Our Lady of Fatima appeared on 13 May 1917 to three children who took their flocks out to a pasture on the small area known as the Cova da Iria. After lunch and the rosary they suddenly saw a bright flash of something like lightning, followed quickly by another flash in the clear blue sky.

They looked up to see in Lucia's words, "a lady, clothed in white, brighter than the sun, radiating a light more clear and intense than a crystal cup filled with sparkling water, lit by burning sunlight." The children stood there amazed, bathed in the light that surrounded the apparition, as the Lady smiled and said: "Do not be afraid, I will not harm you." Lucia as the oldest asked her where she came from.

The Lady pointed to the sky and said: "I come from heaven." Lucia then asked her what she wanted: "I have come to ask you to come here for six months on the 13th day of the month, at this same hour. Later I shall say who I am and what I desire. And I shall return here yet a seventh time."

And so began the apparitions to the three children.

This beautiful, lush, sparkilng, green rosary accentuates the Our Lady of Fatima rosary center that depicts Our Lady with the three children. It is an original custom design using crystals, sterling silver bead caps, and lamp work glass beads.

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