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Lucia: Calls from the Message of Fatima, Ravengate Press, 2005.
This book was written by Sister Lucia of Jesus after obtaining Rome's approval; she aims to answer the many questions she had received about the Fatima apparitions. She is faithful to the many scriptural quotes to verify the messages she and the two cousins received in apparitions during World War 1.
Divided into four parts, Lucia tells about the family life of the three children and the
meeting with the guardian angel in part one. Part two consists of 22 chapters on the "calls" from the message of Fatima. In part, three Lucia gives her scriptural interpretations of the ten commandments. In the last section, she gives instructions on the mysteries of the joyful, sorrowful, and glorious mysteries of the rosary.
Since the book is entitled "Calls", that is the chief focus of her writings. Here are
some of the "calls" she explains: faith, adoration, hope, love of God, forgiveness, prayer, sacrifice, sharing in the Eucharist, intimacy with the Holy Trinity, daily recitation of the rosary, devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, reflection on eternal life, the apostolate, perseverance in virtue, stop offending God, sanctification of the family, call to holiness, perfection in the Christian life, and total consecration to God.
Since the luminous mysteries of the rosary are not included, that section was probably written before this set of mysteries was included by the Church.
(Thanks to Sr. Irene Hartman OP for this review.)
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