When Heaven Speaks: The Children of Fatima, Their Vision of Hell, and Miracles Through the Ages

Some stories stay with us.Some testimonies shake us awake.And some moments in history feel like God leaning down through time and whispering, “I am real. I am here. Pay attention.”

The story of the Three Children of Fatima—Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta—is one of those.

A Field, Three Children, and a Heavenly Visitor

In 1917, in a small Portuguese village called Fatima, three humble shepherd children—10-year-old Lucia and her cousins, Francisco and Jacinta—began experiencing something that would change the world.

As they tended their sheep in the Cova da Iria, a radiant woman appeared to them, brighter than the sun, standing on a small holm oak tree. She identified herself as Our Lady of the Rosary and asked them to pray, repent, and devote their hearts to God.

These were not scholars.Not priests.Not powerful adults.Just children—simple, sincere, faithful.

And God chose them.

The Vision of Hell

On July 13th, 1917, the children were given a vision that Lucia later described with trembling detail. It was not given to traumatize them, but to impress upon them—and the world—the seriousness of sin, the reality of eternity, and the depth of God’s mercy.

Here’s how Lucia later explained it:

They saw a vast sea of fire, filled with lost souls—shapes like burning coals, screaming in terror and despair. Demonic forms moved among them, horrifying and distorted. The vision lasted only a moment, but the children said it felt long enough to mark them forever.

It wasn’t meant to scare them into fear…but to call them into mission.

Our Lady told them:

“You have seen hell where the souls of poor sinners go. To save them, God wishes to establish devotion… and calls you to pray.”

The children would never again take prayer lightly—especially the Rosary. They prayed for souls daily with a sense of urgency, love, and compassion.

This vision wasn’t about doom. It was about mercy.A reminder that eternity matters, that God longs to save, and that our prayers truly make a difference.

The Miracle of the Sun

The story of Fatima doesn’t end with visions.On October 13, 1917, a promised miracle took place before 70,000 witnesses, including atheists, journalists, skeptics, and government officials.

Rain poured that morning—cold, drenching, miserable. Then suddenly, the clouds broke. The sun appeared and began to “dance,” spinning, radiating colors, zig-zagging across the sky in a way no scientist has yet explained. People cried, shouted, fell to their knees. Many declared themselves changed forever.

Wet clothes dried instantly.The ground turned from mud to solid earth in moments.And newspapers across Europe—secular newspapers—reported it.

A miracle witnessed not by a few—but by tens of thousands.

Other Documented Christian Miracles Through History

God has never stopped speaking, healing, or revealing His power. Throughout the centuries, there have been countless miracles—some quiet, some public, some recorded by eyewitnesses who had nothing to gain by lying.

Here are just a few:

1. The Miracle of Lanciano (8th Century)

A monk struggling with doubt during Mass saw the Eucharistic bread turn into physical human flesh and the wine turn into human blood. Modern scientific studies have confirmed:

• The flesh is human heart tissue.

• The blood is type AB.

• The samples have no preservatives and show no decay.

A miracle preserved for over 1,200 years.

2. The Incorrupt Saints

Some saints’ bodies have remained completely preserved—without chemicals, embalming, or natural cause—decades or even centuries after death.

Examples include:

• St. Padre Pio

• St. Bernadette Soubirous

• St. Catherine Labouré

Their bodies remain lifelike, as though asleep—something science has repeatedly labeled unexplainable.

3. The Miracle of Guadalupe (1531)

When Mary appeared to St. Juan Diego, she left behind an image on his tilma (cloak). That tilma:

• Should have decayed in 20 years—it’s nearly 500 years old.

• Has no brush strokes under microscopic examination.

• Contains stars that match the night sky of 1531.

• Reflects tiny images of eyewitnesses in Mary’s eyes.

Millions converted to Christ through this event.

4. Modern Miracles: Medjugorje, Healings, and Visions

Countless reports continue today:

• Blinded eyes restored

• Tumors disappearing

• People delivered from addictions instantly

• Impossible medical recoveries

• Near-death experiences showing glimpses of heaven

• Reports of apparitions bringing people back to faith

• Statues weeping oil or blood

• Sudden, radical conversions that change entire families

God hasn’t stopped moving.He hasn’t grown silent.He hasn’t retired from miracles.

He is the same God yesterday, today, and forever.

So What Do These Miracles Teach Us?

1. Heaven is real. Eternal life is real.

The children of Fatima saw a reality most people ignore.Their mission was to warn—not from fear, but from love.

2. Hell exists—but God does everything to save us from it.

Every miracle, every apparition, every healing is a message of mercy:“Turn back to Me. I love you.”

3. Miracles are signs pointing us to Christ.

They are not magic tricks.They are invitations.

4. We are called to prayer and repentance.

Just like those young shepherd children, we too are called to pray—for our families, for the world, for souls who feel far from God.

5. God breaks into history when His children need Him most.

War, doubt, suffering, confusion—God responds.

He still does.

A Final Thought

The Fatima children remind us of something tender and true:

God often speaks to the humble before He speaks to the powerful.

Three small children, with no titles, no status, no education—just pure hearts—were used to deliver one of the most important messages of the last century.

May we, too, have hearts like theirs:

• Open

• Obedient

• Courageous

• Prayerful

• And full of faith

For heaven still moves.Miracles still happen.And God is still writing His story in the world today—through people just like you.

XO, Marie