We didn't visit in this order but for sake of keeping the apparitions semi organized I’ll write it out in the order it happened.
We head north to Spain!
Convent of St. Dorothy In Pontevedra, Spain
On December 10, 1925 while praying in the chapel, Our Mother Mary and Child Jesus appeared to Sr. Lucia to request the First Saturday Devotion.
At this same convent, on February 15, 1926, Sr Lucia is out in the garden. A young boy walks by and they start chatting. She asks him if he knows the Hail Mary. He says yes. She tries to get him to say it with her. He doesn’t.
She encourages him to go visit this church down the street.
He then asks her if she’s spreading the Frist Saturday Devotion like Our Blessed Mother asked. She realizes this isn’t any boy, this is the Child Jesus!
There’s a curious statue in the garden (pictured) with an interesting dedication connected to the US. Call me to hear the rest of the story on this one! I don’t want to put speculation in writing. But hearing this story last year is what convinced me to practice the First Saturdays.
This is the church down the street:
Basilica of Saint Mary Major (Pontevedra)
No photos of course but they do have videos explaining every bit of the church! I wish I’d have walked around to the front too after googling it… whoa!
This video is particularly interesting explaining the crucifix in this church. I’ve been analyzing them more. So many of the crucifixes in the US are “sanitized”… cleaned up. Not bloody. I think it’s hard then to reflect on what He sacrificed, the brutality He went through so we could spend eternity in heaven. I’ve heard reflections on connecting our sins today to piercing His Heart the same way (or worse) as being scourged at the pillar. And if you’re a mom you probably understand better than the rest of us how much your heart hurts when someone hurts your kid.
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Down the road in Tui, Spain…
Dorthean Convent
This is the Chapel where the last Fatima apparition occurred: the Apparition of the Most Holy Trinity on June 13, 1929.
Sr Lucia was praying her holy hour from 11pm to midnight as she always did. The only light in the chapel was the tabernacle candle. Then the Holy Trinity with Our Lady and the words Grace and Mercy appear. This is a recreation based on Sr Lucia’s description.
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