We studied for years a detail
of the relationship between Fatima and Balasar. The proclamation of the
Consecration of the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary was made in the
Apparitions Jubilee, on 31 October 1942. So we wanted to see what three
newspapers of the time said, one of the Diocese of Braga and two of Porto. And
the findings were interesting.
The Jubilee was celebrated in
Lisbon, because there was no basilica in Fatima, and was prepared in advance.
The day before, the Cardinal of Lisbon spoke to the country, but didn’t say any
word about the Consecration; the daily newspapers made the same on the
following day. Everybody ignored it. Two days later, news arrives from
Rome and then the newspaper of the Diocese of Braga starts talking about
it.
The proclamation seems to have
been made among fears.
At that time, Balasar didn’t have yet electric energy and so Alexandrina
could not hear nor Cardinal or Pope (who spoke in Portuguese). So she learned
that the Consecration had been made by telegram Father Pinho sent to
her... from Fatima.
Look at these sentences in which Alexandrina, a week later, recalls how
she felt when knew the Consecration had been made:
When I learned by a telegram about the Consecration of the world to the
beloved Heavenly Mother, Jesus let me have a few quick moments of consolation.
Away from me, I did not know how to thank Jesus and Heavenly Mother. I raised
my hands to heaven and said: Blessed Jesus, Blessed Heavenly Mother! It seemed
to me that I myself put the Holy Father into the Heart of Jesus and Heavenly
Mother. What joy, what joy! (...)
I prayed the Magnificat and
ordered my sister to light a lamp in honor of Heavenly Mother.
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