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Today is the feast of Our Lady of Fatima.

 

In this issue:
 

  1. Fatima: An excerpt from Rebellion
  2. The Saint Challenge 
  3. Rosary roundup

Fatima: An excerpt from Rebellion 

On 13 October 1917, Fatima was wet and rainy, the ground muddy and people’s clothes soaked. Eyewitness reports say it was completely overcast and raining heavily. Dominic Reis, who had traveled 100 miles to Fatima, said, “There was a good three inches of water where I stood and mud on the ground. I was soaking wet. Then around noon time, the sun started breaking through the clouds and we could see the sun. Now it was raining just like you open a faucet in your house.” Estimates of the crowd averaged about 70,000, a mix of believers and skeptics. And then the rain stopped, the clouds disappeared, and Mary arrived. Before the miracle, she took on “a more sorrowful air” and told Lucia, “Do not offend the Lord Our God anymore, for He is already too much offended!” And then the Miracle of the Sun began.

Eyewitness reports say the sun dimmed, so you could look at it without shielding your eyes, then it “shook and trembled; it seemed like a wheel of fire.”


The Miracle of the Sun at Fatima was perhaps the grandest miracle to occur in modern times.

In telling the story of the miracle at Fatima, 
Rebellion cites 11 different sources. These sources include the memoirs of Sister Lucia who was one of the Fatima seers, other eyewitness testimony, and secular newspapers from the time.

Order your copy today and find out not just the story of Fatima, but where it fits in the bigger story of Satan's battle against the family.

The Saint Challenge

How can 90 seconds a day make you a saint?

God wants to chisel away at your defects and make you perfect. He will place the chisel where it needs to be, but you have to have the strength and the courage to pick up and swing the hammer.

Every day for a year, The Saint Challenge will deliver a brief story about the saint of the day and then present a challenge inspired by that saint. Some challenges are a corporal or spiritual work of mercy designed to increase the love of neighbor. Other challenges are more personal and promote the development of the interior life and love of God. Together, all the challenges work together to promote the improvement of the self as well as our society at large

Daily installments can be received via email subscription, by subscribing to The Saint Challenge podcast on all popular podcast platforms, or by following The Saint Challenge page on Facebook. The program is completely free. Those wishing to support the program can do so by becoming a supporter on locals.com

More information can be found by visiting www.thesaintchallenge.com.

Be inspired. Be motivated. Be a saint.

#LetsBeSaints

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Rosary roundup

October is the Month of the Rosary! If you're not already praying the Rosary every day, now is a good time to make the commitment to set aside time to do so. If you're already praying the Rosary every day, encourage someone else to join you.

One day I  happened upon these really interesting fuchsia pearl beads, so I bought some. This Rosary was the result, it was #97 in our "Ready to ship Rosaries". Along with the fuchsia pearl Aves in the decades, it has garnet Czech glass beads for the Aves in the drop, and clear aurora borealis-coated beads for all the Paters. All pins, chain, and hardware are silver, with a Sacred Heart center and flared Crucifix with red inlay.

A short time later, I received a Facebook message from one of my wife's many aunts who's nightly routine is "radio, Rosary, and Pop Tart". She said she just had to have it, so I immediately took it down from the store and set it aside for her. Unfortunately I wasn't able to deliver it to her in person, but I made arrangements with my in-laws to get it to her as quick as they could. After she received it, she sent me this lovely message:


 
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One more thing...

Between The Saint Challenge and the other projects we already have going, there's a lot going on in the Treehouse. Building the kingdom is hard work, but it's great work. So help us get the word out! Send this email to a friend, like us on Facebook, join us on Locals, and most of all: please pray for us. We'll be sure to pray for all of you.

Christus Vincit!
- Mike
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