Fatima's Gradual Descent into Darkness – the Altar of the World has become a blasphemous mockery
Note: All opinions expressed are not necessarily views of TCK
May 13, 2017 marked the
100th Anniversary of the miraculous apparitions of the Blessed
Virgin Mary to three shepherd children of Fatima, Portugal.
On that day, Pope Francis
canonised two of the little seers, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, which
makes them the youngest non-martyred saints of the Catholic Church.
The official canonisation
pictures of the two children are dark, disturbingly so, and they are
holding lamps, a reference to the parable of the wise virgins waiting
for the Master to come, who will also “search Jerusalem with lamps”
during a time of disbelief. (Sophonias 1:12) It is a passage of the
coming Judgement. Is this a sign to be vigilant, a sign of Dark Days
ahead when the Master visits the earth unexpected with His Justice? ( Right image: more official images for the canonisation 2017)
The statue of Our Lady
above the altar on the Holy Rosary Basilica never gets blackened like
the other statues, (since mould is a big problem in Portugal), but at
the Mass, it was clear for all to see the top and outer edge of her right hand
has turned black, (notice the close up), while the rest of the statue was perfectly
white. All my years in Fatima, I've never seen the statue like this,
it always stays white especially as it was cleaned not too long ago
for the Anniversary. As she has said to other visionaries and
mystics of the Church, she is getting tired of holding up the arm of
her Son from visiting the earth with His Justice. (Close up below, thank you to Tigga Wild on Twitter for use of the photo.)
Interesting how all the
votive Masses at the Chapel of the Apparitions in Fatima contain the 'Woman
Clothed with the Sun' reading from the Apocalypse, and so did the
Anniversary Mass. Right now, this exact sign is occurring in the
sky, which foretells a time of punishment is coming. (Read more about that here in "The Lord Says: Look tot he Sky for the Signs of the Times".)
In all, it looked like a
'Black Mass' was being offered, or at the very least, a 'Death Mass'
for the Church as we once knew it.
Other ominous
signs in Fatima:
The Trinity 'Church' ~
the 'Bull Ring' as one local disgruntled vandal described it on a
poster here in the parish church. You don't need me to tell you this
building looks nothing like a Catholic church. It's one huge spiritless community hall without a Tabernacle, complete with
blasphemous depictions of a fleshy Christ on the cross inside, and I
think a statue of Our Lady, no one seems to know what it is. Outside,
there is a huge, featureless 'matchstick Christ', while the
traditional Penitential Pathway that pilgrims make on their knees was
also cut exactly in half when this 'church' was built. Remember,
Bishop Sheen warned of church without a suffering Cross or penance, a sign of the last days. (Picture of the 'Fleshy' Christ and the 'Match Stick' Christ.)
I bet most people don't know that the Sanctuary Committee had planned to knock down the original Holy Rosary Basilica after the Trinity Church monstrosity was built, but the people complained and that was dropped. They also had planned to move the children's bodies to a modern chapel underground at the Trinity Church, but the people also protested and this too was dropped for now.
The underground chapels
connected with the Trinity Church are a scandal, completely devoid of
edifying decorations save a tiny modern crucifix, a statue of Our
Lady of Fatima (the only pretty holy object there), and a box in the
corner for a Tabernacle. The walls are dead plain, these chapels are
more clinical than a hospital ward, and let's not get into the
horrible monstrance used in the Perpetual Adoration chapel ~ a steel
square suspended from the ceiling, while the giant jewelled
monstrance donated by the Irish is stuck in a museum along with all
the other beautiful chalices and ornaments for the altar donated from
around the world. They've all become museum pieces while the most
plain insipid chalices I wouldn't stick on my kitchen table are used
for all the Masses. (Image below: the steel square monstrance in the modern Adoration Chapel.)
And here is the paganish plain silver modern monstrance that was
used at the Blessing of the Sick and Benediction during the Canonisation
Mass compared with the giant solid gold and jewelled Irish Monstrance
now in a museum, (image below):
It seems they cannot
find enough ways to introduce as much ugly modern art into the
Sanctuary as they can, the perpetual Nativity scene is horrific, and
so is the one they trot out for Christmas at the Trinity Church. (Image below, perpetual Nativity scene in the outdoor Sanctuary).
Another shocker, after
the Holy Rosary Basilica was restored for the Anniversary, the
beautiful mosaic Stations of the Cross were removed from inside,
and they have not been returned. We have no idea where they
are, or if they will be put back. The marble altar rails were also
taken out last year and a red string was put in its place, not even a
decent looking 'theatre rope' was used. The modern altar featuring the
Last Supper was taken out, now there is nothing but another stone block.
At least it's not black, but dark brown, close enough. UPDATE: Thanks to Catholic Sat on Twitter
who reminded me that two original altars of the fifteen dedicated to
the Holy Rosary have been removed, also, in order to put new name
plaques near the seers' burial places, they have covered over the
CHI-RHO of Constantine on the old altars, those extra name plaques were
not necessary as the graves already had clear markings right on them.
So yes, another set of traditional crosses removed! (Images, the Holy Rosary Basilica before and after the restoration process. The stations of the Cross are now missing.)
Elsewhere, the red
Sanctuary lamps have been taken away, the red candle outside the
Chapel of Apparitions has been gone for several years now. There
is one inside where the Tabernacle is closed away, but nobody sees
it, so there is no public indication the Blessed Sacrament is present
at the Apparition Chapel. In the Holy Rosary Basilica, little white
tea light candles are now next to the Tabernacle, but that is not a
clear indicator to visitors that the Blessed Sacrament is present.
This leaves the Sanctuary open to more blasphemous disrespect, which
was bad enough to begin with. (See the Before and After pictures.)
People are no longer
respectful in the Sanctuary grounds like they used to be way back in
1997 when I first visited Fatima. People were quiet once they
entered the Sanctuary let alone one of the churches, but that is long
gone. As I type this, I have been living here for fourteen years
now, and things have steadily become much worse. Talking, yakking,
shouting, walking about, even when Mass is going on the the Chapel of
Apparitions. People answer a call on their mobile phones during Mass
and run out! Others sit and send texts waiting for Mass. Prayer?
What is that? I remember seeing a young woman reading the 'Da Vinci
Code' by Dan Brown during the Blessed Sacrament Procession. Yes. I
did.
It is the same in the
Holy Rosary Basilica and the Trinity Church, the complete lack of respect is appalling.
All the code of conduct
signs around the Sanctuary are ignored. People dress half naked as
though they were at the beach, or wear see-through or skin tight
clothes, and no one corrects them or keeps them from entering like
they do in Rome.
Rarely any genuflections
before the Blessed Sacrament when people enter the church, they troop
right on through. No calm or order when receiving Communion, people
pile out of pews on top of each other like a cattle drive, which is a
complete nightmare in the huge open air Masses, you have to elbow
your way for Communion, and then pray you don't get skipped by the
priests or that a Host is dropped.
Then, priests might skip
you if you were kneeling for Communion in the Apparition Chapel, I've
been denied Communion on several occasions, it still happens, which
discourages anyone from kneeling for Communion. Once, I even had to
flag down the priest and keep him from passing me! This is how they
treat Catholics, but have no problems letting Hindus come in that one
infamous time May 2004 and dance around right in the Sanctuary of the
Apparition Chapel, to 'honour' Our Lady as a manifestation of one of
their goddesses.
(Read more about that here. Note, I don't know who runs this site, I'm
only sharing the news about the Hindu sacrilege / blasphemy.)
Visitors may not be able
to see all the changes that have been done gradually bit by bit, but
living here and watching as it happened these last fourteen years,
it's one heartbreak after another.
The Austrian mystic Maria Simma,
who allegedly had visitations from the souls of Purgatory, said they
revealed to her that Heaven does not approve of modern images in
churches for they are a mockery of what they're supposed to represent.
What an ominous warning.
It appears Fatima, the Altar of the World, has become one giant
blasphemous mockery, and as we all know, God will not be mocked. Truly
the lack of CATHOLIC celebration displayed for the canonisation and
Anniversary of Our Lady's apparitions in Fatima is a frightening
revelation of the sign of our times.