St. Jacinta of Fatima (1910-1920) had a great love for sinners and willingly offered many sacrifices for their conversion. Both she and her brother Francisco were sick with influenza, and during their sickness, they continued to make sacrifices for love of God and for the conversion of sinners.

One morning, Lucia was on her way to school, and Jacinta said, "Listen, tell the Hidden Jesus that I want him very much and love him very much." Other days she said, "Tell Jesus that I send him much love."

When Lucia entered Jacinta's room, she said, "Go now and see Francisco and I will make the sacrifice of being alone." Another day, when Lucia arrived, Jacinta said, "Have you already made many sacrifices today? I did a lot. My mother was out and I wanted to go and visit Francisco many times but I didn't do it."

One day, Jacinta's mother brought her a cup of milk. Jacinta said, "I don't want it, mother," waving the cup away with her little hand. Her mother insisted for a while and went away saying, "I don't know how to get her to take anything. She has no appetite at all."

As soon as they were alone, Lucia asked, "Why do you disobey your mother? Why don't you take the milk and offer this as a sacrifice to our Lord?" Jacinta cried and said, "Now I didn't think about that." She called her mother back, asked her to forgive her, and promised to take whatever she wanted. Her mother brought the cup of milk back and Jacinta took the milk without any sign of unwillingness. Afterwards she said to Lucia, "If you only knew how painful it was for me to take that!"

Another time Jacinta said, "It hurts me, more and more, to take milk and soup, but I don't say anything. I take everything for the love of our Lord and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, our beloved Mother in Heaven."

One day, Lucia asked, "Are you better?" Jacinta answered, "You know I am not better. Oh, I have so many pains in my chest! But I won't complain because I want to suffer for the conversion of sinners."

When Jacinta got better, she was able to get out of bed and spent some time seated on Francisco's bed. One day, she asked for Lucia. When Lucia had arrived, she said, "Our Lady came to see us and she said that she is coming very soon to take Francisco to heaven. Then she asked me if I still wanted to convert more sinners and I said, 'Yes.' She said I would go to a hospital and there I would suffer a lot. I should suffer for the conversion of sinners and in reparation for the offences committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary and for love of Jesus. I asked her if you could come with me. She said 'no.' This is what would hurt me the most. She told me my mother would take me to the hospital and after I would be quite alone."

Jacinta was silent for awhile and then she said, "If only you could come with me! Going away without you is the most costly for me. Perhaps the hospital is a very dark house where no one can see anything and I must go down there to suffer alone! But it doesn't matter. I will suffer for love of our Lord, to make reparation for the Immaculate Heart of Mary, for the conversion of sinners and for the Holy Father."

Before the death of Francisco, Jacinta told him: "Give my best regards to our Lord and our Lady and tell them that I will suffer as much as they want, to convert sinners and to make reparation for the Immaculate Heart of Mary."


雅仙達承受病苦

法地瑪的聖雅仙達.瑪圖 (1910-1920) 深愛罪人,願意為他們的悔改,奉獻更多的犧牲。

方濟和雅仙達都患上流感,齊齊病倒了,為愛天主,為罪人的皈化,他們仍繼續奉獻犧牲,。

上學途中,雅仙達曾對路濟亞說:「聽著,告訴隱藏在聖體內的耶穌,我非常渴望祂、愛祂。」另一次又說:「告和耶穌,我給祂很多的愛。」

路濟亞走進雅仙達的房間時,雅仙達卻對她說:「你離開吧。看望方濟吧。我會把獨處的孤寂,作犧牲奉獻。」另一天,路濟亞又來探訪雅仙達,雅仙達說:「你今天做了很多犧牲嗎?我奉獻了很多!我母親外出後,我多次想到要看看方濟,終於故意沒有去。」

雅仙達母親給她一杯牛奶,但她說:「媽媽,我不要牛奶。」然後用小手把那杯子推開。雖然母親一再勸她,不果。母親最後賭氣說:「真沒她辦法!她完全沒有胃口。」

獨處的時候,路濟亞問雅仙達:「為什麼你不聽從你的母親?為何你不喝了那些牛奶,然後奉獻給天主?」雅仙達哭著說:「哎!我怎麼沒有想到呢?」於是,雅仙達向母親要回那杯牛奶,毫無異議地喝光,亦向母親道歉。後來,她靜靜地向路濟亞透露:喝牛奶為她是很痛苦的事。另一次,她對路濟亞說:「喝那些牛奶和湯水,愈來愈傷我;不過,我沒說什麼,只為愛耶穌和我天上慈母瑪利亞無玷聖心,我全都喝了!」

有一天,路濟亞問雅仙達:「你好一些嗎?」她答:「你知道我沒有起色,我的胸口實在很痛!但我不埋怨,我要為罪人的悔改而忍受。」

後來,病情真有好轉,雅仙達可以到方濟的房間,坐在他的床上。一天,她要路濟亞也來到方濟的房間,對她說:「聖母來了看我們,告訴我們方濟會很快到天堂去,又問我可還願意多為罪人做補贖,我答『願意』。她說我會被送到醫院去,在那裡我要受很多苦。我要為罪人歸化和為賠補對瑪利亞無玷聖心的冒犯和為愛耶穌而受苦。我問聖母你會否和我同行。她說「不」。這是令我最難過的。聖母說明是我母親把我送到醫院,之後我將會孤獨。」

雅仙達稍稍停頓,然後說:「但願你能和我一起去!沒有你而離去為我是最難受。也許醫院是黑暗的房屋,沒有人能見到什麼,我要去那裡獨自受苦!不過,還是不要緊吧。我會願意為愛天主而受苦,為賠補瑪利亞無玷聖心,為罪人悔改,為教宗。」

方濟死前,雅仙達對他說:「替我向吾主及聖母致最高之意,告訴他們,為了罪人皈依,為了賠補瑪利亞無玷聖心,他們要我受多少苦,我亦願意。」