While the rest of the world was seething with the war and its evils in a lonely corner
of Europe 1917 three young children had a vision of Our Lady.That apparition sparked
off the devotion to Our Lady of Fatima, an inspiration for millions to work and pray
for peace.
Since that time not only have millions prayed the Rosary and done
penance but have made the pilgrimage to Fatima.
Among these Blessed John Paul
II who shortly after his visit there during the Jubilee Year, in the presence of the
statue representing Our Lady of Fatima entrusted the third millennium to her immaculate
heart.
Monsignor Philip Whitmore brings us the hymn the crowds sang on that
occasion. One which tells the story of those three young shepherd children....