Sunday, July 13, 2008

Fátima

Today (13 July) is Our Lady of Fátima Day, even though her first apparition was on 13 May, 1917. When my dad and I were in Portugal and Spain last year we went on a few mini-pilgrimages. One was sort of accidental in Fátima. My dad and I wanted to go to Fátima to see the cathedral. They happened to be having a ceremony that day for healing the sick, so they had brought the Fátima icon out.

There were lots of people there that day:

But this gathering of people is nothing compared to one on the 13th day of the month.