<p class="subtitle_brown">Admonition</p>

<p class="normal_text">Received in God&rsquo;s mercy, and transformed by it, we are now invited to contemplate the compassion of Jesus for the multitude and make it also our own. The other face of mercy with which we are loved by God is the love that brings us close to others and takes us to the encounter of their joy and sadness, their sufferings and needs. In Fatima, it&nbsp;is the challenge which the Virgin of the Rosary leaves us: to offer ourselves to God for the brethren. Contemplating the determined answer of the little shepherds, we are led to commit to the compassionate mission of Jesus.<br />
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<p class="subtitle_brown">Reading the Gospel of Mark</p>

<p class="quote">&laquo; When he went ashore Jesus saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things. And when it grew late, his disciples came to him and said, &ldquo;This is a desolate place, and the hour is now late. Send them away to go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.&rdquo; But he answered them, &ldquo;You give them something to eat.&rdquo;&raquo; (Mk 6,34-37)</p>

<p class="subtitle_brown">Brief silence</p>

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<p class="subtitle_brown">Words of Sister Lucia</p>

<p class="quote">&laquo;There before us on a small holmoak, we beheld a Lady all dressed in white. She was more brilliant than the sun, and radiated a light more clear and intense than a crystal glass filled with sparkling water, when the rays of the burning sun shine through it. We stopped, astounded, before the Apparition. We were so close, just a few feet from her, that we were bathed in the light which surrounded her. Then Our Lady spoke to us:<br />
&ndash; Do not be afraid. I will do you no harm [&hellip;]. Are you willing to offer yourselves to God and bear all the sufferings He wills to send you, as an act of reparation for the sins by which He is offended, and of supplication for the conversion of sinners?<br />
&ndash; Yes, we are willing.<br />
&ndash; Then you are going to have much to suffer, but the grace of God will be your comfort.<br />
As she pronounced these last words, Our Lady opened her hands for the first time, communicating to us a light so intense that, as it streamed from her hands, its rays penetrated our hearts and the innermost depths of our souls, making us see ourselves in God, Who was that light, more clearly than we see ourselves in the best of mirrors. Then, moved by an interior impulse that was also communicated to us, we fell on our knees, repeating in our hearts:<br />
&ndash; O most Holy Trinity, I adore You! My God, my God, I love You in the most Blessed Sacrament! (<em>Fatima in Lucia&rsquo;s own words</em>, p. 174-176)</p>

<p class="subtitle_brown">Moment of silence and adoration</p>

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<p class="subtitle_brown">Prayer</p>

<p class="normal_text">In the dramas of human history we touch daily, may your compassion, o Lord, be the seed of a new creation. Renewed by your presence, may we be witnesses of your light for the conversion of the city of men, by participating in the reconciliatory mission of your Son. And that, by tasting your Eucharistic gift, and transformed by it, our life may convert into gift for others, Eucharistic encounter, sacrifice that gives life.<br />
Amen.<br />
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<p class="subtitle_brown">Magnificat</p>

<p class="quote">My soul magnifies the Lord*<br />
And my spirit rejoices in God my savior.<br />
<br />
Because He has regarded the lowness of His handmaid: *<br />
For behold, henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.<br />
Because He who is mighty has done great things for me: *<br />
And HOLY is His name.<br />
<br />
And His mercy is from generation to generation*<br />
On those who fear Him.<br />
He has shown might with His arm*<br />
And He has scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart.<br />
<br />
He has put down the might from their thrones*<br />
And has exalted the lowly.<br />
He has filled the hungry with good things&nbsp;*<br />
And the rich He has sent away empty<br />
<br />
He has given help to Israel, his servant, *<br />
Mindful of His mercy,<br />
Even as He spoke to our fathers, *<br />
To Abraham and to his posterity forever<br />
<br />
Glory be to the Father, to the Son&nbsp;*<br />
And to the Holy Spirit,<br />
As it was in the beginning*<br />
It now and ever shall be<br />
World without end. Amen.</p>

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<em>Involved by the Mercy through which God converts us and makes us participate in his compassionate and reconciliatory mission, we raise our prayer to the Father, with the words taught by His Son</em>:</p>

<p class="quote">Our Father</p>
