Dr. Chojnowski: Included in this video is the Message to the 3 Children given by Our Lady on June 13, 1917, which is, of course, the Feast of St. Anthony of Padua, himself Portuguese. In that Message, Our Lady, in response to Lucia's heart rendering plea that she take the 3 to Heaven right then, gave the following message: "I will come soon, and take Jacinta and Francisco. But you must remain here for some time more, Jesus wishes to make use of you to have me acknowledged and loved. He wishes to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart. To all those who embrace it, I promise salvation and their soul's will be loved by God as flowers placed by me before His throne." "Am I to stay here alone?" Lucia cried. "No my daughter. Don't be discouraged. I will never forsake you." So we find here Our Lord Himself wanting Lucia to remain in the world, when she could have been taken up to Heaven with the other two children. He wants her here ...
