Fatima, Conversion of Russia, and The Chastisement

Our Lady, The Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, appeared to three shepherd children in town of Fatima, Portugal for a period of six months. She appeared every 13th of the month from May through October 1917. She was sent by God with a message all mankind in this century. She promised that Heaven would grant peace to the entire world if Her requests for prayer, reparation and consecration were heard and obeyed.
"If My requests are granted ... there will be Peace"

"If My requests are not granted, Russia will spread its errors throughout the world, rising up wars and persecutions against the Church. The good will be martyred, the Holy Father will suffer much and various nations will be annihilated."
On July 13 Our Lady told Francisco, Jacinta, and Lucy that people needed to stop offending God, or he would punish the world "by means of war, hunger and persecution of the Church and of the Holy Father." Otherwise, Russia would spread its errors throughout the world, rising up wars and persecutions of the Church. . The good will be martyred, the Holy Father will have much to suffer and various nations will be annihilated” Our lady explained to the three seers "to prevent this, I shall come to ask for the Consecration of Russia to My Immaculate Heart" and promised that Russia would be converted and peace would be given to the world.

Francisco Marto, Jacinta Marto, and Lucy Dos Santos are the three seers who received visits from Our Lady. Lucy received numerous visits from Our Lady and one such visit occurred on December 10, 1925. This is where Lucia received the promise of the Five First Saturdays.

Three Parts of the Secret
The first two parts of the Secret were revealed to the public and the last part needed to remain hidden for a certain period of time.

First Part
The First Part of the Secret was a horrific vision of Hell "where the souls of poor sinners go" and Our Lady requested prayer, sacrifice, and reparation to save souls from Hell.
She opened Her hands once more, as She had done the two previous months. The rays [of light] appeared to penetrate the earth, and we saw, as it were, a vast sea of fire. Plunged in this fire, we saw the demons and the souls [of the damned]. The latter were like transparent burning embers, all blackened or burnished bronze, having human forms. They were floating about in that conflagration, now raised into the air by the flames which issued from within themselves, together with great clouds of smoke. Now they fell back on every side like sparks in huge fires, without weight or equilibrium, amid shrieks and groans of pain and despair
Second Part
The second part of the Secret Our Lady told the seers that there would be another war, and Our Lady requested for the Consecration of Russia for the world to have peace.
You have seen hell where the souls of 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.

• Finally, on March 25, 1984, sixty-seven years after heavens request, Pope John Paul II made the consecration to Mary’s Immaculate Heart. “United with all the pastors of the Church in a particular bond whereby we constitute a body and college.” Pope John Paul II was concerned that the consecration didn’t fulfill the God’s request. Sister Lucia told Pope John Paul that Gods request was fulfilled and “God will keep his word.”
Third Part
Sister Lucy had fallen ill and by direct order of her bishop she wrote down the third part of the Secret on January 2, 1944.
At that time, the Blessed Virgin also indicated that this part of the Secret was to be revealed to the faithful no later than 1960. This turned out to be another requested that wasn’t honored. Sister Lucy made her bishop promise to open the letter if she dies by 1960. It was also agreed he would give the letter to Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon. Instead, the secret was given to the Vatican and was placed in the possession of the Holy See. Pope John XXIII read the contents of the letter and decided not to disclose the secret to the public.

The Third Secret Revealed
Pope John Paul II released the third Secret to the public on June 26, 2000.
It is believed that the Third Secret warns about Apocalyptic Events. This document didn’t have sister Lucia’s signature. It took forty years for the contents of Sister Lucia letter to be revealed.
Did communism spread throughout Europe because of the delay? China became a communist state in 1949 and Cuba in 1961. Could this have been avoided if Our Lady’s request would have been honored? After the Consecration was made by Pope John Paul II, Mikhail Gorbachev takes office and the Soviet Bloc fell. There were numerous problems with the economy that may have left no other choice. But having religious freedom was not something that could have been given to the Russian people. The Berlin wall fell on November 9, 1989. The end of 1989 brought an end to communism in Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Albania, and Romania. By 1990, East and West Germany are now one country. On Christmas day 1991 the Soviet Socialist Republic dissolved.

• Sister Lucia died February 13, 2005 at the age of 97, and Pope John Paul II died 2 months later on April 3, 2005 at the age of 84.
• Revelation12:1 “And a great portent appeared in heaven a woman clothed with the sun with the moon under her feet and on her head a crown of twelve stars.”