Mary and
the Muslims

Catholics and Muslims prayed on a pilgrimage
to the shrine of Ziarat-e-Mariam in Mariamabad
in North East Pakistan in 2009

Our Lady of Fatima is known throughout the world for her six appearances to three shepherd children in 1917, when the mother of Jesus came down from Heaven.

She foretold what communism would do in the world. She spoke about an even greater war (World War II) than World War I, which ended the next year in 1918.

Mary is held in the highest esteem by all Muslims.

Her appearances in the only place named Fatima in Europe, has future ramifications. Fatima is also the name of Muhammad’s daughter, whom the Islamic faith teaches that among women, is second only to Mary in Heaven.

Our Mother Mary’s statue as Our Lady of Fatima was taken to Islamic countries in the mid-20th century. Millions flocked to see her and pray. She is the key to her Son, Jesus, the Word who came down from Heaven to become flesh in her womb. Jesus wants us all to love God and love our neighbors.

Jesus was crucified and died on the cross, after first being scourged and crowned with thorns, dying for forgiveness of our sins - and rising from the dead on the third day. It is almost 2,000 years since His Resurrection. He sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty in Heaven and is the sole judge of every soul in life and at death! That being the certain truth, we should all be Christians!

Mary could not be, even in the eyes of Muslims, the most blessed of all women of heaven if she had not also borne One Who was the Savior of the world, stated Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen.

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