(Excerpts are taken from Mother of Christ Crusade by Fr. de Marchi. For more information about Our Lady of Fatima, see today's Saint of the Day article.)
When Jacinta was ill
Almost every day, on her way home from morning Mass and Communion, Lucia would drop in to visit Jacinta. It was such a great joy to Jacinta. -"Lucia" she asked, "did you receive Communion today?"
"Yes, Jacinta."
"Then come very close to me for you have Our Lord in your heart. I don't know how it happens but I feel Our Lord in me and I understand what He says even if I don't see Him or hear Him. It is so good to be with Him."
Lucia took from her prayer book a little picture of a chalice and Host. Jacinta took and kissed it so earnestly.
"It's the Hidden Jesus. I love Him so much. How I'd love to receive Him in church. Don't you take Communion in Heaven? If we do, I'll receive Him every day. If the Angel had come to the hospital to bring Communion to me, how happy I would have been."
When Jacinta was in Lisbon
Jacinta spent every possible moment in the chapel kneeling, or when she could no longer kneel, she sat in the choir, her eyes riveted on the tabernacle. But in her ardent love for Jesus, she could not overlook the little discourtesies of visitors. "She saw some people who did not show proper reverence in the chapel," the Superior mentioned, "and she said to me, 'My dear Mother, don't allow that. They must act before the Blessed Sacrament as it is proper. Everyone must be quiet in church; they must not speak. If these poor people knew what is waiting for them!' I went down stairs to speak to the people who were misbehaving in the chapel, but I did not always have success. When I returned, she said, 'What happened?' I told her they would not listen. 'Patience,' she replied, her face showing her sorrow over the irreverences of the people, 'Our Lady is pleased with you. Will you tell the Cardinal? Yes? Our Lady does not want us to talk in church.'"
O.K. I am now crying.
Pray for us Blessed Jacinta.
Yes, and that's only a morsel. Little Jacinta became the image of Our Lady.
The Mother of Christ Crusade is the finest accounting of Fatima. I found a copy online. I can't vouch for the blog owner or the transcript, but the excerpts I read matched the book I own. It is in 2 parts:
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and
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