This is actually off an ad from Crisis magazine –
“How old did our
Lady appear to be?”
“Perhaps seventeen,”
said Sister Lucia, the last
surviving visionary of the
apparitions at Fatima.
Father Thomas McGlynn was visiting
the girl (now a nun) who had spoken
with Mary, the Mother of God.
He had sculpted a statue of
Our Lady of Fatima and was
seeking Lucia’s approval…
…but she wouldn’t grant it!
Lucia invited him to remain in Portugal and work with her to create a statue that reflected the reality of what she saw.
She showed how Our Lady appeared by pulling a Rosary from the pocket of her habit, draping it over the palm of her right hand, and joining her hands together.
She would make corrections as Fr. Tom worked, and at times would even take one of the tools and make changes to his model.
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