In this video we share Our Lady of Fatima and the Consecration of Russia.
On March 25, 1984, in Saint Peter’s Square, with a crowd of about 200,000 of the faithful, with numerous bishops and cardinals present, in union with all the bishops throughout the world, and before the Fatima Shrine statue of Our Lady, Pope John Paul II solemnly consecrated the world and Russia to Mary’s Immaculate Heart as had been requested by Our Lady of Fatima.
However, unfortunately, because the Pope did not explicitly say “Russia” in his public prayer, choosing instead to use veiled references as Pius XII had done, some have argued that it did not count.
But it did count because the Pope clearly implied Russia when he said, “In a special way we entrust and consecrate to you those individuals and nations that particularly need to be thus entrusted and consecrated. ”
He clearly intended to consecrate Russia, as did the bishops, who undoubtedly understood the implication.
After the ceremony, when he was thanked for consecrating “the world, ” John Paul himself added, “and Russia. ”
This point of including Russia was deeply meaningful to him, because his own home country, Poland, was still suffering behind the Iron Curtain.
In fact, many have speculated that during the several pauses John Paul made while reciting the World Consecration and the Triumph consecration prayer, he was probably bringing this intention of his heart even more directly to Our Lady, namely, his prayer for the collapse of Soviet Communism.
Still, the rumors persisted: “Did the consecration really count? Had the Pope actually done what was required? ”
To quell these rumors and set the record straight, Sister Lucy gave her own opinion, in writing, on August 29, 1989:
Afterward (Pope John Paul II) wrote to all the bishops of the world asking them to unite themselves to him.
He had the statue of Our Lady of Fatima (from the Cova da Iria chapel) brought to Rome on March 25, 1984.
Then publicly, in union with those bishops who wished to associate themselves with His Holiness, he made the consecration in the way in which the Blessed Virgin had wished that it should be made.
Afterward people asked me if it was made in the way our Lady wanted, and I replied: “Yes. ”
From that time, it is made!
Before reading this clear statement of Sister Lucy, I still had questions of my own about the consecration, and so I asked one of the experts from the World Apostolate of Fatima why the 1984 consecration emphasized “the world” more than Russia.
This was the insightful response I received:
If Russia had been consecrated as Our Lady had asked back in 1917, then Communism would have been nipped in the bud and World War II never would have happened.
Instead, because of the consecration’s long delay, World War II did happen and Russia did spread her errors of atheism and Communism throughout the world.
Therefore, by 1984, not just Russia but the whole world needed to be consecrated.
So, Pope John Paul explicitly consecrated “the world” as well as “nations that particularly need to be thus entrusted and consecrated, ” which would include nations such as China and North Korea that certainly needed to be consecrated as well.
This response raises an important point: The consecration was made, but it was made late, as Mary herself had said. Therefore, we shouldn’t expect things to turn out as they would have had the consecration been done back in the early 20th century.
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