20th February - Saints Jacinta and Francisco Marto
I am happier than you are, because I have the Hidden Jesus within my heart - Saint Francisco Marto of Fatima.
“Father, to You I offer praise, for you have revealed these things to the merest children”. Today Jesus’ praise takes the solemn form of the beatification of the little shepherds, Francisco and Jacinta. With this rite the Church wishes to put on the candlelabrum these two candles which God lit to illumine humanity in its dark and anxious hours. …Father, to You I offer praise for all Your children, from the Virgin Mary, Your humble Servant, to the little shepherds, Francisco and Jacinta. May the message of their lives live on forever to light humanity’s way!” - Saint Pope John Paul on the Beatification of Francisco and Jacinta.
