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Jacinta Marto on 13 May 1917

Jacinta Marto

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13 MaySecond-handSaw itLetterFigures / visionsSeers' words overheard
As told by Beatriz Gorjão (letter copied verbatim by Anita)
English

We asked her what Our Lady looked like and how she was dressed: and the little girl, without the slightest hesitation and wanting to act it out, stands up and says that Our [3] Lady was her own height; she gathers her skirt in a little at the hem to show that Our Lady's dress was a little narrower at the bottom; then, with great effort, she tries to pull her little skirt down to her feet, showing that the dress was long.

She then explains that Our Lady wore no veil but a mantle that fell from her head down to, judging by the little one's gesture, 3 or 4 finger-widths above the tunic; she was all in white (without the blue sash), with her hands raised. To explain better, the little girl took the rosary from my hands, threading it into her own little hand between the thumb, raised her hands, imitating the gesture of Our Lady of Lourdes, and, parting them a little, then [3v] said: when she spoke she was like this: She had on her head something of many colours. The eldest girl and the little boy whom we met later gave us the same explanation. A humble little woman asked her whether, among all the ladies she saw on the 13th and all those who have visited her, she had found any as beautiful as the lady from Heaven; the little girl said she had never seen one so beautiful, and the little boy, whom we later asked the same thing, said: that there was none so beautiful in the world. We asked her to tell us what the first apparition had been like: The little one explained that they were minding the she-[4]ep that belong to the family of Lucia (the other seer) on Tio Abobera's* land; suddenly they saw a flash of lightning and were afraid, very afraid; when they were on their knees praying, they saw the Lady on the Holm Oak, and at once another flash of lightning; the flock went into the chickling peas and the woman they belonged to shouted from afar — “turn those sheep back for me” — but the lady said: (the little girl tried to make her voice sweeter) “don't turn the sheep back, for they won't eat anything.

Then Lucia asked: “Who are you?” — “I am the Mother of Heaven” — “What do you want of us?” - “That you come here on this day for 6 months; at the end of the 6 months I will say what I want. Say the rosary.” — [4v]

Then the owner of the chickling peas appeared, whom the woman had gone to fetch; he came to scold them, for he is a very bad-tempered man, but he didn't scold at all, because he saw that the chickling peas had not been eaten.

Português (original)

Perguntamos-lhe como era e como estava vestida N. Senhora: e a pequena sem a mais pequena exitação e querendo explicar ao vivo, põe-se em pé e diz que N. [3] Senhora era da sua altura; aperta um pouco a saia em baixo para explicar que N. Senhora trazia o vestido um pouco mais estreito em baixo, depois com grandes esforços tenta chegar a saita d'ella aos pés mostrando que o vestido era comprido.

Explica depois que N. Senhora não trazia veu, mas um manto que lhe cahia da cabeça até, segundo o gesto da pequenita, a 3 ou 4 dedos acima da tunica; estava toda de branco (sem a facha azul) as mãos erguidas a pequena para melhor explicar, tirou-me o terço das mãos enfiando-o na mãozita d'ella entre o dedo pulgar, levantou as mãos imitando o gesto de N. Senhora de Lourdes e separando-as um pouco en-[3v]seguida disse: quando fallava ficava assim: Tinha na cabeça uma coisa de muitas côres. A mesma explicação nos deu a mais velha e o pequenito que depois encontramos. Uma mulherzita perguntou-lhe se em tantas senhoras que viu no dia 13 e entre tantas que a teem visitado, encontrou alguma tão bonita como a senhora do Ceu, a pequena disse que tão bonita nunca viu nenhuma, e o pequeno a quem depois perguntamos o mesmo disse: que tão bonita não havia nenhuma no mundo. Pedimos que nos contasse como tinha sido a primeira apparição: A pequenita explicou que andavam a guardar as ove-[4]lhas que pertencem à familia da Lucia (a outra vidente) na terra do Tio Abobera de repente viram um relampago e tiveram medo, muito mêdo, quando estavam de joelhos a rezar, viram a Senhora na Azinheira e logo outro relampago, o rebanho foi para os chicharros e a dona d'elles gritava de longe — “volta-me essas ovelhas” — mas a senhora disse: (a pequena tentou tornar a vóz mais doce) “não voltem as ovelhas que ellas não comem nada.

Então a Lucia perguntou: “Quem é Vocemecê?” — “Eu sou a Mãe do Céu” — “O que quer à gente?” - “Que aqui vanham n'este dia durante 6 mezes, no fim dos 6 mezes direi o que quero. Rezem o terço.” — [4v]

Depois appareceu o dono dos chicharros, que a mulher foi chamar, vinha ralhar porque é muito mau, mas não ralhou nada porque viu que os chicharos não estavam comidos.

DCF III-1, Doc. 197 · letter · Oct 1917 (5 months later)View scans (4)Link

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