Fátima, Mather of all Pilgrims!

Fátima is without a doubt the most visited Marian Sanctuary in the world. No wonder they call it the Altar of the World. For there many Masses are celebrated and honor of the Virgin Mary and honoring the Virgin Mary honors God, honors his Son Jesus Christ and honors the Holy Spirit! Fatima is a growing appeal that Catholics around the world need to be more attached to the prayer of the Rosary, as Our Lady asked the three Little Shepherds on that May 13, 1917, in Cova da Iria. The altar of the world cannot simply be understood as a place where the "magical" context of a beautiful visit to a Marian shrine is lived, but a place of perennial conversion and direct call to every pilgrim who passes through these lands. It's much more than a place with good energy. it is the concrete call of a mother who is the mother of heaven itself, to those who seek to do like the Little Shepherds after their own example and go on this path to praise the Virgin Mary and, as the lyrics of the song say, to sing joyfully with one voice. .. Francisco and Jacinta pray for us! This appeal only grows. obviously after the pandemic, the coming to Fatima will increase, but the question that occurs to me is even deeper. Are we doing like those three Little Shepherds who sought, as a sign of obedience, to guide our hearts more and more to praying the Rosary whenever we can?