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Maria

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A woman of Torres Novas who signed herself only 'Maria'. On 16 October 1917 she wrote to a friend that she had gone to Fátima on the 13th in a serene frame of mind and seen 'a great miracle', and she mentions Maria Innocencia and her own mother, who were also there.

From Torres NovasThe surrounding regionAttitude beforehand: Believer1 passage · 13 October 1917

Also written as: Maria (Torres Novas)

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English

What I saw at Fátima was simply marvellous! What a great miracle I saw, my God! What a great grace was granted me! I tell you nothing of it here, because it is impossible to describe. I went with the greatest serenity, which I have always had, but even more so since I received your letter, and I give thanks to God that I went in that frame of mind. What I was being kept for! What emotion in that moment! How I would like to be with you now; you would understand me so well! I send you a leaf taken from the field where Our Lady of the Rosary, St Joseph and the Child Jesus appeared; the oak tree4 over which the Apparition takes place is left with only its bare stems, as the leaves had been taken at the other Apparitions. Maria Innocencia was there too, and she heard Lucia speak with Our Lady! A thousand regards from my Mother, who had been suffering from bouts of fever for 4 months and has been completely well since the 13th, despite the enormous soaking she got!

Português

O que vi em Fatima foi simplesmente maravilhoso! Que grande milagre vi meu Deus! Que grande graça me foi concedida! Nada lhe conto aqui por ser impossivel descrever. Eu ia com a maior das serenidades, que sempre tive mas mais ainda depois que recebi a carta da minha Amiga e dou graças a Deus por ter ido n'essa disposição. Para o que eu estava guardada! Que commoção de momento! Gostava bem de estar agora comsigo havia de me comprehender tão bem! Mando-lhe uma folha tirada do campo onde apareceu N. S. do Rosario, S. José e o Menino Jesus, a carvalheira4 sobre a qual é feita a Aparição essa está só com os troncos, as folhas tinham sido tiradas das outras Aparições. A Maria Innocencia tambem lá esteve e essa ouviu a Lucia fallar com N. Senhora! Mil lembranças da minha Mãe que ha 4 mezes andava com sesões e está completamente boa desde o dia 13 apesar da enorme molha que apanhou!

Editors' notes (1)

4 It was a holm oak (azinheira), not a carvalheira (a deciduous oak).

4 Tratava-se de uma azinheira e não de uma carvalheira.

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