Section 15: "Blasphemies" Against The Lady's Immaculate Heart
The Word Of God Vs. The Lady Of Fatima's Words

During the night of May 29-30, 1930, Lucia suddenly felt herself "possessed very profoundly by the divine presence" as she was asking the Lord why there should be five First Saturdays, rather than seven or nine. She wrote:

". . . . if I am not mistaken here is what was revealed to me:-

"'My daughter, the motive is simple. There are 5 kinds of offenses and blasphemies uttered against the Immaculate Heart of Mary . . . :

  1. "Blasphemies against the Immaculate Conception.

  2. "Blasphemies against her virginity.

  3. "(Blasphemies) against her divine Maternity and at the same time refusal to recognize her as Mother of men.

  4. "(Blasphemies of) those who openly seek to foster in the hearts of children indifference or contempt and even hatred for this Immaculate Mother.

  5. "(The offenses of) those who directly outrage her in her holy images.

"Here then, my daughter," the "Lord" continued, "is the reason why the Immaculate Heart of Mary has inspired me to ask for this small reparation the effect of which will be that I will show compassion by forgiving those souls who have had the misfortune to offend her. As for you, strive without ceasing by your prayers and sacrifices to move me to compassion toward these poor souls'"(1).

Here we see "Jesus" declaring that "Mary" inspired him to ask for devotion to herself. And rather than acknowledging God's finished work of salvation, this "Jesus" is establishing another way to receive forgiveness for sin. If we discern these spirits by the words they spoke, we can clearly see their contradiction of the Scriptural revelation of God in Jesus. This spirit didn't even mention Jesus' finished work, His shed blood, His word, His sacrifice, His once-for-all offering of Himself for the sins of many. He made no mention of Jesus' second coming to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him (Hebrews 9:26-28). Instead this spirit spoke of blasphemy and asked for works designed to move him to compassion. But God has made provision for the cleansing of the sin of blasphemy. Jesus said,

"I give you my word, every sin will be forgiven mankind and all the blasphemies men utter, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven" (Mark 3:28-29, NAB).

Therefore, all sin, except for blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, can be cleansed when confessed (1 John 1:7,9). The cleansing is done by God on the basis of the New Covenant sealed in Jesus' blood (Matthew 26:28). A Scriptural discernment of the words of the spirit who appeared to Lucia shows clearly that this "Jesus" is not

"Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the first born from the dead and ruler of the kings of the earth. . . who loves us and freed us from our sins by his own blood, who has made us a royal nation of priests in the service of his God and Father - to him be glory and power forever and ever! Amen!" (Revelation 1:5-6, NAB).
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Section 15 Footnotes

(1) "Nothing More," pp. 100-101.