Today is a super star feast day in the Catholic Church. For some dioceses here in the US, the feast of the Ascension of our Lord is moved from today until this coming Sunday. In other parts of the country, and the world, the Ascension is celebrated today.
For those of us who don’t celebrate the Ascension today, we get to celebrate the feast day of Our Lady of Fatima. It was on this day, May 13th, when Our Lady first appeared to the three little children in a place called Cova da Iria in Portugal.
The Gospel today was one of those times when Jesus really confused his Apostles (John 16:16-20) and the priest at this morning’s Mass said he was confused too because today our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, is at Fatima and celebrating the Ascension.
The ways of the Lord are mysterious and most of time, you just have to sit back and let it happen!
If you want a refresher on the beautiful story of the children at Fatima, check out this site: http://www.culturalcatholic.com/LadyFatima.htm.
Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us!
