Mary appeared to three young children (Francisco, Jacinta and Lucia) in Portugal for several months in the year 1917.
During these apparitions, Mary asked the children to pray the Rosary for world peace, the end to World War I, and the conversion of Russia. May also gave the children three secrets:
The first secret was about a devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
The second secret was a vision of hell.
The third secret was was about a "bishop in white" who was killed by a group of soldiers with bullets and arrows.
Mary's requests that she gives to us from her appearance in Fatima are:
1) A daily Rosary for peace.
2) Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary: a) First Saturday Devotion (Confession and reception of the Eucharist within 8 days of the first Saturday of every month, Praying 5 decades of the Rosary, Spending 15 minutes in meditation on the mysteries of the Rosary) b) Offering our daily sacrifices, trials and crosses of life, saying often: "O Jesus, it is for love of You, for the conversion of sinners, and in reparation for the offenses committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary." c) Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary without reserve.
I love this story and am currently reading this book.
Our Lady of Fatima diffuser recipe:
4 drops Orange
1 drop Rose
We always do Rose on Marian feast days and it smells DIVINE with Orange. So sweet and lovely.