation nito or somewhat na alter sya (correct me im wrong!).. halos lahat kasi ng Pope raw eh nagpupunta sa Riserva (collection ng Vatican Archives) para basahin ang letter na iyon.. hindi ko na talaga alam kung factual or fiction mga nakasulat sa novel although matagal nang nababalita ito mula nang maging controversial ang Da Vinci Code.. ang nilalaman..

The First Secret (vision of Hell)

Our Lady showed us a great sea of fire which seemed to be under the earth. Plunged in this fire were demons and souls in human form, like transparent burning embers, all blackened or burnished bronze, floating about in the conflagration, now raised into the air by the flames that issued from within themselves together with great clouds of smoke, now falling back on every side like sparks in a huge fire, without weight or equilibrium, and amid shrieks and groans of pain and despair, which horrified us and made us tremble with fear. The demons could be distinguished by their terrifying and repulsive likeness to frightful and unknown animals, all black and transparent. This vision lasted but an instant. How can we ever be grateful enough to our kind heavenly Mother, who had already prepared us by promising, in the first Apparition, to take us to heaven. Otherwise, I think we would have died of fear and terror.

The Second Secret (World War I and Russia)

You have seen hell where the souls ofd poor sinners go. To save them, God wishes to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart. If what I say to you is done, many souls will be saved and there will be peace. The war is going to end: but if people do not cease offending God, a worse one will break out during the Pontificate of Pius XI. When you see a night illumined by an unknown light*, know that this is the great sign given you by God that he is about to punish the world for its crimes, by means of war, famine, and persecutions of the Church and of the Holy Father. To prevent this, I shall come to ask for the consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart, and the Communion of reparation on the First Saturdays. If my requests are heeded, Russia will be converted, and there will be peace; if not, she will spread her errors throughout the world, causing wars and persecutions of the Church. The good will be martyred; the Holy Father will have much to suffer; various nations will be annihilated. In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph. The Holy Father will consecrate Russia to me, and she shall be converted, and a period of peace will be granted to the world.

The Third Secret

J.M.J.

The third part of the secret revealed at the Cova da Iria-Fatima, on 13 July 1917.

I write in obedience to you, my God, who command me to do so through his Excellency the Bishop of Leiria and through your Most Holy Mother and mine.

After the two parts which I have already explained, at the left of Our Lady and a little above, we saw an Angel with a flaming sword in his left hand; flashing, it gave out flames that looked as though they would set the world on fire; but they died out in contact with the splendour that Our Lady radiated towards him from her right hand: pointing to the earth with his right hand, the Angel cried out in a loud voice: 'Penance, Penance, Penance!'. And we saw in an immense light that is God: ‘something similar to how people appear in a mirror when they pass in front of it' a Bishop dressed in White 'we had the impression that it was the Holy Father'. Other Bishops, Priests, men and women Religious going up a steep mountain, at the top of which there was a big Cross of rough-hewn trunks as of a cork-tree with the bark; before reaching there the Holy Father passed through a big city half in ruins and half trembling with halting step, afflicted with pain and sorrow, he prayed for the souls of the corpses he met on his way; having reached the top of the mountain, on his knees at the foot of the big Cross he was killed by a group of soldiers who fired bullets and arrows at him, and in the same way there died one after another the other Bishops, Priests, men and women Religious, and various lay people of different ranks and positions. Beneath the two arms of the Cross there were two Angels each with a crystal aspersorium in his hand, in which they gathered up the blood of the Martyrs and with it sprinkled the souls that were making their way to God.

sabi nila hindi raw ito ang complete text at na alter na dahil ang nilalaman ng original eh ang syang magpapabagsak sa 2000 years of Roman Catholicism teachings.. na kailangan na talaga ng Major Reformation sa panahon ngayon.. sinasabi sa original text na ang a clergy can marry a woman and have a child, homosexuality/abortion is not a sin and so on.. it's a good read kasi kasing controversial siya ng Da Vinci Code at pinapakita nya mga nangyayari sa loob ng Vatican na hindi alam ng outer world.. bitin talaga kasi 400 page lang sya at wala pang isang araw ko syang natapos.. sanay kasi ako sa mga 1000 page na novel.. isa sa mga favorite quote ko sa novel mula kay Katerina Lew..

"How better to regulate the masses than by terrifying them with the wrath of the omnipotent being. Better to trust yourself, believe in your own abilities, make your own luck in the world. Prayer was for the weak and lazy."